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Some client names anonymized to protect confidentiality in complex environments.

Engineering Leadership / Modernization

Eliminating $60M Regulatory Exposure

Platform Stabilization & Compliance Recovery

$60M Risk Eliminated

The Client

Nation's largest non-bank mortgage servicer (Mr. Cooper), managing a multi-billion dollar portfolio and over 4 million customers. Operating under intense federal regulatory scrutiny (CFPB).

The Challenge

  • Legacy platform limitations creating critical compliance vulnerabilities.
  • $60M in potential federal regulatory fines looming due to inability to audit.
  • Platform instability causing double-digit error rates in customer-facing workflows.
  • Required immediate rescue with zero downtime tolerance.

Strategic Execution

Joined as Engineering Executive (VP Digital, API, and Software Development) to immediately stabilize operations and satisfy federal regulators. The critical payments platform migration was executed as a rapid 4-month rescue, which then scaled into a larger 3.5-year modernization initiative culminating in a major strategic partnership.

Platform Stabilization

  • Architected and executed a zero-downtime migration strategy to modernize core systems.
  • Implemented automated monitoring and real-time issue detection to shift from reactive to proactive maintenance.

Compliance Remediation

  • Built automated compliance verification directly into the CI/CD pipeline.
  • Established immutable audit trail infrastructure to satisfy CFPB data requests within 24 hours.

Organizational Transformation

  • Rebuilt the engineering culture to map directly to business value streams over the course of a 3.5-year tenure.
  • Executed a multi-cloud strategy (GCP & Azure) to optimize costs and eliminate single-vendor dependency.

Measurable Outcomes

$60M Fine Avoided
0 Downtime
4 Mos Execution & Cutover
Founding Executive / Architecture

Architecting SaaS Platform for $14T Market

Greenfield Design & Global Team Building

60% Quality Eng. Velocity

The Client

A premier Warburg Pincus-backed venture (Sagent) tasked with disrupting a $14 Trillion market. They sought to build a commercial SaaS platform to replace over 60 years of entrenched legacy infrastructure.

The Challenge

  • Needed a founding executive to design cloud-native architecture entirely from scratch.
  • Required building a global engineering organization capable of execution at scale.
  • Extremely high bar for security, performance, and reliability given market scale.

Strategic Execution

Acted as a founding executive leader, taking the platform from zero-to-one. Focused on creating an architecture that could scale infinitely while building the specialized talent required to deliver it.

Platform Architecture

  • Designed an event-driven, microservices ecosystem specifically tuned for financial data throughput.
  • Established a cloud-native, API-first integration strategy to ensure future interoperability.

Organizational Design

  • Built and scaled a 180-person engineering and architecture organization across global centers of excellence.
  • Established an Architecture Review Board to ensure architectural governance and maintain standards during rapid scale.

Strategic Quality

  • Embedded AI/ML practices directly into the quality engineering process.
  • This approach yielded a 35% reduction in production defects and drastically improved release confidence.

Measurable Outcomes

Zero To One Launch
35% Defect Reduction
180+ Global Org Built
Global IT Architect / Digital Transformation

Global Sustained Transformation

$100M+ Value Creation Through Sustained Transformation

7 YRS Sustained Value

The Client

Global pharmaceutical technology leader (IQVIA, formerly Quintiles) requiring enterprise digital transformation across 40+ countries to modernize mission-critical laboratory information management systems (LIMS) supporting drug development for multinational pharmaceutical clients.

Platform supported critical timelines for drug approval processes. Any downtime or data loss could delay FDA approvals costing clients millions per day in lost market exclusivity.

The Challenge

  • Migrate fragmented legacy systems across 40+ countries to unified cloud-based architecture.
  • Maintain 99.999% uptime during multi-year transformation (near-zero downtime tolerance).
  • Support 100+ concurrent global clinical trials without service disruption.
  • Modernize while preserving 15+ years of historical trial data.
  • Build architectural governance adopted across 800+ person global delivery organization.
  • Rescue $250M at-risk client relationship through delivery model transformation.

Strategic Execution

Served as Global IT Architect for Digital Transformation spanning seven years. Executed a zero-downtime, hybrid-cloud migration while stabilizing global operations and restoring a critical $250M at-risk client relationship.

Strategic Platform Migration

  • Implemented Strangler Fig pattern enabling gradual migration without "big bang" risk.
  • Designed hybrid cloud architecture supporting global regulatory requirements.
  • Created data migration strategy preserving 15+ years of clinical trial history.
  • Built failover & disaster recovery ensuring business continuity.

Client Value Creation

  • Delivered $100M+ annual recurring value through LIMS modernization.
  • Enabled pharmaceutical clients to accelerate drug development timelines.
  • Supported critical FDA submission deadlines through platform reliability.
  • Created reusable platform components reducing time-to-value for new clients.

Crisis Leadership

  • Rescued $250M at-risk client relationship through delivery model re-architecture.
  • Eliminated systemic performance bottlenecks impacting 12+ global markets.
  • Restored C-suite confidence through transparent communication & rapid remediation.
  • Prevented contract termination that would have devastated business unit.

Sustained Excellence

  • Established architectural governance framework adopted across 800+ personnel.
  • Mentored & developed 20+ architects and technical leads; built technical communities of practice across global organization.
  • Maintained 99.999% platform uptime over seven-year tenure.
  • Supported company revenue growth while maintaining operational excellence.

Measurable Outcomes

$100M+ Value Delivered
99.999% Uptime
$250M Client Rescued
7 Yrs Sustained Value

Need Similar Results?

These case studies represent different engagement models:

  • Interim CIO / Turnaround (Mr. Cooper)
  • Founding Architecture Executive (Sagent)
  • Long-Term Strategic Transformation (IQVIA)

Whatever your technology challenge, the approach is consistent:
Assess strategically, execute disciplined, deliver measurable business impact.

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