Headline

Engineering Leader | Product | GenAI Builder | AI Adoption | Cybersecurity | DevSecOps | Ex-Department Head @ OSB India | Ex-Morgan Stanley/Dell/Oracle

About

Technology Leader | GCC Engineering Leadership | Production AI & Platform Architecture | Ex-Morgan Stanley, Dell,Oracle Technology executive with 20+ years of engineering leadership across Morgan Stanley, Dell Technologies, Oracle, and OSB India — spanning cybersecurity, DevSecOps modernisation, AI-native SDLC transformation, and platform engineering at scale. Proven track record building and scaling regulated-environment engineering GCC organisations engineers, architecting enterprise platforms serving 15k+ global developers, and eliminating 1k+ hours of annual operational risk through intelligent automation. Led technology strategy for the GCC, scaling the engineering organisation and embedding an AI-DLC. At Morgan Stanley, delivered an industry-first privileged access surveillance platform and led firm-wide AppSec and cloud-first micro-services transformation. I bring deep technical credibility, proven ability to scale engineering organizations in regulated environments, and hands-on experience driving AI-native transformation from India-based global capability centers.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

gemini

geminicli

langgraph

Work experience

Department Head Engineering at OSBIndia Private Limited, Feb 2025 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led technology leadership for OSB India’s GCC in a regulated fintech environment. Accountable for technology strategy, architecture direction, AI-enabled modernisation, and scaling of the engineering organization as a key member of the local leadership team. * Scaled the GCC engineering organization from 20 to 100+ across Backend, Frontend, QA, DevOps, Business Analysis, Product Management, and Architecture; defined career paths and built a high-performance culture to support rapid growth. * Designed and embedded an AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (ADLC) across the GCC — GenAI coding assistants, automated evaluations, AI-driven UI design, and QA modernization — accelerating delivery velocity. * Led end-to-end vendor evaluation, selection, onboarding, and contract negotiation for technology platforms and tools, optimizing costs while driving innovation. * Drove technology strategy and roadmap execution, ensuring alignment with regulatory compliance, risk management, and business objectives in a challenger banking landscape. * Partnered with the executive leadership team on employer branding, external outreach, and diversity initiatives; active speaker on Women in Tech.

VP Development/DevSecOps – InfoSec/AppSec Cybersecurity Organization, Morgan Stanley (2021 – 2025) at Morgan Stanley, Oct 2021 - Jan 2025 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, * Global technical leader managing development teams for Info-Sec division; served as strategic partner to senior stakeholders in transforming cybersecurity posture. * Architected industry-first enterprise surveillance platform for continuous privileged access monitoring, eliminating 1,200+ manual hours annually, enabling proactive audit/risk management. * Directed modernization of legacy applications into cloud-ready microservices. * Transformed internal threat detection from reactive to proactive through custom continuous monitoring platform. * Engineered workflow optimizations delivering 200+ hours savings per initiative. * Championed innovation program generating 50+ ideas, 15 implementations, and multiple patents. * Built cross-functional partnerships to embed secure coding/API management practices; negotiated vendor contracts for optimal cost and alignment.

Principal Engineering Technologist, Dell Technologies R&D (2019 – 2021) at Dell EMC, Jul 2019 - Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, * Led technology strategy and DevOps platform engineering for server division, supporting 15K+ global developers. * Designed event-driven DevOps platform architecture as Product Owner; owned roadmap, onboarded organizations, ensured compliance/security, and drove early adoption. * Spearheaded edge computing initiatives, including lab setup, platform evaluation, and integrations (EdgeX plugins for provisioning/analytics/lifecycle/cloud); authored white papers and secured two innovation disclosures (patents). * Provided executive-level technical leadership in strategic discussions with leadership, architects, and product teams. * Promoted diversity and innovation through SheTribe leadership and industry forum speaking.

Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle India Pvt Ltd (2004 – 2019) at Oracle, Aug 2004 - Jul 2019 · 15 yrs, Greater Bengaluru Area, * Progressive roles in development, DevOps, QA, and ML integration for enterprise middleware products. * Developed Python-based ML-integrated applications for text classification/clustering. * Architected end-to-end deployment pipelines (Git → Merge Gates → Docker → Jenkins → JFrog) for product/QA/partner releases. * Owned QA frameworks, automation, and install testing for Fusion Middleware suite (SOA, IDM, WebCenter, ECM).

Education

WSP 2018, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Leadership Program, NSRCEL (2018–2019)

Bachelor's degree, Information Science/Studies, Visvesvaraya Technological University

Public links

github: https://github.com/shilpabc

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@shilpabc

medium: https://medium.com/@shilpabc