Uttam Soni
Senior IT Executive
Chester Springs,PA
Summary
A results-driven professional with an impressive track record spanning over two decades, offering profound expertise in orchestrating business, technology, and digital transformations that elevate operational excellence. Proficient in cultivating robust stakeholder and business relationships, I excel in formulating, designing, developing, and executing bespoke enterprise technology solutions that drive cost reduction and operational enhancements. Adept at efficiently managing complex projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to schedules and budgets. My commitment to fostering high-performance teams is exemplified through coaching, mentoring, and training team members in best practices, systems, and processes. I embrace a collaborative leadership style, nurturing enduring partnerships across diverse stakeholder landscapes.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Managing Partner and Fractional CTO (Contract)
Strategy Value Solutions
Greater New York Area, NY
10.2022 - Current
- Pioneered digital transformation and modernization efforts across diverse industries, resulting in enhanced operational efficiency and competitive edge.
- Successfully automated and optimized business processes, significantly lowering technology ownership costs.
- Led cloud transformation initiatives within both GCP and AWS, delivering substantial cost savings while improving system scalability.
- Formulated technology roadmaps for recently separated business entities, aligning technology strategies with organizational objectives.
- Established and managed technology development teams, both in-house and through vendors, to enable round-the-clock system development while reducing costs.
- Developed long-term technology roadmaps that anticipated future business needs and created ecosystems for the generation of SaaS revenue streams.
- Played a critical role in setting up architectural, development, and automation guidelines, alongside the promotion of best practices to ensure technological excellence throughout organizations.
Global Vice President Software Engineering
Radial Inc. (a BPost Entity)
King of Prussia, PA
10.2019 - 10.2022
- Led the development, modernization, and deployment of enterprise technology solutions across a diverse $775M 4PL encompassing various domains.
- Spearheaded technology solution overhaul, emphasizing cost reduction, quicker implementation, and modernized platforms.
- Successfully managed multiple software development teams in transitioning from COTS to in-house systems, driving cost-efficiency and fostering innovation in cloud-native services.
- Orchestrated software development roadmaps in collaboration with global teams and external partners, creating SaaS-based technology solutions serving a vast network of facilities and service partners worldwide.
- Achieved optimization of the platform for scalability and high-volume handling, supporting a sustained load of over 75K API calls per minute during peak holiday seasons.
- Elevated security, compliance, and cost-efficiency through the execution of enterprise hybrid multi-cloud architecture strategies, enabling the organization to leverage both public and private cloud environments.
- Drove enhancements in software development practices, integrating robotics and AI/ML into logistics operations for greater effectiveness and consistency.
- Pioneered best practices and innovative technologies, reducing costs by an impressive 27% and introducing SaaS-based eCommerce self-service for business process and rule management, significantly expanding the digital footprint.
Chief Technology Officer
Insomnia Cookies LLC
Newtown Square, PA
10.2018 - 09.2019
- Led the strategic and operational planning initiative, collaborating closely with key stakeholders, to craft a technology roadmap aimed at propelling business growth towards a $1 billion organization while concurrently optimizing operational costs.
- Orchestrated cross-functional teams in the assessment of emerging technologies, catalyzing innovation to drive digitalization of core business processes, enhancing resource management, and reducing operational costs.
- Oversaw a dynamic team of 30 developers spanning across the continental United States and India, spearheading digital transformation endeavors and charting strategic roadmaps to enhance operational efficiency.
- Identified critical gaps and avenues for development, instigating innovative solutions to transform home-grown technology platforms, thus significantly reducing the total cost of ownership.
- Cultivated robust partnerships and fostered collaboration across various functions to engineer value-added solutions, assuming leadership of governance boards to ensure product compliance with established business standards.
- Reinforced IT and Information Security (InfoSec) capabilities, steering the avant-garde development of eCommerce SaaS technology solutions.
- Led the technology integration process post-M&A, including meticulous diligence following the acquisition of Insomnia Cookies by the JAB Holding Company, famously known for its acquisition of Krispy Kreme.
Director
Solutions and Implementations, Radial Inc
King of Prussia, PA
04.2011 - 09.2018
- Drove the standardization and simplification of the SaaS solution to accelerated speed of implementation and reduced resource dependencies, creating self-service tools and documentation to streamline development and execution by 66%
- Built high-performing teams across India, Europe, and the US to ensure reliability excellence by proper standardization and innovation of assessments, enabling a 72% reduction in missed service-level agreements and a 37% increase in overall customer satisfaction
- Developed and controlled the annual operating and capital budgets, optimizing technology assets to lower costs by about 43% and achieve internal financial targets for technological investments
- Delivered exceptional customer experience across business units, expanding technological solutions by creating various implementation models using API best practices, CI/CD and DevOps for COTS and in-house Systems, Automation for End To End processes
- Architecting and delivering microservices and Systems based on Mulesoft and Java J2EE based technologies.
Lead Technology Engineering Manager
Parker Hannifin Corporation
Cleveland, OH
03.2007 - 04.2011
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
India, Hong Kong, USA
05.2005 - 02.2007
Software Engineer
Infosys Technologies Ltd
India, United Kingdom, USA
07.2001 - 02.2005
Education
Enterprenuership And Management
Wharton School of Business
Philadelphia 02.2023 - 07.2023
MBA - Strategic And General Management
Pennsylvania State University
Malvern, PA 03.2015 - 08.2017
MS - Information Science
Pennsylvania State University
Malvern 01.2013 - 09.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering Technology
National Institute of Technology
Kurukshetra, India 06.1997 - 04.2001
Skills
Strategic IT and Business Planning
Accomplishments
- Featured as IT Executive leader in Tech-Exec Magazine - https://issuu.com/docs/7d5d44a0e36fdb4d4a3eaffbe4d9c026/68
- Advisory Board member in Exton Region Chamber of Commerce and Chester County Food Bank
Timeline
Enterprenuership And Management
Wharton School of Business
02.2023 - 07.2023
Managing Partner and Fractional CTO (Contract)
Strategy Value Solutions
10.2022 - Current
Global Vice President Software Engineering
Radial Inc. (a BPost Entity)
10.2019 - 10.2022
Chief Technology Officer
Insomnia Cookies LLC
10.2018 - 09.2019
MBA - Strategic And General Management
Pennsylvania State University
03.2015 - 08.2017
MS - Information Science
Pennsylvania State University
01.2013 - 09.2016
Director
Solutions and Implementations, Radial Inc
04.2011 - 09.2018
Lead Technology Engineering Manager
Parker Hannifin Corporation
03.2007 - 04.2011
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
05.2005 - 02.2007
Software Engineer
Infosys Technologies Ltd
07.2001 - 02.2005
Bachelor of Technology - Civil Engineering Technology
National Institute of Technology
06.1997 - 04.2001
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