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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Yokohama-Shi, Kanagawa, Jp

As a Senior Manager Solutions Architect at Nissan North America, I am responsible for strategically designing and developing cutting-edge technology solutions and platforms to support the Electric Vehicle (EV) lifecycle management. I am focused on shaping the future state of Nissan's 4R Energy (Reuse, Remanufacturing, Recycling, and Resell) initiatives to drive sustainability and innovation within the EV automotive industry.

Bloomington, Minnesota, Us

Here, one of my key tasks is to direct a cross-functional team of software engineers, solution architects, SRE, and network engineers to steer major projects and support M&A initiatives while fostering a culture of innovation and productivity.It is worth mentioning that I architect and deliver highly scalable and innovative solutions and services hosted on AWS/Azure and OCI cloud platforms, as well as on-premise Datacenters.I also ensure that solutions meet HIPAA and HITRUST governance and compliance rules as per healthcare regulations and standards.Moreover, I collaborate with key stakeholders (C-Suite executives) to drive organizational vision.✪ Key Contributions★ Achieved 25% increase in efficiency by developing a new strategic plan for the organization’s technology operations.★ Led end-to-end implementation of highly complex, coupled, and decoupled distributed cloud-based solutions for healthcare services, including COTS software for EMR systems, pharmacy systems (for 17 pharmacies), telemedicine platforms, and Data Lake and analytics Power BI solutions. Also, leveraging Kubernetes containers, CosmosDB NoSQL, IAC Terraform, and Grafana for monitoring.★ Drove 50% reduction in security breaches by implementing best practices for cloud data protection and compliance.★ Streamlined business processes by identifying inefficiencies, developing new solution designs, creating proof of concepts, operationalizing integration and migration of workloads, and documenting business requirements, SysML/UML sequence model diagrams, and design topologies using Lucidchart and Visio.★ Formulated strategic plans and administered $10M budget to deliver projects within set time and cost. Realized 20% increase in project completion rates.★ Achieved SOX and SOC2 compliance, driving business continuity planning and disaster recovery service improvements.★ Operated Architectural Review Board for new solutions and product releases, implementing Engineering Excellence.

Austin, Texas, Us

In this role, I was tasked with managing multidisciplinary teams and set clear vision/roadmap for the development of new products while overseeing Compute platform hardware and service offerings on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.It was me who:» defined and designed technical product requirements» oversaw production and launch of highly innovative MVP products» managed end-to-end commercial General Availability release of new products to customers» and met/exceeded customer feature requirementsApart from the above, I led the delivery of end-to-end implementation of new cloud platform products, navigated top-50 customer engagement, nurtured C-level relationships, and spearheaded beta/preview product launches.✪ Notable Contributions★ Maximized revenue performance and drove SKU pricing accuracy by designing highly distributed scalable product/feature concepts for compute cloud services using data-driven methods.★ Turned around the failing performance of Oracle Cloud Windows offering from a month-over-month loss to a +35% monthly revenue margin by implementing an optimized licensing and provisioning placement logic.★ Authored and negotiated contracts/agreements to build partnerships and strategic alliances with Canonical, Microsoft, and ISV’s – Independent Software Vendors. ★ Defined and released product offerings, driving significant business adoption of customers Verizon, Zoom, 8X8, McAfee, Credit Suisse, and HighJump. (Compute Service Features: Instance-Pools/Cloud Agent Automation/Auto-Scale/Custom OS Images).

It is worth noting that I delivered entrepreneurial leadership to oversee the development and improvement of products to enhance a start-up organization’s portfolio.I not only provided direction to define product vision and drive brand planning but also Steered mass production Manufacturing of physical products and packaging in partnership with factory manufacturers.Furthermore, I directed all phases of the product development lifecycle by employing Agile and Scrum project management methodologies.✪ Notable Contributions★ Pioneered designing and developing a contactless IoT (Internet of Things) global cloud service, leveraging cloud-native serverless microservices architecture for seamless connectivity with NFC (Near Field Communication) devices. This included robust ETL high-volume IoT data processing, analysis, transformation, and enrichment processes to derive insights into data generated by IoT devices.★ Developed business opportunities and realized revenue growth by creating strategic business plans, product COGS, and OPEX models.★ Launched/distributed retail and wholesale NFC/QRcode Pet products across the US, Canada, and Europe.★ Developed automation testing and configuration management UAT tools for producing unique NFC-encoded chips and QR Codes that are tested and validated before manufacturing.★ Drove new product launches with rapid MVP releases on time while executing go-to-market plans.

Redmond, Washington, Us

During my time over here, my key task was to manage product development lifecycle, feature roadmap prioritization, decision trade-offs, programs, and cross-discipline team collaboration.It was me who developed new infrastructure designs and cloud service features as well as launched consumer/enterprise service offerings.In addition to this, I secured additional resources to resolve problems and introduce new customer service features. ✪ Notable Contributions★ Led the design and launch of multiple service products across various divisions of Microsoft, including XBOX, Azure, Visual Studio Application Insights, System Center Cloud Services, Office, Live Mesh (now OneDrive), Windows Live Messenger, and MSN UK.★ Built, led and mentored a new team of technical program managers and service reliability engineers from the ground up.★ Orchestrated capacity requirements plan on a global level for Xbox Game Streaming. Led implementation of 360K Azure compute instances and continuous CI/CD release cycle deployment for Game Studio Titles.★ Improved productivity and efficiency throughput of the organization by promoting the use of industry best practices, such as feature development, service designs, observability, and DevOps service delivery standardization.★ Conducted OKR, service, and financial performance reviews for new and existing products and features while driving service enhancements for customer pain points and eliminating unnecessary spending to preserve budgetary COGS funding.★ Led technical programs to lead deployments on management platforms, including Autopilot and Azure platform services.