System Design · Enterprise Architecture · Product Strategy
AVP – Products • Member, IEI (Institution of Engineers India)
MBA in AI for Business (BITS Pilani, in progress) • B.E. Information Science

I'm a technical product leader who builds expressive APIs, scalable systems, and trust-first platforms at the intersection of architecture and product.
I work like a systems engineer with a product brain — merging retro-tech inspiration with modern AI workflows, blockchain trust layers, and design-first APIs.

I write, prototype, and ship. Clients like Siemens, Vertex, and Tata Communications use what I build.

• 📡 Operary — Signal-based coordination engine for clean, verifiable backends.
• 🧠 Neuralic — AI governance stack for auditability, lineage, and explainability.
• ✍️ System Signal — Essays on clarity, systems, and protocol-driven thinking.
• 🧰 Strategy Templates — Real-world PM & GTM playbooks.
• 📐 Architecture Gallery — Snapshots of systems I’ve led and scaled.

• System Design & AI Engineering (Generalist)
• First-Principles Product Thinking
• Enterprise Experience (EX) & API Craftsmanship
• SaaS, Web3/Blockchain, and Trust Protocols
• Writing to clarify systems and strategy

I partner with enterprise teams to build platforms that scale technically, operationally, and strategically.

• Enterprise Architecture: TOGAF-inspired roadmaps, LeanIX portfolio & risk governance, ArchiMate modeling.
• Enterprise Design Thinking: Simplify complexity, reduce technical debt, align architecture with business models.
• API-as-a-Product: Every API is a business contract — documented, durable, intuitive.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Bridge engineering, product, and exec teams to drive outcomes over output.
• Strategic Systems: Not just features — primitives and platforms other systems can build on.
• Product Ops: OKRs, KPIs, JTBD, RACI/DACI, discovery→delivery at scale.

I write speculative fiction and build mythic systems like BrahmaScript and Māyāforge, where stories and protocols intersect — blending AI, worldbuilding, and narrative systems to sharpen real-world design.

Design Philosophy: Building systems and building stories are two sides of the same design coin.

• System Signal — essays & case studies: https://systemsignal.dev/
• System Signal Blog on Notion — narrative experiments & notes

Enterprises looking to build expressive systems, adopt protocol thinking, or scale next-gen products — I bring:

• ✅ A rare mix of deep engineering insight and strategic product leadership
• ✅ Experience with blockchain, AI, and platform-scale systems
• ✅ A mindset that values clarity, autonomy, and long-term thinking

• 🌐 Website: https://systemsignal.dev/
• 📬 Email: karthik@systemsignal.dev
• 🧵 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chaingopher
• 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthik-m-portfolio/
• 💻 GitHub (you’re here): https://github.com/elkarto91

✍️ System Signal Blog on Notion
💼 LinkedIn