Professional Experience

Founder & CTO

DAMA Logic

(Sep 2024 – Current)

  • Leading the modernization effort insurance legacy systems
  • Researching new technologies for smooth transition to modern architectures
  • Migrating legacy systems to cloud-based solutions on Azure

Global Director Software Engineering

The Estee Lauder Companies | Manhattan, NY

(Sep 2022 – Aug 2024)

  • Led a distributed team of over 40 engineers, PMs, and QAs.
  • Partnered with executive leadership and product leaders.
  • Drove technological transformations and process improvements.
  • Defined and delivered Omni Channel Engineering roadmap.
  • Drove engineering excellence by promoting automation in all aspects of SDLC.
  • Defined and directed engineering Micro-Frontend and Microservices solutions.
  • Established a new Omni Channel LiveChat engineering team.
  • Re-negotiated vendor contracts, achieving a 20% reduction.
  • Broke down silos, coached, mentored, and developed software.
  • Championed the shift to a product-centric organization, as part of the overall digital transformation efforts.
  • Managed a $7M annual engineering budget.
  • Implemented SOC2 Type 2 compliance for e-commerce systems.
  • Assisted defining and establishing a global CDP integration.

Global Director Software Engineering

Hydrafacial | Long Beach, CA

(Dec 2020 – Sep 2022)

  • Established and led a distributed software engineering organization of more than 40 engineers, QA, and product managers.
  • Implemented industry standards and a new disrupting user experiences for Medical Devices.
  • Spearheaded the creation of a scalable connected devices ecosystem.
  • Established a SAFe-managed environment and created playbooks.
  • Mentored subordinate management to improve performance and skills.
  • Implemented enterprise automation and integration processes.
  • Managed a $10M annual budget and negotiated new contracts.
  • Established employee growth programs, achieving 100% retention.
  • Collaborated with C-level leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Served as a steering committee member for strategic B2B, B2C products.
  • Introduced and championed SOC2 Type 2 compliance.

Software Engineering Manager

Jabil Inc. | Anaheim, CA

(Jul 2018 – Dec 2020)

  • Led distributed engineering groups of over 70 engineers and QAs.
  • Led and defined the creation of a one-of-a-kind, high-precision AI Deep Learning solution for vision inspection.
  • Served top global companies by leading the design of unique automation solutions.
  • Managed a multi-million-dollar software group budget.
  • Enhanced budgeting, forecasting, and resource planning processes.
  • Reduced controls team design errors by 24%.
  • Successfully negotiated contracts with third-party vendors.
  • Directed a software solution for an innovative and distributed $4.2B project.

Sr. Software Engineering Manager

Magic Software Enterprises. | Laguna Hills, CA

(Mar 2005 – Jul 2018)

  • Led an agile distributed team of 12 engineers, QA, and DevOps.
  • Led and architected custom and integrated software solutions.
  • Improved customer relationship, resulting in an increase in customer satisfaction scores.
  • Cooperated with C-executives to drive DevOps service migration.
  • Led one of the engineering teams building a cutting-edge and code-free integration development tool named XPI.
  • Collaborated with the product team on new features development through Agile practices.

Technical Project Manager

Mirkam Software Ltd

(Aug 2001 – Mar 2005)

  • Led a small engineering team, developing and supporting custom ERP, CRM, and energy (oil, gas) management solutions.
  • Led all phases of pre-sales and project life cycle.