Parth Shah

About Parth Shah

Dedicated and results-driven software engineering leader with 7+ years of experience in spearheading the modernization, enhancement, and successful delivery of intricate payment solutions within the Agile Software Development Lifecycle. Proven expertise in software development, system design and architecture of full stack cloud solutions of Mobile (iOS and Android) and Web Applications development, specializing in Microservice architecture. Proven track record of providing visionary leadership, ensuring top-notch quality, and driving innovation in the payment system.Achievements: Commitment & Achievement Award (2023): Recognized for pioneering the leadership and development of a comprehensive modernization initiative for a critical and intricate payment processing software with a remarkable two-decade history. This software efficiently manages the processing of over a million daily transactions, orchestrates multiple batch operations, and seamlessly accommodates custom settlement cycles. Circle of Excellence Award (2021): Recognized with Global Payments\' highest honor for enhancing the framework architecture of the communication engine to support multiple organization platforms. Game Changer Award (2020): Received TSYS\'s Game Changer Award for a remarkable 380% performance improvement achieved by developing a custom message listener library, incorporating Concurrent Message Processing and Connection Pooling, and leveraging GraphQL.Innovators Award (2019): Honored with TSYS\'s Innovators Award for reducing annual vendor licensing costs by 35% through the creation of a scalable Software as a Service Single Sign-On solution. Academic Achievement: State Level Exhibition and Competition recognition by the Computer Society of India (CSI) for the Search Engine web application project during academic studies. Leadership Role: Represented the college as a Contingent Leader in extra-curricular activities at the IIT Mumbai cultural festival.Skills: Leadership: Proficient in leading teams in application modernization, system design, architecture, resource management, and project planning. Development: Skilled in developing large-scale applications using microservices, event-driven, RESTful, and test-driven architecture. Strategy: Proven ability to collaborate with senior leadership to formulate product roadmaps and integrated solutions. Project Management: Utilize technical, analytical, and project planning skills to deliver high-quality software solutions under tight deadlines.

Experience

1. Associate Director, Application Modernization and Development

   Global Payments Inc.

   Aug 2022 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Leading the modernization of CentreSuite, our largest revenue-generating CommercialExpense management product, serving clients such as Bank of America, Capital One,Amex, Truist, M&T, and Swisscard, with over 2.5 million active users in North Americagenerating 20 million expense reports annually. Managing a 40+ members team, including 4 architects and 9 leads, encompassing UI,DevOps, and Backend developers. Transitioning from a monolithic.NET ASP applicationto a microservices architecture with 46+ microservices addressing various modules,catering to both B2B and B2C needs, and introducing cloud solutions for B2B markets.Additionally, architecting a MicroUI React-based solution to meet B2B businessrequirements for core modules like expenses and payments.

Education

• Charusat University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor’s Degree, Information Technology

  2010 — 2014

• The University of Texas at Arlington

  Master’s Degree, Computer Science

  2014 — 2016