VIKAS GUPTA
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Versatile, flexible, Senior-Level Technical Director, and a Senior Manager with over 15 years of experience in the field of Technical Leadership, searching for Senior Leadership and Director of Engineering opportunities. Global, Adaptable, Agile Leader focused on creating innovative solutions and capable of proposing viable solutions to any issues the team might face. Through world class architecture, strategic engineering, operational excellence, and technical team empowerment, I am sure I can bring a new horizon of possibilities for us.
CORE COMPETENCIES
LEADERSHIP:
I have managed Remote teams globally with 100+ team members. Supported offshore operation for resources in countries like India, Sri Lanka, Russia and China. Managed and grown 5-6 teams with 100+ team members LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORK:
Kafka, Elastic Search, Node.js, JAVA, Stud, Python, R, JDBC, JPA, Hibernate, Drools, Maven, Ant, Nexus, Archival, C#,
.net Core, Jenkins, Junit, JMeter, Mockito, SoapUI, EJB, RMI, JMS, JSP, JMX, Servlet, Spring Security, Javascript, Ajax, XML, SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, WAP, WML, J2ME, PLSQL, SQLPlus, C++, MS VISUAL C++, MFC, COM, ATL, ODBC, VISUALAGE C++, STL, SQL, SPARK, Scala
PLATFORMS:
Mac, LINUX, WINDOWS, UNIX (AIX, Solaris)
DATABASES:
SQL Server, MySql, Solar, Redis, Oracle, Sybase, Postgres, Access CLOUD & DEVOPS/SERVERS:
AWS, EC2, ELB, S3, VPC, CloudWatch, Websphere, Weblogic Server 8.x, Weblogic Commerce Server, Wasp, Tomcat, JBoss
METHODOLOGIES:
Agile, UML, PATTERNS, Extreme Programming, RUP
TOOLS:
Eclipse, Rally, Git, GitLab, Subversion, IntelliJ, Visual Studio.Net, Mono.Net, ServiceNow, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Ant, JUnit, Log4J, CVS, CMVC, Perforce, Source Safe, TFS BILINGUAL:
English and Hindi Fluency
EXPERIENCE
JAN 2023 - PRESENT
DIRECTOR OF INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE - ANTHOLOGY
● Working closely with Arcitects
● Manages and develops teams of 50+ people
● Working closely with global teams
● Recruit and build highly skilled team/s.
JULY 2021 - DECEMBER 2022
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING - DATA ENGINEERING/SCIENCE FANATICS – DENVER, CO
● Recommends, designs, and implements best practice processes using technology, automation, tools, and industry standard metrics,
● Worked on AWS migration of existing projects from on prem to cloud. Well versed in all AWS components including EMR, EC2, Clusters scaling etc.
● Leverages, manages, and innovates with vendors, team members, and other 3rd party relationships to implement efficient and cost-effective solutions,
● Leads in the architecting, designing, developing, and maintaining integration solutions,
● Manages and develops teams of 50+ people
● Working closely with global teams
● Recruit and build highly skilled team/s.
APRIL 2019 - JULY 2021
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING/ARCHITECTS CONTENT PLATFORM, STARZ – DENVER, CO
● My main job responsibilities include:
● Recommends, designs, and implements best practice processes using technology, automation, tools, and industry standard metrics,
● Leverages, manages, and innovates with vendors, team members, and other 3rd party relationships to implement efficient and cost-effective solutions,
● Works with business unit leaders to gather specifications and ensure solutions are delivered on time and to specifications,
● Leads in the architecting, designing, developing, and maintaining integration solutions,
● Manages and develops teams of 25-35 people
● Worked on AWS to deploy and manage clusters on different zone.
● Working closely with offshore team and external vendors
● Recruit and build highly skilled team/s.
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JUNE 2017 –APRIL 2019
SR. MANAGER OF SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, TRAVELPORT – CENTENNIAL, CO
● Managed global software development team to deliver high-accuracy and performance web apps.
