Pramit Shah

About

Visionary Leader. Builder. Innovator.

I'm an engineering executive with 20+ years of experience — including 16 years in leadership — delivering enterprise-scale systems and leading greenfield initiatives from the ground up across Finance, HR, Compliance, Supply Chain, Bloomberg Vault, and workflow automation.

I've launched rule-based AI workflow orchestration platforms and evolved them toward agentic AI by integrating RAG, embeddings, and intelligent task automation. My track record spans modernizing global payroll, T&E systems, warehouse operations, and building reusable platforms with high reliability and scalability.

Known for building high-performing, empowered teams and fostering a culture of innovation, operational excellence, and long-term impact.

Engineering Leadership Agentic AI Workflow Automation System Architecture Distributed Systems AI/ML Integration Technical Strategy Talent Development Cost Optimization Platform Reusability Risk Mitigation Cross-Functional Collaboration

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Bloomberg Vault — Bootstrapped a petabyte-scale compliance archive from zero to $80M in revenue within four years.

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Led Bloomberg's shift to native iOS & Android, partnering with Apple, Google & Samsung — driving a 10x increase in mobile usage and $110M in annual subscription revenue.

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Deployed agentic AI automation that cut ticket resolution time from 20 minutes to 40 seconds and prevented 12,000+ tickets per quarter.

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Architected a back-office trading system replacing external vendors — enabling $85M in annual profitability uplift for Bloomberg Tradebook.

Experience

Career History

Over two decades shaping engineering strategy and product delivery at Bloomberg LP.

Director of Engineering – Internal Operations & Client Service Technologies

Jul 2022 – Current

Bloomberg LP · New York, NY

Directed Bloomberg's first enterprise-wide process automation platform — enabling 100+ orchestrated workflows across disparate systems, reducing engineering overhead through reusable automation components.
Championed and deployed a RAG-based AI knowledge assistant and embedding-driven vector search across internal helpdesk and documentation systems — achieving a 77% reduction in client response time and deflecting 12,000+ tickets per quarter.
Introduced agentic automation pipelines for high-volume manual workflows, cutting resolution from 20 minutes to 40 seconds — a 97% improvement — through intelligent task orchestration.
Championed a department-wide ideathon surfacing 145+ workflow automation ideas, launching multiple pilots, and securing executive sponsorship for a dedicated automation task force.
Consolidated four disparate IAM systems into a unified, audit-ready platform — eliminating tool redundancy and saving the equivalent of two full-time engineers in operational overhead.
Built and scaled a 50+ engineer org including 5 Engineering Managers — growing from 45 to 55+ while promoting 3 senior engineers into EM roles and enabling 5+ cross-functional leadership transitions without delivery gaps.

BPMNSpiffWorkflowKubernetes KafkaRabbitMQGraphQL PostgreSQLPythonRAGIAM

Director of Engineering – HR, Accounting, Supply Chain & Workplace

Jun 2014 – Jun 2022

Bloomberg LP · New York, NY

Led a 50+ engineer organization delivering 150+ enterprise integrations replacing legacy HR systems (Workday and others) — reducing new-hire onboarding time by 40% and halving post-launch support load.
Partnered with C-suite to architect Bloomberg's global HR transformation — spanning payroll modernization across 64 countries and enterprise-wide compensation system overhaul.
Rebuilt the compensation engine for all people managers company-wide: reduced manual overrides from ~30% to under 5% via a parametric rules engine; tripled system performance with a modern web framework.
Pioneered Bloomberg's intelligent workplace platform — AI-driven room booking, in-office navigation using low-frequency transmitters, and real-time meeting space optimization.
Led a cross-company initiative with Zoom during COVID-19 onset to co-develop media router bandwidth optimization, partnering with the CTO office, Security, and Networking teams.
Delivered a unified SSO portal with persona-based hubs, replacing fragmented access points and improving security and discoverability for thousands of internal users.

WorkdayWebMethodsSSO RESTful APIsMicroservicesZoomSAP WMS

Director of Engineering – Bloomberg Vault, Mobile & Instant Bloomberg

Sep 2008 – May 2014

Bloomberg LP · New York, NY

Led an organization of 80 engineers, scaling from 45 to 80 over six years by hiring key technical leaders.
Bootstrapped Bloomberg Vault — a petabyte-scale compliance archive for email, IM, voice, and trade data — delivering $80M in revenue within four years.
Built a real-time fraud detection system resulting in a 40% drop in fraud and regulatory breaches.
Led Bloomberg's shift from BlackBerry to native iOS & Android apps, partnering with Apple, Google, and Samsung — driving a 10x increase in mobile usage and $110M in annual subscription revenue.
Bootstrapped IB Voice, a secure voice communication tool for traders, generating $2M in net new revenue.
Pioneered use of Solr, Kafka, and HDFS in the organization, leading to broader adoption across business units.

SolrKafkaAccumulo HDFSSparkReact iOSAndroidMobile SDKs

Engineering Manager – Bloomberg Tradebook

Jan 2001 – Aug 2008

Bloomberg LP · New York, NY

Redesigned Tradebook's equity-only platform into a multi-asset system — cutting asset onboarding time by 70% and reducing system errors by half while sustaining daily volumes above 200 million shares.
Architected and launched a proprietary back-office processing and commission system — enabling $85M in annual profitability uplift.
Developed a real-time compliance screening engine against global sanctions lists — cut manual onboarding by 30% and eliminated all sanctioned violations.

Bloomberg LaunchpadDTCC Real-time Order SystemsSanctions Screening

Visionary Leader. Builder. Innovator.

Career History

Proficiencies

Architecture & Systems

AI & Automation

Languages & Frameworks

Data & Infrastructure

Mobile & Full-Stack

Leadership & Process

Academic Background

One Executive. 20 Years. $275M Impact.

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