Twenty+ years in senior technical positions, refining the enterprise-wide runway, defining and establishing operating models with governance, for business and IT digital transformation and managing IT like business, breaking down the silos from business through technology, leveraging composable business capabilities composing business units, work streams and value chain.✅Evangelizing advocacy for business & IT partnerships & collaboration for defining and driving business & IT digital transformation including, business and IT alignment, pursuing new strategic focus, business process management, productizing workstreams with capability composition, end-to-end business, customer and user experience delivery and IT modernization with cloud acceleration/infrastructure modernization/technical debt reduction, data modernization/data lake/ predictive analytics, maturing ITSM practice, DevSecOps/microservices/containers, FinTech-RPA/Back office automation/digital banking apps, Enterprise Integrations/API, ML, Virtual Reality, driving loosely coupled, nimble, secured, modern and simplified enterprise with Enterprise Solution, Security and Service Architectures leveraging different ways of working methodologies and frameworks like COBIT, Six Sigma / Kaizen, TOGAF, e-TOM, Biz BoK, SID, SABSA/SOC/ISO/NIST, ACORD, BASEL3, Agile, ITIL/TAM/SOX, PMP/SDLC, SAFe Agile, and WAgile saving multi-millions in dollars.✅Stood up and matured/maturing first formalized Business Architecture & IT Strategy, Enterprise & Solution Architecture, Portfolio & Project Management, Cloud Computing, ITSM, Security Architecture & Operations, Innovation, Change Management, and Agile practices.✅Ideated, rationalized, formulated, and delivered up to $365+MM year after year IT Strategy (CAPEX&OPEX). Led major IT due-diligence, rationalization & integration programs of multi-billion dollar Mergers and Acquisitions in telecom, banking, aerospace defense, oil and gas domains leading team sizes up to 200+ resources. ✅Restructured entire IT landscape, rationalizing & slashing technical debt of 1600 apps to 1100 apps, and ERP consolidation saving ~$70MM year after year, increasing revenues to $120MM. Strengthened Customer Life Cycle Management by introducing SalesForce CRM Solution with SAP ERP and Ariba SCM integration, accelerating sales efficiencies by 20% and delivering $20M/year in savings. Migrated from HIPAA 4010/ICD9 to 5010/ICD10 and legacy COBOL to modern application stack with 47% Common Services Compliance Rate (CSCR) and a forecasted 100% for new applications while saving $3M YOY
Talking Tables
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Chief Technology OfficerTalking Tables Jan 2023 - Present
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Head Of Enterprise Architecture & GovernanceMpc 2018 - Mar 2023•Refining the enterprise-wide runway, defining, and establishing operating models with governance, for business and IT digital transformation and managing IT like business, breaking down the silos from business through technology, leveraging composable business capabilities composing business units, work streams and value chain.•Pivoted anti-architecture focus to an Enterprise Architecture approach by standing up the practice, directing 40+ team, chairing ARB, enforcing process embedded governance. •Directed and implemented digital transformation strategy identifying the opportunities for business technology enablement and optimization and proposed new stream of incomes thru digital transformation, including introducing cloud and migrations, data modernization, productization of Value Chain, Network Modernization•Comprehensive strategic department planning, budgeting and management with complete managerial leadership including talent acquisition, leadership, mentoring, training addressing gaps, and resource planning & management with /Offshoring/Outsourcing, setting annual goals & performance and OKRs management, leadership development trainings, and succession planning,•Led the IT Strategy formulation for $365+MM year after year IT Strategy (CAPEX&OPEX), delivering major programs including CMDB implementation with continuous technical debt analysis, rationalization, and management, saving $30M in OPEX, Application Integration capabilities leveraging APIs, ESB, with SOA based loose coupling, Digital Workplace Enablement (End User Computing, Mobility, Design thinking / UX /BX, Unified Communications, Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI), Enhanced VPN Remote Access, O365), Security – CrowdStrike Endpoint Protection, Intune mobile device and application management, Virtual Reality, Agile CoE with SAFe Methodology, Industrialized Digital Twin leveraging Azure - Data Pipelines/Synapse/Cosmos DB/Data Lake Store 2, Cognitive Services Machine Learning, and Power BI
