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Summary

I am an experienced technology and product executive with over two decades of expertise in building and leading platforms and products within the healthcare and AdTech sectors. As a member of IQVIA Digital’s leadership team, I drive the technology and product strategy for a business unit focused on innovation and scale. My background includes leading large technology teams in enterprise environments as well as building and scaling teams at startups.

Throughout my career, I have led the development of highly scalable, high-transaction platforms, consistently leveraging AI and ML to deliver impactful solutions. I contributed to two filed patents in ML/genAI applications reflecting my deep technical epertise in these fields. With a Master's in computer science from Northeastern University and Master's in Engineering Management frm MIT Sloan, I bring belnd of advanced technical knowledge and strategic leadership.

I am passionate about driving innovation, fostering collaboration, and aligning technology with business objectives to deliver measurable outcomes. I dedicate 10% of my free time to continuous learning, staying up-to-date with emerging technologies and prototyping new ideas.

Key Strengths:

  1. Strategic Leadership: Develop and execute technology strategies that drive growth, enhance competitive positioning, and solve complex business challenges.
  2. Solution Architecture: Design and implement scalable, secure solutions aligned with industry best practices, while integrating emerging technologies to drive innovation.
  3. Engineering Oversight: Lead engineering teams to deliver high-quality software and systems, promoting technical excellence and continuous improvement.
  4. Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product Management, Sales, and Marketing to ensure technology solutions align with and support key business goals.
  5. Technology Evangelism: Represent the company at industry events and engage with clients, partners, and stakeholders to showcase technological capabilities and vision.
  6. Team Leadership: Build and mentor high-performing teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
  7. Risk Management & Compliance: Ensure technology solutions meet business goals, have a plan to de-risk, stringent standards for security, reliability, and regulatory compliance.
  8. Budget Management: Oversee technology budgets to ensure resources are aligned with strategic priorities.

Experience

IQVIA
12/2019Present

Head of Technology, IQVIA Digital

  • Strategic Leadership: Managed the technology charter goals, roadmap, budgeting, team structure, hiring, liaison to executive leadership.
  • Platform Leadership: Managed the full SDLC for IQVIA Digital’s platform, ensuring seamless product delivery.
  • Cloud Migration & Modernization: Led the migration to a cloud-native platform, modernizing with API strategy, microservices, UI and DevSecOps architecture to optimize scalability, reliability, and flexibility. Oversaw the development of Dynamic Query Engine and Data API as a data heavy company for seamless data integration with applications across BU’s.
  • Mergers & Acquisitions Integration: Directed the integration of acquired company platforms, aligning with BU’s unified platform.
  • Machine Learning-Driven Targeting: Lead the Design and implementation of cohort-based targeting and measurement strategies, enabling scalability across DSPs and expanding beyond walled gardens.
  • AI Innovation: Led the adoption of generative AI, with the first product currently in the patent filing process.
  • Privacy-Compliance: Spearheaded the development of a first-party, PII-driven advertising platform, ensuring compliance with CCPA and HIPAA regulations
  • Data Engineering: Guided the development of innovative data pipelines, processing terabytes of data daily for application integration.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborated with IT functions, marketing, sales, and business development to drive client strategy, thought leadership, and organizational direction.
  • IT Liaison: Served as the business unit’s liaison for IT, overseeing Office suite integration, cybersecurity, and shared services.
Havas Media Group
20182019

EVP, Lead US Technology & Solutions

  • Led the technology and product strategy for Havas Media US, implementing agency-wide solutions to support brand strategy, pitch development, execution, and profitability.
  • Guided Havas’s first planning and execution platform and tools, driving operational efficiency and scalability securing assets, migrating to cloud native apps.
  • Directed data strategy, data science, and analytics for the Converged Data Platform, enhancing capabilities for both the agency and its clients.
  • Provided thought leadership on global technology strategy, data management, and data science, driving innovative solutions across the organization.
  • Led media consulting initiatives, advising brands and clients on optimizing their media strategies for better results.
  • Contributed to Vivendi's Global AI Center of Excellence as a committee member, shaping the AI strategy at the parent company level.
Executive Consultant (CTO)
20172018

Digital Advertising / AdTech

  • Spearheaded the transformation of FIKSU's platform, driving profitability and enabling a successful strategic exit to a Private Equity firm, demonstrating keen business growth and strategic decision-making.
  • Led a diverse global team, of full-stack, data engineers, data scientists, devops, QA guiding professionals to achieve key business milestones.
  • Directed the programmatic transformation of Jeeng's advertising platform, leveraging deterministic identity and establishing strong publisher partnerships, positioning Jeeng as an industry leader.
  • Orchestrated cross-functional collaboration between technology, product, and sales teams, ensuring seamless product development and delivering innovative market solutions.
  • Developed and executed strategic initiatives for Jeeng's SSP platform, driving revenue growth and expanding market presence, solidifying Jeeng's leadership in programmatic advertising.
  • Demonstrated strong stakeholder management by collaborating with internal teams and external partners to identify market trends and customer needs, resulting in tailored, high-value client solutions.
Digilant, ISPD
20102017

Chief Technology & Product Officer

  • Led a cross-functional global team of over 150 full-stack engineers, data engineers, data scientists, devops, QA and product managers to implement an omnichannel consumer targeting strategy, enhancing personalized marketing campaigns across paid, earned, and owned media.
  • Spearheaded the development of the "Consumer Persona" Machine Learning model, leveraging unsupervised models and user behavior analytics to segment consumers, enabling scalable people-based marketing and personalization.
  • Conceptualized and delivered a NLP contextual marketing platform utilizing patentable technology, analyzing terabytes of text data with NLP and data analytics to produce highly relevant brand impact advertising.
  • Built Digilant's DSP platform (SaaS) integrating with 25+ exchanges API's from the ground up, managing a global team and handling 500k bid transactions per second and terabytes of data, demonstrating robust technical and leadership capabilities.
  • Partnered with the CFO to manage the platform's P&L, ensuring financial alignment with business objectives and contributing to strategic financial planning.
  • Maintained consistent and clear communication with stakeholders, explaining complex technological concepts in an accessible manner to facilitate understanding and collaboration.
Various
19942010

Software, Data Engineer and Architect

  • Spearheaded the architecture and development of the industry's first click-stream analytics platform at HookMedia, which was later acquired by Havas Media, showcasing innovative leadership and technical expertise.
  • Demonstrated hands-on leadership and entrepreneurial skills in various roles, driving successful software and data architecture projects.
  • Played a pivotal role as a data warehouse architect, contributing to the advancement of analytics capabilities and enhancing data-driven decision-making processes.
  • Initiated my career as a software engineer, contributing to the development of the world's first 64-bit operating system, highlighting a strong foundation in cutting-edge technology.
  • Led cross-functional teams in designing and implementing scalable software and data solutions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards.
  • Developed and maintained robust data architectures, optimizing performance and reliability for complex analytics platforms.
  • Consistently utilized action-oriented language and clear communication to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse stakeholders.
  • Maintained a consistent, error-free approach in all documentation and communications, ensuring clarity and professionalism throughout my career.

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