Resume
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Founder
Thea Foundry LLC
2026 - Present
- Building a small studio of privacy-conscious apps for families, households, and everyday routines
- Operating Homebase as a private front door and shared layer for the smaller apps
- Running self-hosted Postgres, Auth, mail, and deploy conventions as a durable platform
- Writing company standards so products stay maintainable, private, and honest about status
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
TypeScript, Next.js, Astro, Python, Java, PostgreSQL, Supabase, Vercel
Platform & Operations
Self-hosted Postgres and Auth, Resend, production monitoring, agent-assisted delivery with review
Domain Expertise
Household software, financial services, ACH/Wire/real-time payments, fraud/risk integration
Current Focus
Private-by-default product design, a small shared platform, and honest long-term stewardship