Build a life that feels like yours.

I was born in a small village in Kerala, India, and grew up in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. I didn’t grow up imagining a polished corporate career in the United States. My path was much less certain than that.

I returned to Kerala for higher education, earning a BBA in Computer Science and then two master’s degrees in Personnel Management and Management Science with a focus on Finance. That unusual combination of people, technology and numbers became the foundation for much of what followed.

My career began in India across HR, resource management and operations. I moved into IT services and consulting, eventually building a long career at Deloitte across India and the United States. Moving countries, building a career, adapting to new environments and creating a life and family far from where I started was not always easy.

But every difficult chapter taught me something: you don’t need to know the entire path to take the next step. You need to keep building the capability, courage and clarity to take it.

Today, I live in Dallas‑Fort Worth and work at the intersection of people, technology, operations and AI. LifeBySal is the other side of that journey: purpose, career, family, ambition, reinvention, learning and the choices that make a life meaningful.

I created LifeBySal because I believe the lessons we learn building a career can help us build a better life. And the lessons we learn from life can make us better leaders.