Riaz Mohammed
Director, IT Enterprise Integrations @ Levi Strauss & Co. | IT Management/Strategy
- Role
- Director, IT Enterprise Integrations at Levi Strauss & Co.
- Location
- Union City, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Riaz Mohammed
I believe integration isn’t just about connectivity. It’s about capability, empowerment, and impact. That’s the future I’m building toward.Technical Director with 25+ years of experience designing and leading large-scale enterprise integration, ERP modernization, and cloud transformation initiatives for global brands including Levi Strauss & Co, Symantec, Jones Apparel, and Ryder Logistics. Delivered $100M+ in business value through API modernization, event streaming, platform consolidation, and AI-driven automation across retail, eCommerce, and supply chain ecosystems.Engineered agentic EDI/API onboarding systems that cut partner setup time by 70% and saved $5M+ annually, while deploying LLM-based developer copilots that reduced design and mapping effort by 50%, driving another $3M+ in savings. Introduced AI-led policy automation and autonomous CI/CD validation, accelerating delivery by 60% and eliminating $2M+ in rework each year.Modernized SAP and integration platforms to reduce tech debt by 40%, lower support costs by 35%, and improve throughput by 60%. Lead global engineering teams of 30+ developers and architects, achieving 99.99% uptime, sub-30-minute MTTR, and 15–20% annual efficiency gains. Recognized for building intelligent, future-ready integration ecosystems that transform technology into a measurable business advantage.What excites me now is the evolution from traditional integration to AI-enabled, agentic platforms. Where systems can self-optimize, adapt, and anticipate business needs. I’m committed to enabling that shift: creating resilient foundations today while designing for intelligent, autonomous operations tomorrow.
Experience
Director, IT Enterprise Integrations
Jun 2018 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Technology Director with 25+ years leading enterprise integration, ERP transformation, and digital modernization for global brands including Levi Strauss & Co, Geo Logistics, Symantec, Jones Apparel, and Ryder Logistics. I’ve delivered $100M+ in measurable business value by modernizing APIs, migrating to cloud platforms, consolidating integration stacks, and applying AI to streamline delivery.My work includes building agentic EDI and API onboarding capabilities that reduced partner setup time by 70% and generated $5M+ in annual savings. I also introduced LLM-powered developer copilots that cut design and mapping effort by 50%, saving $3M+ per year, along with AI-driven contract generation, policy automation, and autonomous CI/CD validation that accelerated API delivery by 60% and removed $2M+ in annual rework.I’ve modernized SAP and enterprise integration platforms to reduce technical debt by 40%, lower support costs by 35%, and increase delivery throughput across complex, high-volume environments. I lead global teams of 30+ engineers and architects supporting multi-billion-dollar retail and supply-chain operations, and I’m known for turning advanced technology investments into outcomes: 99.99% uptime, MTTR under 30 minutes, and 15–20% year-over-year efficiency gains.
Education
Osmania University
Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computers
1995 — 1998
Kurukshetra University
Bachelor of Computer Science
1995
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