Professional Experience

Senior Architect, Enterprise Technology

Bank of America - Charlotte, NC

Jun 2018 - Present

  • Leading enterprise platform migration and modernization supporting 26M customers and 6M active digital users
  • Designed end-to-end architecture across channels, transaction processing, fraud/risk decisioning, and settlement
  • Architected zero-downtime migration for customer and transaction data across 20+ data domains
  • Implemented governance, observability, and auditability patterns for regulatory and operational excellence

Senior Solution Architect

PenFed Credit Union - McLean, VA

Jul 2017 - May 2018

  • Led migration of credit decisioning from Equifax Pinnacle to FICO 9 with model validation workflows
  • Architected rapid launch of an American Express credit card platform in three months
  • Delivered complex customer workflows with multi-system data integrations

Business Relationship Manager

Tata Consultancy Services - Multiple Locations

Apr 2013 - Jul 2017

  • Managed a global delivery organization of 150+ engineers across US, Mexico, and India
  • Scaled teams from 50 to 150 while sustaining SLA performance and strong delivery margins
  • Drove operational excellence using metrics-driven management and automation

Senior Technical Lead, Transaction Processing Platforms

Bank of America - Charlotte, NC

Nov 2004 - Mar 2013

  • Led large-scale integration programs for major bank acquisitions and account migrations
  • Built high-availability transaction authorization systems for new digital channels
  • Established engineering practices for testing, deployment automation, and production stability

Education & Continuous Learning

B.E., Computer Science & Engineering

College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India

Degree

Applied Data Science Program (2021): deep learning, time series, recommendation systems, and applied ML case studies.

Core Capabilities

System Architecture

Distributed systems, event-driven architecture, API/service design, resiliency engineering

Data & Analytics

Real-time pipelines, data governance and lineage, analytics infrastructure, ML integration

Technology Stack

Python, Java, Spring Boot, SQL/Oracle, Kafka-style streaming, REST API design

Observability & Tooling

Production monitoring, tracing, Jupyter, Tableau, Alteryx, operational runbooks

Domain Expertise

Financial services, ACH/Wire/real-time payments, fraud/risk integration, compliance

Current Focus

Enterprise use of LLMs and generative AI, including RAG patterns and document intelligence workflows