Summary
Kamal Patel is a seasoned technology leader with over 20 years of experience and a decade of focused product and engineering leadership at Norfolk Southern, currently serving as Director IMAU Technology Products. He excels at turning strategic vision into user-focused, enterprise-grade solutions—leading Agile product teams, transforming legacy platforms, and improving operational SLAs across intermodal and automotive business domains. Kamal combines hands-on development roots (from VB.net, Java, SQL, and COBOL to UX and GIS) with strong portfolio and vendor management skills, enabling reliable delivery from inception through UAT and OCM. Known for quickly diagnosing complex problems and connecting cross-functional stakeholders, he consistently influences executives to invest in roadmaps that accelerate growth. He mentors teams to own outcomes and cultivates a transparent, continuous-improvement culture while staying attuned to emerging technologies.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology