SUMMARY:

• Office of CIO, CTO - Drive strategy and overall architecture practice for the enterprise (Business, Solution, Data, Application, Security Services, Reporting and Governance functions), Product Management functions and Capability Marketing, Pre-Sales, Managed / Special Service definition and adoption.
• Business and Technology Leader with a track record of defining Strategy, connecting Strategy to execution, driving transformational change and delivering business value
• Strong Data analytics background, skills and experience. Experience leading data analytics and information office. Started and lead multiple initiatives in analytics and reporting space including - Underwriting, Actuarial, Healthcare economics function. Rich experience in provider, networking, claims encounters, customer, member, consumer 360, clinical, MDM functions for healthcare.
• Thorough knowledge and experience defining, planning - technology, applications, reporting roadmap with reduced cost (TCO) leading to development of Health analytics and technology solutions. Experience working in a highly matrixed environment, building relationships across cross teams, providing necessary leadership and support
• Proven IT Leader - as senior technology leadership encompassing IT Strategy & Architecture, Business Engagement, and Office of CTO and CIO/COO functions, Program/Project Management, Application Development/Support
• Progressive years of IT experience; IT Development & Delivery, Business transformation, Strategy, Solution Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Application, Data, Security, Service Architecture, Architecture Governance and SDLC.
• Experience in running Enterprise Architecture functions - Strategy, Reference Architecture, Solution Proposal, Portfolio Management, Software Design Patterns, Frameworks, Technology Evaluation and recommendation, Developer Tools standardization, Virtual desktop template definition and standardization
• Experience with Product Management, Roadmap definition & refinement, Agile/Scrum methodology around product development (Capabilities, Features)
• Led data analytics and information office for UnitedHealthcare - Employer and Individual line of business. Involved in defining overall data, analytics and reporting landscape for multiple areas with special focus on Underwriting, actuarial, Healthcare economics, provider, networking, claims, encounters, clinical and other domains. Highly skilled in healthcare domain areas and data subject areas. Skilled in directing and managing direct and in-direct teams in defining and communication the strategy vision and roadmap
• Experience and skilled in architecting, designing and developing health analytics solutions for multiple areas of business. Efficient in communicating the business needs with multiple stakeholders - business, IT and operations.
• Defined BIG Data Service, Strategy, Reference Architecture, build the platform from scratch at UHG/Optum technology for the Enterprise. Responsible in defining the strategy, evolutionary roadmap with requirements directly driven from the UHC business teams, provide product management and product owner support as needed, define chargeback model and managed service
• Drove adoption and presented BIG Data capabilities to the Enterprise for multiple business segments
• Integrated capabilities and features to BIG Data platform, Responsible in building near real- time analytics capability - Datameer, Tableau, Talend
• Partner & build technology landscape for the business teams, provide solution Architecture consulting for the tenants across various business segments for Optum
• Drove virtualization and VDI, VDD - Virtual Developer Desktop (vision, roadmap and Strategy), Thorough understanding of Infrastructure SLD, relate System Logical Diagram to Component Context Diagram and Application Architecture
• Delivered Dynamic Elasticity for PaaS, IaaS, PaaS, FaaS
• Responsible in leading the architecture and evaluation functions of cloud deployment flavors like Azure, AWS & google and variety of others like HP cloud, Oracle cloud and other platform COE offering.
• Drove Strategic initiatives and oversaw delivery of all aspects of Data, Reporting, Health analytics and Integration (services- Middleware layer) for Medtronic
• Key Business and IT Integration liaison for Columbia Investment group merger with Ameriprise, managed 2 major business areas. Lead complete SDLC - Solution Architecture (Infrastructure, Data, App, Security and security layers)
• Key Architect, Technology lead for Confidential and responsible for CIF interface - Design, development, support and SDLC
• Business and Technology strategy definition leader and Reference Architecture for Confidential global consulting
• Integration Architecture, strategy definition, execution and lead 25+ integration specialist for a complex integration engagement for Kraft Foods/Philip Morris
• Worked on Architecture, design and development of OOAD systems like GIS based application for Confidential Power Systems, Corel Charting tool, Siemens AG
• Thorough and rich background on Windows, UNIX system side - design and programing (C, C++, VC++, Win SDK, DLL, Components)
• Effective Relationship/Partnership Builder - Built and fostered successful, trusting partnerships at all levels, cross-organizationally and externally. Effectively lead and influenced multiple teams and individuals to achieve goals.
• Exceptional Talent Developer and Team Leader - Superior reputation for building and motivating highly effective teams, creating loyalty and furthering company talent by personally developing and mentoring successful leaders.
• Accomplished leader with exceptional performance in diverse and dynamic environments. Experienced in defining strategies, projects, operations and business solutions.
• Demonstrated skills in startup functions/teams and building trusted relationships through effective communication across all levels of an organization. Academic qualifications include MS from one of the top 5 Universities
• Proven record of successful implementation of innovative Business solutions with a unique blend of technical and managerial skills. Effective at identifying key business requirements and driving technology and business alignment
• ROI driven, Hands-on expert in aligning business objectives into actionable IT initiatives to deliver measureable results.

