Mounica Veggalam

Mounica Veggalam, Leadership Coach

Most impactful leadership lies at the intersection of:
- Personal growth
- Showing up with strong presence
- Learning to connect and lead other humans

I support leaders to scale their impact and create business results by guiding them through the above areas.

Career and Leadership Coach

Microsoft

I often get asked, “How are you a leadership coach when you haven’t been a manager yourself?”

The leadership I talk about is not strategic or tactical.

It’s self-leadership.

Your career trajectory — whether you reach C-Suite heights, or stay stuck in the middle — it starts with you. With what’s going on inside you.

This is the powerful lesson I realized at Microsoft. 

I observed inadequate leadership, average leadership, and excellent leadership. 

I was in heated design discussion rooms, witnessed managers make technical choices from their insecurities, and noticed the best empathetic leaders lost in overwhelm without any recognition.

I also saw powerful leadership from people who challenged the status quo. And challenged their own beliefs.

They were the people who did the right thing
- even when they’re anxious,
- even when they’re frustrated,
- even when they were at the edge of saying, “screw this sh**”

Your frustrations, disappointments, and resentments are where your growth opportunities lie.

When you understand and transform your inner landscape, your capacity for leadership expands, and you'll see the outside results: the promotion, the better project, and the better titles.

That’s the best way to make an impact in this world.

This is transformational leadership.

If you want to learn to lead your people from the inside-out, reach out and we’ll talk.

I am deeply invested in my personal transformation and leadership. That’s how I’m a leadership coach. That’s how I lead my clients to discover entirely new ways of presenting themselves.

I offer trainings, coaching and deep personal transformation, so you can feel fulfilled in your leadership mission. Send me a private message and we’ll chat.

Software Engineer

Practice Fusion

One of my mentors there asked, “Would you rather teach your kids to be smart or to be kind?”

What if I could do both?

With that question, I realized how starkly I’m drawn to deep philosophical concepts and the nature of the human mind. 

And this realization would set it in years later. But I didn’t know that then.

This internship was my entry into the software engineering world. 

It was incredible, surrounded by brilliant people in the startup culture. This is where I released my first feature into production, had my first exceptional manager, and gave my first talk in front of 200 smart people (I was terrible). 

It paved the way for another incredible role at Microsoft.

I won’t lie— I was arrogant about my IQ and my ability to grasp technical concepts quickly.

But I also had crippling self-doubt and introversion that got in the way of my impact.

Even through all that, a couple of things are common today:
— I value people and human connection. Regardless of my arrogance and self-doubt.
— I’m constantly pushing myself beyond my comfort zone. No matter how scary it is.
— I always look at my side of things. Even when I don’t want to. Especially when I don’t want to.

Today, this helps me serve my clients powerfully, 
— I point to the truth at the risk of them not liking me.
— I can deeply support them in facing the risks and uncertainities.
— I invest time and energy in confronting my beliefs and blindspots, so they don’t have to manage my ego.

It's a deeply rewarding experience.

Software Development Engineer Intern

Life & leadership coach for professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs | Software engineer turned coach & inner-work guide

Hi there! 👋 I’m Mounica. I help visionary tech leaders fast-track their careers so they can create more impact, build stronger teams, and bring their vision to reality, all with joyful life-balance.

I’m a software engineer turned transformational coach. Throughout my career, I was driven and confident on the outside. I achieved accolades, promotions, and patents. On the side, I tried to handle all my dissatisfaction with life through meditation and spiritual studies.

But none of that changed the *experience of life.*

I was always looking into the future for everything to settle down. My conversations lacked joy. I was subtly controlling in my relationships so I didn't break down. I was obsessed with achievement. 

Now I have a general sense of creative joy while taking up big projects. And I'm more present with my family.

It wasn't an overnight transformation (nothing worthwhile ever is). I approach this work from an intersection of developmental psychology (think ontological leadership and Robert Kegan's constructive map) and Eastern non-dual spirituality. 

Here are 3 levels of transformation you can expect through working with me:
1. Embodying your leadership voice & an internal compass, so you show Executive Presence.
2. Holding multiple, often conflicting, perspectives, so you bring a vision you deeply desire to reality.
3. Holding multiple identities, so you find creative joy in every choice you make (and have you ready for non-dual interconnected perception of the world).

This work is not about adding knowledge or skills but creating a *fundamentally different kind of mind* that takes the largest perspective, is more complex, and can handle more uncertainty.

My clients report:
- Influence without losing their ethics or empathy
- Command respect in a room full of brilliant (or skeptical) people
- Have ease, joy, and fun creating the results they want

If you’re curious, send me a DM!

Helping tech managers fast-track their careers with personalized 1:1 coaching.

I help with -
- Making tough career decisions
- Landing the next big role and making a vertical moves
- Transforming into a leader who delivers, impacts, and inspires.

Management skills and Relationships come easy to people managers. But what sets you apart is the Leadership mindset. I help managers become leaders and achieve their career goals along the way. 

The typical titles of my clients include:
- Engineering Manager
- Director of Engineering/Program/Product Management
- PM Manager
- Senior/Principal Engineers/PM

Smart Bid LLP

>  Ideated, Architected, Designed & Implemented the webapp for online bidding platform for Real estate assets => https://smartbidnow.com in a span of 2 and half months. 

>  Used MERN tech stack of node.js backend, react.js front end with MySql database.

