Prakash Menon

Chief Technology Officer at Glooko

Los Altos, California, United States

About Prakash Menon

Prakash Menon is Chief Technology Officer at Glooko. Location: Los Altos, California, United States.

I build and transform technical organizations that deliver business outcomes in complex, regulated environments. Business Impact: - $6.5M annual savings through strategic R&D restructure - $2M annual infrastructure savings through technical re-architecture and cloud optimization - Seven-figure annual contracts with top-3 global pharma companies through co-developed products - Built scalable international operations enabling cost-effective growth Regulatory & Compliance: - Multiple successful FDA submissions (510k, COVID-19 EUA during pandemic) - Achieved ISO27001, SOC2 Type II, and HITRUST r2 certifications across global operations - EU MDR compliance and deployments to 5 global data centers serving 30+ markets Technical Leadership: - Re-architected monolith to micro-services - Integrated 200+ medical devices into unified platform - Delivered ML/AI capabilities from concept to production scale - Led transformation to fully containerized deployment architecture Organization Building: - Lead 100+ person technical organization across 5 international locations - Built high-performing teams in Python, React, Ruby, C++, Java, Swift, Kotlin - Managed through acquisition and served as Interim CEO Background: MBA (Systems & Marketing) | B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) | Oracle veteran (9 years) | Track record across Series A through public company scale What drives me: Solving hard problems at the intersection of technology, healthcare, and regulatory compliance. I'm energized by building organizations that deliver impossible-seeming outcomes—faster, better, and more cost-effectively than competitors thought possible. Technical capabilities: In-depth experience in enterprise application development, distributed systems integration, databases (SQL and NoSql) in and out of the cloud and building data science capabilities to production scale.

Skills

  • Product Management
  • IT Strategy
  • Interpersonal Communication

Additional experience

  • CTO

    Genalyte, Inc.

    March 2020 – July 2021

Education

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), T.A Pai Management Institute
  • B.Tech, National Institute of Technology Calicut