Peter Paul

Strategic Senior Technical Program Manager and Engineering Executive with 19 years of success orchestrating enterprise-wide transformations within high-stakes, regulated financial environments. Expert at synthesizing complex business logic with strategic technical execution to drive organizational alignment and financial stewardship. Proven record of partnering with EXCO-level stakeholders to deliver global cloud migrations, achieving 60% operational cost reductions and 90% acceleration in processing speed through disciplined governance, Safe Bank initiatives, and high-performance leadership.

Senior Engineering Manager, Senior Technical Program Manager, and Senior IT People Leader at Manulife IT Delivery Center Asia Inc. (Supporting Manulife Bank) (2021-07 – 2025-07)

Enterprise transformation leadership within regulated financial environment

• Chaired the Global Change Management (GCM) and Change Advisory Board (CAB) to govern high-risk deployments. Defined transformation outcomes and baseline KPIs, ensuring 100% stability in 'Run' operations.
• Served as a primary strategic advisor to the EXCO, converting complex portfolio performance data into actionable narratives and SteerCo papers detailing trade-offs and risk views.
• Orchestrated Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) and systemic risk mitigations that resulted in a 92% KPI passing rate—the highest recorded metric across all global business units.
• Orchestrated the inaugural transition from legacy Oracle to Azure. Governed the end-to-end delivery lifecycle and benefits realization.
• Drove financial discipline through TCO modeling, achieving a 60% permanent reduction in operational cost structures.
• Managed cross-portfolio dependencies and established the governance frameworks for global cloud modernization.
• Orchestrated the inaugural rollout of Microsoft Power Platform, establishing governance frameworks and delivery standards for low-code transformation.
• Partnered with Finance and Life Operations to re-engineer commission payout workflows, achieving a 90% acceleration in speed.

Software Engineering Manager (FinTech & Banking) at MDI Novare Technologies Incorporated (2019-08 – 2021-03)

Strategic resilience transformation and enterprise program delivery for financial institutions

• Governed the transition from legacy monoliths to a high-availability Microservices Architecture on AWS. Defined Non-Functional Requirements (NFR) to ensure resilience.
• Established security standards and RBAC, strengthening the bank's risk posture and ensuring compliance with regulatory protocols.
• Directed the mission-critical migration of GCash to Alipay+, managing complex dependencies between regional technical hubs and global stakeholders.
• Orchestrated infrastructure scaling to over 1,000 TPS, ensuring stability during international expansion.
• Established rigorous technical 'Quality Gates' and delivery standards for the banking portfolio, reducing engineering ramp-up time by 50%.

Senior Java Web Developer & Technical Lead at Vishay Intertechnology (2008-11 – 2019-07)

Technical leadership and engineering excellence in automation and system transformation

• Orchestrated the global automation of marketing part-number conversions, achieving a 75% increase in speed and data quality.
• Led the design and global delivery of an automated notification system that accelerated client communication by 90%.

Java Web Developer (Foundational Engineering) at Solegy LLC (2006-04 – 2008-03)

Foundational engineering and QA automation framework development

• Led enhancements for a Real-Time VoIP Billing Engine and pioneered the department's first QA automation framework, establishing the foundation for disciplined delivery.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science – University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City