Prasanth P Nair

About Prasanth P Nair

I lead a talented team of engineers and managers to design and deliver impactful products. My role involves shaping strategy, driving innovation, delivering quality products and, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. I have experience in leading cross-functional teams and managers, fostering collaboration, and delivering high-quality products on time. With a focus on performance and growth, I mentor team members to help them reach their full potential while maintaining operational excellence. My expertise lies in enterprise architecture, solution design and building scalable systems and platforms that address complex technical challenges while delivering value to end users. I aim to balance technical excellence with business priorities.Highlights• Strategic Vision and Roadmap: Aligning engineering efforts with business objectives.• Product Management & Delivery: Driving successful product launches through strategic planning and execution.• Team Leadership: Fostering collaboration within diverse teams and managers and driving results.• Hiring and Nurturing Talent: Building high-performing teams and cultivating a culture of growth.• End-to-End Solution Architecture and Design: Designing and implementing scalable system architectures.• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Bridging product, design, and engineering for cohesive delivery.• Stakeholder Management: Navigating leadership priorities and aligning on strategic goals.• Technical Expertise: Building scalable systems, APIs, and high-performance platforms.• Mentoring and Relationship Management: Developing talent and fostering strong partnerships across teams.• Innovation: Driving creative solutions to complex challenges.Technical skills• Languages : Java, Kotlin, Python• Frameworks: Spring, Vertx, Hibernate, Kafka• BPM/BRE: JBPM, Pega PRPC• Web: REST, GraphQL, JSON, APIs,Webhooks• Cloud & CI/CD: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, XLR, GHA, Heroku• AI/ML: TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit-Learn, NumPy, Pandas, Jupiter NoteBook

Experience

1. Director of Engineering

   American Express

   Feb 2021 — Present

   As a Director of Engineering for Open Banking and AMEX Developer portal teams, I consistently delivered many enterprise initiatives.•Led a geographically dispersed team of engineers to build AMEX Open Banking APIs from scratch, handling over 10 million API calls per day, ensuring high scalability and performance.•Spearheaded the development of the next-gen AMEX API portal, reducing partner onboarding times from weeks to days, driving efficiency and accelerating business growth.•Lead a team of 60+ engineers and managers and aligned their engineering efforts with business objectives by driving product management, successful product launches, and building high-performing teams through talent acquisition and mentorship.

Education

• University of Kerala

  B Tech, Computer Science and Engg

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master's degree, Computer Science with Interactive Intelligence Specialization