>  Have developed functional tests & tenet tests to validate the web service REST API end points and measured the query throughput to be 125 QPS against a single VM instance hosted on Azure cloud.

> My Productivity during this period => 23K lines / 2.5 months.

> About to file a "Patent Application" for the product ( online bidding platform for Real Estate Assets & Cars ).

Founder, Developer and CEO

Tech Mahindra

Technical Architect

Alpha20 Group LLC

ThinkTalk Software Solutions Pvt Ltd

	Imagined, Ideated, Conceptualized, Architected, Designed & Implemented a Fin-Tech web App “Design Your Life”.
	Architected, Designed & Implemented “Design Your Life” Web Front end (with aesthetic designs), Web Service & Business logic.
	Deployed E2E full stack solution on Azure Cloud Host and released “Alpha Test Version” to friends & family. 

	My Contribution: ~75,000 lines of production code in around 8 months (Full Stack Dev Code). Startup Founder, Architect, Tech Lead & Main Developer. Designed & Implemented “Web App as a Framework with data feed from configuration file”. 

	White paper on “Cost Effective Rain Proof Cricket Stadium & other sports fields”.

Founder & Tech Lead @ ThinkTalk Software Solutions

Senior Software Engineer

Opia Labs

Full Stack Web development & Data Science

IIIT Hyderabad

	Participated in “Advanced Block-chain Cohort Program” (IIIT Hyderabad) and received graduation certificate. 
	Designed & Developed primitive prototype of Air-Miles Project on Block-chain Ethereum platform. 
	Collaboratively developed a white paper on “Apartment Services based on Prepaid Rental Tokens”.
	Designed and developed “Trade Finance solution based on Hyper Ledger Fabric & Mongo DB” along with a team. 
	Deployed “E2E full stack solution on Azure Cloud Host” and released advanced prototype to internal groups & Professor.
	My Contribution: ~44,000 lines of production code in 6 months (Full Stack Dev Code).  Part of 4 member developer team.

Block-chain Advanced Certification Program & Cohort (Student & Developer: Oct 2018 – Jan 2019):

Amazon

	Designed & Implemented “Generic Notification Platform” for “Amazon Bill Payments (HFC)”.
	Owned & Implemented Metrics for “Amazon Bill Payments” detail Page & rendering service.
	Implemented “Dynamic Thank You Page” capturing Status details of Bill Payments order.

Software Development Engineer II

	Architected, Designed & Implemented “DNS Server Automation Frameworks” through “Reusable library code, DNS Resolver & Server simulations, Model based Software Design”. 
	Architected, Designed & Implemented DNSSEC Product automation framework through “Reusable library code, DNS Resolver & Server simulations, Model based Software Design”. 
	Technical lead, Project Lead & Mentor for “DNS Server SDET Team”. 
	Designed Root-DC based Key master solution along with “PM & DEV” counterparts to address the problem of “DNSSEC online signing in Multi Master Environment”. 
	Architected, Designed & Implemented “S2S Multi-Tenant Server Automation Suites, Stress & Network throughput measurement tools which spanned across 30 to 40 Server nodes” through “Reusable library code & Cloud management Software”. 
	Android Mobile Skype App GUI Automation Design.

SDETII, Senior Software Engineer ( July 2007 – May 2012, July 2015 – Nov 2015 ):

	Architected, Designed & Implemented “S2S Multi-Tenant Server Automation Suites, Stress & Network throughput measurement tools that spanned across 30 to 40 Server nodes” through “Reusable library code & Cloud management Software”. 
	Developed IPv6 Root Hints Feature & Owned DNS Zone Scope Replication feature automation.

SDET II, Senior SDET, Senior Software Engineer

	Designed & implemented multiple automation suites for RRAS & NAP Projects.
	Architected, Designed & Implemented DHCPv6 product automation Framework by building “simulating DHCPv6 client & server” with the help of “State Model based software design”. 
	Architected, Designed & Implemented Single click (without any manual intervention) Automation Frameworks for DHCPv4 & DHCP NAP.

SDET, SDETII

Tata Elxsi

	Worked as “Software Trainee & Junior Software Engineer” in Embedded Systems project.

Full Stack Web & Mobile Development | Cloud Computing | Automation | Networking & Services Protocols | Google ML AI | Block-Chain | Data Science | Python | R | C++ | Node.js | React.js | Java Script | Php | Laravel | HPC | Algorithmic Trading | Data Analytics | Parallel Computing | .net Web App & Service Builder.



       Algorithmic programmer since college days specialized in "High Performance Computing, Parallel Processing & Analytics on Huge Volumes of data" using self made innovations & creative solutions.

Am a problem solver at heart who likes to collaborate & innovate for the  best results of any organization, company or community.

Love Software Programming, Cricket, Movies, Long Drives and Real Estate.

Being the captain of almost every Cricket Team that I played (Hard Tennis ball) since School days up until ARCL days (American Recreational Cricket League), I bring-in go-getter leadership attitude to bring out the best in every team player towards right results with special focus on getting the fundamentals right all the time.

Strengths : Handling algorithmic complexity & optimizations, Design & architecture of solutions for complex problems. 

Achievements : Patents, Gold Star Awards, Ranks in Entrance Examinations, Talent Tests, Curriculum Examinations & University. Captain of & Part of Cricket Team that won Runners-Up Trophy on four consecutive occasions in ARCL.

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