The operating context
Pubs and microbreweries had limited real-time visibility into beverage dispensing across multiple lines, keg status, consumption patterns and inventory needs. Day-to-day control often depended on field checks and intermediaries between beverage suppliers and hospitality venues. We developed a functioning physical prototype that combined industrial flow sensing, PLC/HMI controls and repurposed telemetry modules to turn dispensing activity into useful operating information. I helped secure and manage prototype funding, built a six-engineer team, coordinated manufacturers and specialist suppliers, and kept directors and investors informed. Much of the work happened at factories, laboratories and operating sites, or by phone. A second phase would have brought more engineering in-house, reduced supplier dependency, supported wider deployment and connected operating data to business systems. It was planned but not completed. During COVID-19, further investment was not approved amid the uncertainty, so the venture was wound down before it reached the scale needed for the planned spin-off. I exited the venture and later moved to Canada.
Selected projects & programs
Product use case: keg and inventory visibility
The existing process relied on regular venue visits to check how much beverage remained in each keg, how long the keg had been open, when it was likely to be depleted and when replacement stock should be ordered. Those estimates also informed promotions such as happy hours when product needed to be sold through before quality declined. We designed the use case around replacing periodic estimates with dispensing data: usage by time period, keg-status visibility, expected depletion and a clearer replenishment cadence across multiple beverage lines.
What this demonstrates +
Product judgement at the boundary of industrial engineering and management information: translate keg status, consumption and product age into practical promotion and replenishment decisions.
DomainsChannel model and remote oversight
A manual liaison layer between beverage suppliers and hospitality venues coordinated physical checks, ordering and established commission-based relationships. The intended model gave venue operators, suppliers and remote investors a shared application view of dispensing, inventory, replenishment and operating activity without repeated site visits. It aimed to reduce dependence on manual intermediation, create a more traceable record of operating and investment flows, and give overseas and returning Indian investors documented remote oversight. Because it changed established roles and incentives, scaling involved channel-adoption and stakeholder risks beyond the technology itself.
What this demonstrates +
Commercial-model design that joined physical operating data with remote oversight, traceable decisions and a lower dependence on intermediary-heavy processes.
DomainsPrototype delivery and integration
The functioning physical prototype used industrial flow sensing at the beverage lines to capture dispensing activity, PLC/HMI controls for local processing and operator display, and repurposed telemetry modules to make operating data available remotely. I led the work from feasibility and requirements through sourcing, physical integration, iterative testing, operating-site demonstrations and commercialization planning.
What this demonstrates +
End-to-end direction of a physical-product program from feasibility and requirements through sourcing, integration, testing, demonstrations and commercialization planning.
DomainsFunding, team and stakeholder leadership
Helped secure and manage prototype funding, built a six-engineer team inside Chlorophyll, engaged outside specialists and kept directors and investors informed about progress, risks, dependencies and further resource needs.
What this demonstrates +
Built the people, funding and stakeholder structure needed to move an internal venture from concept to functioning prototype.
DomainsSupplier sourcing and factory integration
Worked directly with component suppliers, fabricators and small manufacturers. Negotiated terms and delivery dates, followed up in person and by phone, visited factories and laboratories, checked assembly and quality, and resolved interface and supply problems as separately sourced parts were brought together.
What this demonstrates +
Kept a physical supply chain and integration effort moving through negotiation, factory visibility, quality checks and repeated follow-through.
DomainsVenue demonstrations and operating feedback
Connected the engineering work to real pub and microbrewery conditions, including installation constraints, local display, dispensing visibility and on-site use. Supported demonstrations and used operating feedback to guide prototype changes and the next-stage plan.
What this demonstrates +
Connected engineering choices to installation constraints and real operating use, then carried feedback into prototype changes and the next-stage plan.
DomainsMarket development and planned spin-off
From 2019 onward, focused more heavily on investors, partners, additional funding and routes to market. The next phase called for more in-house engineering, less supplier dependency, wider deployment and eventual business-system integration. These were roadmap items, not completed outcomes. During COVID-19, further funding was not approved amid the uncertainty. The venture was wound down, I exited, and the planned spin-off did not take place.
What this demonstrates +
Worked on the funding, partnerships, delivery model and organizational scale needed to turn an internal division into a separate company, while clearly separating the roadmap from completed work.
DomainsCollective impact
The venture produced a functioning physical prototype and the operating foundations of a new division. It connected an identified hospitality problem to a physical product, a delivery team, suppliers, demonstrations and a scale-up plan. COVID-19 uncertainty ended further investment before the division reached the critical mass needed for the planned spin-off.
Capabilities demonstrated