Guest Speaker | Panelist | Podcast Guest
I speak about building engineering teams, technology strategy, and the realities of scaling startups and SMEs globally.
Past Engagements
Conferences, panels, podcasts, and workshops — where I've shared ideas.
Engineering Leadership Summit
2024
GCC India Conference
2024
Startup Leaders Panel
2024
Tech Founders Roundtable
2023
Engineering Culture Workshop
2023
Podcast: Scaling Without Chaos
2023
Topics I Speak On
Practical, experience-driven talks for founders, CTOs, and engineering leaders.
Building Global Engineering Teams
How to structure, hire, and retain distributed engineering teams that actually deliver.
India GCC Strategy for Startups and SMEs
The practical playbook for setting up a capability center — beyond the typical outsourcing model.
Tech Leadership for Non-Technical Founders
How founders can make better technology decisions without a full-time CTO.
Scaling Mistakes: Startups and SMEs
The common engineering and hiring mistakes that slow down growing companies — and how to avoid them.
Offshore vs GCC: What Founders Get Wrong
Understanding the real differences between outsourcing and building a dedicated capability center.
Engineering Culture in Distributed Teams
Creating ownership, accountability, and high performance across timezones.
About the Speaker
Sudarshan Anbazhagan is a technology strategy consultant who helps startups and SMEs build scalable engineering organizations. With deep experience in fractional CTO engagements, India GCC setups, and managed engineering teams, he brings practical, experience-driven insights to every conversation.
His talks are not theoretical frameworks — they are grounded in real-world execution, failures, and wins from working with funded startups, SMEs, and growing engineering teams across geographies.