Hemant Puthran

Cofounder, DinoDial

Voice AI | Evals

CofounderDinoDialVoice AI, Evals
Feb 2026 - Present
  • Voice AI development and integration
  • LLM evaluation frameworks and benchmarking
CTOLendkraft.ai, ChennaiVoice AI Infra
Mar 2025 - Jan 2026
  • Voice AI infrastructure development
  • Technical leadership and architecture
Blockchain ArchitectBengaluruZK, NFT Integration
Sep 2022 - Feb 2025
  • Zero Knowledge study and prototyping
  • NFT integration prototyping
Blockchain ArchitectGuardianLink, ChennaiNFT Marketplace, Play2Earn, Generative Art
Feb 2021 - Aug 2022

Notable: Jump.trade | BigB Punks | Chakra Artpunks | FullyFaltooNFT

  • Application technical design, decentralized protocol integration, protocol cloning feasibility
  • Decentralized NFT marketplace architecture and implementation
  • Raffling and Merkle drop for NFT project launches
  • Client specific customization solution and prototyping
  • Asset ideation, technical feasibility and ERC protocol implementation with roadmap considerations
  • Generative art generator engine with metadata, rarity and IPFS upload
  • Protocol research and integration evaluation for product improvement
  • Client requirement ideation, design recommendation and technical solutions
  • GuardianLink Launchpad, Marketplace and User Profile UI/UX
  • Technical POC for premier Launchpad clients
  • Discord bot for NFT metadata and ranking queries
  • Play2Earn: Cricket in-game asset tokenization and incentive mechanisms
  • Play2Earn: Car Racing asset generation pipeline for Smart contracts, Marketplace and ARCore
Embedded Software EngineerCPDM, IISc BengaluruInsulin Pump Firmware
Oct 2020 - Mar 2021
  • Type 1 Diabetes Insulin Pump firmware development and actuating hardware procurement
  • Test benches and device driver development
  • Documentation in preparation for clinical trials of Mechanical Delivery Mechanism
Embedded Software EngineerCell Propulsion, BangaloreBMS Firmware, EV Telematics, BMTC Retrofit
Mar 2019 - Oct 2020
  • BMS firmware for 10KW:48V:14S and 6KW:60V:18S battery packs
  • NXP S32K144 platform with custom driver development for NXP 33771 Battery Cell Controller
  • TDD with Python scripting in GDB, ITM logging and parsing, Raspberry Pi peripheral simulation
  • BMTC bus ICE to Electric Drive retrofit: Command, Flow and Logging over CAN bus
  • Real-time visualization and logging over Bluetooth (~1.5 Mb/s)
  • EV telematics platform for fleet management
  • Electric scooter retrofit on STM32 with Android app over BLE 4.0
  • Vehicle metrics over 4G with continuous monitoring and backup logging
  • Custom bootloader for wireless firmware updates
  • Power Distribution for Electric Moped with battery switch-over on CAN bus
Freelance DeveloperMumbaiAsterisk Telephony, ReactJS, ReactPHP
Mar 2017 - Oct 2018
  • Asterisk Telephony Dashboard with ReactJS frontend and ReactPHP backend
  • Filtering and publishing Asterisk events from AMI and ARI to Dashboard
  • Event-driven, non-blocking minimal webserver with config and logging utility
  • Complete out-of-folder functionality for easy non-technical onsite installation
  • Bash scripting for automatic application revival on crash
Developer AnalystE2 Infosystems, ChennaiiOS, AngularJS, Laravel, WordPress
Oct 2015 - Mar 2017
  • Legacy iOS app redesign: separation of concerns, reusability, maintainability for Java-based hybrid web app
  • Feature development in JavaScript and native iOS
  • Protocol for communication and synchronization between iOS h/w layer and JS app
  • Replaced Java templating frameworks with ReactJS, Webpack build optimization
  • Web app with AngularJS frontend and Laravel backend
  • Chat feature over websockets with XMPP/OpenFire
  • JWT implementation for request verification and stateless backend
  • WordPress plugin and theme development integrated with WordPress APIs
  • Dynamic page layout console for easy maintenance of 1200+ webpages
iOS DeveloperAccelya Solutions, MumbaiiOS Development
Jun 2014 - Oct 2015
  • Finesse MBS, Audit MIS and iBrochures apps
  • Functional enhancements and bug fixes
Research AssistantIIT-Bombay, MumbaiControl Systems, Quadcopter Platform
Jul 2011 - Jun 2014
  • Control Systems lab in-charge for Masters and Bachelors courses
  • Designed experiments mirroring real-world applications using Dev boards and DAQ cards
  • Single Axis Test Platform and Thrust Measuring Stand for quadcopter development
  • Augmented off-the-shelf ESC firmware for improved BLDC speed control granularity
Field EngineerEnercon India, KarnatakaWind Turbine Installation
Jun 2010 - Jun 2011
  • Site installation grid layout design
  • E53 800KW wind turbine installation coordination
  • ISO quality inspection and grid commissioning
M.TechIIT-BombayControl & Computing, Electrical Engg.GPA: 8.04
2011 - 2014

Thesis: Polynomial matrix null space computation (BlockQR, SVD on GPU using OpenCL on AMD GPUs, Block Toeplitz solutions in Scipy)

Advisor: Prof. Madhu Belur - Eternally grateful for introducing me to programming and FOSS

B.TechNIT-NagpurElectrical EngineeringGPA: 6.61
2006 - 2010
Forming Behavior of Thin FoilsIDDRG Conference, Zurich
2013

Hemant Puthran, Sanket V. Joshi, K. Narasimhan