Engineering Leader & Healthcare Tech Innovator
Ritesh Kumar
VP of Engineering | Healthcare Tech Leader | Scalable Product Development
9+
Years Experience
20+
Major Projects
5+
Companies
100+
Team Members Led
About Me
I'm an engineering leader passionate about driving healthcare transformation through cutting-edge technology and people-first product development. From humble beginnings in India to leading global engineering teams across the U.S. and India, I've spent the last decade crafting solutions that make real impact—reducing patient no-shows, boosting care adherence, and improving access for millions.
United States
Remote & On-site Leadership
English (Full Professional)
Hindi (Native)
Core Expertise
Technical
JavaScriptPythonC#ReactNode.jsTypeScriptGraphQLLangChainLangGraphOpenAI APIFastAPIRedisPostgreSQLMongoDBPandasNumPySocket.IOWebSocket
Leadership
Team BuildingStrategyMentorshipAgileProduct VisionDistributed SystemsMicroservicesEvent-driven architectureCI/CDMulti-region Deployments
Cloud & Tools
AzureAWSDockerKubernetesTerraformGrafanaRabbitMQKafka
Agentic AI & LLM Tools
LangChainLangGraphOpenAI APILangflowOllamaTortoise TTSWhisper STTCrewAIAutogenLangSmithChromaWeaviateFAISS
Domain & AI Use-Cases
HealthcareAI/MLSaaSEHR IntegrationHIPAAHealthcare AIConversational AI in Patient OutreachLLM-powered AutomationNo-Show Risk Prediction ModelsSelf-healing Agent Workflows
Experience
TeleVox Healthcare
VP of Engineering
2025 - Present100+ engineers, 3 time zones5M+ patients/yr
Tech Stack: Node.js, Python, MongoDB, Redis, Azure, Langchain, RabbitMQ, Grafana, Kubernetes
- Built AI chatbot processing 1M+ conversations/month, with >90% user satisfaction
- Reduced cloud infra cost by 23% YoY through microservice re-architecture
- Boosted patient response rate from 40% to 68% using AI-driven reminders
- Led LangGraph-based multi-agent architecture for intelligent patient outreach
- Built internal Agentic AI system for dev team productivity (Langflow + Ollama)
- Integrated GPT-4 + Langchain for internal automation tasks
- Managed 100+ engineers across 3 time zones with agile OKRs
- Supported healthcare systems serving 5M+ patients annually
- Introduced engineering metrics dashboard (Cycle time, DORA, latency)
- Built AI-based feature prioritization assistant for product/eng leadership
Healthcare TechEngineering LeadershipCloud ArchitectureAI AgentsInternal Tools
Asparia
Founding Member & Director of Products
2019 - 202025+ engineers, cross-functional
Stack: React, Python, FastAPI, Azure, HL7 Integration, NLP libraries (spaCy, HuggingFace)
- Built AI-powered chatbot platform processing 1M+ patient interactions/month, 95% accuracy
- Drove product-market fit with integrations into 5+ major EHR systems
- Led development of NLP models achieving 95%+ accuracy (spaCy, HuggingFace)
- Built and led cross-functional team of 25+ engineers
- Implemented HL7 integration for seamless healthcare data exchange
- Launched Conversational AI for patient outreach, boosting engagement by 30%
AI/MLHealthcareProduct StrategyNLPEHR Integration
Education & Achievements
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering
- Specialized in system design and web technologies
- Capstone: Patient record system with AI integration
- Dean's List for Academic Excellence
- Led university tech innovation club
Key Achievements
Healthcare Innovation
Led development of patient engagement solutions reducing no-shows by 40%
Team Leadership
Built and scaled global engineering teams achieving 95% retention
Technical Excellence
Architected scalable healthcare platforms serving 1M+ users
Interests & Community
Open Source
- Active contributor to healthcare tech projects
- Maintainer of patient engagement tools
- Regular tech community speaker
- Mentoring program organizer
Mentorship
- Junior engineer mentoring program
- Tech advisor for healthcare startups
- Career guidance workshops
- University guest lectures