Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

• Led architecture and engineering teams in delivering secure, scalable cloud-based data solutions and distributed systems that adhere to stringent regulatory standards, ensuring robust data governance and privacy compliance using Agile methodologies.
• Pioneered DevSecOps practices to secure and streamline the development pipeline, facilitating rapid, high-quality releases while embedding security throughout the development lifecycle.
• Drove data governance and security standards, aligning technical roadmaps with executive leadership to enhance platform scalability, resilience, and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaborated with Product Managers and stakeholders to prioritize and execute high-impact initiatives, accelerating speed and quality in project delivery.
• Directed multi-year re-platforming initiatives for Datahub and EID, modernizing infrastructure for enhanced operational efficiency and long-term scalability.
• Mentored and empowered engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation, agility, and continuous improvement to support enterprise-level digital transformation goals

Jun 2021 – Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Enterprise Data management - Datahub
• ➢ Responsible for leadership and execution of overall strategy, architecture, engineering, and delivery of an enterprise scale Data and services platform.
• ➢ Engineering manager for 6 scrum teams, (65 developers, engineers, architects, product managers, people manager and analysts) with $25 million in annual budget
• ➢ Envision, build, operate and scale a real-time streaming platform for both data ingestion as well as data egress
• ➢ Research, analyze, and propose alternative solutions including architectural risks that address specific business needs
• ➢ Successfully partnering with Product Manager and Business to align prioritization for speed to market
• ➢ Manage and support complex, multi-year projects regarding re-platform of Datahub.
• ➢ Establish SecDevOps, Data governance, Data security practices and leading through SAFe Agile transformation
• ➢ Communicating and aligning team roadmap and Strategy at Executive leadership level

Apr 2018 – Jun 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos

• ➢ Managing team of 10 developers and supporting 3 products: Enterprise Mobile Messaging, Premera Listens & Virtual Assistance using AI/ML that has potential to reach 2+ million members.
• ➢ Responsible for architecting applications on Microsoft’s .NET platform addressing scalability, performance, data modeling, Event driven Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Cloud solutioning.
• ➢ Performed technology assessments and design reviews and offered general application development consulting and Improved application and process quality using AGILE practices,
• ➢ Implement BUSINESS initiatives by collaborating with Vendors (mPulse & Vim) , Microsoft product groups and customer’s IT/Application/DBA teams.
• ➢ Developed relationships with business teams to understand company-wide IT initiatives and implement them where applicable in the text, chatbot and VOC products.
• Technologies: C#. net core, COSMOS DB, Azure, SMS Aggregator , Azure SQL and ADF.

Nov 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

• ➢ Conceptualize and create Mobile Messaging product to cater 2 million Premera’ s members (Implement idea from Hackathon to an Enterprise Messaging product).
• ➢ Lead product team to Architect/ design and develop Mobile messaging in Azure.
• ➢ Lead product team to support Infrastructure, DevOps, and Platform security/Compliance and refine maturity on incident response.
• ➢ Develop and manage the product roadmap for messaging products.
• ➢ Prioritize features based on business case/ROI justification.

Aug 2012 – Oct 2016 · 4 yrs 2 mos

• ➢ Service Oriented Architecture team aims to enhance the efficiency, agility and productivity of Premera, by exposing business processes as reusable services on a common software platform. This team has successfully implemented ObamaCare and processed enrollment from all 3 states (WA, Oregon, FFM).
• My responsibilities are:
• ➢ Lead on Facets enrollment service to enroll the member real time using Facets Adapter service.
• ➢ Lead on Design / Development of SOA web services - TDD .
• ➢ Lead on Design / Development of Real time processing of Prior Authorization from servicing providers.

Apr 2006 – Jul 2012 · 6 yrs 3 mos

• ➢ Core apps is the centralized team that Design and develops all the Facets Extensions and has responsible for maintaining the Facets application (both batch & online)
• ➢ SME on Facets pricing - NetworX , Claims Processing and Facets Migration.