Vikas Goel

Advisory · Board · CAIO

Advisory & Board Engagements

Open to selected Chief AI Officer (CAIO), Board / Independent Director, Strategic Advisory, and Fractional CTO roles — alongside current CTO commitments at Nexiva and blackNgreen.

What I'm open to

Chief AI Officer (CAIO)

For enterprises adding a CAIO layer to lead AI strategy, agent architecture, and production AI deployment alongside an existing CTO/CIO function. Fractional CAIO engagements considered.

Independent Director / Board

For AI startups (Series A–C), enterprise SaaS companies, and tech-enabled businesses where 25+ years of operating depth on production AI, voice AI, and enterprise scale would be useful.

Strategic Advisor (AI Startups)

For founders building Voice AI, AI Agent, or enterprise SaaS platforms — particularly around production-readiness, multi-tenant architecture, multi-region deployment, and AI evaluation discipline.

Fractional CTO / Technical Diligence

For VCs and PE funds requiring technical diligence on AI investment opportunities, or early-stage startups needing experienced CTO oversight before a full-time CTO hire is right.

What I bring

  • 25+ years in production engineering. CTO at blackNgreen since 2013 — grew the company from 5 enterprise customers to 160+, scaled past $20M ARR, reached 290M+ end-users across Asia, MENA, Africa, and South America.
  • Voice AI specialist. CTO at Nexiva (since October 2025) — led the AI voice agent platform from concept to global launch in under 12 months. Live across India, MENA, and LATAM at enterprise scale.
  • AI Agent architect and researcher. Independent research at ThinkerWave on self-evolving agent systems — patent application 202611044024 filed at the Indian Patent Office, April 2026.
  • Consumer voice product experience. Led MagicCall — 14M+ downloads on Google Play, real-time voice processing at consumer scale.
  • Global engineering leadership. Built and led engineering organisations across India (Gurgaon, Chennai), Dubai, and parts of Africa — 50+ direct reports.
  • Public credibility. Quoted in Business Insider Africa (Dec 2024) on the EVA AI platform delivering 40% cost reduction and 94% CSAT for enterprise customers including Orange, MTN, and Africell.
  • Multi-venture operator pattern. Building across three layers simultaneously: Nexiva (commercial voice AI), blackNgreen (enterprise SaaS), and ThinkerWave (independent AI research) — useful pattern for boards and CAIO roles where multi-stakeholder judgement matters.

Areas of operating depth

  • · Voice AI & conversational systems
  • · AI Agents & Agentic AI architecture
  • · Large Language Models (LLM) in production
  • · AI evaluation & observability
  • · Real-time voice processing at scale
  • · Multi-tenant SaaS platform engineering
  • · Enterprise SaaS scaling (5 → 160+ customers)
  • · Customer Experience Platforms (CXM / CCaaS)
  • · Multi-region deployment (India, MENA, Africa, LATAM)
  • · Engineering organisation building (50+ direct reports)
  • · Technical diligence for VCs and PE
  • · Production AI deployment & reliability

How to engage

For board, CAIO, advisory, or fractional-CTO inquiries, the fastest path is a short email outlining the company, the stage, the role you're considering, and the time commitment you have in mind.

Recruiters and VC talent partners welcome.

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Background and full operating context: About Vikas Goel. Current and past ventures: Ventures & Projects. Independent AI research: Research.