Joe Meesala

• - Envisioned, architected, and delivered the UK’s first digital ecosystem for the property and real estate sector covering multi billion portfolios
• - Defined product and platform vision, architecture, and long-term strategy.
• - Delivered a secure, scalable, cloud-native platform using Node.js, Next.js, React.js, PostgreSQL, GitHub, and Azure.

- Owned and executed AI-infused innovation and CTO strategy for global specialty insurance business lines.

- Delivered the world’s first AI-infused digital broking platform supporting multiple business lines.

- Collaborated closely with senior leaders from Howden, Marsh, Munich Re, AXA XL on transformation and innovation programs.

- Keynote speaker at London ExCeL, University of Cambridge Insurance Consortium.

- Led globally distributed teams responsible for Secure SDLC delivery.

• Set budgets for engineering tasks, tailoring financial limitations to business goals and optimizing return on investment (ROI) for completed deliverables.
• Leveraged professional networks and industry knowledge to strengthen client relationships.
• Spearheaded innovative approaches to resource allocation and strategic planning.

• Influenced digital transformation, moved from Legacy to Digital trading platform (PHP, Vue -> .Net, React, Azure Cloud Native, Micro-services platform (fully cloud) etc., Budget £5 million (xTrade) producing GWP of £500+ millions (approx.)
• Built the 'One Engineering & Architecture' organization to unify global platforms.
• Achieved ISO 27001 compliance framework with KPMG embedding security governance.
• Delivered scalable API-first platforms for global specialty insurance.
• Established CTO / Technology / One Engineering & Architecture team / Platform from scratch by building and bringing teams from various disciplines across Engineering and Architecture (i.e., Design, Architecture, Development (full stack), QA automation, API first, UI / UX, Doc Gen, DevSecOps, Cloud, Infrastructure support and Service Desk) into one umbrella.
• Manage a team of (40 – 50) Engineers, Tech leads and Solution Architects, QA engineers, DevOps and Cloud Engineers and the team is growing!
• Build Digital Broking Platform ‘One Platform’ to connect Brokers and Insurers and facilitate the Policy submission to renewals for various Specialty business lines such as Aviation, Cargo, Livestock, Casualty, Energy, Solar wind farms, Banks / Structured credit, fishing vessels and many more) on just one platform with a data driven approach (using latest tech and AI)
• Established Technical vision, mission, strategy from Engineering and Architecture to align to the Group organisational Digital Strategy
• Work closely with Directors, CIOs and ‘Head of’s - Product, Security, Enterprise Architecture, Data, Governance, Infrastructure, change management, DPO, Compliance etc.
• Lead the Design, Architecture, build / development, testing, Secure CICD and deployment, Cloud and Infrastructure Support and Service desk for products and API services for LOBs such as Casualty, Aviation, Cargo, Structured Credit, Energy Liability, Renewable Energy, Livestock, Construction, Fishing Vessels etc. in an API first environment.
• Saved 30% OPEX costs in 8 months, built a modern Micro-services platform that reduces OPEX of 90% (Digital Transformation Programme)
• Possess both Domain expertise (Global Specialty Insurance markets, Brokers, London Insurance markets, Lloyds Insurance, FCA and PRA regulatory aspects etc.) and latest technical expertise with trending tools and technologies across SDLC e.g. Artificial Intelligence, Open AI etc.
• Transformed legacy platform into flexible, robust, highly scalable and cost effective Well Architected Framework on Azure Cloud using cloud native and various other tools.
• Built a healthy and competitive, multi-vendor environment, own and manage partner contracts, recruitment, SOWs across Global Engineering and Architecture
• Recruit, mentor, manage Technical / Solution Architects, Technical Leads, Engineering Managers, Engineers of various levels and disciplines (Perm, Partner and contractors), line manage, performance management, cross-skill, upskill to meet the needs of both Engineering and business objectives.
• Tech stack: Influenced digital transformation, moved from Legacy to Digital trading platform (PHP, Vue -> .Net, React, Azure Cloud Native, Micro-services platform (fully cloud) etc., Budget £5 million (xTrade) producing GWP of £500+ millions (approx.)
• Partners & Contracts: Partner management (Accenture, Microsoft, Cloud Mersive, JFrog, Value Labs & Vega IT etc.)

