His experience spans over a decade and a half in leadership and critical roles for leading enterprise software companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has made key contributions to the preeminent industrial data historian in the world, especially ubiquitous throughout the process industry.

As Director of Platform Engineering at C3 AI, the leading Enterprise AI company, he founded an organization of multiple teams that developed cutting-edge capabilities at the intersection of artificial intelligence and large-scale systems. He is currently the Director of Engineering at Labelbox, a startup building a data-centric AI platform, where he runs platform and product engineering organizations in the US and EU. Manas has had a significant impact on the industry through his technical and organizational leadership. The enterprise products he has developed are part of critical infrastructure for several industry verticals throughout the world including the energy sector, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, etc.

He is a startup mentor at a venture-backed accelerator. He mentors industry professionals in AI, Data, and engineering leadership. He has filed multiple patents in data processing and machine learning for AI. He has been invited to speak at various technical and leadership conferences. He is a technology advisor for AI at expert services firms. As an industry expert, he has been invited to judge multiple prestigious national and international industry awards.

His contributions to the field of Artificial Intelligence and Data Infrastructure have been recognized through multiple prestigious awards and honors.