Technology leader, builder of teams, student of cultures. Turning enterprise complexity into outcomes that hold up in the boardroom and on the floor.
Fourteen years leading large programs and client relationships across insurance, financial services and the public sector.
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1 Across a multi-client portfolio2 12 enterprise accounts, P&L and forecast ownership3 Insurance practice, CGI Hyderabad4 India, United States, Canada
What I'm working on
Sep 2024 to present
Victoria, BC (remote)
Director of Client Engagement and Digital Delivery. I hold full delivery accountability for enterprise SaaS implementations in Workers' Compensation and Reinsurance, from governance and escalations to go-live decisions, release by release. Alongside that, I run the company's internal Claude Enterprise pilot.
Developer enablement
Claude Code in the development environment, to shorten build cycles and cut manual overhead in code generation and review.
In pilotBA and requirements
Custom skills that read configuration workbooks, use cases and wireframes, then draft dev specs and business test scenarios.
Current frontierPMO and delivery
AI-assisted status reporting, risk synthesis and documentation, built into the team's daily delivery rhythm.
In pilot- AI agent integrations with Microsoft for document processing, underwriting analytics and claim triage.
- Working with product leadership on platform upgrades and a new agentic AI offering.
- Delivery teams across North America, India and Eastern Europe, held to one standard of accountability.
Fourteen years, one trajectory
Insurance, financial services and the public sector, across onshore and offshore teams.
Three doors, same standard
Whether you're hiring a senior leader, retaining an advisor, or scoping a focused engagement, here's how I show up. The depth of attention is the same; the structure is what changes.
| Option | What it looks like | Terms |
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Full-time leadershipPrimary focus Actively exploring |
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LevelSr Manager, Director, Sr Director GeographyCanada-first, remote-friendly |
Fractional & advisoryTrusted counsel, a few hours a week or month Selective |
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CadenceMonthly retainer or hourly Commitment3 to 12 months typical |
Project & contractDefined scope, clear outcomes Selective |
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FormatFixed scope or milestone Duration2 weeks to 6 months |
Thinking out loud, in public
Field guides, tools and frameworks from enterprise delivery. Practitioner-built, free, no sign-up.
- DOC-01LiveField guide · 2026
AI in Project & Program Management
A practitioner field guide built from 14+ years of enterprise delivery experience, not vendor marketing. How AI tools fit the six core delivery domains, with a prompt library, tool stack guide, certification paths by role, a five-level maturity model and a 90-day team activation plan.
20+ use cases · 40+ prompt examples · 10 sections - DOC-01aLiveQuick reference · PDF
The guide on four pages
A printable card covering every use case, the top prompts, tool stack, learning paths, maturity model and 90-day plan. Share it with your team.
- DOC-02LiveInteractive tool · 2026
PM Prompt Kit
80 production-ready prompts for technology and delivery leaders. Fill in your context, copy the ready prompt, and launch straight into Claude or ChatGPT. Save the ones you use daily.
80 prompts · 14 categories · free, no sign-up - DOC-03LiveInteractive piece · 2026
AI Pilot Redline
What AI pilot status updates actually mean, decoded as a steering-committee memo marked up in red pen.
- DOC-04Publishing soonFramework
AI-Enabled Delivery Framework
A five-step model, delivery scenarios, anti-patterns, enterprise guardrails and a maturity model that tie the guide and the kit into one delivery system.
- DOC-05In developmentToolkit
APEX
The execution layer that makes the framework run: skills, agents and a program-aware context system for delivery teams.
Topics in progress
AI governance for regulated industries · Building an AI-native PMO · SAFe PI Planning with AI · ROI frameworks for AI programs · From PM to AI strategist · Coaching teams through AI adoption
How I think about the work
Beyond credentials and case studies, these are the convictions that shape how I lead, partner, and build.
Clarity is a leadership act
The best technical strategies fail when teams cannot articulate what they are doing or why. I treat clarity, in language, in priorities, in trade-offs, as one of the most underrated levers a leader has.
People before frameworks
SAFe, Scrum, Lean: these are tools, not religions. The right operating model is the one that fits the team, the market, and the moment. My job is to read the context and choose well, not to enforce orthodoxy.
