Thomas George

• Technical Leadership : Lead the engineering direction of projects across Innovation Incubator’s portfolio, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives. Oversee development and quality assurance, and coordinate with offshore teams to streamline execution. This includes resource allocation, project prioritization, and monitoring progress to achieve KPIs.
• Product Innovation & Development : Drive product innovation by analyzing market trends and customer feedback. Guide cross-functional teams to develop prototypes and MVPs, ensuring product enhancements meet technical and user requirements.
• Establish U.S. Base : Develop business networks in healthcare, retail, and real estate sectors to support Innovation Incubator’s business pipeline in the U.S. Oversee the hiring, training, and development of both interns and full-time employees.
• Account Management : Manage high-stakes client relationships, ensuring project deliverables align with business goals and maintaining profitability through cost-effective strategies. Provide operational insights and executive support to client founders.
• Integration & Innovation Lab : Oversee the Innovation Lab, defining and validating concepts for startup projects, guiding API development, and implementing agile methodologies to support iterative development cycles.

• Role: Currently leading the ongoing development and enhancement of a comprehensive telehealth platform, establishing it as a 24/7 digital front door for healthcare, providing triage, navigation, and clinical support.
• Technical Implementation: Designed and continuously refine a robust AWS serverless architecture, utilizing AWS Lambda for scalable compute, API Gateway for secure API management, and AWS CloudFormation for seamless infrastructure automation.
  Oversee the integration and management of a FHIR-compliant PostgreSQL database, ensuring that the platform remains compliant with healthcare data standards and performs optimally to support large volumes of patient data.
  
• Team Leadership & Management: Actively supervise cross-functional teams across architecture, development, QA, and DevOps, ensuring all efforts align with HIPAA compliance and agile best practices.
  Conduct regular performance assessments, manage team resources, and coordinate with offshore development teams to maintain a high level of productivity and continuous delivery.
  
• Current Focus: My ongoing focus includes optimizing platform performance, integrating advanced telehealth features, and refining operational workflows to enhance patient experience and support UCM Digital Health’s expansion efforts.

• Role: Leading ongoing development efforts for Gogocar’s dealer-centric online car-buying portal, ensuring it continually evolves to meet market needs and provide a seamless car-buying experience.
• Technical Implementation: Initially architected the full-stack solution with Angular and Node.js, and now continually enhance backend systems to manage real-time inventory updates, dealer adjustments, and high-frequency transactions efficiently.
  Continuously optimize the SQL Server database and backend processing to handle growing data volumes, ensuring both reliability and scalability as Gogocar’s user base expands.
  
• Consumer Experience & Business Value: Regularly collaborate with the Gogocar product team to introduce features for improved consumer financing options and security updates for payment transactions.
  Conduct user feedback analysis and implement improvements to both dealer and consumer-facing features, aiming to increase engagement and satisfaction.
  
• Current Focus: I am currently working on further optimizing the user experience, enhancing inventory management tools for dealers, and integrating new financing partnerships to increase Gogocar’s value proposition.

• Role: Ongoing project lead for CDG’s OSS/BSS platform, focusing on scaling and improving cloud-based operations for telecom and utility providers while maintaining high standards of compliance and performance.
• Technical Implementation: Continue to manage and optimize the hybrid-cloud infrastructure, blending AWS services with CDG’s legacy systems to enhance operational efficiency across billing, provisioning, and customer care.
  Regularly implement and refine microservices to add new features and improve scalability, while maintaining a secure and modular platform that allows for seamless updates and enhancements.
  Oversee real-time data analytics capabilities to provide clients with actionable insights into operations, enabling CDG to stay competitive.
  
• Team Leadership & Compliance: Guide distributed teams in adopting new technologies and practices that ensure compliance with telecom standards and regulatory requirements, performing ongoing risk assessments and implementing necessary security measures.
  
• Current Focus: My current objectives involve refining data analytics, scaling the platform for future growth, and integrating new client requirements, keeping CDG at the forefront of OSS/BSS solutions.

• Role: Provide ongoing strategic direction and technical leadership for Trellis’s financial services platform, ensuring it remains competitive and compliant within the secondary market trading sector.
• Technical Implementation: Continuously enhance trading algorithms and risk assessment modules, ensuring that the platform adapts to market changes and provides clients with accurate and timely insights.
  Oversee data storage solutions involving PostgreSQL and NoSQL databases, which manage high-frequency trading data, enabling rapid access to market analytics and insights for Trellis users.
  Guide the development of customizable dashboards for portfolio analysis, enhancing user interactivity and data visibility.
  