SPECIALTIES:

Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture & solution consulting, Technology Recommendation & Strategy, SDLC, BIG Data - Hadoop, Cloud Computing, Microservices, Information Technology, Large Scale Change Management, Business Relationship Management, Business Strategy & Planning, Business Operations, IT Leadership, Acquisition Integration, Program Management, Sourcing Strategy, Shared Services, Vendor Management, Financial Management, Project Management, Portfolio Management, IT Strategy, Application Development, SDLC, Financial Services, ERP, IT Governance, Continuous Improvement, Talent Development, Coaching, Mentoring

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• BIG Data & Analytics – Hadoop (sqoop, HDFS, Flume, Kafka, Spark streaming, ETL, transform, Data analysis), Scala, Python, NoSQL, new SQL, MPP, MDM, Data acquisition, ingestion, transformation, integration, discovery, exploration, visualization, Artificial Intelligence |Machine Learning capabilities
• Cloud Computing, Virtualization (AWS, Azure & google cloud)
• Enterprise Architecture – Solution Architecture, SDLC | Strategic & Operational Planning | Business Process & Engineering | Enterprise IT Strategy Development | Maturity Assessment and Governance | Business and IT Alignment
• Microservices architecture and design
• Technology & Business Integration – M&A
• Capability-driven Strategic Planning
• Healthcare, PBM and/or pharmacy domain experience
• Product Management, SDLC, PLM
• Enterprise Data warehouse capabilities - Strategy & Solutions
• Process/Program/Project management and execution
• BI Strategy and Management
• Vendor Management
• Enterprise procurement and License Management

TECHNOLOGY | FRAMEWORKS | MODEL SKILLS:

• BIG Data & Analytics – Hadoop, NoSQL, new SQL, MPP, MDM, Data acquisition, ingestion, transformation, integration, discovery, exploration, visualization, AI/ML capabilities
• Cloud Computing and Virtualization (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, Azure, Amazon, AWS)
• Service-Oriented Enterprise, SOA, J2EE, Layer 7, Microservices
• Business Intelligence | Information Management
• Mobility (BYOD) | Business Security | Collaboration
• TOGAF, IAF, ZACHMAN, VRF, Val IT, COBIT, ITIL
• FEA (Federal Enterprise Architecture)
• Agile/Scrum, Product Management, Six Sigma, AQMS, SEI CMM best practices eAI and middleware Technologies
• PMP, Clarity project management tool, Rally scrum master tool, Quality Center, Test Director, RUP, Rational Rose, MS Project, PWA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

VP-Technology & Founder

Responsibilities:

• Technology and business strategy definition, Solution and Technical/Technology Architecture, Design, Build & develop code, deploy and maintain applications.
• Technologies include Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure cloud hosting and migration solutions, Data solutions including Big data, NoSQL, MPP, Data warehousing, Reporting, Analytics, AI and Machine learning. Secured API/Microservices solutions.
• Big data skills – Sqoop, HDFS, Flume, Kafka, Spark, Scala, Python, Data ingestion, Data transformation/ETL, Spark, Spark SQL, HIVE, HIVE SQL PL/SQL, Spark Streaming
• Cloud computing – AWS, Azure & pursing google

Confidential

Director-IT

Responsibilities:

• As a data analytics and information lead, I was responsible to define business and technology strategy for UnitedHealthcare Employer and individual line of business including healthcare domains – Actuary, Underwriting, Healthcare economics, provider & network, MDM, clinical & quality, Nexus ACO, claims, encounters, customer domains
• Responsible for defining the vision, strategy and starting UAH business value for Oxford book of business – responsible for leadership and oversight of over $15 million over the course of 2-3 years
• Defined data flows, business processes, high-level solution architecture for multiple initiatives (projects and programs)
• Responsible for building BIG data Hadoop platform for the Enterprise. Inception, Reference Architecture and driving towards operations. Service definition, managed service and adoption. Solution architecture consulting for projects leveraging BIG Data platform and technologies. Overall responsible and accountable to build BIG service with MapR, Hortonworks distribution, NoSQL, NewSQL and streamline, consolidate Data lake capabilities from a consumption point of view
• Responsible for driving Product management functions for BIG Data service, define product strategy, build capabilities and drive roadmaps. Socialize and drive adoption for the Enterprise.
• Server as key strategy lead for multiple business partners on data and reporting solution needs, develop roadmap, lead solution from data discovery phase until production
• Responsible for defining BIG Data Service, chargeback, managed service for the enterprise, act as key relationship lead for all key tenant engagements for data and reporting needs
• Be the front end to socialize the strategy, roadmap, service details to tenants and drive adoption. Responsible and manage overall finance P&l for BIG Data
• Provide necessary details with operations management teams and drive key operational aspects
• Responsible for bringing in key vendors around BIG data reporting needs – Datameer, Tableau, Talend, Pentaho, CGONOS Lead integration of Hadoop with Microstartegy, Datastage, Roshade.
• Responsible to integrate BIG Data service with Enterprise services like ECG, TWS, and ITG etc. Responsible for overall budgeting and finance for BIG Data service, lead cost estimation and finance discussion around chargeback model for the Enterprise.
• Responsible to provide direction to teams and define high level solution Architecture and solutions
• Responsible in defining spark policies for BIG Data working with IRM, vendor solution teams
• Lead visible and critical Tenants initiatives around BIG Data and reporting needs - STARS, Payment Integrity (Advanced Analytics) Successfully lead the delivery for STARS Ratings programs (Group Retiree & Stars Gaps Underlying Data & Member Landscape)
• Lead VDD (Virtual Developer Desktop) BETA effort to successful completion working with multiple segregated and cross segment teams – including Software IT Compliance, Infrastructure Services, Architecture, development teams (myUHC, OptumInsight, OCS, CSD, ICD10 etc.), Currently integrating with NGIS-WaaS plank (Workstation As a Service)
• Lead NGIS- Dynamic Elasticity engagement involving multiple teams, successfully kicked off the program while documenting the Strategy, Reference Architecture, Requirements, currently project is in execution phase
• Successfully lead and defined the key Business operational processes for EAA-PM (Enterprise Application Architecture – Portfolio Management), Identified areas of improvement and documented key process changes and ran the program and successfully handed over to offshore team for operation management and day to day execution
• As a member of Enterprise Architecture, Office OF CTO (Software Engg. Services Organization), lead Architecture, roadmap, strategy and solution aspects for multiple initiatives
• Drive reference Architecture, roadmap, strategy and ability to define tactical solution
• Define Architecture Governance framework (AGF) using TOGAF principle, CMDB and ASK

Confidential

Business and Technology Integration Consulting Leader

Responsibilities:

• Lead key Business and Technology engagements for all of Medtronic business areas – Solution Architecture, Web Services Integration, Data and Reporting solutions (Oracle EDW and SAP BW and SAP BO reporting business solutions)
• Collaborate with Business/Process teams and delivery teams, build teams, Lead requirements, Provide Technology consulting to Business for large scale solutions
• Oversee delivery of Business Intelligence solutions working with IT Project and Program delivery teams (multiple vendor)
• Responsible and Accountable to lead all aspects of Complex Business Process and Systems integration from Bank of America to Ameriprise
• Accountable on overall Solution Architecture and tactical solutioning process
• Collaborate with Business, Understand and Document Business needs, Collaborate with Delivery teams and lead IT Solution Process
• Lead Technology Solution Process, Oversee Delivery collaborating with IT Project and Program Managers
• Understand, Document Architecture Risk, blue print and work with Business and IT teams and define Mitigation Strategy

Confidential

Contact Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overall Solution Architecture. Integrate legacy systems and distributed systems
• Oversee business, vendor and technology teams in all phases of project execution
• Suggested timely solution consulting and help with the product features and address concerns in a timely fashion
• Involved from candidate phase in putting Architecture Blueprint, CBA (cost saves), realized a cost saves of over $1 million recurring yearly and worked with leadership team to put forth a self funding model to implement the project
• Authored the ROI, Business objectives and Business needs in meeting with several key stake holders of Business, IT, Procurement and legal teams
• Involved from candidate phase in putting high level business need, involved in authoring the project UNS document, incubate a team, prepare estimates and execute the project with a large business and technology teams
• Authored the project User needs specification document, Architecture Blue print in meeting with several key stake holders of the project including the global procurement and legal teams
• Expertise in Clarity and AQMS best practices

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked on Data definitions using XML and other tools
• Provided Overall Solution and Technical Architecture, Solutions and direction to design, Architecture and Development teams – Focus on Middleware Solution Architecture
• Strong problem solving & Analytical skills and provided consultation on CIF (Customer Information File) domain

Confidential

Business and Technology Integration leader, Architecture and Management Consulting

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Business and Technology Consulting Services for Enterprise Integration Space
• Lead the ECM - Documentum practice area
• Lead the inception of Accelerated Application Development Methodology
• Responsible for setting up of Account for Northeast Utilities
• Lead the New Entrants induction programs
• Build teams and manage large pool of resources mentoring on Business and IT Consulting best practices
• Oversaw the setting up Integration Labs / Centers
• Lead the Business Architecture, design of Integration interfaces collaborating with IT Project teams
• Lead major engagement for Kraft Food and Philip Morris for Ness, Kean Business Consulting (Nordic Integration Engagement)
• Define Integration Architecture, design interfaces and hand off to development team for build and test activities
• Oversaw the delivery of integration solutions from London managing a team of 25+ integration specialists
• Recruit, mentor teams and build integration practice and Center of Excellence
• Lead and set-up GIS professionals offshore
• Worked on merging of Business process areas for Small world and Confidential Small world and Confidential Power Systems
• Architected and designed the GIS AIE 2.0 engine UI
• Used OOAD, UML design for designing the generic UI framework component to be leveraged across other application- Oversee overall delivery from Offshore

Confidential

Team Leader

Responsibilities:

• Successfully implemented Corel charting tool using Microsoft VC++, C++, OOAD, OOP and COM Technologies
• Independently handled multiple modules for NEC – OPENDIOSA system and agent software projects at offshore (client – NEC, Japan)
• As a lead developer, independently handled Unix C++ OOAD components for BMC Valencia software, Valencia components are system related C++ components for Unix and Windows
• As a lead developer, independently handled customer group Xplorer controls, contributed in the 2 versions of the Xplorer components which were a set 3 of Activex controls mimicking Windows explorer – Listview, Treeview and Combo box controls
• Worked on several VC++, COM, Actives projects to support Product development team
• Extensively used Microsoft technologies and software software in Unix, C, C++ platform using OOAD and OOP