Uttam Rathod

About Uttam Rathod

Over 20+ years I’ve built and scaled platforms that power businesses and empower the teams that deliver them. I’ve been writing code at early-stage startups to leading global engineering organizations at Fortune 500 companies. What connects all of it is a bias for building, implementing, integrating production systems that handle real traffic, real transactions, and real complexity — making them faster, smarter, and more resilient.I’m hands-on building solutions with AI and Technology. I’ve shipped platforms across every layer of the stack - AI ML, Agentic AI workflows, AI-for-Tech, Cloud-native architecture (AWS, GCP), Real-time high-scale systems, Digital platforms & products, Data engineering, CRM & MarTech, Zero-downtime migrations at scale. What I bring to any team:* Technical depth + business fluency — I translate between engineering, product, legal, compliance, and the C-suite. I own outcomes, not just roadmaps.* Builder mindset — I’ve done 0→1 at startups and at-scale transformation at Fortune 500 companies. I know what it takes to ship fast and what it takes to make things last.* Team scaling — I’ve built and led teams from 5 to 55+ engineers across time zones. I hire well, develop leaders, and create cultures of accountability and speed.* Regulated environment expertise — I’ve operated in highly regulated industries, but the muscle is transferable: audits, vendor risk management, data governance, security-first architecture.I’m looking for my next opportunity to build something meaningful—whether that’s at an AI-native startup, a scaling tech company, or an enterprise going through transformation. I thrive in environments where the problems are hard, the pace is fast, and the work matters.Open to: Sr. Director / VP / Head of Engineering / CTO / Senior AI / Platform leadership roles.

Experience

1. Sr Executive Director

   JPMorganChase

   Sep 2023 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Lead Digital, Data and AI strategy, execution, delivery for Capital Markets and Consumer Lending. Own architecture, design, engineering, integration, and 24x7 operations of mission-critical platforms serving 1M+ clients. Direct 42 member global engineering team across Digital, Enterprise and AI applications.* AI Driven Revenue and Efficiency: Deployed AI ML models identifying $ 120B in business opportunities with 10% topline conversion; implemented Agentic AI workflows creating 60 FTE efficiency across Digital, Front Office, Operation and Client Services.* AI Powered SDLC Transformation: Onboarded and scaled AI-for-engineering tools achieving 35% velocity gains across SDLC - accelerating feature delivery and reducing cycle times.* Digital Banking Platform Modernization: Led end-to-end modernization of Online and Mobile Banking Money Movement services (UI/ UX, middleware, backend APIs) enabling 95% straight-through processing across multiple channels with high availability for 100k+ active clients.* Enterprise Integration at Scale with Zero Downtime: Spearheaded First Republic integration into JPMC systems for $ 16B portfolio (Deposits + Loans)- origination, servicing and real time money movement operational apps on Day 1 with zero downtime.* Regulatory Compliance & Portfolio Wind Down: Managed 75k loan portfolio sale to multiple acquirers under federal guidelines with rigorous data retention, audit readiness, heightened risk oversight on fixed budget and timeline.

Education

• Bharati Vidyapeeth

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

  1992 — 1997

• Bhavans College, Bombay

  High School, Science

  1990 — 1992

Skills

• Clarity
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Sql
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Software Project Management
• Databases
• Soap
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Scrum
• Weblogic
• Data Modeling
• Soa
• Data Warehousing
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Architecture
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Websphere
• Tomcat
• Agile Methodologies
• Pl/Sql
• Agile Project Management
• Project Management
• Web Services