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Leading global product management and engineering team to build Oracle Student Cloud from the ground up. I oversee both the product management and engineering teams for Oracle Student Cloud, with a special focus on Frameworks and AI-driven workflow automation, which we've developed as a unique market differentiator.Design, architect and developed tools and platforms for Oracle Cloud Applications to manage the overall lifecycle of the Oracle Fusion application in On-Prem, SAAS, and Oracle Public Cloud services. Enable Oracle Cloud Applications for next-gen OCI cloud infrastructure and its variants to be cloud-native: i.e., RESTful, idempotent, DevOps, high-available, resilient, storage modernization, portable to cloud-infrastructure. Introduced self-service with cloud native development paradigm for life cycle management activities resulting in faster revenue recognition, upstream order simplification, and increased customer satisfaction. Help migrate 18000 customers from on-prem hyperscale PODs to cloud.Leading global engineering team to develop critical components for lifecycle management of SAAS products.Streamlined applications to eliminate errors (GSI/CPQ) causing downstream failures and delivery delays. Led Oracle’s SPyDER AI-based platform development, impacting 20,000 customers across 40 data centers, reducing downtime by 20%, increasing customer density by 33%, and targeting 99.9% predictable success. Created a tool kit approach to migrate Oracle Fusion Applications storage from Network File System (NFS) management to modern storage appliances Block Volume, minimizing down-times and meeting KPIs & SLAs. Serve as a member of the Technology Review Panel to provide guidance for and mentor 300+ engineers, providing technical leadership, reviewing work products, and providing guidance on standards and best practices.

Developing tools to provision, patch and upgrade Oracle Fusion Applications on Oracle Public Cloud. These tools are used to deploy emergency one-off fixes, weekly and monthly patch bundles and quarterly upgrades of over 18,000 production customers spread over 40 data centres worldwide and growing rapidlyEnable Fusion Application SAAS cloud to self-service and its variants. Modernize lifecycle management operation to be cloud-centric: RESTful, idempotent, DevOps, high-available, resilient, and portable to various cloud-infrastructure

Founding member, engineering leader, designed, architected and developed the Equinix Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) distributed edge service platform to handle 500TB+ of data, 2.5 million+ event stream across 60K+ industrial IoT devices.Led the hiring and development of MVP of the DCIM platform and IBX SmartView. Delivered the MVP 1.0 version with a team of 70+ people. Present Equinix technologies at top-ranked international conferences (e.g., API World, RedisConf, DeveloperWeek, JUC West, etc.). Managed the design and implementation of IBX SmartView to enable customers consume DCIM capability. Led architecture/implementation of real-time messaging service for datacenter infrastructure monitoring data.Created a Feature Based Delivery (FBD) cloud native software development approach to simplify engineering by designing, building, testing and releasing fully functioning code in an independent/iterative manner.Participate in yearly budgets for software/services and human resources. IBX SmartView won the ‘Best IoT Application’ in the NGON and DCI 2017 awards.

Designed, architected and developed the Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric portal and API to connect global 2000 enterprises to Multiple cloud providers across 200 data centers worldwide. Work with product management on product roadmap/release schedule. Integrate with the backend oracle ordering system to enable partners to order and manage the product on behalf of end customers.Rearchitect the product from monolithic Java-based to Micro-service based architecture. The developed core logic for product orchestration engine for real-time configuration and management of interconnections within a cloud-based services exchange. Expand the product to enable Equinix NFV marketplace where enterprises can order SDWAN/Router services to connect branches to cloud or multi-cloud native apps can exchange data. Developed the orchestration engine, a key component to interconnection and connection life cycle management on cisco NSO product. Built and led the engineering team between Silicon Valley and Singapore with responsibilities for product development, testing, release, and sustenance.

Built applications serving more than 75,000 users across 87 global locations such as eBay Intranet, HR Portal, and Enterprise Single Sign-On. Led the Innovation Lab consisting of an elite team of specialists to explore Skunkworks research projects resulting in increased employee engagement towards innovation (+24%) and 33% of patents originating from innovation projects. Led the design, architecture, and development of a simplified video conferencing and messaging system for live video, audio, and chat. Pioneered an Operational Excellence framework that resulted in 35% savings on IT Operating Costs. Designed and architected eBay’s Idea management portal, CafeBay, a front-end product innovation process to provide all-in-one support for strategic product planning, idea development, and innovation process execution. Authored a framework Flock for development and quality, driving standardization of the web, mobile, and cloud-native service development.

Technical lead developing Schwab Advice Managed Services (SAMS) web-based application as part of Schwab Advice Suite. Served as lead architect overseeing the rewrite of existing SAMS suite next-generation applications in Java and Spring.Conducted organization and delivery unit-level training for new hires and lateral entries.

Work with business to gather/prioritize requirements and translate them into functional features and design/develop/debug the application