As Chief Technology Officer at Global Financial Systems Corp, I lead a 450+ person global engineering organization across 12 countries, building mission-critical financial infrastructure that processes over $1.2 trillion in annual transaction volume.
Over my 25-year career, I have architected and scaled systems serving half a billion users, led multiple successful IPOs and acquisitions, and built engineering organizations from startup phase to enterprise scale. My technical foundation spans distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, real-time data processing, and AI/ML platforms.
I am passionate about cultivating engineering excellence, fostering innovation at scale, and mentoring the next generation of technology leaders. I believe great technology organizations are built on trust, psychological safety, and a relentless focus on solving meaningful problems for customers.
Core Competencies:
β’ Enterprise Architecture & Digital Transformation at Fortune 100 scale
β’ Building and scaling global engineering organizations (50 β 500+ engineers)
β’ Real-time financial systems with 99.999% availability requirements
β’ Strategic technology roadmapping and multi-year platform investments
β’ M&A technical due diligence and post-merger integration
β’ Board-level communication and investor relations
Awards & Recognition:
β’ Named to CIO Magazine's "Top 50 CTOs" three consecutive years (2022-2024)
β’ IEEE Senior Member with 15+ peer-reviewed publications
β’ Winner of the ACM SIGMOD Systems Award for distributed database innovations