With over 24 years of industry experience leading large-scale digital transformation programs in financial services, telecom, and retail – I bring a unique blend of strategic and hands-on technical expertise. Experimentalist and passionate technologist with experience in Generative AI, Cloud-native architecture, Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, DevSecOps, and MLOps platforms focused on solving business problems.I am passionate about mentoring future technology leaders with growth paths aligned with organizational objectives, motivating teams to build engineering accelerators for efficiency & productivity, and sharing knowledge with the broader tech community to drive growth and innovation. My current leadership coverage: Gen AI for a leading financial bank, technology strategist for an asset management firm, Cloud CoE initiatives, Innersource accelerators, wealth & asset management accelerators, Cloud and Gen AI enablement.Strategic Impact & Leadership• Enterprise-Wide Generative AI Leader: Established GenAI capabilities at a global financial institution, focusing on security-first implementation and building an LLMOps framework.• Digital Transformation Enterprise Architect for Leading Financial Companies: Led multi-year programs to adopt modern architecture and re-platforming, driving operational efficiency & enhanced business capabilities.• Wealth Management & Digital Banking Engineering Lead: Transformed legacy platforms into cloud-native architecture, achieving differentiation in market position, advisor & client satisfaction, and cost-efficiency.Innovation & Technical Expertise• Applying GenAI and LLM Engineering with platforms as Vertex AI, Azure AI, and Bedrock with LLMs as Gemini, GPT-4, Llama, Claude, Cohere, and more along with LangChain, LangGraph.• Pioneered Cloud-native migrations, achieving 50-60% improvement in time-to-market and more than 40% increase in customer satisfaction.• Expertise spans AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Platform Engineering, and DevSecOps practices.Thought Leadership & Recognition• Global Speaker at technology conferences, including SpringOne, The Linux Foundation, ElasticON, SKILup Day, and Ortelius Microservices Visionaries.• Recognized as DZone’s Most Valuable Blogger with 100+ publications, consistently contributing thought leadership on platforms like Medium and more.I am a lifelong student who enjoys experimenting with new technologies to find hidden potential. Music, dance, sports, reading, and sharing my life experiences are some of my favorite things.
Listed skills include Spring Framework, Java, Ejb, Enterprise Architecture, and 21 others.
