Mohammad Mumtaz

About Mohammad Mumtaz

A seasoned and result oriented Software Engineering Technology Leader with 18+ years of extensive hands on experience building, testing, deploying and scaling platforms, products, and services across Telecommunications, Media, Insurance and Tech domains. Expert in AI, Cloud, Microservices, Agile, Middleware and DevOps, with a strong track record of influencing stakeholders from engineering teams to the executives. A leader with extensive experience in formulating a vision, outlining strategy and leading teams that transform vision into execution. Proven record of accomplishment of building and implementing successful solutions for diverse applications across various platforms with a high degree of quality, scalability and reliability. Demonstrable performance in meeting aggressive deadlines while taking calculated risks with unproven technology solutions. Well rounded personality with diversified roles & responsibilities as Architect/Manager/Lead & Engineer spanning across the entire career.Career Highlights: • Hands-on leader across the full system lifecycle, from requirements and documentation to architecture, design, testing, and support. Experienced in driving technology modernization initiatives that align IT capabilities with business objectives, enhance reliability, and improve overall productivity. • Advises and influences senior leadership on emerging market trends and the strategic application of technology, ensuring alignment with the overall R&D IT strategy. • Makes informed decisions on resource allocation and prioritization, clearly communicating rationale and trade-offs to business stakeholders. • Builds high-performing teams through targeted development, diverse assignments, coaching, mentoring, and regular one-on-one and team engagements. • Oversees team and vendor performance, while contributing to the continuous improvement of work intake and demand management processes. • Specialized in Generative AI, Software and Data Engineering, and Cloud technologies, leading AI-driven innovation that enhances business operations and accelerates digital transformation.Core Competencies: • Technology Strategy & Roadmapping • Organizational Design & Scaling Engineering Teams • Innovation & Continuous Improvement • Platform Modernization • AI, Cloud, Architecture,Microservices,Agile Transformation & DevOps Excellence • Talent Development & Succession Planning • Product & Business Alignment • Risk Management & Governance • Stakeholder & Leadership Influence

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineering Developer

   Progressive Casualty Insurance Co

   Apr 2021 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Successfully led the production release of mutiple Agentic AI and ML applications at scale—integrating them seamlessly into complex enterprise systems to enhance automation and boost operational efficiency • Adopted principles to better organize and design microservices and reduce technical debt and decrease feature cycle times. • Encouraged innovation and dedicated time for teams to innovate on a regular basis which led to several improvements in speed, quality and performance. • Empowered teams and held them accountable through automation and transparency. Practiced and preached empathy driven approach with growth mindset which resulted in happy and effective teams. • Managed development and delivery of responsive web applications/sites and mobile apps (Android & iOS) for corporate, online retail, self-service, workflow automation, etc. • Developed processes to synchronize data from Vendor hosted systems with on-prem and automated report delivery to enable near real time KPI monitoring. • Evaluated software solutions and led vendor selection and negotiation process.

Education

• Uttar Pradesh Technical University

  Master of Computer Applications (MCA), Computer Applications

  2001 — 2004

• University of Lucknow

  Bachelor's of Computer Science, Computer Science

  1997 — 2000

Skills

• Hp Quality Center
• Soa & Web Services Testing
• Test Cases
• Unified Functional Testing (Uft)/Quick Test Professional (Qtp),
• Hp Qtp
• Test Management
• Manual Testing
• Selenium Web Driver
• Test Automation
• Web Services
• Unix
• Service Virtualization
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Qtp
• Bpt
• Sdlc
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Tao
• Regression Testing
• Soa
• Software Quality Assurance
• Hp Quicktest Professional (Qtp)
• Automated Testing of Mobile Applications
• Sql
• Quality Center
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Agile Methodologies
• Test Planning