# Rajesh Anneswamy — Personal Profile

> Compiled from interview on 2026-03-23.
> Source: direct Q&A with Rajesh, LinkedIn profile, family descriptions.
> Purpose: seed Annie's knowledge after factory reset.

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## Identity

- **Full name:** Rajesh Anneswamy
- **Date of birth:** 18 May 1967
- **Age:** 58 (turning 59 in May 2026)
- **Location:** Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India
- **Mother tongue:** Kannada
- **Languages:** English (primary, fluent), Kannada (can speak, rarely does)
- **Education:** RV College of Engineering — BE, Computer Science (1987–1990, First Class)

## Family

- **Mother:** ~85 years old, in Bangalore
- **Wife:** Roshni — speaks mainly Kannada, very rarely English
- **Daughter:** Reethi — born 11 January 1994
- **Son:** Roshan — born 24 August 2002

The family lived abroad (Singapore, Geneva) and returned to India around 2016. The kids speak only English — with Rajesh, with each other, and with everyone — because of growing up abroad.

## Close Friends

- **Priyanka** — lives in Bhutan
- **Shalini** — close friend
- **Younten** (husband) & **Yangzom** (wife) — Tibetan couple
- **Namratha** — lives in Tumkur
- **Tsetan** — Tibetan friend

## Career

**Headline:** Robotics & AI Enthusiast | Tech Mentor & Advisor | Former CTO & 3x Founder

27 years leading technology innovation in financial services. Career spans Singapore to Geneva to Bangalore.

### Career Timeline

1. ~1 year working in India (early career, post-graduation)
2. Lived abroad from roughly mid-1990s to 2016
3. **TrainingFox S.A.** — Founder, CTO (Jun 2000 – Jun 2004, Geneva)
4. **SunGard Financial Systems** — Chief Architect, Europe (Jun 2004 – Jun 2007, Geneva)
5. **iSprout s.a.r.l** — Founder, CEO (Jun 2007 – Jun 2008, Geneva)
6. **SunGard Financial Systems** — Founder, CEO [internal venture] (Jun 2008 – Jun 2011)
7. **SunGard Financial Systems** — Director, Mobile Technologies (Jun 2011 – Jun 2013, Geneva)
8. **SunGard Financial Systems** — CTO, UXLabs (Jun 2013 – Jan 2017, Geneva)
9. **Self-employed** — Retired CTO, Advisor & Mentor, Robotics Enthusiast (Jan 2017 – present, Bangalore)
10. *(+ 3 additional early-career roles not captured)*

**Total SunGard/FIS tenure:** ~8 years 8 months

Built trading platforms, pioneered mobile technologies, led UX innovation.

### Current Focus
- **her-os** — Personal ambient intelligence system (this project)
- **Robotics** — Hands-on exploration
- **Mentoring** — Guiding tech entrepreneurs and professionals
- **Giving back** — Education, children, human rights causes

## Health

- **Type 2 diabetes** — on medication, taken twice daily (after breakfast, after dinner). Both medications are diabetes-related.
- **Mild cholesterol** — nothing serious, managed with medication
- **Sleep pattern:** Fragmented — ~4 hours in first stretch, wakes up, works/codes/eats a small snack, then sleeps another 2–3 hours. Total ~6–7 hours. No nighttime bathroom interruptions. Rajesh acknowledges this pattern should improve.
- **Exercise:** Loves walking but rarely does it (programming addiction). Two parks available:
  - One directly next to the house — accessible 24/7
  - One about 1 km away — Rajesh loves this one (refreshing, inspiring), but it has restricted opening hours
- **Height:** 5'7.5" (171.5 cm)
- **Weight:** 80.3 kg (as of March 2026) — gained 2.5 kg in the last 3 months, trending wrong direction
- **Key health insight:** When body weight drops, diabetes numbers drop too — very encouraging correlation
- **Goal #1 (PRIORITY):** Remove visceral fat — Rajesh considers this his number one health goal for longevity
- **Goal #2:** Better sleep pattern
- **Goal #3:** More walks, reverse the 2.5 kg gain

## Food & Drink

- **Diet:** Vegetarian in India only — doesn't trust the meat supply chain/businessmen in India. Outside India, eats everything including steak. Family is vegetarian by birth, so easy to accommodate at home.
- **Alcohol:** Enjoys drinks but not alcoholic. Sometimes forgets he has booze at home.
- **Sweet tooth:** Has a tendency towards sweets — possibly linked to his diabetes.
- **Meals:** Breakfast, lunch, dinner (standard three meals)
- **Coffee:** This is a BIG part of Rajesh's identity.
  - Uses Blue Tokai coffee beans
  - Makes coffee at home — his *signature*
  - Everyone who visits says they can't drink coffee anywhere else after having his
  - Friends look forward to visiting specifically for his coffee
  - The whole family loves his coffee
- **Midnight snacking:** When awake in the middle of the night, eats something small

