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New York, New York, United States

My role requires setting clear platform vision and direction and ensuring alignment with the firms strategic goals. I am deeply invested in nurturing and driving our company culture forward, fostering an environment of inclusion, innovation, collaboration, and continuous growth.

I led the architecture and engineering of the firms research and production data analysis, simulations and modeling capabilities. Innovation - Developed a scalable and efficient Arrow and Pandas based data analytics language by contributing significantly to open-source projects and enhancing our data processing capabilities.Impact - Led the firmwide migration to Apache Arrow for all data systems interoperability. Leveraged and contributed to Apache Arrow, enhancing our high-performance analytics capabilities and ensuring efficient data interchange and processing across platforms. Collaboration - Led and managed multiple complex engineering teams, successfully driving projects from inception to completion. Set clear product directions and aligned our technical strategies with overarching business initiatives and objectives, ensuring cohesion and forward momentum in step with our goals for the business.Leadership: Championed and nurtured a company culture that prioritized diversity annd inclusion, innovation, continuous learning, and adaptability, fostering a motivated and forward-thinking workforce.

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I led a team that used distributed systems, operations research and functional programming to transform the practice of executing, managing and analyzing market simulations at large scale.Innovation: Led the development of a multi-cloud distributed resource scheduler, optimizing resource allocation and ensuring seamless operations across thousands of compute nodes across multiple cloud providers.

Nyc, Ny

I led an internal consulting practice responsible for the architecture, engineering and integration of the Enterprise Search Platform, an innovative product that powered search functionalities across Citi's vast array of Intranet and Internet applications. Scale: The platform scaled to support over 1 million users globally, ensuring consistent search experiences across multiple digital touchpoints, from Citibank Online, Consumer Call Centers and buy side platforms such as Citi Velocity.Impact: The search solutions I designed and implemented drove 90% reduction in search-related issues on the corporate intranet as measured by CSAT surveys and click-thru analytics.Innovation: Introduced advanced search features like semantic search, personalized results, and “paid” internal search boosting, setting new standards for financial industry search capabilities.Collaboration: Worked closely with global, cross-functional teams, including UX/UI designers, data scientists, and product managers, to ensure the search platform was aligned with Citi's evolving digital strategy and user expectations.

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Working for the Office of the CTO, I addressed IT Security challenges, from global Public Key Infrastructure design to digital fingerprinting technologies and played a pivotal role in ensuring the security of diverse operations, from digital infrastructure to protection against unique global threats.