Lead data & AI focused architecture team. Defined and executed Agentic AI strategy for Energy Industry Engineering Team. Lead re-architecture of GA cloud service.Lead data-driven initiative for organization-wide adoption of Github Copilot to improve developer satisfaction and productivity.

Successfully incubated operations focused industrial data platform for the energy industry as an extension to Azure Data Manager for Industry based on Microsoft Fabric. Defined OKRs, product hypothesis and drove validation with customers and ISV partners. Built relationships with customer zero, co-build and platform partners, lead product architecture design and engineering effort. Hired and lead engineering team, established engineering system. Provided thought leadership to customers and partners by building POCs, demos and conference presentations.

Started and grew customer facing engineering teams, coached managers and engineers to deliver successful engagements. Fostered growth, engineering excellence and inclusive environments. Co-Authored Initial Revision of org-wide Engineering Playbook. Conducted weekly org-wide engineering checkpoints and architecture reviews. Lead teams building cloud-native, high scale solutions in automotive, energy, retail and finance industries jointly with customers’ engineering teams. Projects included retail store data platform to support changing customer needs during the pandemic and an OSDU-based data platform for energy customers to enable migration of large energy workloads to the cloud. Chief Engineer and Cloud Compute Lead during period of explosive growth to build engineering community, introduce engineering fundamentals, and establish a culture of sharing and engineering excellence.

Worked with global SaaS providers on transitioning applications from on-prem to Azure. Customers ranged from large, global ISVs to small start-ups. Industries covered included financial sector, legal, manufacturing and professional services.Built adoption roadmaps optimized for quick value realization and gaining competitive advantage from cloud adoption. Conducted Envisioning and Architecture Design Sessions with customers and partners to accelerate Azure adoption. Lead building of POCs, designed production architectures. Contributed enhancements to Microsoft services and OSS projects, e.g. Azure federation provider for kubernetes. Led effort to build architect community to establish collaborative team culture for newly formed team with many external hires..

Led Data Center Transformation opportunities with global customers to drive high profile early adopter wins.Lead architecture for early adopter high-scale cloud and Internet-of-Things solutions based on Microsoft Azure.Led CIO / CTO Engagements in strategic accounts.

Led CIO/CTO-level engagements in strategic accounts to drive adoption of Microsoft Cloud and IoT technologies for high scale, business critical solutions.Collaborated with Microsoft Chief Architect to developed eCommerce Digital Marketing Blueprint based on work with Microsoft’s largest eCommerce customer. Provided architecture support to drive early adoption for Microsoft platform technologies and tools in strategic customers in eCommerce and media, e.g. Dell, Blockbuster, and Travelocity.

Co Teacher for Pathwise Leadership Development ClassTaught classes to help leaders to address unconscious perceptions and behaviors to convey this through tailored coaching to meet the specific needs of diverse organizations.Provided intensive coaching using psychodynamic methodologies to support leaders' psychological and interpersonal goals and to develop self-awareness and improve interpersonal relationships to foster a cohesive organizational culture.Facilitated immersive learning experiences to enhance leaders' self-awareness and interpersonal relationships.a

Reviewer for SOA Book Series by Thomas Erl.Reviewed and evaluated content for accuracy, clarity, and relevance, ensuring high-quality material for the intended audience.Provided expert insights to enhance the book series, suggesting additional topics and refining explanations to improve comprehension.Maintained quality assurance by identifying and correcting errors, inconsistencies, and gaps in the content.Offered constructive feedback to authors and editors, recommending improvements to meet high standards.Stayed current with industry developments to ensure the content remained relevant and authoritative.

Consultant for Service Oriented Architecture transformation projects and .NET application development. Developed BPEL-based process orchestration server written in C# / .NET.Team Lead and architect for engagements with high-scale SaaS providers.

Architected and developed highly scalable, fault tolerant, asynchronous web conferencing platform, conferencing application components, solutions for data management and reporting. Introduced DevOps and Agile development process. Lead development team delivering end-to-end show experience, mentored team members on web and application development. Introduced agile process.

Design and Develop Computer Vision Software for Semiconductor inspection.

Design and Develop GIS Software

Developing AI algorithms to optimize Image Recognition Systems