I help CTOs, founders, and engineering leaders get difficult technology work moving. That might mean leading a critical initiative, getting a slipping project back on track, or figuring out what's holding a team back.
I'm Rahul Sawhney. I've spent more than 25 years building software, leading engineering teams, and delivering technology initiatives at companies including Amazon, The Knot Worldwide, and AppFolio.
Through CohesionStack, I bring that experience to organizations that need senior engineering leadership to help move important work forward.
The team is busy, but progress is hard to see. Technical dependencies, competing priorities, or decisions nobody owns are getting in the way.
I'll help identify what's slowing delivery, work through the issues with your team, and put practical changes in place.
Engineering Delivery Reset →You have an important initiative to deliver, but your existing leaders are stretched.
I can help lead the effort, working with your engineers and stakeholders to manage dependencies, make decisions, and keep execution moving.
Engineering Execution & Scale-Up →Delivery is unpredictable, your team is struggling to scale, or a technical decision involves difficult tradeoffs.
I'll help you understand the constraints, weigh the options, and decide what to prioritize.
Engineering Execution Strategy →A few examples from previous roles:
• AppFolio: Worked with the engineering team to improve delivery flow, reducing story cycle time from approximately 20 days to 3 days.
• Amazon: Led engineering work on a technology modernization initiative spanning more than 500 retail stores.
• The Knot Worldwide: Established AWS AI-Driven Development Life Cycle (AI-DLC) practices within my engineering team and built a cross-platform feature team for vendor search and discovery.
These examples are from my previous employment, not CohesionStack client engagements.
More About My Experience →I like to understand the technology, the people involved, and what's making the work difficult.
Sometimes the answer is a technical change. Sometimes it's a decision that hasn't been made, a dependency that needs attention, or a team that needs clearer ownership.
I work directly with engineering teams and their leaders, with a defined scope and a shared understanding of what we're trying to accomplish.
The goal is to make useful progress and leave the team better equipped to continue.
Tell me what you're working on and where you're getting stuck. We can talk through the challenge and see whether I can help.
Schedule a Conversation →Describe your challenge