Bhuvan Tummala
VP Product Engineering | AI-Native Platform Leader | Engineering + Product + UX
Summary
I lead the vision, strategy, and execution of AI-native platforms that transform how millions of people discover, book, and experience travel. With over 20 years of experience spanning engineering, product, and UX leadership, I build teams and products that operate at the intersection of innovation and scale.
20+
Years Experience
155M+
Users Reached
$250M+
Revenue Impact
50-100
Team Size Led
Core Strengths
- Product Experience & Innovation:End-to-end product ownership — vision, UX, 0→1 launches, and category-defining experiences
- AI-Native Products:Build AI-native products and autonomous, agentic systems
- Scalable Platforms:Architect scalable enterprise platforms
- Engineering Excellence:Drive engineering excellence and digital transformation
- Strategic Partnership:Partner with C-suite to align technology with business strategy
Experience
VP Product Engineering · Tabhi Inc (formerly Mondee Inc)
March 2025 – Present- World's largest AI-First Travel Platform, 23 companies, backed by Morgan Stanley & TCW Group
- 65K+ travel agencies, 500+ airline partners, 2M+ hotels, 50M searches/day, 125M+ consumers
- Leading: Mondee (Agentic AI Marketplace), Aarna (Creators & Multi-Category Marketplace), Abhee (Experiential), Miraee (Employee Travel)
VP Product Engineering · Mondee Inc
August 2021 – February 2025- Scaled product engineering through Mondee's NASDAQ IPO (Jul 2022) and 7+ acquisitions; integrated acquired platforms onto a unified architecture
- Led 80–100 engineers across travel marketplace, payments, AI/ML, and mobile
- Shipped Abhee (experiential marketplace) and the Mondee Marketplace re-platform; drove a major share of $250M+ revenue impact
VP Engineering · Mondee Inc
November 2017 – July 2021- Re-architected legacy travel platform into microservices on AWS/GCP; cut search latency and lifted booking conversion
- Built engineering org from ~15 to 60+ across US and India; established SRE, DevOps, and platform teams
- Launched B2B agent platform (TripPro) and consumer brands (FlyEx, ExploreTrip)
Engineering Manager · Mondee Inc (via Avesta Payrolls)
February 2016 – October 2017- Owned core booking & fulfillment services; introduced CI/CD and modern code-review practices
- Delivered first GDS integrations and ancillary revenue platform
Engineering Manager · Metaminds Software Solutions
October 2013 – February 2016- Led 20+ engineers building enterprise SaaS for fintech and CRM clients
- Delivered Salesforce, omni-channel messaging, and CMS platforms for global customers
Senior Consultant / Tech Lead · Empover iTech
November 2007 – August 2013- Tech lead on travel and EduTech platforms; designed APIs, search, and reporting systems
- Mentored junior engineers; introduced agile delivery practices
Tech Lead / Software Engineer · Avon Technologies
July 2004 – October 2007- Full-stack engineer on enterprise Java/Oracle systems; stepped into first leadership role
Technical Stack
- AI & Agentic Systems
- LLMs · RAG · AI Agents · Agentic Workflows · Multi-Agent Orchestration · LangChain · LangGraph · CrewAI · Vision AI · OCR · Voice AI · pgvector
- AI Platforms
- Anthropic Claude · OpenAI · Vertex AI · AWS Bedrock · NVIDIA NeMo & NIM · Google ADK
- Frontend
- Next.js · React · React Native · Expo · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · TanStack Query
- Backend & Data
- Spring Boot (Java) · FastAPI (Python) · Kafka · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis
- Cloud & Architecture
- AWS · Google Cloud · Docker · Microservices · Event-Driven Architecture · Serverless
Education
- MCA, Computer Science · SCSVMV University, Chennai2003
- B.Com, Accounting & Finance · Andhra University2000
Languages
English · Telugu · Hindi · Tamil