● Oversaw strategic development projects for remote team of up to 35 employees.
● Contributed technical design and architecture to deliver software solutions for the travel industry.
● Performed platform analyses and Proofs of Concepts (POCs) to assess corporate technologies.
● Recommended technologies selection and strategic departmental direction to Senior Management.
● Created road-maps aligning with the department strategy and long-term business objectives.
● Mentored team members and fostered knowledge sharing via technology-centric brown bags.
● Led implementation of processes and supporting tools as the needs of the organization evolved.
● Determined overall project scope, detailing milestones to meet business and time-to-market needs.
● Ensured technical solutions adhered to company and industry standards, processes, and best practices. JUNE 2010 – JUNE 2017
SENIOR MANAGER, PEARSON TECHNOLOGIES – CENTENNIAL, CO
● Provided remote management for software development teams ranging from 35-65 employees.
● Championed Pearson Learning products, integration, and mobile strategy with 3rd party LMS.
● Implemented the strategy and delivery of LTI integration for IMS.
● Increased adoption of web and integration services within Pearson, key vendors, and partners. JANUARY 2007 – JUNE 2010
SENIOR SOLUTION ARCHITECT, PEARSON TECHNOLOGIES – DENVER, CO
● Served as domain expert for clients and product managers.
● Oversaw off-shore solutions team, successfully conducting cost and resource saving practices.
● Streamlined implementations to decrease defect density and deliver quality products. SEPTEMBER 2005 – JANUARY 2007
SENIOR TECHNICAL LEAD, PEARSON EDUCATION – DENVER, CO/SRI LANKA
● Responsible for the management of multiple development teams with over 20 software engineers.
● Collaborated with various teams to navigate complex enterprise project deliveries.
● Defined the Architecture of eCollege Nextgen Platform integration for a learning management system. APRIL 2002 – SEPTEMBER 2005
SENIOR ENGINEER, TECHNICAL LEAD, VIRTUSA – COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
● Administered analysis, design, and delivery of the Inventory and Customer tracking system at Siemens.
● Managed engineering teams’ integration of the Siemens SAP platform using .Net Technologies. JANUARY 2001 – MARCH 2003
.NET CONSULTANT AND ENGINEER, JOHN KEELS – COLOMBO, SRI LANKA
● Acted as Subject Matter Expert for development teams with .Net technologies and architecture.
● Supported management and development teams with .Net analysis, design, and implementation. NOVEMBER 1999 – JANUARY 2001
PRINCIPLE ENGINEER, MAX INDIA PVT. LTD. – DELHI, INDIA
● Spearheaded architecture for Provident Fund integration using .Net and Java Servlets technologies.
● Worked with lead developers to design and deploy an effective system integration with Provident Fund. 3
EDUCATION
2018-2021
PURSUING MASTER OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, DATA SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER – DENVER, CO
2008 – 2010
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
UNIVERSITY OF MANIPAL – INDIA
1996 – 1999
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF ROHILKHAND – UP, INDIA
1996 – 1999
PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY – DELHI, INDIA 1998
PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
INDIRA GANDHI OPEN UNIVERSITY – DELHI, INDIA
CERTIFICATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
2005
MCSD – MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTION DEVELOPER
Affiliations
● MEMBER OF EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD AT METRO STATE UNIVERSITY
● MEMBER OF IMS (REPRESENTING LTI INTEGRATION FOR EDUCATION INDUSTRY AND PLATFORMS)
● MEMBER OF OPEN TRAVEL ALLIANCE (OTA)
● HOSTED AND PRESENTED ON AGILE METHODOLOGY FOR MEETUPS IN THE DENVER AREA (2008 – PRESENT)
● HELD POSITIONS WITHIN VARIOUS AGILE-FOCUSED COMMITTEES (2008 – PRESENT) I appreciate you looking at my resume and providing me an opportunity to server your organization and team. Thank you,
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