A brief background
I hold a Masters in Computer Science as well as an Executive MBA in General Management and Finance. I joined WSA at the begining of 2021 as Sr. Director R&D with combined 14+ years of experience in Product Development through consulting, professional services and as an entrepreneur. I tackled multiple projects in the context of digital, cultural & workforce transformation, and took part in various startup acceleration programs.
Specialties: Technology Leadership, Product Development, Software Design & Architecture, Software Development Methodologies, System Integration, Software Engineering Research, Product Evaluations, Proof of Concepts, Strategy and Roadmap Development, Building Engineering Teams and Digital Center of Excellence.
Career Highlights
Built digital consumer applications from ground up that serve about 14+ million customers throughout 30 countries in 19 languages with up to 40% year over year growth.
Program Leadership with management responsibilities over 105+ staff comprising of software engineers, managers, designers and architects sourced from creative design studios, management consulting, IT services and in-house talent. Managed program budget of 20 M per year.
Successful in attracting and developing human capital to drive sustainable business transformation and growth.
Developed Cigna’s flagship myCigna mobile app by serving in various roles and contributing directly to the codebase. This App witnessed over 5 million downloads across Google & Apple Stores, with average ratings of 4.8 / 5 from 102 thousand reviews.
Collaborated with Chief Digital Officer and office of CIO to create proof of concepts and evaluate new & emerging technologies to help influence digital & technology strategy.
Successfully created an environment for continuous process improvements by utilizing operational analytics
Speaker at several conferences. Upcoming talks below.
Creating Digital wellbeing programs for Business Travelers @ GBTA Convention 2020 – (7500+ attendees).
Server Driven Rendering Technology @ Cigna Technical Conference 2020 - (2500+ attendees)
Created enterprise APIs which witness 50 billion+ consumer generated API calls a year.
Mentor for Technology Services – Professional mid-career mentorship program.
Sponsor for Technology early career development (TECDP) – Digital Area of Focus program. Guided 20+ undergrad and graduate students and helped in creating a path to advancement within the organization.
Demonstrated expertise in driving Organization Change Management to enable transition to mature staffing models such as Managed Services and Outcome-based pricing.
Demonstrated exceptional understanding of technology trends/markets, strong financial acumen, and effectively communicated latent business value and risk to stakeholders.
