PRASHANTH B PANDURANGAEnterprise Architect, Cloud, Big Data architect, Director of Technology Page 1 of 7

transformation leader

C-SUITE LEADERSHIP | ROI focused initiatives | business centric it leadership

Innovative information technology executive, a disruptive thinker with demonstrated success directing enterprise transformation, including business roadmap and recommending IT strategies in large organizations. Established track record as a Technology evangelist and change catalyst who collaborates with other executives and teams to rationalize IT landscape, simplify business processes and deliver bottom line measurable benefit while implementing best-in-class innovative and creative solutions. An energetic and visionary leader with a passion for people development, spearheading Architectural Centre of Excellence and Enterprise Architecture Practices

LEADERSHIP SNAPSHOT

Provide leadership vision, challenging legacy thought process, guiding process transformation, people and cultural transformation, technology transformation, leading to the enterprise transformation.

Known for relationship management, seamless collaboration with internal and external partners, maximizing vendor relations and negotiations.

Spearhead technology innovations and ideation platforms, leveraging emerging technologies and build automated solution initiatives

Motivate, build, lead and foster high-performance teams to implement niche and complex IT designs

KEY STRENGTHS

Strategic Initiatives and planning
Product Engineering
Infrastructure Optimization
Portfolio/Application rationalization
Emerging Technology & Market Assessments / IT strategy road mapping
Digital transformation
Cross-Organization Collaboration
Budget and Cost management
Training, Development, & Mentoring / Vendor relationship management
IT Talent management
Systems Integration & Administration
Client Needs Analysis
Agile and DevOps

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • Digital transformation leader, created a digital transformation framework which sits on top of EA frameworks merging business architecture roadmap with disruptive technology roadmap. The framework has been implemented with 7 enterprise clients in the UK.
  • Extensive experience in Enterprise Architecture, IT Strategy, Enterprise Portfolio Management, EA Maturity assessments, Business Capability Modeling, Strategic Capability Analysis, EA Governance, Transition Planning, Business driver analysis, roadmap creation and delivery management. TOGAF, Gartner, Zachman, pragmatic PF2
  • Strong Cloud technologist and fundamental mastery of cloud platforms such as Amazon web Services (AWS), Windows Azure, Google cloud platform, Rackspace and Century Link and its many dimensions of scalability, performance, auto provisioning, Dev Ops, etc. Created frameworks around Cloudmigration, lift and shift, Cloud Portfolio assessment, Cloud testing as a service, cloud deployment automation, Cloud scheduling, Cloud pricing, cloud fitment assessments, ROI and TCO calculators
  • Highly competitive technical professional with in-depth knowledge of product engineering lifecycle with experience in building future proof product architecture roadmaps
  • Indepth knowledge and Champion of technologies such as Internet of things, Machine to Machine (M2M), Predictive Analytics, Complex Event Processing, InMemory Analytics, Virtualization, 3D Printing, Augmented Reality, with heavy focus on optimizing IoT protocols such as AMQP, MQTT, CoAP, STOMP, DDS etc.
  • Speaker at various conferences and organizations such as SharePoint Technical Conference, Boston,Target Corporation, Symphony Teleca, Honeywell etc. on various topics such asEnterprise Architecture practices, Cloud Computing, cloud programming and testing, Performance Management in SharePoint, Agile methodologies etc.
  • Extremely strong in Information architecturewith extensive research and implementation experience in various NoSQL databases, CAP theorem, BigData, Consistency models, etc
  • Energetic evangelist in technical competency building, Vertical/COE development, who is passionate about motivating others
  • In-depth knowledge and experience in cost, time and risk management, project budget analysis, Outsourcing strategies, budgeting and contract management with proven ability to deliver high quality IT products and services on schedule and under budget
  • Adept Pre-Sales anchor handling pipelines, nurturing opportunities, creating winning RFPs, SOWs, Basis of Estimates and other Proposal documents

