As a Director of Technology at Publicis Sapient, I lead software engineering teams and deliver digital transformation solutions for clients in the telecom and e-commerce sectors. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, I have successfully built and launched enterprise-scale applications for global brands such as Coca-Cola, Verizon, and JCPenney, enhancing their customer experience and business performance.Product and Engineering 20 years of experience in software development, 12+ years of coding experience in JavaExpertise in building high volume, low latency consumer-facing applications. Experience in leading a startup team and navigating the challenges of scaling. Expertise in building applications using micro service, APIs, web, and marketing technologies [MarTech].Experience in leading multiyear digital transformation for marquee clients Experience in building applications from inception to go live using cloud technologies (Amazon - AWS, Google - GCP)Expertise in application performance tuning and site reliability engineering [SRE]. Expertise in technology consulting, conducting workshops, scoping, prioritization, and solution estimation.Leadership, Project Management, and Team building10 Years of experience in managing performance, compensation, coaching, and hiring of engineering’s. 12 Years of experience in leading cross-functional teams with up to 40 team members located across geography.Experienced in Coaching Architects, Managers, and Summer Interns to help meet career goals. Experience in managing projects, and prioritization in a fast-paced environment using agile methodologies to meet OKRs/KPIs.Instrumental in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process improvement and increasing team productivity by establishing tools, KPIs, and best practices.Effective in partnering with key stakeholders, reporting to executive leadership, presenting proposals, and handling escalations.Tools and TechnologiesJava, J2ee, Python, ATG CommerceAWS and Google Cloud (GCP) ArchitectureSearch: Endeca, Solr, IBM WatsonSEO Optimization, Site Analytics, Accessibility, and Email IntegrationApplication security, scalability, and resilience Micro Services, REST API, GraphQL, SpringBoot, HTML, JavaScript, ReactJS, Next.js, Node.jsOracle, SQL, DynamoDB, NoSQL, Redis, Cassandra Chatbot: Google Dialog flow and IBM Watson CI/CD – Jenkins, DevOps: GIT, Ant/Maven, Jenkins, KibanaETL, Spark, Kafka CMS: Adobe AEM, Drupal Docker, Kubernetes, EC2, EKS, S3GEN/AI hands-on training in [LLM, RAG, Finetuning, OpenAI, VectorDB, GPUs]
