Jul 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• During my tenure as an Engineering Leader at Yapstone, I led a pivotal $50 million cloud migration project that drastically transformed our IT operations. This role allowed me to further hone my leadership skills while focusing on digital transformation initiatives.
• Key Achievements:
• Cost Efficiency: I successfully reduced IT operational costs by 30% through the implementation of cloud solutions. This demonstrated the financial benefits of embracing modern technologies and underscored the importance of strategic investment in IT.
• Customer Engagement: I launched a digital transformation initiative that increased customer engagement metrics by 20% across various platforms. This was achieved through enhanced user experiences and more responsive service delivery, showcasing the positive impact of technology on customer relationships.
• High Availability: I managed to achieve a 99.5% system uptime, which enhanced customer satisfaction by 15%. This success was made possible through improved infrastructure monitoring and response strategies, ensuring that we were proactive in addressing potential issues.
• Application Deployment: I oversaw the deployment of over 15 applications annually, ensuring that our engineering team was robust and capable of meeting the demands of the business. This involved close collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions that met client needs.

Apr 2019 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · Hybrid

• I played a critical role in orchestrating large-scale technology projects that aligned with the company’s strategic goals. My focus was on driving efficiency and maximizing the return on technology investments.
• Key Achievements:
• Revenue Growth: I increased annual revenue by $5 million through strategic technology transformations. This achievement showcased my ability to link technology initiatives directly to business outcomes, reinforcing the importance of IT as a driver of growth.
• Cost Savings: By optimizing cloud infrastructure, I saved the company $2 million annually. This not only reduced operational overhead but also allowed for reallocation of resources towards innovation and new projects that further enhanced our service offerings.
• Portfolio Management: I successfully managed a portfolio of over 50 large-scale technology projects, ranging from cloud migrations to digital transformations. I ensured that each initiative aligned with our strategic vision and delivered measurable results.
• IT Roadmap Development: I created a comprehensive 3-year IT roadmap that aligned the technology landscape with business goals. This facilitated cohesive application development across various business units and ensured that we were all working towards common objectives.

Aug 2017 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Formulated the strategy and direction for the account or program, focusing on continuous improvement through engineering, innovation, and reusability.
• Achieved a 40% reduction in incident response time by implementing a new DevOps strategy, enhancing the company's service reliability.
• Developed and established the rules, regulations, policies, and standards to govern both the individual components and the overall IT architecture.
• Led proposal conversion and outreach for lead generation in the emerging technology sector, successfully signing over 75% of new business clients through RFPs, RFIs, and RFTs.
• Designed and implemented a comprehensive end-to-end monitoring solution in the cloud (using Nagios, Zabbix, AppD, CWatch, etc.) to enhance billing efficiency.
• Increased customer satisfaction by 30% by creating resilient and scalable solutions for financial services, utilizing APIs, microservices, and DevOps (CI/CD) with tools like Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, Python, and messaging infrastructure.
• Managed over 120 enterprise-level projects across various domains, collaborating with practices and COEs to enhance capabilities.
• Achieved annual savings of $3 million by optimizing cloud infrastructure cost efficiency.

Jul 2016 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Developed 3 year business, technology roadmap and strategy on the basis of organization vision for digital transformation in digital aviation through thought leadership and meaningful dialogues with business leaders and CXO
• Technology advisor to overall IT strategy and roadmap formulation by evaluating ideas and providing inputs from enterprise architecture and overall information technology blueprint perspective.
• Responsible for governance of IT architecture. Created and established the rules, regulations, policies, best practices and standards that will govern the individual components of the IT architecture, as well as the entire overall IT landscape and architecture.
• Architected, Designed, Implemented and owned the Digital aviation of Fuel Efficiency projects on data visualization and descriptive analysis
• Participated and engaged actively on technology roadmaps and planning, drive realization within team of architects, Managers and business owners
• Increased project profitability by 20% through efficient resource allocation and cutting-edge solutions suing Azure cloud migration
• Oversaw 5 large-scale cloud migration projects within 5 months.

Nov 2013 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Engage IT, business and CxO management, key presenter and influencer, trusted advisor. Develops business and technology road map and strategy. Shapes, interprets and helps define client requirements to ensure they address business goals.Enterprise Architecture (TO-BE) for the future state from AS-IS IT landscape for Landmark Retail Group of India having 6 Lines of Business as deliverables. Digital Strategy and End-to-End Digital Implementation transformation including various technology domains (Migration, Performance, Implementation)

Sep 2010 – Oct 2013 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

• Led the design and implementation of scalable back-end eCommerce systems for Order Fulfillment and Walmart's Marketplace portal while managing agile methodologies to ensure timely delivery of features. Oversaw the development of a sandbox environment for sellers to enhance data quality checks and automation processes. Collaborated closely with product management to define roadmaps and managed production operations, focusing on capacity planning and tracking appraisal metrics for successful project execution.

Aug 2009 – Aug 2010 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

• Role is architect. Defining Logical, Technical, Physical Architecture, Capacity Planning, HW Sizing
• Design Decision Strategy, Technical Oversight of the team,Solution Quality,Inputs to estimation and Hosting Implementation for new brand website for public.

Jan 2007 – Aug 2009 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• Solution Architect - SOA (Java \ J2EE) - Consulting, Implementation, Architecture Definition, Review, Solution Roadmap, Technology Roadmap to customers.

Jan 2001 – Jan 2007 · 6 yrs · Hyderabad Area, India

• SOA (Java / J2EE) based design and development, Application Support and enhancements