Leading the oversight of 18+ applications, encompassing both on-premises and SaaS solutions, across diverse domains such as Proposal Creation, Regulatory & Compliance, Reporting, and Special Assets.Providing strategic leadership in planning and architecture initiatives, driving modernization efforts to enhance application functionality through a buy vs. build vs. customize approach.Directing 5+ teams comprising 30+ developers, leads, architects, and subject matter experts, focused on delivering numerous regulatory and business-critical enhancements.Spearhead vendor lifecycle management and application growth lifecycle projects while ensuring alignment with organizational goals through effective partnership optimization.Champion budgeting and financial reconciliation efforts to ensure responsible resource allocation and fiscal accountability.Lead the global privacy data retention project, coordinating among multiple departments, including finance, legal, and data, to ensure compliance with data protection regulations and policies.

Lead the oversight of multiple teams and diverse applications, including both on-premises and SaaS solutions, across critical domains such as Proposal Creation, Regulatory & Compliance, Reporting, and Special Assets.Drive strategic planning and architecture initiatives, spearheading modernization efforts to enhance application functionality through informed decisions on buy vs. build vs. customize approaches.Champion multiple vendor lifecycle management initiatives to ensure timely delivery across various technologies, optimizing partnerships for alignment with organizational goals while upholding audit and compliance standards.Oversee comprehensive budgeting and financial reconciliation efforts, ensuring effective resource allocation and fiscal responsibility.Successfully implemented application governance by cataloging all applications in Collibra, enhancing visibility and compliance.Introduced application portfolio management using ServiceNow, significantly improving oversight and management of applications.Enforce separation of duties rigorously to enhance security and operational integrity across all projects and teams.

Architected an event-driven solution utilizing PCF, Kafka, and MarkLogic to enable near real-time cash summary and transaction reporting for IIP. Ensured project delivery within budget and timeline while providing technical guidance to developers.Led the architecture for the NT asset detail application on Bloomberg Terminal using FedSSO, enhancing data accessibility for C-clients. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure effective implementation while creating detailed architectural documentation.Led the architectural design for an automated online submission system to streamline account management for GCM clients(Proper Instructions User Interface, PIU), replacing the previous fax-based process. Coordinated efforts across multiple teams to ensure successful deployment.Architected a revamped user access management system that provides near-real-time updates and client self-service capabilities. Utilized PCF and Kafka frameworks to design event-driven workflows, addressing complex security and provisioning challenges for Northern Client Access (NCA) in TDA Platform.Designed an alert/notification architecture for external deposits, facilitating proactive communication regarding transaction statuses. Employed PCF and Solace frameworks to ensure timely project delivery while aligning with business requirements and architectural standards.Led the cloud transformation of the Institutional Passport application from a monolithic WebLogic Portal structure to microservices, enhancing scalability and security. Utilized PCF and Kafka frameworks to redesign core components while mentoring development teams and ensuring adherence to project timelines.

Designed and led the phased rollout of ECC Partners & Clients to the IIP Now Desktop.Architected and developed custom menu and footer components, enhancing user experience.Successfully deployed Liquidity Solutions Desktop to production, ensuring smooth ECC propagation.Delivered full lifecycle management, from design to deployment, while optimizing performance, scalability, and stability.Ensured compliance with coding standards like CheckMarx and Sonar, improving application security and quality.

Spearheaded the upgrade of a mission-critical client-facing portal applications for a global financial client, providing strategic direction and leadership throughout the project lifecycle.Conducted in-depth research and analysis of WebLogic Portal 10.3.7, identifying and upgrading the next-generation portal framework. Led the development, specification, and communication of robust application and infrastructure architectures supporting multiple client-facing banking and investment portals.Developed proof of concepts to validate architectural decisions and provided top-tier technical expertise throughout the implementation process.Shared deep technical knowledge through consulting engagements, presentations, and comprehensive documentation, ensuring smooth transitions and knowledge transfer across teams.

