439 Millennium - Eighteenth Edition TECHNOLOGY Millennium Magazine Featured Listee PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER Signature Global Investments Hingham, MA SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING AND OMNI CHANNEL ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE Albertsons Companies Sunnyvale, CA JOHN BERCHMANS MURPHY John Berchmans Murphy is a software engineer with more than 35 years of expertise to his credit. He has been a principal software engineer for Signature Global Investments since 2009, having originally joined its predecessor, Signature Financial Group, in 1992. He considers his work developing a software system for the company to be one of his proudest accomplishments, and he is responsible for developing the VCL developer tool for Crystal Reports, which is still in use today. His other notable projects include a proto-AI tool, cell phone infrastructure, and medical questionnaire frameworks. Mr. Murphy also played key roles at U.S. Bank, Spherical Dynamics, and FHI360 before beginning his current role and developing a consulting relationship with AED. He credits his success to his flexibility and drive to learn, as well as his belief in valuing experience over short-term gain. Mr. Murphy studied economics and mercantile systems at the University of London and holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts. Nitin Saksena leads a team of senior enterprise and principal architects to collaborate with business and product owners and develop technical architecture. As the senior director of omni channel enterprise architecture at Albertsons Companies, he works with all the senior leadership members of the business, product and engineering departments. Mr. Saksena holds a BE in computer science from the Institute of Technology and Management and an MTech in information and communication technology from the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. He joined Albertsons in 2019 as a principal architect of digital growth and customer loyalty and was later promoted as the director of enterprise architecture. He previously worked at Macy’s for four years as a domain architect for the company’s marketing and loyalty pillar. Mr. Saksena is proud of the impact his discount and promotion software has had on households that shop at Albertsons and their various banners. Looking ahead, he hopes to continue contributing to the technology industry and become the company’s chief information officer or chief technology officer. NITIN SAKSENA
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