EXPERIENCE

05/16 toPresent

Organization: WellsFargo

Head of Architecture, Cloud and Technology Innovation @ EGS

  • Accountable for Architecture leadership, driving multiple programs (Application rationalization, Enterprise modernization and simplification, IT4IT, Cloud etc.) and primarily connecting the dots.
  • Responsible for Cloud strategy including Container roadmap, public cloud and private cloud strategy, hybrid cloud roadmap, Service leadership including Micro Services program
  • Set up the platform, Process and formed a cloud development and migrations team in India which successfully produced cloud services such as file share, encryption, SSIS, Distributed Cache, Session, Service Bus messaging, Email, Notification, etc. which lay the foundation to migrate over 450+ applications in a year.
  • Create architecture teams to help support portfolio initiatives such as artificial intelligence (AI), Machine learning (ML), Event based architecture, container (Docker, Kubernetes, Orchestration layer, Mesos), DevOps amongst others.
  • Initiate and lead cloud transformation and Technology Innovation practice@ EGS, India
  • Connect with the business and IT leaders across the bank and manage to strengthen ODC acceptance. Start Enterprise Architecture and Strategy & planning initiatives to be executed from EGS, India
  • Manage end to end cloud transformation process, Cloud ROI determination, governance, architecture decision making, Platform choice, tool/framework selection, dispositioning of applications, segmentation to IAAS, PAAS and SAAS, Review, recommend and execute the transformation life cycle.
  • Expand EGS foot print from extension support model to development partner model, Build Core services and Tiger teams in India to create cloud service catalog
  • Conduct multiple cloud education series across the enterprise, with overview sessions on private cloud and walkthrough of cloud ROI.
  • Provide architectural guidelines and governance for Private cloud set up with Windows Azure Pack (WAP), Cloud Foundry and deep dive assessments on Azure Stack, Pivotal and Stackato platform, Containers and related technology such as Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, and other orchestration platforms/frameworks, public cloud including AWS and Azure
  • Conduct workshops on Enterprise Architecture frameworks and initiate the governance body
  • Create and execute cloud utility services such as Encryption, File share, NDM, Identity, Load balancing, Reporting, monitoring, logging, Scheduling, database, Caching, etc. as a service
  • Create an extensive service metering model
  • Being a strong Agile Process evangelist, enable faster time to market by adopting SaFe framework with Kanban and Agile methodologies. Evangelize Speed To Market (STM) utilizing the SaFe framework success story.

07/13 to05/16

Organization: Aditi Technologies Pvt Ltd, Bangalore

Director of Technology, Head of TechSharp (T#) Architecture Practice

Sample Clients: TUI, Correro, Microsoft, Tesco, Lebara, DoctorChambers, Ladbrokes, XploreMarket, Clarks, Investec, ScriptPro, Caradigm, NFP, Kaseya, Flybe, Yodel