Led the end-to-end Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Build, Deployment, and Maintenance of N-Tier architecture projects for Provider, Employee, and Client portals, adhering to Agile methodologies to ensure timely and iterative delivery of high-quality features.Automation Initiative: Designed and developed a custom Maven plugin to automate the build process for task flows on Unix environments. This tool, addressing a gap in Oracle’s provided solutions, significantly streamlined the workflow for development teams. Previously, each developer spent 5–10 minutes manually building task flows on Windows, checking them into TFS, and then re-building on Unix hosts. The automation reduced manual effort and improved efficiency for multiple teams (5–10 developers each), enabling them to focus on core development tasks and reducing build times.

While working for Northern Trust led the upgrade of WebLogic Portal infrastructure from version 10.2 to 10.3.2, including a comprehensive platform migration from physical machines to virtual machines (VMs). This involved upgrading applications, redesigning core infrastructure components, and implementing automation for BSMD operations to streamline processes.Architected and implemented a Zero Downtime Architecture to enhance system availability and ensure continuous service delivery during maintenance and updates.Currently driving the infrastructure upgrade from WebLogic Portal 10.3.2 to Oracle Exalogic, leveraging its high-performance capabilities to further improve system scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.

As a Program Manager at Quest, I was tasked with identifying, prioritizing, reporting, and managing over 200 projects while also overseeing budgeting and financial reconciliation. Through collaboration with multiple teams over several months, I effectively eliminated 75% of the projects that were either duplicates, on hold, not reported, or lacked prioritization. This initiative streamlined the program, reducing the active project count to just 50 projects that were actively pursued, thereby enhancing overall focus and efficiency within the organization while ensuring financial accountability.

While working for Cisco, managed project enhancements, production support tickets, and change requests by prioritizing based on relevant artifacts, while conducting technical reviews and analyzing dependencies across teams. Coordinated with Infrastructure, Admin, Functional, Business, and Development teams to ensure timely project delivery and resolved issues between onsite and offshore teams. Delivered weekly project status reports for WEB, DWH, and ERP groups and oversaw resource management, procurement, and SOW sign-offs. Actively participated in senior-level meetings and managed billing details and invoicing for offshore teams to ensure financial accountability.

As a Subject Matter Expert for the Next Generation Portal project at Capital One, I addressed the challenges posed by the monolithic architecture that complicated even minor updates across multiple lines of business (LOBs). After a thorough analysis of the existing portal, I introduced a shared library framework, extracting common features such as authentication, authorization, logging, and monitoring into reusable libraries. This strategic approach enabled us to decompose the monolithic portal into smaller, more manageable components, significantly reducing the testing scope to only the updated elements and streamlining the development process.

As the lead architect for SVB Bank, I designed and modernized the portal framework by transforming key components into WSRP portlets for enhanced scalability and integration. I developed Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions for seamless third-party application integration, refactored and decoupled existing modules for greater flexibility, and conducted feasibility studies to ensure alignment with enterprise goals. Additionally, I oversaw the full lifecycle from design and development through testing and comprehensive documentation.

While working for Northern Trust, I contributed to following two major projects with the following key activities:Designed and implemented critical components for Next Generation Portal (NGP) framework, including the Portal PUM API, Custom Propagation module, Market Summary portlet, Market Update portlet, User Customization module, and Custom Caching module.Architected, designed, deployed, and optimized the usage and placement of System, J2EE, and third-party libraries for improved efficiency.Documented the architecture, design, onboarding, and developer guides to ensure clear technical guidance.Performed performance tuning of servers in the Integration and UAT environments using Wily Introscope and JRockit Mission Control, and resolved issues related to Embedded LDAP.Designed and implemented features such as the World Time portlet, MyShortcuts portlet, Landing Page module, Tertiary Navigation Bar, and internationalization for both portlets and portal for Private Passport 7, client facing application.Extended the portal admin console to handle internationalized message updates and customized the DVT feature to restrict portlet movement between wide and narrow spaces.

