Salil Soman

About Salil Soman

I am a highly strategic Senior Technology Leader driven to lead a high-performance organization that delivers innovative solutions impacting the customer community and the company bottom line.With an extensive record of delivering on challenging initiatives, I offer 20+ years of IT leadership building and managing software development teams to engineer and operate SAAS products and critical systems of record.As a proven leader, I bring deep experience blending big picture viewpoints with tactical considerations to deliver high-quality, reliable systems that strengthen business capabilities for large global companies- Effective software development leader who facilitates multilevel collaboration throughout internal teams, customers and senior management to satisfy all corporate objectives. Key business partner in strengthening organizational capabilities through new product launches and dependable systems that solve industry problems, enhance client satisfaction, accelerate growth while ensuring the greatest ROI. Large-scale project and product leader and with full ownership over architecture, requirements, resource management, risk assessment, quality assurance and cost control-Whether it’s people development, training, keeping teams focused, or driving progress; I generate high-performing team success through my servant leadership style and application of agile or iterative methodologies-Product Development | Growth Optimization | Strategic Roadmaps | Complex Projects | Recruiting | Program Management | Solution Development | Vendor Management | Cross-functional Team Leadership | Business Process Improvement | Financial Forecasting | Budgets | ROI Analysis | Strategic Analysis | Software Delivery | Continuous Integration/Delivery | Technology | Evaluation/Planning | Vendor Negotiation

Experience

1. AVP Software Engineering, Disability Claims Platform

   MetLife

   Jun 2019 — Present · Cary, NC, US

   IT owner for development of core disability claims platform. Plan multi-year/team/vendor delivery to support transition to new disability claims system of record. Squad lead, manage multi-million annual portfolio to deliver roadmap and stand up co-development teams allowing scaling of development scope while lowering costs

Education

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  MSc, Computer Science

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  BSc., Computer Science

• Wake Forest University School of Business

  MBA, Business Administration

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Saas
• Creative Problem Solving
• Sql
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• IT Strategy
• Project Estimation
• Data Analysis
• Product Development
• Requirements Gathering
• Feasibility Studies
• Business Intelligence
• Architecture
• Analytics
• Budgets
• Web Applications
• Xml
• Program Management
• Strategic Technology Planning
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Project Management
• Vendor Management
• Strategy
• Agile Methodologies
• Resource Allocation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Process
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Quality Assurance
• Project Management
• Software Development
• Scrum
• Project Planning
• Agile Project Management
• Product Management
• Data Warehousing
• Testing
• Soa