  • Defined and recommended IT strategy and road map via Enterprise Architecture assessments to streamline global operations, reduce ongoing operating costs, improve infrastructure efficiencies, consolidate and rationalizing systems across multiple clients mentioned above
  • Transformation expert via extensive enterprise architecture assessment which includes data center, infrastructure, network, application, Operating system landscape, virtualization, Value chain analysis, extremely detailed TCO and ROI calculation. Helped building transformation roadmap for 3 to 5 years ranging from 12 million to over 70 million roadmaps.
  • Performed portfolio assessment at Clarks, Investec, Flybe, and Yodel which included in-depth analysis of Infrastructure, Network, Finance, application, vendor, licensing, contracts, outsourcing and operational excellence resulting in application rationalization, infrastructure optimization, data center optimization an overall transformation program improving enterprise efficiencies. EA assessment:
  • Helped leverage IT as a strategic investment to drive business value in increased sales , predict demand more accurately via advanced analytics and improved customer service as part of Enterprise Architecture assessments
  • Recommended and Implemented an IT governance process to ensure business alignment with priorities, resource allocation and spending
  • Identify operational efficiencies/bottlenecks across IT Operations calculate the TCO, provide anin-depth view at the total IT Spending as a percent of revenue/Operating Expense.
  • Conducted IT Maturity assessment via a custom built framework accessing IT ability to enable productivity, business efficiency, and product and service innovation.
  • Provide Architecture recommendation for infrastructure optimization involving VMware ESX, ESXi, within VI3, vSphere 4 and vSphere 5 environments with VirtualCenter management, LabManager, vCloud Director, Consolidated Backup, DRS, HA, DPM, vMotion, VMware Data Recovery, VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM), vCenter Operations Manager, Horizon Workspace, Horizon Mirage, ThinApp and VMware View desktop virtualization infrastructure (VDI).
  • Conducted Competitor Analysis, Alignment of the same with the business vision and alignment to the organizations technical capability
  • Defined and implemented DevOPS, Continuous Development, Continuous Integration strategy at various clients which included full suite including Application containers, build tools, code review, code insight, change management (DB), data center configuration management, dependency management, deployment automation, issue tracking, complete suite of automated testing, and systems monitoring with tools such as puppet, CMDB systems, Chef, Nagios, Jira, GreenHopper, Crucible, FishEye, Brewmaster, Capistrano, GIT, Confluence, SVN,Octopus deploy, Perforce etc.
  • Recommended ITIL operations practices to bring a level of discipline to the systems operations factory and reducing system outages
  • Defines and execute technology strategies across business segments and locales, including virtualization, SaaS/cloud computing migrations, and other pragmatic business/technologyimplementations
  • Provide Architecture insight for cloud patterns including CQRS, Event Sourcing, Asynchronous messaging, Auto Provisioning and scaling, with various cloud providers including products/frameworks such as Akamai, Chukwa, HDFS, Simian Army (Chaos Monkey, Latency Monkey, Doctor, Conformity, Janitor, Security, 10-18 Monkey) , Chaos Gorilla, EC2, Elastic Load Balancing, S3, Glacier, EBS, RDS, RedShift, ElastiCache, CloudWatch, EMR, Kinesis, Amazon SQS, SWF, AppStream, HDInsight, Microsoft DocumentDB, Redis Cache, StorSimple, Machine Learning, StreamAnalytics, Data Factory, EventHubs
  • Created Enterprise Architecture Group T# within Aditi and evangelized the acceptance of the group, implemented various programs such as Architectural best practices, Governance group, Architectural Risk registry, knowledge base, Technology Positioning System, Tech Counselling, Open Tech Discussions, Value portal, Pre-Sales Checklist/Questionnaire, Lunch and Learns, Social Presence Drive, Enterprise Framework, Gap Drives, Pipeline Monitoring System, Training Tools, Architectural Roadmaps, >CODETAG, ArchiMeDes, SMAC Labs and more.
  • Conducted global Hackathon across regions, India –Bangalore, Coimbatore, Pune, Hyderabad, Gurgaon, Russia and Poland.
  • Conducted Cloud assessments, customer workshops, migration roadmaps, create/review estimations for the same including evaluations of cloud service providers such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Windows Azure, Rackspace, Oracle, SAP, SalesForce , Century Link etc.
  • Having a deep understanding of cloud design patterns architected multiple applications as a SAAS solution on Windows Azure leveraging Web Role, Worker Roles, Azure Service Bus and multi-tiered Multi tenancy system
  • Was part of multiple implementations of NoSQL databases, analyzed the requirements and recommended solutions on BigData Analytics including Augmented Reality, Predictive Analysis, Complex Event Processing.

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02/12 to07/13

Organization: HCL New Zealand

Enterprise Architect

Client: Department of Corrections, New Zealand

  • Recommended and implemented service delivery processes and solutions to improve the portfolio service stability thus improving processes for IT delivery
  • Created and implemented Technology Roadmap and strategy for the Department of Corrections by merging technology trends and business initiatives
  • Orchestrated strategic initiatives such as Legacy Modernization and middleware replacement and implemented them in a politically charged environment
  • Implemented Architecture Framework (TOGAF and Zachman), Processes, Governance structure and best practices
  • Thought Leader for a strategic Initiative on Legacy Modernization which lead to savings of 180 FTE Hours.
  • Formed and Lead the Corrections vertical across Wellington and Chennai
  • Prepared Project Briefs, Preliminary Business case and Business case, Carried out budget preparation, estimation and bids along with producing various proposals, planning and necessary contracts.
  • Provided architectural support for various tactical and strategic project initiatives such as Document Generation, Document Migration, Justice Sector Interface (JSI), Electronic Operating Model, Tuxedo replacement, Security, Prisoner Self Service and New Stack.
  • Authored and maintained Architecture Realization, Blue prints and High Level Solution Architecture documents and templates
  • Created Foundation components including security, data access (NHibernate Helper), Resource Helper, OData Coordinator, Controller Orchestrator, logging and diagnostics, Auditing, Service Bus, SCOM integrated Monitoring to be used across the portfolio
  • Practiced Performance Engineering and Performed extensive performance analysis, improved performance in the projects, mentored other developer resource in performance tools and practices
  • Performed various POCs, Product Evaluations
  • Created and helped implement an Active/Passive Disaster Recovery Solution

