Vishal K.

About Vishal K.

Dynamic results-oriented senior IT executive with a track record of 24+ years of driving digital transformation, cloud modernization, and large-scale IT strategy with artificial intelligence and machine learning. Adept at next-generation cloud infrastructure, optimizing technology investments, and nurturing high-performing teams. Recognized for leading enterprise-wide modernization efforts, maximizing operational efficiency, and delivering innovative solutions to complex IT challenges.* Noteworthy*Infrastructure Focus: Spearheaded strategic multi-cloud infrastructure migration and data center consolidation, SD-WAN/Zero Trust Network and ServiceNow Implementation,(e.g, 7-Eleven, Oracle award)Architecture and Full stack focus: Proven people leader with an architecture-product-engineering mindset for AI-first software engineering, strong in Enterprise Architecture practice setup, with Full stack development experience (AI, ML, Neural Networks, Python, C#, Java, and PHP frameworks).(e.g. BNSF, Charles Schwab)Large-Scale Modernization: Led the enterprise-wide modernization of 469 mainframe services to support over 40 million customers (e.g, Charles Schwab, PNC, 7-Eleven).Scalability & M&A: Scaled IT infrastructure tenfold, critically enabling seamless execution of major mergers and acquisitions (e.g, NationalCity->PNC, USAA & TD Ameritrade to Charles Schwab).Technical Authorship: Author of VKPyKit (https://pypi.org/project/VKPyKit/), a production-ready Python package designed to streamline common Machine Learning and Data Science tasks. Author of Research papers (e.g. Agile Architecture, Events Patent)AI/ML Focus: Successfully transforming career focus toward Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to drive business and operational excellence.(e.g. Charles Schwab)Academic Pursuit: Post Graduate student in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at McCombs School of Business, University of Texas, Austin (2026) and Masters in Enterprise Architecture from Penn State University (2018).Technical Portfolio: Explore AI/ML experiments at https://github.com/assignarc/AI-ML-Experiments.

Experience

1. Senior Director

   Charles Schwab

   Jan 2019 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

   Spearheaded and led the Digital Transformation for Schwab\'s Brokerage Customer and Account organization, managing teams of architects and leaders. Significantly improving operational excellence, scalability, and resiliency for 40m customers and 60m accounts by migrating Mainframe-based SOAP services to a Cloud-ready architecture.Successfully drove continuous mainframe decommissioning by optimizing CPU usage and migrating consumers, effectively reducing technical debt as part of a comprehensive business functionality modernization program.Established standardization and optimization for resilient and secure platforms by architecting an Innovative Brokerage-centric \"Product Catalog\" to enhance the customer experience and accelerate the modernization journey.Pioneered Data Quality and Standardization initiatives to ensure AI-readiness for Brokerage and Customer data, enabling future predictive modeling. Scaled technology infrastructure by 10X capacity to support the migration of Customer and Account Data during the USAA and TD Ameritrade acquisitions.Built and motivated DevOps teams, focusing on maintaining currency/hydration, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and digital enablement through large-scale projects and modernization programs.

Education

• COEP Technological University

  Bachelor of Engineering, Engineering

  1995 — 1999

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications, Artificial Intelligence

• Penn State University

  Master of Professional Studies, Enterprise Architecture

  2016 — 2018

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Diploma in Japanese Language, Japanese Language and Literature

  1993 — 1995