Trust compounds quietly
I have seen multi-million-dollar deals close on the strength of relationships built three years prior. Showing up consistently, taking accountability when things go wrong, telling clients what they need to hear: these are not soft skills. They are commercial assets.
Curiosity outlasts expertise
The technologies I led with five years ago are not the ones I lead with today. Generative AI, agentic systems, responsible governance: staying useful means staying a student. I take learning seriously, and I take it personally.
Frameworks tell you how. Cultures tell you why. Leaders bridge the two, and the best ones know which side needs more attention on any given Tuesday.
A working principle
How I show up
Reads the room (and the silence)
What isn't said often matters more than what is. I notice hesitation, look for who has gone quiet in a meeting, and follow up one-on-one. Most "people problems" are actually unspoken signal problems.
Calm under escalation
When a launch slips or a client is unhappy, the team needs a leader who lowers the temperature. I lead with diagnosis before defense, and I take the heat so my team can focus on the fix.
A genuine student of cultures
I read history, eat my way through new cities, and ask questions that go beyond small talk. Understanding where people come from is how I build trust faster than tenure usually allows.
Writes well, on purpose
Clear writing is clear thinking. Investment cases, exec summaries, client emails and team updates that get read, because I care about the reader's time and the precision of the message.
Coaches, doesn't just manage
My favorite professional moments are not won deals. They are when someone I mentored gets promoted, leads their first major program, or pushes back on me with a better idea.
Honest about trade-offs
I don't sell certainty I don't have. I tell clients what I would do if it were my budget, my team, my reputation. That candor has won more business than any pitch deck.
Three continents, one perspective
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India
Engineering grounding at BITS Pilani. Scaled an insurance delivery org from 23 to 75 in Hyderabad. Learned that talent is universal; opportunity is not.
United States
MS at NYU, then years on the ground in Indianapolis, Columbus and New England, where directness and execution speed shaped my consulting style.
Canada
MBA at the University of Victoria. Found that thoughtfulness and consensus are not slowness; they are how lasting things get built.
EMEA & Asia
Years of cross-border work with teams in the UK, Europe and Asia-Pacific taught me to write better, listen harder, and assume good intent by default.
Education & credentials
MBA, International Business & Entrepreneurship
University of Victoria · 2017 to 2019EarnedMS, Electrical Engineering
New York University · 2009 to 2011EarnedBE (Hons.), Electronics & Instrumentation
BITS Pilani, India · 2004 to 2008EarnedSAFe® 5 Program Consultant (SPC)
Scaled Agile Inc.CertifiedMicrosoft Azure AI Fundamentals
Azure AI Agents · Document IntelligenceCompletedAI in Business Transformation
Learning path · Azure AI use casesCompletedResponsible AI Governance
Continuous self-study · industry working groupsOngoingAI Program Management Practices
Agentic AI · LLMOps · RAGActive
Industries & toolkit
Insurance
P&C · Workers' Comp · Reinsurance · Life & Annuities
Fintech & Capital Markets
Banking · trading platforms
Public Sector
Health insurance · Workers' Comp boards
SaaS & Cloud
Enterprise SaaS · AWS · Azure · GCP
- Insurance platforms
- Guidewire, Duck Creek, Sapiens, Majesco
- AI & data
- Claude Enterprise, Azure AI Agents, Document Intelligence, Microsoft Copilot, RAG, data warehouse and ODS reporting
- SaaS & ERP
- Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Oracle NetSuite, SAP
- Delivery
- Jira, Confluence, Jira Align, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, SAFe, Scrum, Lean Portfolio, ITIL v3/v4
- Cloud & DevOps
- AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CI/CD
- Observability
- Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, Elastic
A current view, tailored on request
Two lenses on the same career. For a specific role, full-time, fractional or project-based, I'd rather send a version aligned to the conversation. A short note saves us both time.
Delivery leadership
Program and portfolio governance, engagement financials, team building and recovery. 22% to under 8% slippage, 23 to 75 team growth, $65M+ portfolio.
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