About Me
Engineering Manager who builds teams and the cultures that make them effective. I've led organizations from 20 to 40 engineers across fintech, edtech, and commerce - and I care as much about how teams grow as what they ship.
Focus
- Engineering org growth — hiring, career frameworks, and team health
- End-to-end product delivery across multi-squad organizations
- Cloud-native platforms: Azure · GCP · AWS
- AI/LLM integration into real product workflows
- Fintech · E-commerce · EdTech domains
What I’m known for
- Growing engineers into senior roles and EMs into confident leaders
- Building delivery systems that stay predictable under pressure
- Translating regulatory, product, and business constraints into executable technical strategy
- Embedding AI capabilities into production workflows — not just prototypes
- Clear, direct communication across product, engineering, and executive stakeholders
Experience
- BMO (2025–Present) — Senior Technical Lead, branch platform modernization and AI-driven workflows
- FD Technologies / CIBC & IESO (2017–2025) — Managing Consultant, Azure-native trade reporting and energy management platforms
- Alerzo, Nigeria (2020–2024) — VP of Engineering, built 0→1 B2B commerce platform; led 40-person engineering org
- Zenius, Indonesia (2019–2020) — Head of Engineering, scaled edtech platform to 1M+ signups
- Looksmart (2013–2016) — VP Engineering, 30-person org across AdTech and Marketing SaaS
- Syncapse / Clickable (2010–2013) — Senior Engineering Manager, multi-region teams across India, UK, Canada
Leadership scale
Managed teams up to 40, distributed across the US, Canada, UK, and India.
Outside work
- Indian and Western percussion