Open to CTO & AI Leadership roles

Mugunthan
Ravichandran

Principal Software Architect with 23+ years of enterprise expertise, currently leading AI transformation that is changing the way people work — building the intelligent systems that move businesses from where they are today to where they need to be tomorrow.

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Azure cost reduction
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Engineers led
About me

Architect. Leader. Innovator.

23+ years evolving from hands-on engineering to owning full technology strategy — accountable for the business outcomes of every decision.

At Fter (Fatman Oy), I serve as the most senior technical leader for a cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS platform — independently selecting the core technology stack, leading the company's AI transformation, and reducing Azure infrastructure costs by 30–40% through strategic architectural decisions.

I make the hard calls: which stack, which cloud architecture, which AI capabilities to build — and I am accountable for the business outcomes of those decisions. I work at the intersection of technology and business, translating complex decisions into outcomes that stakeholders understand.

I have delivered across Finland, Germany, and India, leading international teams and engaging at executive level. I am always open to conversations about technology leadership, AI in enterprise, and building products that scale.

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AI-First Architecture
RAG, Azure OpenAI, intelligent agents in production
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Cloud Strategy
30–40% Azure cost reduction through architecture
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Team Building
Built & led 10–12 person engineering teams
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International
Finland · Germany · India · Global teams
23+
Years of enterprise experience
From Nokia OSS distributed systems in 2004 to AI-powered SaaS in 2026
30–40%
Azure cost reduction achieved
Right-sizing, reserved instances & architectural restructuring
6
Production AI systems shipped
RAG assistant, CRA Agent, Claude-assisted coding & more
Career journey

Two decades of progressive leadership

From distributed telecoms systems in 2004 to AI-powered SaaS in 2026. Each role building on the last.

2022 — Present
Current
Lead Architect / Head of Technology
Fatman Oy · Fter · Finland
Most senior technical leader for a cloud-native, multi-tenant SaaS platform. Independently selected core stack, led AI transformation, and reduced Azure costs by 30–40%.
Azure OpenAIRAGDDDCQRSRavenDBEventStoreMicrosoft Fabric
2020 — 2022
Solutions Architect
Fatman Oy · Finland
Led cloud-native transition on Microsoft Azure. Designed scalable solutions aligned to business requirements and established engineering standards.
Azure.NETCloud-Native
2017 — 2020
Senior System Architect
Fatman Oy · Finland
Designed distributed system architectures for large-scale enterprise solutions across .NET and Java. Led architecture reviews and mentored developers.
Distributed SystemsJava.NET
2013 — 2017
Scrum Master / Architect
Elisa · Finland
Dual role combining enterprise architecture with Agile delivery leadership for Finland's largest telecoms company.
Java/J2EEAgileScrum
2008 — 2017
Solutions Architect
Tata Consultancy Services · Finland & Germany
9 years delivering enterprise architecture for global clients. International delivery across Finland and Germany in complex enterprise environments.
.NETJavaC++Enterprise
2004 — 2008
Project Lead
Wipro Technologies · India
Delivered Nokia OSS solutions using CORBA-based distributed architecture — foundational experience in mission-critical large-scale distributed systems.
Nokia OSSCORBADistributed Systems
AI Innovation

Production AI projects

Real-world AI systems built and shipped — production solutions solving genuine enterprise problems at scale.

RAG · LLM
AI Assistant for Field Service Technicians
Intelligent assistant combining Azure SQL structured data and document sources via RAG. Tenant- and asset-level access control for precise, contextual answers.
Significantly reduced manual information lookup time for service workflows
Azure OpenAIRAGCognitive SearchAzure SQL
AI Agent
AI CRA Agent
AI agent for Customer Return & Analysis workflows. Intelligent automation improves decision support and reduces manual processing in after-sales operations.
Automated key decision support workflows in service management
Azure OpenAIAI Agents.NET
AI Adoption
Claude-Assisted Engineering
Led full rollout of Claude AI across the engineering team — security governance, guidelines, and embedding AI into code review, design, documentation, and testing.
Faster delivery, fewer bugs, improved developer onboarding across the team
Claude AIChange MgmtGovernance
Analytics
Multi-Tenant Reporting Platform
End-to-end data pipeline RavenDB → Azure SQL → Microsoft Fabric Warehouse. Power BI Embedded with row-level security across enterprise tenants.
Real-time analytics and self-service reporting across all platform tenants
Microsoft FabricPower BIRavenDB
FinOps
Azure Cost Optimisation
Systematic reduction through right-sizing, reserved instances, architectural restructuring, and elimination of waste across all Azure services.
30–40% reduction in Azure infrastructure costs — direct bottom-line impact
AzureFinOpsArchitecture
Platform
Event-Driven SaaS Platform
Full platform architecture using DDD, CQRS, event sourcing on EventStore (Kurrent). RavenDB over Cosmos DB, EventStore over Azure Event Hub — each decision justified.
Scalable multi-tenant SaaS serving industrial customers across Europe
DDDCQRSEventStoreRavenDB
Expertise

Core skills

Two decades of expertise across AI, cloud architecture, and engineering leadership.

From CORBA distributed systems in 2004 to RAG-based AI in 2026 — the thread is always building things that scale and leading the teams that ship them.

Azure OpenAI RAG Pipelines AI Agents Solution Architecture Technical Leadership Microsoft Azure Microservices Domain-Driven Design CQRS · Event Sourcing EventStore (Kurrent) RavenDB Microsoft Fabric Power BI Embedded Docker · CI/CD .NET / C# Java Svelte Prompt Engineering
Solution Architecture98%
Azure OpenAI & RAG95%
Technical Leadership95%
Cloud-Native Architecture94%
Microsoft Azure93%
Event-Driven Architecture92%
SaaS Platform Development90%
Team Building & Recruitment88%
Let's connect

Ready to build something great?

Based in Helsinki. Open to CTO, VP Engineering, AI Lead and senior technology leadership roles across Europe.

Open to opportunities