Manages globally-distributed engineering teams to develop NexGen products across the Lease & Loan industry following the emerging technology trends in cloud & edge computing, data platforms and effective enterprise adoption of AI & ML.

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• Leading a team of 80 project resources, in multiple projects Criminal Justice and Commercial Fleet management domain.• Managed end-to-end program management for IoT development and rollout for USA and Australia client. API based integrations with their back-end system.• AI/ML based implementation for Predictive maintenance of IoT devices, Commercial vehicles and defining the Pattern of Life (POL) for offenders/vehicles• Driven solution development, creating architecture/designs, strategy development & deliveries along with Cost Estimations & Risk Management, thus implementing Digital products, resulting in business transformations.• Supported development of vendors\teams, spanned globally as well as coordinating with Business Development department, to bring new ideas/innovations and business proposal to reality.• Defined/implemented automated regression testing and led large testing team in a regulated environment on large ERP implementations on Cloud.• Implemented Test Automation tools and procedures and deployed load testing tools and principles in dynamic environment - Agile & DevOps• Lead team working on iOS, Android, Java, Firmware, DevOps and MongoDB verticals in both the programs.• Collaborated with the Operations Department, to meet the business demands, for new products/solutions, while monitoring project status and taking appropriate action, to keep the same in line with agreed timeline & quality.

Accountability:• Lead a team of 15 project resources, in projects for Last-Mile delivery integration, by automation, at total 1000 stores, across UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and Egypt.• Providing over sight to end-to-end program management for POS terminal\Kiosk implementation & rollout and integrations (API based), with their back-end system (with Order Management & ERP), at total 100 stores, in UAE • Further directing implementation & rollout of similar solutions, at five KFC concept stores, across UAE as well as globally across 7 countries, involving Product Development Operations (architecture, development & deployment).• Driving solution development, creating architecture/designs, strategy development & deliveries along with Cost Estimations & Risk Management, thus implementing Digital products, resulting in business transformations.• Supporting development of vendors\teams, spanned globally as well as coordinating with Business Development department, to bring new ideas/innovations and business proposal to reality.• Collaborating with the Operations Department, to meet the business demands, for new products/solutions, while monitoring project status and taking appropriate action, to keep the same in line with agreed time-line & quality.Achievement: Successful self serving KIOSK terminal development, integrations (API based) with back-end systems and roll outs at total 100 outlets of KFC and Hardees in UAE in 6 months.

Accountabilities:• Reported to the Vice President of Technology & Innovation and led a team of 45 resources for end-to-end product development operations, by directing architecture, development and roll-out globally, across 14 countries• Directed development & rollout of Digital products, engaging in Product Development Operations, involving creation of architecture/designs, development strategy and final solution delivery, for business transformations.• Coordinated with Human Resource department to implement ADP HRMS system, with Finance Department, for complete automation of their operations, by implementing ERP system and with Operations Department to meet the business demands for new products/solutions.• Monitored project status, updating same to all stakeholders, regularly and on identification of impediment to project progress, took appropriate action to mitigate same.Achievement: Successful POS terminal implementation and integrations (API based), with back-end systems, at total 400 outlets in 16 countries, in 1 year

Led multiple product development and support projects for US Clients in Stock Market, Banking and Finance Domain.

Accountabilities:• Started this engagement as Technology Analyst (Oct 2004) and progressed to the reported designation (Jan 2009), leading 21 resources & reporting to Senior Project Manager, in multiple (6 total) projects.• Led the team in projects for Product Development & Support along with delivery of guaranteed-quality release of such products/solutions for multiple international clients from diverse sector of industries.• Provided over sight to project execution, including estimation, solution design, resource management, risk management at the same time develop re-usable common components, for the entire application.• Coordinated with Software Development Teams, for producing highly optimized, scalable and high performing code for applications, while designed Test Automation Framework, using Rational Functional Tester.• Collaborated with multiple teams - Quality Assurance team on load/performance testing of website products, Development teams for code reviews and Release Management team on VSTS to enforce coding guidelines & conventions along with for merging code among development, staging and production branches.• Engaged, further, in multiple other tasks - onsite management of project operations, provide Application Support, in Internal Consulting and in training for team skill upgrade.• Earlier, participated in multiple (3) projects for a global, integrated mail and document management solution provider, with the responsibilities of product development as well as enterprise social collaboration platform, of the organization.Achievements: Successful Quality development & release of 4 software products, for BMW Japan Established a collaborative platform, on SharePoint 2007, using MVC architecture  Developed integrated mail & document management solutions, for Pitney Bowes as well as implemented PBFIRST (File Importing, Reformatting, and Sorting Tool)

Contributed as Senior Software developer for products in Document Management and Financial product development

SDLC - Requirement gathering and software development for Sahara Airlines. Product name was "Flight Operations Information System" (FOIS).