## Hobbies & Interests

1. **Programming** — Self-described addiction. Late-night coding sessions with Claude Code.
2. **Cooking & baking** — Serious, trained skill. Details:
   - Attended pastry and baking school — ~18 classes over many months, each class a full day
   - Can make sourdough, various breads, Japanese bread
   - Makes pizzas in an **Ooni Korda 16** pizza oven (gas-powered, goes up to 500°C)
   - Cooks on induction (preferred) and gas stove
   - Specialties: dosa (made on gas stove), burgers, pizzas, North Indian, South Indian
   - Makes North Indian, South Indian food. Hosts friends and cooks for them.
3. **Robotics** — Hands-on building and exploration
4. **AI music** — Uses Suno AI (has subscription) to express himself through AI-generated music. Can't sing but loves to express through music.
5. **Golf** — Serious golfer (currently on hiatus since COVID):
   - **Had lunch with Annika Sörenstam**
   - Golf memberships at **Evian** and **Jiva Hill** in France (past, Switzerland era)
   - Used to fly weekly Geneva → London City Airport to train at **Knightsbridge Golf School** (one of the best teachers) — fly in morning, take class, fly back same day
   - Took lessons from **David Leadbetter** and **Henry** (coach of Annika Sörenstam)
   - Played in Thailand (multiple golf trips), Sweden (Malmö area), Arizona (Phoenix), Jacksonville (Florida), TPC Sawgrass, San Francisco (Olympic Club)
   - **India clubs:**
     - **Coorg Golf Links (CGL)** — home club
     - **Pilikula Golf Club (PGC)** — Mangalore
     - **ASC** — Army golf course near his house in Bangalore, gets discount via CGL/PGC membership
   - **Why stopped:** Wife Roshni felt sick during COVID. They always played together and he didn't want to go alone, so he also stopped.
   - **Comeback:** Son Roshan is asking to play together. Rajesh wants to get his body flexible and in form first to avoid injury.
   - **Home practice setup:** Golfing net + **Trackman 3e** radar for home practice
6. **Dreaming** — "I love to dream"
7. **Coffee making** — Elevated to an art form. Does latte art (3 designs currently, wants to develop more). Developed his taste for good coffee in Melbourne, Australia. (See Food & Drink section)

## Personality (as described by family)

### Son Roshan's description:
- "You work a lot"
- "You like to buy the most expensive things"
- "You like to be focused on one particular thing for a little while at a time — one thing at a time"
- "You like doing new things constantly"
- As a father: "He encourages us to try new things. Good values and ethics and morals."

### Wife Roshni's description:

**As a father:**
- He provides children the best he can, the best he has
- He encourages them to be curious
- He imparts his knowledge and experience — has been doing this since they were young
- His intention: children should benefit from his experience, not have to reinvent the wheel
- He encourages them to be independent thinkers
- He also interferes in their decision-making and thoughts — overall 98-99% good intention
- His willingness to jump into teaching and coaching is the highest — on any subject: coffee making to coding to business
- He shares podcasts, books, resources constantly
- His dream is for his children to progress better than him

**As a husband:**
- Like as a father, he encourages a lot
- In anything she shows interest, he provides more than she imagined she could have
- Examples: camera, best clothing, best food, best makeup, supported her degree
- "Anything from jams to biscuits to chocolates, he has provided"
- He has very good intention — everything he does comes from wanting the best

## Values & Causes

- Children, Economic Empowerment, Education, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Poverty Alleviation, Science and Technology
- Deeply believes in imparting knowledge — wants his children to have every edge
- Values independence of thought but also actively guides
- Buys quality — "likes the most expensive things" (quality over quantity)
- Follows: Geoffrey Moore, Richard Branson
- Groups: CTO Network, staaake Reverse Network
- Subscribes to: "Building company with Gen AI" (Deepak Chawla), "A Technocrat's Discernment" (Sanjay Basu PhD)

## Religion & Spirituality

- Hindu by birth but not religious
- Appreciates the principles of all religions
- Core belief: **kindness** should be the goal at the end of the day

## Travel & Places Lived

- Loves traveling — "If I have a good companion, I don't mind traveling all my life"
- **Hong Kong** — Lived there. First child (Reethi) was conceived there but delivered in India.
- **Singapore** — Fond memories
- **Switzerland (Geneva)** — Exciting but also stressful. Base for many years.
- **Australia (Melbourne)** — Had a startup there. Traveled almost once a month. This is where he developed his taste for good coffee. Also visited Sydney.
- **Bangalore** — Home since ~2016

### Countries & Cities Traveled
- **Asia:** Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Indonesia (Jakarta, Bali), Philippines, Thailand (many times, including just for golf)
- **Europe:** Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Malmö, places in Sweden (golf, Christmas, tourism), London (weekly flights for golf school)
- **USA:** Phoenix (Arizona), Jacksonville (Florida), TPC Sawgrass, San Francisco (Olympic Club golf course)
- **Australia:** Melbourne (frequently), Sydney

## Cars

- Has had a Porsche since his early 30s — always had one until returning to India
- **Porsche 911**
- **Porsche Cayenne Turbo**
- **Porsche Cayenne Hybrid**
- **Porsche Cayenne GTS** — drove for a while
- Clearly a Porsche enthusiast — the car was part of his identity abroad

## Pets & Animals

- Loves dogs
- Also loves cats — as long as they don't scratch him
- No current pets mentioned

## Places

- **Home:** Bangalore, India (since ~2016)
- **Lived:** Singapore, Geneva (Switzerland) — roughly 20+ years abroad
- **Education:** RV College of Engineering, Bangalore
- **Two parks near home** — one adjacent (24/7), one 1km away (restricted hours, preferred)

## Key Traits Summary

1. **Generous provider** — buys the best, encourages interests, supports education
2. **Knowledge sharer** — compulsive teacher and mentor (coffee to coding to business)
3. **Curious explorer** — constantly trying new things, one deep focus at a time
4. **Dreamer** — loves to dream, express through AI music
5. **Night owl coder** — fragmented sleep, late-night programming sessions
6. **Legendary barista** — coffee is identity, social glue, family ritual
7. **Quality seeker** — "the most expensive things" = best quality available
8. **Good intentions** — 98-99% good intention per family
9. **Hands-on builder** — robotics, coding, cooking — learns by doing
10. **Retired but restless** — CTO energy channeled into mentoring, AI, her-os