Summary
Zarni Htet is a Principal Architect specializing in hybrid cloud and data with over two decades of engineering and technology leadership and 11 years in senior data platform roles across finance and life sciences. Currently at Hakkōda (an IBM company), he recently led data platform consolidation and post-merger integration efforts as a VP and Transition & Integration Leader at JPMorgan Chase and First Republic, demonstrating a rare blend of hands-on database expertise and strategic program leadership. He has progressed from database administrator to director-level and principal architect roles, driving migrations, reconciliations, and enterprise data integration at scale. Based in Danville, CA, Zarni pairs an MS in Computer Science (Database Technology) with practical experience in production database services and platform retention readiness for complex M&A contexts. Outside of corporate roles he has engaged with data science communities (Stand Together Foundation, Social Decision Analytics Lab), reflecting a curiosity for analytics-driven decision making beyond core infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
MS Computer Science (Database Technology), MS Computer Science (Database Technology) at San Francisco Bay University
BS(Hons:) Computing and Information Systems, BS(Hons:) Computing and Information Systems at London Metropolitan University
English, Burmese