Summary
Vikas Malhotra is a Senior Director of Software Engineering with over 30 years of experience modernizing data platforms for financial services, currently leading engineering at Empower. He has deep expertise across the data lifecycle—architecture, warehousing, integration, ETL, and BI—spanning cloud and on-prem technologies and hands-on work with DynamoDB, Aurora, Hadoop, DB2, Oracle, SQL Server and modern data tools like AWS Glue and EMR. At Prudential he led large-scale cloud migrations, ML/AI-enabled analytics initiatives, and adoption of SAFe Agile to accelerate digital and data modernization. Vikas combines strategic vision with operational rigor: he drives governance, data quality, master data management and centers of competency while still engaging in technical implementation and DB administration. Known for translating complex regulatory and business requirements into pragmatic, auditable solutions, he excels at building cross-functional teams and change programs that deliver measurable business value. Based in Pennsylvania, he blends deep legacy-system knowledge with a persistent focus on emerging technologies such as data virtualization, big data and machine learning.
9 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
University of Delhi