Mar 2020 – Jul 2025 · 5 yrs 4 mos

Mar 2017 – Mar 2020 · 3 yrs

• ♦ Product Engineering - Defining and building SPI2DER WebMD's next generation low cost highly scalable data distribution platform which indexes all data on WebMD. It provides the capability for users to define their own custom REST end points declaratively via a self-service admin tool. This is a highly available and fault tolerant system designed for 100% uptime. My role was to conceive this as an innovation project and act as the product manager as well provide architectural oversight
• ♦ WebMD.com Portal - Everyday operations of the consumer facing portal including CMS, authoring tools, runtimes and other applications. This includes business analytics integrations with Omniture and ad platforms using DFP and header bidding using A9 and media.net
• ♦ Budgeting, strategy and roadmap planning
• ♦ Hiring, training and performance management
• ♦ Team Size - 120 people - 3 Locations - 2 Timezones
• ⇨ Tech Stack
• Documentum, Apache SOLR, NodeJS, .NET, Java, Linux, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Amazon EC2, S3, Dynamo DB, Mongo DB, Kubernetes, Traefik

Mar 2014 – Mar 2017 · 3 yrs

• ♦ Integrated separate backend, front end and quality teams into a single cohesive engineering team
• ♦ Standards - Defined and implemented QA standards, processes, tools and automation. I was instrumental in standardizing the tooling to Webdriver.IO, Jenkins and the Galen framework
• ♦ Setup WebMD's Innovation hub for engineers to collaborate on developing new ideas/products
• ♦ Designed and developed APIs for WebMD mobile applications
• ♦ Designed and Developed WebMD's directory product providing information about all doctors, practices, hospitals and pharmacies in the US. Additionally I wrote the complete database tooling and database code for the initial version of the application improving performance of the process from 6+ hours to 30 minutes
• ♦ Hired, integrated on shore and offshore engineers to increase team size from 15 to 35
• ⇨ Tech Stack
• .NET, SQL Server, Jenkins, Webdriver.IO, Galen framework, AngularJS

May 2011 – Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• ♦ Managed the Enterprise CMS system and all the publishing tools like Page Builder, Web Publisher, Documentum D7/D2, bulk upload tools
• ♦ Designed and developed runtimes behind the WebMD.com portals as well as all the applications that run on it such as Search, Physician Directory
• ♦ Designed and developed the new Symptom Checker which is WebMD's flagship product
• ♦ Designed and implemented a CI strategy to work with newly established agile processes
• ♦ Introduced agile methodology to the WebMD Consumer Engineering teams
• ♦ Hired on shore and offshore engineers to increase team size from 6 to 15
• ⇨ Tech Stack
• .NET, SQL Server, Active MQ, Cruise Control

Sep 1999 – Oct 2006 · 7 yrs 1 mo · New York, NY

Oct 2006 – May 2011 · 4 yrs 7 mos · Sunnyvale, CA

• ♦ Director and Architect for a remote personal health monitoring solution startup. Managed a global team of engineers designing and developing web consumer heath record portal and B2B data integrations using HL7 and other formats using BizTalk
• ♦ Architected and developed a PHR solution in a managed care scenario integrating with EMRs (EPIC)
• ♦ Established and executed a continuous integration (CI) strategy and a Quality management process
• ♦ Setup off shore development center in collaboration with a vendor in Delhi and Mumbai
• ⇨ Tech Stack
• Biztalk, .NET, SQL Server, Sharepoint, HL7

Jan 1999 – Sep 1999 · 8 mos · Columbus, OH

Sep 1996 – Jan 1999 · 2 yrs 4 mos · New Delhi, India