Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Technology executive with 20+ years building and scaling data, AI, and security products across engineering leadership, product strategy, and operations. Currently SVP Engineering at MongoDB, leading Atlas Data Services (Atlas database clusters, search and vector search, stream processing, and AI capabilities). Focused on reliability at scale and developer-first experiences for enterprise and AI workloads, including RAG and agentic systems. Previously General Manager for Identity at AWS. Owned P&L for customer-facing identity services (including Cognito and Directory Service) and secured the AWS customer front door (sign-up and sign-in). Delivered 99.99% availability for Tier-0 workloads and grew IAM Identity Center adoption 50%+ YoY. Highlights: CTO and GM leadership • Global R&D at scale (600+ engineers) • Tier-0 reliability and security • M&A and platform integration
Executive Leadership: Lead the engineering organization for MongoDB Atlas, its cloud data platform, spanning database clusters, search, vector search, stream processing, and AI model inference. Supporting a ~$2B revenue business growing ~30% YoY (Dec 2025). AI & M&A Strategy: Driving the integration of Voyage AI (embedding and reranking models) to advance MongoDB’s information retrieval strategy and deliver an AI-native data platform. Global Scale: Expanded the engineering organization from a US-only footprint to a distributed team across US, Canada, Ireland, and India - growing engineering capacity while deepening domain expertise across time zones. Enterprise Growth: Delivering the security, compliance, and reliability capabilities required for Tier-0 workloads in regulated industries, directly enabling enterprise adoption and ARR expansion.
General Manager: Owned product, engineering, operations, and P&L for 6 customer-facing identity services (including IAM Identity Center, Cognito, and Directory Service). Scale & Growth: Scaled the org from 270 to 450+ engineers across the US, Canada, and the UK; managed three directors. Repositioned IAM Identity Center, driving +55% YoY adoption growth and broad enterprise adoption. Strategic Launches: Launched AWS Builder ID, supporting new AWS experiences including Generative AI offerings. Operational Excellence: Owned AWS sign-in/sign-up. Improved protection against attacks while maintaining 99.99% availability, leading critical incidents and strategic reviews with the AWS CEO.
Executive Leadership (Post-M&A): Led product development and cloud operations for the Enterprise & Cybersecurity business unit after Thales’s $5.4B acquisition of Gemalto, converging identity and encryption roadmaps across global teams. Strategic Integration: Owned the technical integration of SafeNet ($890M acquisition), driving roadmap convergence across encryption, authentication, and DevOps practices. Global Scale: Managed a distributed organization of 600+ engineers across North America (Ottawa, Austin, San Jose), Europe (France, UK, Spain), Israel, and India. Product Delivery: Delivered cybersecurity solutions (authentication, access management, data security) as both SaaS and on-prem offerings for large enterprises and regulated sectors (including government and banking).
R&D Center Leadership: Led the Singapore R&D Center for the Platforms & Services group, managing 250+ engineers delivering B2B platforms spanning cloud services, mobile applications, and embedded software for global customers. Portfolio Ownership: Directed engineering across mobile payments (NFC/cloud), telecom/network management, and enterprise security products. Strategic Partnerships: Led technical due diligence for regional M&A activity, built R&D partnerships with local universities, and managed technical relationships with major global customers.
CTO: Grew from software engineer to CTO, leading product engineering and global technical operations for a mobile messaging platform. Scale & Operations: Built and ran 24/7 production operations, reliability practices, and incident management for a global customer base. Business Outcome: Led the technology strategy and execution through the company’s acquisition by Gemalto (2010). Leadership: Built and led a distributed engineering team across geographies.