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Board AdvisorTexaras, Cxo Advisory, Edna Tech., Acute Alpha., Westernsoft Technologies 2008 - Mar 2023•Providing advice and support to CEOs and C-Suite Executives, on strategic direction in, business strategy, comprehensive startup business operations, product strategy, IT services, operational excellence, SLAs, financial planning and road mapping, operating models, enterprise architecture, portfolio management, IT risk and compliance, vendor management, executive collaboration, and talent management retention, resource on-site and offshore strategy, branding, digital marketing•Influenced organizationally 4x growth for CxO Advisory Council, IDWBI Analytics Private Limited, EDNA Technology Consulting Limited, Acutealpha IT Services, Glansa Solutions, gaining recognition as a trusted advisor in IT and business.•Spearheaded the Consulting Professional Services expansion by enhancing the number of professional services delivered from strategy, thru marketing and implementation strategies •Advised on resource identification, acquisition, training, certification, project placement and rotation and retainment strategies.•Provided Strategic, architectural, implementation, sustainment advice on numerous projects not limited to including Data & Analytics Management, Data Modernization and migration, Cloud computing – Azure / AWS / GCP, Infrastructure and Network Modernization, Enterprise and Solution Architecture, IT Vendor Contracts, SoWs, UCaaS/VOIP/SIP, IT Service Management, Software Application and Website, Development with DevSecOps, CI/CD, Microservices Architecture, Containers (Dockers / Kubernetes), Auto Scaling based on workloads, Data Science, ML, security operations, SRE capability Development, SaaS Content Management, Portal Strategy with Digital Delivery (CDN)
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Head Of It Strategy & Business ArchitectureTso 2015 - 2018• Implemented the 1st formalized IT strategy and business architecture, Enterprise Architecture, ITSM practices by formulating goals and objectives, operating models, services, identifying KPIs, defining and integrating end-to-end capabilities, executing compliance activities, and optimizing processes• Headed a team of 200+ direct and indirect reports as the Chief Architect to restructure the entire company's IT landscape by reinstituting new IT standards and policies and rationalizing 1600 applications to 1100 applications and infrastructure migrations, successfully executing a $500M project• Automated the back-office processes in partnership with the CFO, using Robotic Process Automation (RPA) for FinTech, accelerating productivity of the Finance Department by 25% while garnering a cost savings of $3M
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Sr. Director - It Architecture And Information ManagementCxo Advisory Council / Ea Principals 2012 - 2015•Partnered with Executive and Corporate Leadership teams to advise on business transformation, technology vision, and IT strategy directing an architecture team of 32.• Matured the IT strategic and operational planning and revamped the Enterprise Architecture practices maintaining a $136M budget launching 3 programs and 34 projects, enabling new capabilities with innovative, disruptive solutions•Architected & directed end-to-end claims processing B2B gateway thru EDW and BI to meet federal mandate for health insurance organization with $3 MM per annum reduced TCO with 47% Common Services Compliance Rate (CSCR) promising 100% of the new applications in future.•Enabled enterprise to go mobile with Enterprise Google Applications for e-Mail, Contacts and Collaboration retiring Lotus Notes, to collaborate from anywhere saving $27.7M worth work hours in a span of 3 years for the organization •Increased revenue by $5.5M over 3years, $150K per annum savings by achieving operational efficiency thru automation with SaaS Enterprise Content Management and Digital Content Delivery using AWS Content Delivery Network •Strengthened Customer Life Cycle Management, implementing CRM Solution integrating with ERP and SCM with $60MM savings through increase in sales personnel efficiency by 20% over 3 years •Spearheaded the implementation of Enterprise Data Integration, Automation of Data Quality and Master Data Management, as part of Enterprise Information Management initiative with $17.6 MM cost savings over 3 years , Storage savings with adoption of Data Archiving, near-line option saving 4.6 M/year for SAP and Revchain ERPs, $10.3M cost savings in telecommunication costs for mobile devices over 3 years through implementation of BYOD mobile solution.•Directed efficient Product Lifecycle Management saving $4.7MM over 3 years and JV with efficient infrastructure to safeguard the IP