While working for the City of Chicago, I enhanced the City Stickers application to optimize performance during peak seasons. Implemented intelligent mechanisms to:Shut down the payment gateway and display a user-friendly message when the system was overloaded, preventing transaction failures.Automatically restart the payment gateway once it was capable of handling new transactions, ensuring seamless operations.Designed and implemented the zone management module for efficient service delivery.Led troubleshooting efforts to resolve production issues and failed transactions, improving system reliability.

While working for Mitchell International, I contributed to the following key initiatives:Designed, developed, and tested multiple modules within the Mum platform, including critical Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) components such as EDI837 and EDI997.Architected, developed, tested, and deployed the EDI837Bundler workflow, Event Generator, and Schema, ensuring seamless integration and operational efficiency.Managed build processes, performed rigorous testing of new builds, and led the verification, approval, rejection, or promotion of builds to QA and Production environments to ensure software quality.Provided technical assistance to team members in resolving issues related to WebLogic Integration (WLI), build scripts, and Ant, enhancing overall team productivity and reducing bottlenecks.Spearheaded the design, development, and testing of the SFSDBatchAssignment workflow and MieToCiecaBms, ensuring smooth and efficient business processes.Developed Proof of Concepts (POCs) for testing frameworks, including JProcessUnit, JUnit, and JPDProxy, enabling better unit testing and integration testing practices.Authored shell scripts to monitor and maintain the health of the repository created by the WLI runtime, improving system stability and proactive issue detection.

Led task distribution, monitored progress, provided technical guidance, and resolved issues for the development team, ensuring smooth execution of project tasks for Broadlane.Prepared and presented weekly status reports to stakeholders, offering insights on project progress, risks, and upcoming milestones.Facilitated client approvals for change requests by presenting detailed artifacts and ensuring alignment with business requirements and objectives.Spearheaded the design, development, testing, and integration of the OnlineForm module, delivering a robust and user-friendly solution that met both functional and technical specifications.

While working for NetApp, I was responsible for the following:Estimated effort for change requests and conducted thorough impact analysis, ensuring that all changes were properly assessed for feasibility and risk before implementation.Led the design and development of database components and portal modules, ensuring seamless integration and conducting comprehensive unit testing to guarantee functionality and performance.Utilized Bugzilla for bug tracking, efficiently identifying, fixing bugs, and collaborating with clients to obtain necessary approvals for deployment.

Implemented a project for Procter & Gamble, US, Asia & Europe from Apr 2003 to Oct 2003 as a Senior Software Engineer to design, develop & maintenance of web portals for various products using Allaire Jrun 3.1, JDeveloper, EJB, JDBC, Stored Procedures, Ms SQL Server, Oracle 8i.

Implemented a project for TESLA GMBH, Germany from Oct 2002 to Apr 2003 as a Tech Lead and Senior Software Engineer to design and develop XML Mapping tool and Escalation Server using Tomcat server, XML, Xerces XML Parser, VSS, JDBC, Ms SQL Server, Oracle 8i.

Designed and developed a XML based workflow tool that can be used to automatically generate a automated workflow process based on what Event, Condition and Actions defined in XML format or captured in the front-end for creating Wf-XML using wsdl for web services and xsd for complex data structures using IBM WSDL4j, IBM WSTK, UDDI4j, JAVA 1.3.1, Tomcat, Coocon, XML, XSL, HTML, MYSQL8.0, CVS, LDAP, shell scripting.

Implemented a project for Gauss Enterprises AG, Hamburg from Dec 2000 to Jun 2001 as a Senior Software Engineer to design and develop the VIP CMS adaptors for BEAWeblogic & IBM WebSphere application servers & tested the load balancing and fail over scenario.Implemented a project for PayBox, Austria from Aug 2000 to Nov 2000 as a Software Engineer to implement the payment gateway using Broadvision 1to1, Coldfusion 4.0, Vignette Story Server, Java, HTML, Javascript.Implemented a project for Blue C, Germany from Feb 2000 to Jul 2000 as a Software Engineer using EJB, JDK1.2.x, JDBC, Oracle8, Junit2.6, Weblogic, JavaScript, Autonomy Knowledge Server, Enhydra XMLC Server, HTML.