Lead the engineering and development of the Credit Authorizations product including cardmember spending limits and payment applications for the Risk Decision Technology platform. Manage a team of 24 engineers and senior engineers. • Lead the Authorizations Modernization Program (AMP) for enterprise credit applications by integrating with a private cloud environment, data protection and database systems. • Collaborate with business partners and product owners, on solutions and prioritization efforts, resulting in development and delivery of over 140 features last year. • Achieve a say / do ratio of 97% using Agile Scrum methods by ensuring requirements were finalized and timelines were aligned with all technology teams. • Improved the Kanban team’s delivery by 15% by cross-training the team and prioritizing specific straightforward product features with the product owners.• Recruit, develop and retain distributed, mainframe and TPF developers and engineers.

Led the engineering team to modernize the rules engine and instant customer notifications for the global Credit Authorizations System (CAS) at Amex. Managed a team of 20 engineers and senior engineers.• Led the design, architecture and development of the new rules engine platform as a part of the overall Authorization Modernization Program (AMP). Built it on a distributed platform using REST APIs, Kafka, Kubernetes, Java and Kotlin.• Advisor to product owners promoting advanced features and new technology.• Implemented the next generation rules engine with zero downtime by developing an advanced real time stand-in (back-up) authorization system on a distributed platform. • Recruit, develop and retain distributed, mainframe and TPF developers and engineers.

Led an Agile development team in the solution design, engineering and implementation to continuously modernize, and add new features, for the enterprise Authorization Rules Engine. • Developed a user friendly customizable front end for use by business providing self-servicing and flexibility for the enterprise Authorization Rules Engine. • Continuously improved and redesigned the enterprise rules engine for CAS to increase user efficiency by over 20%. • Led several major complex projects requiring leadership across multiple technical teams and business partners. This included Working Capital Terms, the first small business loan application at Amex. • Utilized proof of concept to deliver the rules engine in the private cloud. Integrated rules execution and Big Data platform in batch processing. Utilized a tech stack of Java, Hadoop, Spark, Angular 4.0, ELK, Spring, Couchbase, Redis and Hive.

• Co-creator of The Rules Engine for Credit Authorization System (CAS) saving Amex $42M in its initial year of operation. • Designed and implemented the first web based interface for the rules engine. Improved business partner experience with a user friendly UX/UI design resulting in a 20% increase in efficiency.• Partnered with technology and business strategy teams to influence incorporation of new technology and capabilities for fraud prevention and credit risk reduction. • Apply continuous improvement for the rules engine saving an additional $20M per year.

Enhanced the Fares and Pricing software application maintained and implemented new functionalities to the application.