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Hey, I'm Sudharsan Ananth, founder of Sparkable, a fractional CTO and product builder helping founders turn ideas into products that scale.
Building SparkFrame and a suite of tools for creators, while a lean Chennai team ships enterprise-grade products for startups, end to end. You own the IP; I own the outcome.
What I do
Senior technical leadership and world-class development for founders, from first sketch to shipped. Enterprise-level delivery at startup-friendly pricing, with a lean team that owns the outcome.
Experience
Founder & Director
Sparkable Digital Solutions
2025 – Present · Chennai, India
- • Fractional CTO and execution partner for founders: C-suite technical strategy with a team that actually ships.
- • 6 week average delivery against a 24 week industry standard, and 70% faster time to market for B2B SaaS clients.
- • Architecting for scale from day one, which has meant zero technical rewrites and 100% IP ownership handed to every client.
- • Clients across B2B SaaS, healthcare, and accelerator backed startups (YC, Techstars, gener8tor).
Co-Founder & CTO
OrbDoc
2023 – 2025 · Birmingham, USA
- • Set the technical direction for an AI driven healthcare platform, leading 10+ engineers, data scientists, and researchers.
- • Directed OrbVoice, a medical documentation system that cut clinician documentation time by 50% with 98% transcription accuracy on medical terminology.
- • Built a HIPAA compliant architecture on Google Cloud, Vertex AI, FastAPI, and Next.js, integrated with hospital EHR systems.
- • Cut feature development cycles from 4 weeks to 10 days with a modular, component based testing environment.
Robotics Researcher
AI4CE Lab, New York University
2022 – 2024 · New York, USA
- • Autonomous vehicle and 3D mapping research on the Mapping NYC project, synchronizing dual LiDAR, cameras, and GPS.
- • Improved Visual Place Recognition accuracy by 15% and generated a 100,000+ point synthetic driving dataset in CARLA.
Co-Founder & CEO
HOP (High on Program)
2020 – 2021 · Chennai, India
- • Founded a workshop platform connecting students with industry leaders, profitable within three months.
- • Grew the team from 2 to 7 and recovered the initial investment in the first months of operation.
Technical Electronics Lead & Powertrain Member
Traxion Racing
2018 – 2020 · Chennai, India
- • Designed the engine intake manifold in SolidWorks, validated with FEA and CFD, for the SAE Formula Bharat competition.
- • Engineered the aerodynamics and airflow: a turbulence induction system that raised intake volume by 15% and turbulence by 25%.
- • Rapid prototyped components in Carbon Fiber Nylon, and built an Arduino-based driver dashboard with real-time OLED telemetry.
Education
2021 - 2023
M.S., Mechatronics, Robotics & Automation Engineering
New York University
2017 - 2021
B.E., Automobile Engineering
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
Let's build something.
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