Soma Ellappan is a highly experienced engineering leader with over 25 years in software delivery, specializing in the payments, wealth management, and networking software industries. Ellappan has a background in Agile methodology and has successfully led product delivery teams in startups and large organizations. Notably, Ellappan has led teams to deliver solutions including Bill Payment, Person-to-Person Payment, Account Transfer, Account Aggregation, and Wealth Management, for over 4000+ financial institutions worldwide. Ellappan studied Computer Engineering at San Jose State University, and Computer Science and Engineering at Anna University.