10/10 to02/12

Organization: Technosoft Corporation, India

Head of Microsoft Center of Excellence

Delivery Manager, Bangalore

Clients: Sidoti LLC, Towers Watson, Summit Health, Microsoft

  • Formed and lead the Microsoft Center of Excellence with research and development emphasis on Cloud Computing, Mobile Computing, Microsoft Lync Server, Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Virtualization and Microsoft Dynamics
  • Offer necessary on site administration along with proper quality control measures for ensuring the entire project finish on time and due budget.
  • Carried out budget preparation, estimation and bids along with producing various proposals, planning and necessary contracts.
  • Established technology and application architectures and component/composite products to accelerate new market introductions such as Cloud, Cross platform Mobile development, App-V, Hyper-V application packaging and virtualization
  • Provided architectural support for the Towers Watson and Summit Health Projects, while being responsible for delivery for Sidoti project.
  • Formed and Lead the Architecture group creating a horizontal Architecture support for teams across Bengaluru and Chennai
  • Part of multiple client presentations and pre-sales activities, Performed technical Audit or all the projects involved and made recommendations to change and followed up on the implementation
  • Performed Extensive Load Testing and recommended various infrastructure and system improvements
  • Developed and mentored Projects on Microsoft Azure, Amazon cloud platforms which included POC’s on cloud computing, Andriod development, IOS development, Mobile web development, Microsoft .NET compact framework Android, Xamarin, Appcelerator, XCode, and other platforms

02/09 to10/10

Organization: Technosoft Corporation, USA

Client: State of Colorado, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Solutions Architect

  • Provided architectural leadership for a team of 40, ownership of end to end technical delivery and artifacts
  • Created a continuous Integration solution using TFS, proposed SCRUM methodology, set up templates, identified architectural components, performed initial sizing analysis, and set up back up and growth strategies.
  • Defined, coordinated and implemented infrastructure to support business operations including Business Continuity plan (BCP), a full-fledged Active Active Disaster Recovery(DR) solution across all layers ensuring no single points of failure, established required server equipment, LAN, VPN, Terminal Services, Port Configurations, security rules and firewalls which included Enterprise farm environment comprising of 55 virtual servers, 7 environments (Sandbox, Production, End user training, Training, UAT, Test and Dev)
  • Implemented distributed agile methodology and supported multiple scrum teams
  • Owned the Security, Provider, Load Testing, Interfaces, Data Collection Tool and Help modules apart from the overall solution architecture, designed and developed SOA based architecture with WCF services and ESB implementation alongside BizTalk Services.
  • Co-Authored/provided technical material for client deliverables namely, Application Architecture Blueprint, Application overview manual, Data flow diagrams document, detailed system design including Object diagrams, design specs, Physical Data Model(PDM), Logical Data Model (LDM), Data dictionary, Implementation plan, Initial application software, installation of the system, system documentation, system security, User, system, and operations manual and more

06/07 to02/09

Organization: Sogeti

Principal Consultantat Sogeti USA LLC, Chicago, USA – A Cap Gemini Company

Clients: Insurance Auto Auctions, Mercer, Emmis Interactive

  • Presales anchor for creatingStatement of work, Basis of estimates, project proposal outlining the project plan, resource management, and projected budget
  • Lead through IT assessment resulting in business, Akzo Nobel was an example of client where I was solely responsible for winning the proposal
  • Agile champion, lead the scrum team and practice at Emmis Interactive.
  • Was Active member of Microsoft Practice group, represented Sogeti at Architectural committee, Mercer.
  • Designed a solution for high availability and disaster recovery. To maximize the use of the equipment all the participating sites were made active.
  • Recommended SQL replication for real time replication and log shipping for delayed replication
  • Designed the architecture for modifying the application to be world ready. (Internationalization, globalization and localization), taking in to account data privacy regulations of various countries
  • Performed best fit analysis and made recommendations for various different tools like Aspose, SpreadsheetGear, Mind-Fusion, Farpoint, Infragistics, CSLA (Component based scalable Logical architecture), Dundas, SSRS Charts etc
  • Performed various levels of performance analysis and made recommendations for the same. Compressed binaries at various levels to minimize network traffic
  • Worked with a solution which replaced MSMQ with compute cluster Server 2003.
  • Designed and implemented a Google page creator similar website in .NET.
  • Since performance was a major criteria, designed the application to dynamically generate ASPX pages and ASCX controls on the fly.

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