Milan Kothari
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Experienced IT professional with 24+ years of expertise in leading and contributing to projects that enhance system functionality and end-user productivity. Recognized for problem-solving skills, analytical abilities, and innovative solutions that support company objectives. Praised for persistence, personal integrity, and strong work ethic, with a reputation for teamwork and independent work habits. Committed to lifelong learning and continuously acquiring knowledge to improve problem-solving capabilities in areas such as web applications, software development, and Agile methodology. Proven track record of managing engineering teams of 5 to 40 members, including making hiring and firing decisions as an Engineering Manager for over a decade.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Director - Technology
Wells Fargo – Auto
04.2021 - Current
- Leading Microservice and Micro Front-End Architecture for NextGen Wells Fargo Auto Originations Applications for the purpose of underwriting & funding loans.
- Leading from front for all cutting-edge technologies including cloud migration, CICD Pipelines, Production deployments & GenAI use case implementation.
- Strategize modernization solutions for legacy applications.
- Closely work with Product Managers for future roadmap & delivery expectations.
- Mentor Software Engineers within team.
- Managing multiple scrum teams and have 10+ Full-time Engineers reporting to me.
Software Engineering Senior Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2015 - 04.2021
- Technical Leadership, architecture for all applications within portfolio, custom in-house developed and vendor products.
- Heavy Onsite / Offshore coordination & Manage Onsite & Offshore teams.
- Bi-Weekly project reporting to VP - Technology.
- Managing Cognizant, Vendor & Client resources for various GBS projects.
- Familiar with Safe Agile and attended training for Safe Agilist, Safe Practitioner & Safe Scrum Master.
- Familiar with Amex technology landscape along with Amex working environments.
- Hands-on technical experience with Project Management / Leadership skills.
- Extensively worked on various 3rd Party hosted SaaS Products and implemented appropriate SDLC / DevOps maturity within GBS.
- Aptitude to take up the challenge deliver the product end-to-end.
- Client: American Express
Manager - IT
Freddie Mac
07.2015 - 09.2015
- Freddie Mac has many Legacies VB 6.0 applications which they wanted to convert into latest .NET Technologies. I Joined the project from Phase 0 and done initial design for the conversion of VB 6 application to MVC Based .net applications.
- Technologies: .Net 4.5 framework - MVC / AngularJS, Web API 2, Database: SQL server 2008, Version Control: TFS
- Client: Freddie Mac
Manager - IT
Discover Financial Services
11.2014 - 06.2015
- Prequalification is the new initiative within discover for their Mortgage Systems (Home Loans) to have Borrower check for their prequalification of approved loan amount based on their personal details.
- As a part of this exercise, we have developed a Web API which was being called from Front-end and does all major Business Logic implementation for their approval / denial / credit pull etc.
- Technologies: .Net 4.5 framework - Web API 2, WCF, Database: SQL server 2008, Version Control: TFS
- Client: Discover Financial Services
Manager - IT
J.P. Morgan Chase
07.2014 - 10.2014
- This project was to migrate release activities into automated system. Client has various .net applications for which release tasks were manual. We have used AIM (JPMC Internal tool) to automate such deployment / release automation tasks.
- Technologies: C#, AIM Tool
- Client: J.P. Morgan Chase
Senior Engineer - IT
J.P. Morgan Chase
02.2013 - 06.2014
- This project was related to CRM Dynamics 2011 User Onboarding. This CRM implementation also had a client-side component (Outlook client plugin) which basically allows users to access CRM Dynamics from Outlook too.
- Technologies: .NET 4.5, MVC, Web API, CRM Dynamics 2011, Database: SQL Server 2008, Version Control: TFS
- Client: J.P. Morgan Chase
Senior Engineer - IT
One West Bank
09.2012 - 01.2013
- This project involves different Loan data representation to Attorneys based on their Firm Authorization. This project involves secure access to Firm Attorneys and secure access to any loan data.
- Technologies: .Net 4.0, C#, WCF, MVC 4.0, Bootstrap, jQuery, Entity Framework, Database: SQL server 2008, Version Control: TFS
- Client: One West Bank
Engineer - IT
One West Bank
01.2011 - 09.2012
- This project was about the new Programs One West Bank offered to their customers about Prepaid and Credit Cards.
- Technologies: .Net Framework 4.0, WCF, Asp.Net, jQuery, Database: SQL server 2008
- Client: One West Bank
Engineer - IT
One West Bank
01.2007 - 12.2010
- IndyMac Bank/ One West Bank was one of the top 10 Mortgage service providers in US in this time frame. They have their own Mortgage Originating/Processing/Underwriting/Funding system thru which consultants / consumers can apply for loan - get pricing - Rate lock the loan and funding / secondary marketing etc.
- Technologies: Classic ASP, Asp.Net 2.0, XML Web Services, JavaScript, Database: SQL server 2008
- Client: One West Bank
Education
M. Sc. - Information Technology
Punjab Technical University (Atmiya Infotech)
Post Graduate Diploma - Advanced Computer Applications
T. N. Rao College (Saurashtra University)
B. Sc. - Microbiology
Virani Science College (Saurashtra University)
Skills
- Analytical problem-solving
- Experience in DevOps practices including CI/CD pipelines
- C# and NET Core expertise
- Java application design
- Full-stack JavaScript
- Salesforce platform expertise
- Implementation of event-driven solutions
- Experience in implementing micro-frontend architecture with React and Angular
- Experience with architectural design patterns
- Proficient in RESTful API integration
- Experience with OpenShift container platform
- Kubernetes deployment expertise
- Experience with Cloud Foundry platform
- Experience with agile frameworks
- Experience with SDLC processes
- Object-oriented programming expertise
- Skilled in utilizing Microsoft CRM Dynamics
- Commitment to continuous technology learning
Timeline
Executive Director - Technology
Wells Fargo – Auto
04.2021 - Current
Software Engineering Senior Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
10.2015 - 04.2021
Manager - IT
Freddie Mac
07.2015 - 09.2015
Manager - IT
Discover Financial Services
11.2014 - 06.2015
Manager - IT
J.P. Morgan Chase
07.2014 - 10.2014
Senior Engineer - IT
J.P. Morgan Chase
02.2013 - 06.2014
Senior Engineer - IT
One West Bank
09.2012 - 01.2013
Engineer - IT
One West Bank
01.2011 - 09.2012
Engineer - IT
One West Bank
01.2007 - 12.2010
Post Graduate Diploma - Advanced Computer Applications
T. N. Rao College (Saurashtra University)
B. Sc. - Microbiology
Virani Science College (Saurashtra University)
M. Sc. - Information Technology
Punjab Technical University (Atmiya Infotech)
Similar Profiles
Tara ManzoTara Manzo
Senior Escalations Representative at Wells Fargo AutoSenior Escalations Representative at Wells Fargo Auto
S. LeeAnn JacksonS. LeeAnn Jackson
Account Resolution Specialist at Wells Fargo AutoAccount Resolution Specialist at Wells Fargo Auto
Stephanie M. RiveraStephanie M. Rivera
Account Resolution Representative at Wells Fargo AutoAccount Resolution Representative at Wells Fargo Auto
Heather McEntireHeather McEntire
Director of Customer Engagement Strategy at Wrap TechnologiesDirector of Customer Engagement Strategy at Wrap Technologies
Andrew MilichAndrew Milich
Executive Pastor of Operations at Oasis Community ChurchExecutive Pastor of Operations at Oasis Community Church