Lopa Barrett
About Lopa Barrett
Lopa Barrett is the Director of Software Development at Ally, with a background in leading technical teams and developing innovative solutions in the financial sector.
Company
Lopa Barrett is currently working at Ally as the Director of Software Development. Barrett began her tenure at Ally in 2015, based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. At Ally, Barrett focuses on leading teams and implementing state-of-the-art software solutions. One notable accomplishment was the launch and leadership of the Intelligent Automation Center of Excellence, which generated over $16 million in annual savings by streamlining and automating processes.
Title
As Director of Software Development at Ally, Lopa Barrett oversees the strategic direction and execution of software initiatives. With extensive experience in software engineering and development, Barrett manages an agile team composed of over 30 software engineers both onshore and offshore. Her role emphasizes continuous improvement, innovation, and the successful deployment of advanced technology solutions.
Previous Roles
Before her current role at Ally, Lopa Barrett worked at IBM as a Senior Consultant Technical Lead from 2013 to 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Prior to IBM, she served as a Senior Consultant Technical Lead at Capgemini Financial Services Inc. for 11 months from 2012 to 2013. From 2010 to 2012, Barrett was a Lead Software Development Engineer at Bank of America in Mumbai, India. She also held roles as an Independent Software Developer at the National Stock Exchange of India Limited from 2007 to 2010, and as a Software Developer Technical Lead at Excel Software & Systems Pvt. Ltd. from 2006 to 2007.
Education and Expertise
Lopa Barrett completed her Master of Computer Applications (MCA) at Uttar Pradesh Technical University, where she studied from 2002 to 2005, specializing in Computer Science. This academic foundation has supported her career progression in software development and technical leadership roles across various notable organizations.
Achievements
Throughout her career, Lopa Barrett has successfully led various initiatives that enhanced operational efficiency and technological advancement. At Ally, her leadership in the Intelligent Automation Center of Excellence led to over $16 million in annual savings. Additionally, she increased mortgage data engineering efficiency by 80% through modernization efforts. Barrett also developed a lead-management product on Salesforce that quadrupled lead-to-sales conversion rates and improved productivity by 40% through the early adoption of cloud technologies and open-source Cloudera products.