PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Technically outstanding and business-savvy management professional with a pioneering career reflecting strong leadership, qualifications coupled with ‘hands-on’ engineering expertise. Maintain focus on achieving bottom line results while formulating and implementing advanced technology, process innovation and business solutions to meet diversity of needs. Superior track record delivering simultaneously large-scale, mission critical projects on time and under budget. Experienced in all phases of Software development lifecycle; Areas of strength include:

Application Development

Project/Product Management

Quality Assurance of Products

Leadership and Management

Enterprise Architecture

Cloud Strategy & Methodology

20+ years of experience in Technology Management, Leadership and management experience in software engineering, offshore/onsite team management, Customer care and project management. Successful in delivering products, crafting process improvements, building global cross-functional teams, and achieving cost, quality, delivery goals for revenue growth and customer satisfaction. Goal-oriented, highly motivated; able to drive high-level objectives and lead complex projects with fluid team sizes and schedules.

Experienced in all aspects of the software development lifecycle including product technical-functional strategy, release planning and estimation, earned value management, product launch and demonstration, and customer support. Proficient in client/vendor negotiation and establishing relationships across internal departments. Proven success leveraging automated testing frameworks and mobile technologies.

Developed strategy for cloud migration of existing IT infrastructure (including developer workspaces), deployment of internal and external facing apps on to Amazon (AWS) cloud. Hosted multi-faceted micro services on a micro service container (SpringBoot, SpringConfig, Eureka, Consul and Zuul) using Amazon’s Docker and Lamda Services.

Extensive knowledge on Telematics, Internet of Things (IoT), Over the Air (OTA, FOTA), WebLogic server, Oracle/RAC DB, Fusion Middleware, Tibco EMS, Business Works, MFT, JEE, JAVA, JConsole, JRockit Mission Control and flight recorder for Java Profiling. Proficient in JBoss, GlassFish, WebSphere, and Sybase app Server.

Developed various applications using Agile and Waterfall methodology, involving databases like Oracle, RAC, Sybase, DB2, and SQL Server on WebLogic and Oracle Identity Access Manager (OIM), ForgeRock IDM. Conducted SCRUM meetings and acted as SCRUM Master, tracked issues, project progress using JIRA, AgileCraft.

Experienced in programming languages, multi-platform development, Web development, and various frameworks like OSGI, spring and Struts. Continually provided value added services to our clients through thoughtful experience, productive coding/testing habits and good communication skills. Experienced in DevOps including Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous deployment (CD) with Jenkins, Puppet, flyway, Ansible, Docker and Version control tools like Github, Perforce, P4, SCCS, PVCS, and Visual Source Safe

Professional Experience

Senior Director – Enterprise Architecture April 2015 – Till date

SiriusXM - Connected Vehicle (CV) Division

As a group head for Enterprise Architecture Organization reporting to VP of Engineering, responsible for Software/application Architecture, Systems Architecture and Security Architecture along with its governance for the SiriusXM Connected Vehicle (CV) business unit. My responsibilities include:

Collaborate with Senior Leadership team to translate business needs into meaningful technical requirements which align with overall company’s future strategy along with company’s technology roadmap, budgeting and capacity planning.

Design/Architected Telematics platform (Service Delivery Platform SDP) which enables communication between TCU/Head Units (HU) in cars via telecom provider’s network for remote service execution and with M2M Services.

Strategize migration of On-Premise Telematics platform to Amazon/Azure cloud. Developed Architecture for hosting Internet of Things (IoT) application on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud by analyzing complex business and technical requirements as well as future trends. Extensive experience on Amazon DynamoDB, S3, EC2, CloudFront, cloudtrail, cloudwatch etc..

Working as a SME to maximize combination of on premise assets alongside private, managed and public cloud services, as well as assessing third-party migration tools like AWS, IBM Bluemix and Google cloud platform.

Created technology vision/roadmap, strategy for application/Systems domain, which enables identification, prioritization, prototyping, incubating, and building technology capabilities around cloud centric platforms.

Designed an Incubator Platform for product innovation group to quickly develop prototypes and POCs which can be showcased to prospective customers, OEMS and also in roadshows like CES (Consumer electronic shows)

Architected and manage DevOps (CI/CD) in AWS cloud for migrating On-Premise infrastructure to Amazon cloud by using Docker service and Amazon Lamda services for successful deployment on cloud. Established CI/CD process for build automation, deployment automation, unit test execution automation on Jenkins platform.

Work very closely with our OEM partners like Toyota, Honda, FCA, Acura, BMW and Infiniti/Nissan for designing and architecting B2B interfaces for Web, Mobile and Telematics platform. Currently designing and architecting “Over the Air” (OTA) application to update firmware (FOTA – Firmware over the Air) and application (Application over the air AOTA) on vehicles for one of the OEMs. Designed SOA micro services to support our over-the-air solution for successful deployment on AWS cloud using SpringConfig, Eureka (Service discovery), Zuul (load balancing) etc.

Established and chaired Architecture Review Board (ARB) which defines the enterprise technology and architectural governance. Provided executive influence to architecture decision and innovation.

Interface with Chief Information Security Officer to architect solutions keeping Security compliance in mind. Define Security controls for handling PCI and PII data; define security standards/governance for B2B interfaces, network architecture, application security and patching process.

Manage vendor relationship for SiriusXM CV division, which includes vetting vendors, managing deliverables and track business/financial progress.

Day today interactions with telecommunication providers like AT&T, Verizon for SIM activation and wireless account management. Also interact with Cisco Jasper to ensure the connectivity between vehicle and our backend Telematics platform.

Client Delivery Executive, Accenture Oct 2014 - April 2015

Responsible for creating IT strategies that defines and support organization’s overall business needs. Identify standards and best practices to define architecture, governance, organization structure, staffing, and processes for managing portfolios of projects. Continuous updating knowledge of evolving trends in IT strategy and management and applied those to develop innovative business solutions. Worked for Accenture’s clients to provide IT strategy while defining process that will help upgrade their Oracle Middleware Stack installation along with its deployed applications. Involved in performance tuning of WebLogic Server, Profiling of JAVA Applications using JProfiler, VisualVM, Java Mission Control and Flight Recorder to identify memory leaks, improve overall application performance.

Sr. Software Dev Manager, Oracle Corporation June 2008 - Sept 2014

Managed a team of 35+ Senior Java developers, Architects and Software dev Managers. This team was responsible for developing enterprise applications to deploy on WebLogic Server and its Integration of AQJMS with WebLogic Server, and GlassFish MQ Server. Responsible for multiple release of WebLogic Server product, AQJMS component, and WebLogic Multi-tenancy project with the focus on SAAS and PAAS. Designed & developed applications with JDBC, JTA & (JMS) Messaging system in SaaS/PaaS for cloud.

Responsibilities:

Technical discussions with Architects and Product management group to finalize requirements/specifications. Also, involved in design/development of Enterprise applications including disaster recovery (DR) scenarios like site Failover/Recovery along with HA solution implementation.

Worked closely with various stakeholders like Dev Management, Product Management, PMO and Executive management to come up with a Release & Project Plan for the future releases of WebLogic Server.

Developed applications using JAVA, distributed transactions (JTA), JDBC, WebLogic Messaging systems (JMS) and Advanced Queuing (AQ) JMS, C# in .Net environment to test various WLS subsystems which interacts with Oracle 9iR2, 10gR2, 11g & 12c Oracle/Oracle RAC systems on Linux and Solaris. Experienced in Jython, Python and WLST. Java Profiling using JConsole and JRockit Mission Control/Flight Recorder.

Developed test cases and worked with Quality Center, QTP. Managed and developed applications using agile model. Track issues, project tasks using JIRA and conducted SCRUM meetings as a SCRUM master.

Software Manager, BEA Systems, Inc. 2006 - 2008

Responsible for leading and managing a team of 12 who are responsible for quality assurance of JDBC, JTA and Messaging subsystems in WebLogic Server. Designed, developed and implemented of various JAVA based applications involving distributed Global transactions (JTA), JDBC and messaging (JMS) that are deployed on various latest versions of BEA’s WebLogic server along with Oracle/ Oracle RAC DBs on Linux, and Solaris. Mentored new hires and managed the team successfully to meet the projects deadline.

Sr. Software Engineer, BEA Systems, Inc. 2003–2006

Project Lead in engineering team, who developed applications involving databases like Oracle, Sybase, DB2 etc. These applications are used to test various versions of WebLogic server. Involved in design, development and implementation of various JAVA based applications using OSGI and spring framework to test next generation app server. Reviewing of edocs for various subsystems like JDBC, JTA and messaging systems. Provide review feedback to documentation team.

Consultant, Sybase Inc. 2000–2002

Developed Java based Portal Interface for Sybase Enterprise Portal. As a member of Enterprise team, involved in development of Sybase Enterprise Portal server and deployed on Sybase application server (EAServer). Sybase Portal Interface enables companies to create a unified portal infrastructure for moving existing business processes cost-effectively to the Web.

Consultant, FedEx Corp. 1997–2000

Worked as onsite Lead at FedEx and was responsible for coordination between onsite/offshore teams (in Bangalore, India). Involved in testing of FedEx Remote Server (FxRS) which is part of FedEx Shipping product suite. Involved in Testing and bug fixing in the releases of development, staging and production and assisted the client’s team with system analysis, system configuration and code construction on Tandem Platform.

Programmer/Analyst, Simplex Solutions (P) Ltd., Bangalore INDIA 1996 – 1997

Involved in development of Inventory and Accounting Software packages which was developed using C and Dbase. Worked as customer support (like bug fixing and customizing) these packages for our clients. The work also involves creating new Dbase tables manually and appending data into Dbase tables

Technical Skills

Languages/Scripting: Java, JEE, Servlets, EJB, JSP, JDBC, Java Beans, OSGI, Spring & Struts Framework, .Net, C#, Swing, XML, XSL, ASP, Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, C, C++ COBOL, JavaScript, HTML5, K-Series Tandem (Guardian 90), NSQL, Pathways, Tandem Subsystems, Amazon WebServices (AWS) Cloud, Azure Cloud, Docker, Ansible

Web/Application Servers: WebLogic, Websphere, EAServer (Sybase App Server), ITP WebServer, Tomcat, JBoss

Databases: Oracle12c, Oracle 9i/10g/11g RAC, Sybase, MS SQL Server, UDB DB2 (v7 to 9.1), Informix 9.x, and MySQL 5.x, Tandem-NSQL, Mongo DB, NoSQL

GUI Tools: BEA Workshop, Eclipse, JBuilder, Visual Basic 5.0/4.0, Rational Rose, TogetherSoft Control Center 5.5

Project Tools: MS Project 98, MS Project 2000/2002, AGILE/SCRUM, AgileCraft, Jenkins

Version Tools: Perforce (P4), Visual SourceSafe 5.0/6.0, CVS, PVCS, SCCS, SVN and Star team

Education & Additional Information

AWS Solution Architect – Pursuing AWS Solution Architect certification and expected to be certified soon

Masters in Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ (Dec 2008)

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Bangalore, INDIA (1995)

Associate Degree of Engineering, Technical Education Board, INDIA (1991)

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