I’m a senior engineering leader and technology executive currently working in a dual role at WPP/VML as an Executive Directory of Technology, and a CTO for WPP’s key client, Ford Motor Company. As part of executive team, I partner with WPP and Ford technology and business teams in implementing Ford’s global business mktg, and digital transformation objectives. I’m responsible for building global technology teams across commerce, web/mobile, data engineering, and AI. • As a technology capability lead, advisor to global executive team.• Lead technology and data engineering modernization transformation plans.• Collaborate with senior business stakeholders and CDO in developing direct to consumer applications. • Partnering with marketing, creative, cx teams to deliver on the OKR’s and KPI’s.• Partner with product owners in defining the PI planning & sprint priorities.• Partnering with Ford IT to build customer experience, commerce, crm and analytics platforms.• Manage software & data development engineering teams across US, UK, Mexico, and India.• Build strategic partnerships with Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Adobe and Nvidia.• Regulatory compliance of GDPR, WCAG & SOX practices.• Develop continuous software deployment and measurement practices.• Upskilling teams on AI development tools and modern software engineering.• Management and development of global team performance and leadership skills.• Vendor and resource Management.#CTO, #digitaltransformation, #technologymodernization, #EnterpriseArchitecture, #AI, #techstrategy,#globalteams, #teamdevelopment, #AgilePrior to WPP/VML, my career spanned across working for management and digital consultancy firms. I worked with leading brands across Healthcare, Automotive, CPG such as New York Health Care Presbyterian Health, Mayo Clinic, Audi, Volkswagen, Hunter Douglas, Kao Brands and Jimmy Johns to name a few. Each of these organizations had a unique business and digital transformation challenge from solving a deregulation of a business entity to transforming to a direct-to-consumer organization. Behind all the work, are teams and relationships, this is truly where I find the most meaningful part of my responsibilities as a leader. I have managed teams of 5 to 250+ engineers. • Experience in modern software engineering with an agile software development.• Expertise in leading organizations through business, digital and technology transformation by developing technology strategy and implementation roadmap.