• Strategic Leadership: Work closely with Trellis’s product and analytics teams to align platform development with market trends and regulatory requirements, ensuring ongoing compliance and value delivery.
  Lead efforts in integrating industry-standard compliance features and audit trails, solidifying Trellis’s reputation as a trusted trading platform.
  
• Current Focus: My ongoing focus includes enhancing platform security, expanding analytics capabilities, and scaling the infrastructure to support new trading features, ensuring that Trellis continues to meet client needs and regulatory standards.

In my role as Executive Solution Architect, I was responsible for overseeing a diverse portfolio of projects across various industries, ensuring each project was delivered on time and within budget, while meeting high standards of quality and innovation. My key contributions included:

• Portfolio Management & Strategy Alignment: Managed end-to-end delivery for multiple high-impact projects, coordinating with clients and stakeholders to align technical solutions with their strategic business goals.
  Acted as the primary bridge between business and technology teams, translating business requirements into actionable technical objectives and ensuring each project aligned with the company’s overall mission and KPIs.
  Defined and implemented operational protocols to streamline workflows, optimize resource utilization, and improve efficiency across teams, reducing project timelines and operating costs.
  
• Global Team Leadership: Led global teams that included developers, designers, data analysts, and QA engineers, ensuring effective collaboration across locations in the U.S. and India.
  Established robust communication and feedback loops, enabling team members to address challenges proactively and maintain high productivity and engagement levels.
  Implemented performance metrics and conducted regular assessments to monitor team performance, fostering an environment of continuous improvement and accountability.
  
• Technical Solutions & Best Practices: Spearheaded the adoption of agile methodologies and best practices in coding, architecture, and testing, which enhanced project outcomes and client satisfaction.
  Conducted technical reviews and provided guidance on architecture design, ensuring all solutions were scalable, secure, and aligned with industry standards.
  Worked closely with project managers to set realistic project milestones and proactively address potential roadblocks, ensuring timely delivery of all projects.
  

As a Tech Lead, I was responsible for overseeing multiple concurrent projects, focusing on developing efficient, scalable, and high-quality software solutions. My role involved extensive technical leadership and mentorship, as well as implementing processes to support long-term growth and consistency across the organization.

• Solution Architecture & Development Lifecycle Management: Designed and implemented technical architectures for complex projects, ensuring alignment with client requirements and business objectives.
  Developed and maintained a comprehensive understanding of the full development lifecycle, from requirements gathering and design to implementation and testing.
  Played a key role in selecting the appropriate technology stacks, tools, and frameworks to optimize each project’s performance and scalability.
  
• Code Quality & Maintenance Standards: Established and enforced strict standards for code quality, maintainability, and documentation across all projects, resulting in more efficient development cycles and easier troubleshooting and scaling.
  Led the adoption of version control, continuous integration, and automated testing, which significantly improved code reliability and reduced time spent on bug fixes.
  Conducted regular code reviews, providing constructive feedback and mentorship to junior developers to foster skill development and ensure adherence to best practices.
  
• Recruitment & Mentorship: Played an active role in the recruitment and onboarding of new developers, focusing on building a team with a strong foundation in technical skills and a commitment to quality.
  Provided ongoing technical mentorship, helping team members improve their coding skills, understand architectural principles, and contribute more effectively to project goals.
  Organized regular training sessions and workshops to keep the team updated on emerging technologies and methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
  

As a Software Developer, I was responsible for developing applications across desktop and mobile platforms, contributing to the design, implementation, and improvement of key software products. During my tenure, I played a critical role in modernizing legacy codebases, implementing agile methodologies, and enhancing overall software functionality and user experience.

• Application Development & Maintenance: Designed and developed robust applications for both desktop and mobile platforms, addressing key functionality and performance requirements set by stakeholders.
  Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and translate them into practical, user-friendly applications with seamless interfaces and reliable performance.
  Introduced enhancements and optimizations to existing codebases, resulting in reduced load times, improved response rates, and a more intuitive user experience.
  
• Agile Methodologies & Process Improvements: Played a key role in implementing agile methodologies within the team, transitioning from a traditional development model to a more flexible, iterative approach.
  Organized sprint planning sessions and led daily standup's, which improved team alignment and enabled more responsive development cycles.
  Introduced tools and processes for better collaboration and tracking, which resulted in improved visibility of project progress and enhanced team accountability.
  
• Legacy Code Modernization: Led efforts to modularize and refactor legacy codebases, making them more maintainable, scalable, and adaptable to evolving user requirements.
  Migrated outdated technologies to more modern frameworks and libraries, resulting in reduced technical debt and lower maintenance costs.
  Conducted thorough code reviews and performance analyses to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies, implementing targeted optimizations to improve overall application functionality and stability.