Amit Dhabalia is an accomplished leader and dynamic professional with extensive experience in software engineering, team development, and dev-ops. Currently serving as the Senior Director of Software Engineering at FlexGen, Amit excels in defining and driving the strategic vision for large-scale projects, leveraging his expertise to build and lead technology operations teams, including DevOps, infrastructure, corporate IT, application support, and testing. Under his leadership, the average resolution time for production defects dropped dramatically from 90 days to 4 hours. Amit’s implementation of a Mono-repo reduced build times from two days to 20 minutes, and his efforts in developing a testing framework significantly enhanced automated test development.
At Northwestern Mutual, where he served from 2016 to 2022, Amit built and managed software and test engineering teams, growing the team size from 3 to over 200 members with a budget exceeding $20 million. His strategic direction was pivotal in transitioning the organization from Waterfall methodologies to Agile Scrum teams, significantly increasing domain knowledge retention and reducing hand-offs. Amit’s initiatives in automation, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and Shift-Left practices led to a 93% defect removal efficiency and improved deployment frequency.
Prior to his tenure at Northwestern Mutual, Amit held key roles at CommonBond and HedgeServ, where he focused on building automation frameworks and CI/CD pipelines. At CommonBond, he developed strategies for branching code and release management, fostering collaborative efforts across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). At HedgeServ, Amit was instrumental in designing the Automated Testing Tool (AsgardJ) to enhance Java back-end functionality testing and enforcing TDD practices to identify bugs early in the development process.
Amit’s career began at Aluminium.com as a Software Engineer. Over time, he gained experience and responsibilities, eventually becoming a Senior Software Engineer at LabVantage Solutions, State Street (IFS), and Dovetail Systems. His academic credentials include a Master of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a minor in Applied Mathematics from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Recognized for his subject matter expertise across software engineering, team building, strategic vision, automation, and continuous improvement, Amit Dhabalia is a visionary leader committed to operational excellence and driving business solutions through innovative approaches.
Character: Amit Dhabalia is a dynamic and accomplished leader known for his ability to thrive in high-pressure environments and drive organizational transformation.
Knowledge: He possesses deep expertise in software engineering, automation, process standardization, and continuous improvement.
Strategic: Amit excels in defining and implementing strategic visions that improve operations, enhance product quality, and increase profitability.
Communication: He effectively cultivates partnerships and builds trusted relationships through executive-level communications and cross-functional collaboration.
