Anand Devanathan

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 9 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 20+ years in Applications Engineering leadership.
  • Expert in SaaS and digital transformation.
  • Strong advocate for diversity and inclusion.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with extensive experience in digital transformation and quality engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Saas TransformationProject ManagementSap TransformationQuality EngineeringPeople ManagementIntegration ManagementService ManagementOracle Financials

Other Skills

Cross Functional Subject Matter ExpertiseGlobal Delivery LeadDigital AssuranceQuality Engineering TransformationSaaSBusiness OperationsTransformationSAPFinanceOrder ManagementTest Execution AutomationPerformance EngineeringAI/MLBudget ManagementResource Management

About

• A seasoned professional with 20+ years of deep experience in Applications Engineering having played various roles across Development, Implementation, Support & Service Management, Testing, Product Management • Multi-Domain experience across Retail, Banking, Sourcing, Core Finance, Software Applications and Product Development • Multi-Functional experience across Procure to Pay, Record to Report, Order Management, Revenue Recognition, Receivables, SaaS Subscription & Billing, Contract Management, Finance, HR, Real Estate & Workplace, IT on IT • Organizational Leadership managing large teams (90+ FTE, 350+ Contingent Workers) • Project & Program Management of large portfolios and multiple Tier-1s • Transformational leadership experience in o Digital Transformation of Processes, People and Application landscape refactoring o Organizational structural transformation for agility and federation o Industry leading Quality Engineering practice transformation o SAP Transformation Global Delivery Leader (PTP, RTR, OTC, Bookings, AR, Revenue Rec, Reporting) – • Site Leadership – India Strategy and Operations • New Capability development around Automation, AI/ML, Microservices, Data Science and Optimization, Mobile Engineering • Multi-Geo and Cross-Cultural experience widening perspectives and adaptability (UK, US, South Asia, Gulf) • Vendor & Contract management multi-year multi-million $ engagements designed and deployed • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion • Deeply passionate about people development and mentorship • Strong interest in Education as an area of focus outside of work

Experience

Palo alto networks

Director, IT

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Vmware

5 roles

Director IT

Promoted

Jul 2019Jan 2024 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • SaaS Transformation - Leading the Cross Functional Subject Matter Expertise for Business Operations transformation to the SaaS and Subscription Platform
  • Global Delivery Lead for SAP transformation - Finance, Order Management
  • Heading Development/Delivery for multiple domains such as HR/Legal/Finance
  • Head of Digital Assurance and Quality Engineering Transformation & Development/Delivery of Automation Platforms and Architecture
SaaS TransformationCross Functional Subject Matter ExpertiseGlobal Delivery LeadDigital AssuranceQuality Engineering TransformationProject Management

Senior IT Manager

May 2018Jul 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Leading Transformation of the Quality Engineering practice as a special assignment:
  • Functional Testing, Test Execution Automation, Test Data Management, Performance Engineering,
  • Resiliency Testing, Business Testing Optimization, Mobile, IoT and Emerging technologies, AI/ML for Optimization, Data Analytics & Prediction
Quality EngineeringTest Execution AutomationPerformance EngineeringAI/MLProject Management

Senior IT Manager

Promoted

Jan 2017Apr 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Development and Implementation: Finance / HR / Legal / REW Portfolios & Business Engagement

IT Manager

Jan 2015Jan 2017 · 2 yrs

  • Along with the role of Project/Delivery Manager, this role also entails:
  • Budget and Resource Management for all the key projects
  • Budget tracking, Financial Reporting
  • People Management - Business Systems Analysts and Solution Architects.
  • Added to portfolio are Continuous Delivery projects such as Mobile Applications (vApprove), Finance Roadmap.
Budget ManagementResource ManagementContinuous DeliveryProject ManagementPeople Management

IT Project Manager

Mar 2014Jan 2015 · 10 mos

  • Part of the Business Operations Leadership Team
  • Responsible for Delivery of Key projects in the Finance Area (Oracle EBS, SAP FICO, Integration of Satellite Applications such as Coupa, Concur, Fieldglass, CounselLink, ChangePoint, eTrade, Acube, Aloha, Blackline, gTreasury, Bank Integration, GXS etc)
Business OperationsProject DeliveryIntegrationProject ManagementIntegration Management

Tesco

2 roles

Support Delivery Manager, Central and Eastern Europe

Jun 2012Feb 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore, India

  • Accountable for Service for Central and Eastern Europe businesses
  • Primarily:
  • Service Delivery Accountability
  • Service Standardization
  • Service Improvement
  • Service Governance
  • Service Introduction - Identify and execute opportunities
  • Headcount Planning and Budgeting (Support, Direct Billing and Capital Projects)
  • Skills primarily involved:
  • Retail Domain, Applications and Integration knowledge (POS systems, Storeline, Integration Services, ORMS, ORWMS, GMIS, Oracle Financials, Ordering, Infrastructure, Operations, Data Integrity etc)
  • Project and Program Management (focus on Time, Scope, Communication (Stakeholder) Management)
  • Data Interpretation and Analysis, Presentation
Service DeliveryService ImprovementData AnalysisService ManagementProject Management

Technical Project Lead/ Development Manager

Apr 2006Jun 2012 · 6 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore, India

  • Team Lead Support: Oracle Financials Application & Database Management: All Tesco countries (Central Europe (CZ, SK, PL, HU) L2/L3, Asia (KR, MY,TH,HK,China) L2/L3, US L3, Tesco Bank Application Management) - since July 2011; Oracle Seller Finance for UK PLC
  • Locations: Bangalore, India
  • Team Lead Development & Implementation: Development&Implementation for Tesco Bank GL
  • Locations: Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Bangalore, India
  • Senior and Principal Software Engineer/Solution Architect: Implementation of Oracle Financials 11i for India Core Finance, and Tesco International Sourcing businesses.
  • Locations: HongKong and Bangalore, India
  • Software Engineer & Senior Software Engineer: Development & Implementation (Oracle Financials) UKROI, Hungary, Poland, China businesses.
  • Locations: Cheshunt, United Kingdom and Bangalore, India
Oracle FinancialsDatabase ManagementImplementationProject Management

Oracle

Senior Software Engineer

May 2003Apr 2006 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Part of the three member team that delivered Localization of Oracle HRMS for Saudi, Kuwait and UAE. Experience in end to end development.

Education

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

BE — Electrical and Electronics

Jan 1999Jan 2003

Parimalam Matric Hr Sec School

+2

Jan 1997Jan 1999

TVS Academy Hosur

10 — State Board

Jan 1996Jan 1997

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