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Summary

Experienced Vice President of Technology and Digital Transformation with a proven ability to lead enterprise-scale initiatives from vision to execution. Skilled in enterprise architecture, automation, and cloud migration, with hands-on proficiency in Python, Java and SQL for rapid prototyping and workflow optimization. Adept at designing scalable systems, integrating AI and machine learning to streamline content operations, and modernizing legacy platforms using cloud-native and microservices-based architectures. Not confined to a single role — operate effectively across strategy, architecture, development, and execution. Known for aligning IT solutions with business goals, reducing operational costs, and driving transformation through cross-functional collaboration and technical leadership.

Soft Skills and Leadership Highlights

  • Led cross-functional collaboration between Legal, Risk, Sales, and IT to align modernization goals with business objectives, fostering stakeholder trust and transparency.

  • Directed high-performing global teams, mentoring staff and developing scalable training frameworks to support independent task execution and skills growth.

  • Demonstrated strategic thinking and agility by shifting between architecture, product ownership, and execution roles to drive enterprise-wide transformation.

  • Effectively communicated complex technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment with compliance standards and business outcomes.

  • Applied critical problem-solving skills to reduce compute waste, streamline ETL processes, and resolve indexing bottlenecks—enhancing performance and user satisfaction.

  • Delivered change management across cloud migration, AI adoption, and platform decommissioning initiatives—ensuring smooth transitions with minimal disruption.

  • Navigated ambiguity with adaptability, launching ventures, managing hardware refresh programs, and supporting enterprise initiatives across evolving technologies.

Work Experience

J.P. Morgan Chase Asset Management, NY
2016

Vice President, Content Solutions

  • Using Agile methodology owned the product roadmap and managed the prioritized backlog for the enterprise content platform, ensuring alignment with firm-wide digital strategy and stakeholder objectives.  Leveraged feedback loops to solicit requirements and roadmap features to confirm product was meeting the needs of business growth.
  • Worked across business functions—Legal, Risk, Sales, and Client Service—to translate modernization needs into actionable product enhancements improving document findability by 50%.
  • Spearheaded a custom content management system with REST API microservices allowing systemic integration with over 50 internal applications providing centralized storage, document workflows processes, retention and AI based services on content.  Enabled ability to get text from documents into LLM based solutions centralizing vector index management.
  • Engineered event-driven architectures leveraging AWS EventBridge, OCR, and AI-based indexing, reducing internal user complaints by 50% through improved usability—demonstrating user-focused problem solving.
  • Optimized platform performance by tuning database queries, indexing strategies, and ETL processes to ensure ECM data integrity and fast retrieval eliminating wasteful compute processes and streamlining data avoiding storage cost by 20%. 
  • Directed a high-performing team of 16 (offshore/onshore), fostering mentorship, accountability, and technical upskilling while consistently meeting OKRs and KPIs.
  • Mentored team members by leading training sessions and developing global resources to handle tasks independently.
  • Championed adaptability by executing a successful migration of 40M+ documents to AWS, replacing hybrid infrastructure with a serverless stack (DynamoDB, Lambda, S3, OpenSearch). Used DynamoDB Streams to automate indexing and archival—boosting process efficiency and saving $1.2M annually.
  • Developed and automated data enrichment workflows using Python and Alteryx, reducing processing cycle time by 480 hours annually and enhancing operational efficiency.
  • Ensured platform compliance with internal access controls and regulatory policies such as GDPR and SEC 17a-4 by passing various internal and external audits.
GE Capital, CT
20072016

IT Program Manager

  • Defined and led ECM modernization initiatives leveraging IBM FileNet P8 v4.5 on WebSphere and Centera-based storage, owning a $2–3M annual budget across programs and resources. Managed product backlogs and multi-year strategic roadmaps to meet regulatory, operational, and technology objectives—delivering scalable, compliant solutions that modernized legacy infrastructure and improved system uptime by 40%.
  • Oversaw the end-to-end migration of 90+ million documents from a legacy imaging platform to IBM FileNet, resolving performance bottlenecks and enabling faster, more reliable retrieval—reducing support tickets by 35% and improving end-user satisfaction.
  • Decommissioned two legacy ECM platforms by migrating over 100 million documents to a unified content repository—consolidating infrastructure, reducing technical debt, and cutting platform maintenance costs by over $800K annually.
  • Architected and deployed local ETL warehousing solutions using Informatica and custom Python scripts to enhance data integrity and enable unified, accurate reporting across enterprise content repositories.
  • Boosted ECM performance by fine-tuning SQL queries, implementing content-based indexing strategies, and optimizing data access layers—resulting in a 60% reduction in retrieval time and improved responsiveness in client-facing applications.
  • Led a global team of 12 offshore and 4 onshore contractors to execute modernization and support initiatives, driving operational efficiency, enforcing access controls, and automating high-volume ingestion workflows to improve document classification and tagging accuracy.
  • Implemented document lifecycle governance policies, including retention scheduling, archival automation, and permissions-based access aligned with internal audit controls and regulatory requirements.

CompuCom, CT
20042007

Team Lead, Technical Support

  • Led the support engineering team to streamline issue resolution processes, achieving a 50% reduction in SLA response times. Oversaw enterprise-wide hardware refresh initiatives, managing a $1.2M budget to ensure timely and cost-effective execution.
Freshchest, NY
20012004

Owner

  • Founded and operated a tech-enabled retail venture, overseeing logistics and e-commerce strategy—achieving a 200% increase in online sales over two years and streamlining fulfillment operations to reduce order processing time by 40%.
Huon Corp, CT
19982001

Technical Consultant

  • Delivered consulting services for IT infrastructure modernization, leading initiatives that improved system uptime by 45% and reduced legacy maintenance costs by over $500K annually through infrastructure optimization.
IBM, CT
19971998

C++ Programmer

  • Developed a Lotus 1-2-3 integration with Essbase using C++, enabling automated data consolidation and reducing manual reporting time by 60% for finance teams.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Python, Java, SQL, XML, C, C++
Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, EventBridge, DynamoDB, Lambda, OpenSearch), Kubernetes
Databases: MySQL, Oracle, DynamoDB, MongoDB
Architectures: Microservices, event-driven architecture, serverless
Data Tools: Alteryx, ETL, SQL optimization, indexing strategies, data modeling
AI/Automation: Machine learning integration, OCR, semantic search, prompt engineering
Testing & API Tools: RESTful API, Swagger, Postman, SoapUI, GraphQL, JSON

Education

University of Phoenix
20112013

Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering

  • Relevant Coursework: Software Development Lifecycle, Database Design, Systems Architecture, Object-Oriented Programming, Agile Methodologies

Certifications

Alteryx Designer Core
2020