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Shant Mardigian - Executive Director of Engineering, Supply Chain

Shant Mardigian

Executive Engineering Leader specializing in scalable streaming, media supply chain, and AI operations

DisneyUCLA19 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Tech executive with Disney experience who has repeatedly scaled and restructured engineering organizations (from 4 to 30 and up to 100+), using OKRs/KPIs to drive business-aligned roadmaps. Hands-on with architecture and platform strategy, including adopting MongoDB Atlas to centralize transactional data and building shared core services (security/permissions, auditing, compliance) to increase product velocity across distributed teams.

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Key Strengths

  • Defined tech roadmaps tied to business strategy using OKRs/KPIs and data-driven reprioritization
  • Scaled engineering orgs from 4 to 30 via hiring and later restructured teams of 100+
  • Implemented agile operating model (Squads/Fleets) with clear North Star vision to enable independent delivery
  • Hands-on executive leadership: stays close to architecture/tech selection while managing stakeholders and portfolio vision
  • Architected centralized core platform capabilities (security/permissions, auditing, compliance) to accelerate domain team feature delivery
  • Made major data/architecture decision adopting MongoDB Atlas to centralize transactional data and reduce eventual-consistency delays

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Experience

Executive Director of Engineering, Supply ChainThe Walt Disney Company · Jan 2021 – Jan 2025
Director of Engineering, Consumer & Data PlatformsThe Walt Disney Company · Jan 2018 – Jan 2021
Director of Engineering, Consumer PlatformsThe Walt Disney Company · Jan 2013 – Jan 2018
Vice President, Software EngineeringNations Info Corp · Jan 2009 – Jan 2013
Principal Software ArchitectTechnicolor · Jan 2006 – Jan 2008
Principal Software EngineerNorthrop Grumman
Co-Founder/CTOCortical X

Education

UCLAmaster, Business Administration
California State University, Northridgemaster, Engineering Management
California State University, Northridgebachelor, Computer Science

Languages

English

Publications

2 publications

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Shant MardigianExecutive Engineering Leader specializing in scalable streaming, media supply chain, and AI operations