• Chief Transformation officer, Director of Technology & Innovation and Board member
• Work with C-Suite (CEOs, MDs, CIOs, COOs, CTOs, SVPs), define organizational strategy, vision, mission, goals and objectives.
• Setup Innovation Management Systems, Centre of Excellences (CoEs), Chief Transformation offices (CTOs) and implement strategic initiatives.
• Work with Global leaders in transforming their teams and organizations to face uncertainties with right innovation strategy, vision, culture and Growth mindset.
• Help organizations transform to meet the needs of trending markets, business competitions.
• Advocate for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Part-time / Freelancing
• Non-Executive Director, Board Advisor

• Led circa 100+ cross-skilled resources / Direct reports (team leaders, Technical SMEs, various levels of software engineers, Design Leads, Architects, Data Engineers, Infrastructure engineers (Cloud, Bigdata and DevOps engineers) and test engineers across onsite & offshore) and lead DevOps, Cloud transformation and Agile transformation journeys.
• Work with Chief, Senior, product owners to build the strategic vision, quarterly OKRs, yearly budgets and forward-looking roadmap and refine the backlog of demand.
• Created Programme strategy and delivered infrastructure for Nationwide’s largest transformation programme in history impacting 10 development centres (£1 billion programme)
• Built and led ‘Ways of working’ and ‘Big Data’ communities with around 800 resources/contributors
• Led circa 100+ cross-skilled resources / Direct reports (team leaders, Technical SMEs, various levels of software engineers, Design Leads, Architects, Data Engineers, Infrastructure engineers (Cloud, Bigdata and DevOps engineers) and test engineers across onsite & offshore) and lead DevOps, Cloud transformation and Agile transformation journeys.

• Defined and established Change management governance framework (waterfall, hybrid and Agile) for Lloyds Banking Group’s $9 billion portfolio and managed delivery of 1000+ projects, programmes, and changes from inception to implementation & Operations
• Led and delivered various E2E solution design initiatives, Cloud, DevOps, CI / CD and Digital Transformation Programmes by up-skilling and cross-skilling circa 150 + resources across various geographies (US, EU, India, and Europe)
• Defined change governance roadmaps for Lloyds Consumer Finance Division (59 + $9 billion portfolios) and transformed waterfall working practices, processes, methodologies into Agile delivery model & DevOps across various technology platforms (API, mainframe, Oracle, .Net, Java, SQL Server, ASP.Net, Web based products)
• Simultaneously worked with 10 + Agile workstreams / Value streams IT & Business teams (delivered 1000+ projects/ programmes), defined Agile best practices, objectives, designed and led Agile workshops for IT & Business stakeholders using OKRs, mentored/coached teams at client sites and for distributed teams (virtually)
• Recruited and built teams of Engineers, mid-senior Engineering managers, trained and cross-skilled them to deliver business outcomes.
• Experience of using various Agile practices and proven methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, SAFe, etc.)
• Day-to-day interactions with Client Sr. executives, 250+ IT & Business stakeholders, led high performing, multi-disciplinary teams as well as large digital and cloud transformation programmes (E2E)
• Working as UK&EU SPOC and responsible to interview and selection of Agile & Engineering talent (Scrum Masters, Release, Environment, Configuration and Implementation managers, DevOps engineers etc. for various clients within the UK) for the practice (CoE)
• Defined and delivered Environment / Infrastructure E2E solution for Credit Suisse, Switzerland, and Lloyds Banking Group (Wealth)
• Head of Technical Delivery, Engineering & Architecture (Europe, UK&I), Principal Consultant, Solution Architect, Delivery Lead & Agile Transformation Lead 2015 – Jul 2018

• Defined and delivered Programme test Strategy for the entire programme, recruited, built, coached, and mentored Infrastructure engineers for App, Telephony, Infra and power generation workstreams.
• Defined Enterprise Infrastructure / Environment strategy for RWE nPower’s major transformation (ROSS) Programme (circa. £140 million), built and managed onsite and offshore teams, Infrastructure delivery for Power generation apps, telephony apps and other generic applications
• Defined and delivered Programme test Strategy for the entire programme, recruited, built, coached, and mentored Infrastructure engineers for App, Telephony, Infra and power generation workstreams.

• Head of QA, established Testing function from the scratch and reporting directly to MD of the company Commissioning & managing various test environments (physical & virtual machines) and infrastructure
• Created test plans, controls, roadmaps and automation scripts from the scratch and handled end to end testing practice of company’s entire product suite across multiple releases simultaneously.
• Validate and identify right test automation tools and frameworks, licences, and subscriptions of vendors etc.
• Managed testing function of enterprise product suite written in .Net, java, WPF, C++, Tomcat, IIS, web-based.
• E-commerce applications (E-students, e-Finance, e-applications, e-Inventory, e-Arrivals etc.)
• Recruiting right talent (Test Engineers) coaching, mentoring and performance management (1:1s etc.)
• Head of QA, established Testing function from the scratch and reporting directly to MD of the company Commissioning & managing various test environments (physical & virtual machines) and infrastructure

• Collaborated with fellow engineers to evaluate software and hardware interfaces.
• Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
• Collaborated with management, internal and development partners regarding software application design status and project progress.
• Developed conversion and system implementation plans.

• Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
• Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes.
• Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
• Developed robust, scalable, modular and API-centric infrastructures.
• Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.