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Serving as CTO with combined responsibilities of Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Product Officer (CPO). Additionally, serve as President of the Franchise Technology division, Zorware LLC.. Major Responsibilities & Achievements:  Strategic Leadership: Spearhead company-wide strategy, innovation, and growth initiatives through technology adoption and transformation  Building High-Performance Teams: Built a strong leadership team and established an efficient global technology organization, including offshore development teams. Expertise in managing vendor relationships to drive value and achieve operational goal  Digital Transformation: Drive innovation by developing e-commerce platforms, mobile applications, and integrating best-in-class third-party solutions to enhance franchisee and customer experiences  Data-Driven Growth: Leverage Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) to boost franchise sales, improve operational efficiency, and drive strategic decision-making  Cloud Infrastructure Transformation: Lead the organization's migration to a cloud-first strategy with aws, ensuring scalability, security, and operational resilienceAwards & Recognition:* CIO 100 Award Winner: Recognized for excellence in IT innovation and leadership.* Finalist for Orbie Award – CIO of the Year: Honored in both 2022 and 2023 for outstanding contributions to technology and business transformation

Leading development of decision support products in AirVision using big data that helps Airlines maximize their revenue. The products provide world class optimization and forecasting solutions.

Lead team to develop and manage industry leading Airline Scheduling and Planning tools. The tools helps Airlines maximize revenue of their schedule utilizing big data and optimizes the use of Aircraft.Led the teams successfully to scale the application and organization to support the massive growth of the business.Support deployment and installation of application in SaaS (Software as a Service) or in airlines data center.

* Responsible for delivery and technical strategy for white label and B2B business partners for Travelocity and lastminute.com ecommerce travel site. Partners included American Express, Yahoo, Continental Airline, BMI Baby, Aer Lingus, Emirates Airlines..* Leading the Media strategy and technology for Travelocity which include social travel media with IgoUgo brand, sponsored search listings and monetizing of comparative rate search to increase revenue.

* Responsible for development of online transaction for shopping and booking of travel for Travelocity.* Responsible for development and launch of Travelocity ecommerce travel site* Responsible for setup of low cost center development in India and Argentina. Successfully outsourced to offshore locations and getting high productivity from the locations.* Managed and developed in Java and Oracle.

* Defined software development process including Agile within lastminute.com* Setup company technology portfolio process. Developed and built up project management functionality in the company* Setup functional requirements process and created business analyst role within the company and built team.* Lead the software release process for lastminute.com* Lead software quality team. Setup a team a team in low cost center (india) from scratch and built QA automation.

* Development of online travel products for American Airlines. Travel availability on AOL, Prodigy and Compuserve products.* Development included working with Sabre GDS