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Director, Enterprise & Solutions ArchitectureIq Tech Pros 2008 - 2012Houston, Tx, UsTransformed an underperforming and segmented technology infrastructure by refining EA best practices, aligning the IT vision and strategy with strategic business planning and a $70M+ budget, and mentoring 2 Managers, 12 Architects, and 50+ direct and indirect reports across 2 global locations supporting 3K Users, helping the clients reap the benefits of the practice with platform and architecture recommendations to multi-industry vertical clients• Directed Big Data Analytics architecture blueprint & domain artifacts aligning architectural development process to TOGAF framework • Saved $9.7M over 3 years in productivity gains, through risk avoidance by EOL (end of life), security and compliance risks by rolling out the programs like SharePoint 2010, Office 2010, and Windows 7 migration • Designed, sold, and directed strategies for pharmaceutical sales data, hospital data and patient data acquisition thru retail chain of store by architecting the B2B trading partner gateways, and processing to feed into EDW and BI environments • Designed and directed the infrastructure planning for multiple projects and major implementation of Billing Release Data Mart from the CDR Data Feeds from various Points of Sale and regions, Product & Support Data mart, and other OSS &BSS applications leveraging the eTOM, SID and TAM frameworks, for guidance in architecting the solutions, reusability, and sustainment, for leading Telecom clients (Cingular Wireless/AT&T)• Provided relevant Solution Design support involving Linux/Unix/Windows servers, Virtualization including ESX clusters, Networks, SAN/NAS storages (Clarion, VMAX, NetApp) and backup de-dup technologies (Commvault), Oracle/Teradata databases, middleware including WebSphere, Tomcat, Tibco, SOA, Autonomy, and various other enterprise infrastructures with $1.2MM savings through expense reductions directly attributed to infrastructure projects. -
Manager And Lead Enterprise ArchitectIq Tech Pros 2006 - 2008Houston, Tx, UsProvided Enterprise and Solution Architecture services to public, private and government sector clients leading 10 Architects and 10 plus direct and indirect reports. Hired, and mentored teams of EA’s, SA’s, and Application Architect’s, prioritizing, inspiring teamwork and responsibility, mediating conflicts, managing in On-shore and Off-Shore model providing subject matter direction and guidance, leading teams in matrix environments, comprising of varied groups from IT, Operations, Consultants, Vendors and Business Partners. Managed day-to-day activities and budgets of the team including contractors Architecture and Technology Delivery • Defined Technical and Consistency Standards process to define Enterprise & Solution Architecture end to end process including the Architecture Review Board Governance and process, leading in to handing over to the PMO. • Collaboratively developed Enterprise Architecture artifacts (Catalogs, Matrices, and Viewpoints), blueprints, road maps, and standards, contextual and conceptual architectures, logical and physical architectures, by analyzing business drivers, • Upgraded network and wireless infrastructure, architected Customer Master Data Management solution saving $1.2M per annum in saved hours on re-work, implemented B2B capability saving $1.8 M, architected CMDB for operations monitoring, Dynamic Trust based access to data/information and SIEM for security and many other enhancement and sustaining projects
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Manager Solutions Architecture & Chief ArchitectNokia 2004 - 2006Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi• Managed and led solution architecture team providing solutions for the enterprise and support functions for e-business. Established framework, processes, technical standards and best practices in solution architecture, to ensure high quality deliverables. Led the evaluation and selection of emerging technologies and facilitated POCs, Demos and documented the input for RFPs and participated in the vendor negotiations. Contributed and directed the teams to contribute to annual strategic technology planning and budgeting • Introduced the data warehousing concept with analytics utilization, implemented new tools and technologies, and leveraged existing in-house platforms, strengthening the data management and integration activities
Ram K. Education Details
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Quantic School Of Business And TechnologyExecutive Mba -
Osmania University, HyderabadComputer Science
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Ram K. works for Talking Tables
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Ram K.'s current role is CTO / Board Advisor / Head of Enterprise Architecture - Business Architecture, IT Strategy, Digital Business Transformation, Data Management, Digital SaaS Products / Software Engineering.
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Ram K. attended Quantic School Of Business And Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad.
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