Rajiv Kadayam

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Founder and Principal @ Nginering
Reston, VA, US
Rajiv Kadayam's Location
Reston, Virginia, United States, United States
About Rajiv Kadayam

As a thought leader in enterprise and distributed computing, Mr. Kadayam has over 18 years of experience driving new software product development and modernization initiatives at both government and commercial organizations including DHS, FEMA, HHS, USPTO,GSA,CMS, DOL, and IBM to name a few. He has been at the forefront in agile software development implementing lean and XP practices since his software engineer days.Successfully closed deals worth more $200MM spanning BPA, IDIQ and Task Order contracts with over dozen agencies.

Rajiv Kadayam's Current Company Details
Nginering

Nginering

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Founder and Principal
Reston, VA, US
Website:
Nginering.com
Employees:
5
Rajiv Kadayam Work Experience Details
  • Nginering
    Founder And Principal
    Nginering
    Reston, Va, Us
  • Nginering
    Founder & Principal
    Nginering Mar 2022 - Present
    Burke, Va, Us
  • Ironclad Technology Services
    Chief Technology Officer
    Ironclad Technology Services Jan 2021 - Mar 2022
    Virginia Beach, Virginia, Us
    Lead the technical strategy and development of new and innovative solutions to support the growth of technology business, elevate our technical competency and modernize our customer's capabilities. • DIA MEAD Infrastructure ($60M) – Led and drove the technical solution for this GSA FedSIM bid that included development of orals presentations (100+ slides), script and coaching of key personnel. Innovatively integrated Software Factory, DevSecOps and AI/ML practices in the proposed Scaled Agile Delivery solution that resulted in successful contract award. • FEMA Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) - Advised and aided existing customer in Zero Trust and devised comprehensive approach to migrate training platform to the cloud (Azure) and implement Multi-Factor Authentication capability. Authored white paper and helped convert into sole source contract.• Navy Agile and Modernization Coaching – Conducted high-level assessment of NAVSEA’s systems and devised approach to modernize the underlying suite of systems and development processes. Authored white paper detailing the agile and modernization coaching approach and the set of required tasks, deliverables and work-products. • Navy Command Financial Management Systems (CFMS) AI/ML R&D – Assembled cross-functional team of web app developers, cloud and AI/ML engineers to research and develop machine learning (ML) models, trained against financial transaction data and predict loss of purchasing power for the Navy. Prototyped ML model that predicted probability of delays and cancellations when placing orders for materials.
  • Pyramid Systems, Inc.
    Chief Technology Officer
    Pyramid Systems, Inc. Oct 2018 - Dec 2020
    Fairfax, Va, Us
    Lead Technology Operations division and define and execute the corporate technology strategy. As executive sponsor of Pyramid Labs, managed innovation prototyping and development of accelerator tools. Supported various engagements in project delivery, business development, and corporate initiativesHUD Housing Modernization – As Chief Architect, provided technical leadership on multiple modernization projects including Single Family Housing Loan Lifecycle (FHA Catalyst). AWS General Support System – Led the technical architecture and implementation of highly scalable AWS landing zone at a federal agency, to accelerate enterprise cloud adoption. Conceptualized the overall architecture to address key requirements for security, shared services and network engineering to integrate with on-premise data center. Supported the activation of AWS Direct Connect working with AT&T NetBond, Infrastructure and Cybersecurity teams and successfully secured ATO. Migrated and operationalized over dozen workloads in production within first year,HUD Case Binder – Drove the successful implementation of electronic document delivery application to mitigate Covid-19 crisis, in less than 9 days. Scaled adoption to several ten thousand users with over 30K case binders of over 1TB of files ingested in the first 3 months.HUD FHA Appraisals and Loan Endorsement – Led the development and implementation of Appraisals and Loan Endorsement applications. Leveraged hybrid architecture involving Salesforce and microservices deployed as containers and orchestrated by AWS Elastic Container Services. Enabled integration with Loan Origination System (LOS) vendors and GSEs (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Supported Discovery and Prototyping, Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Sprint Iterations, Demos and Retrospectives. Developed detailed solution, business and technical architectures. Regularly provided technical and strategy consulting services to client's senior leadership
  • Eglobaltech (Egt)
    Vice President, Technology Strategy & Egt Labs
    Eglobaltech (Egt) Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
    Arlington, Virginia, Us
    Technical thought leader driving the adoption of emerging technologies and implementation of mission focused solutionsChampion eGT Labs program incubating innovative reusable tools and capabilities elevating client's mission capabilitiesDrive the roadmap and evolution of eGT Labs tools and capabilitiesMentor, coach and cultivate next generation of technical leaders
  • Eglobaltech (Egt)
    Senior Director, Tech Strategy And Solutions
    Eglobaltech (Egt) Feb 2016 - Oct 2017
    Arlington, Virginia, Us
    Lead, shape and grow eGT's technical competencies in Agile Development & DevOps, Cloud Migration and Enablement, Big Data Analytics and Mobile Development. Provide technical and executive oversight for client delivery, account development, project and staff management. Matrix manages a team of over 50 consultants spread across dozen plus programsLead and manage eGT Labs program incubating development of new tools and solutions adding value to our federal partners and solving complex challenges. Executive sponsor and manager of eGT Labs corporate infrastructure and platform services completely running in the cloud (AWS, GitHub, Atlassian, etc)Leads business development and capture of niche technology oriented opportunities both in federal and non-federal sectors. Led successful proposal wins including Army ACCENT, CMS SPARC, USPTO IDEAI-2, DOL Case Management BPA and several contracts at Fed-Civilian agenciesCollaborate with horizontal practice leads, vertical account executives and BD in leading proposal development efforts, pre-sales presentations and marketing collateral development. Conducting at least one presentation to a potential customer every two weeks.Provide technical leadership and support for shaping organic opportunities within existing accounts through development of prototypes, proof of concepts and implementation roadmapBuild and grow software and cloud vendor relationships fostering collaboration and channel sales opportunitiesContinuously maturing a vast library of marketing collateral including presentations, white papers, case studies, slick sheets and past performance references. Established a simple agile process for collaboratively producing, refining and curating content enabling quick discovery and reusabilityActively involved in technical and agile conferences managing corporate exhibits and speaking engagementsCoach and mentor technical and consulting staff on career development, technology adoption, and client delivery
  • Eglobaltech (Egt)
    Senior Director, It Solutions Practice
    Eglobaltech (Egt) Aug 2012 - Jan 2016
    Arlington, Virginia, Us
    Manage and grow the IT solutions business centered around the practice offerings namely Agile & DevOps solutions, Cloud Engineering and Operations, Infrastructure Optimization, Case Management Solutions and Big Data Analytics.Oversee delivery, development of centers of excellence, technology innovation and best practices. Directly manages strategic IT solutions projects and emerging initiatives at HHS, DOL, USPTO, DOI, USGS, GAO, FLRA, FEMA, and DHS. Some notable initiatives include HealthData.gov,OpenFEMA, OpenDHS, USGS GeoCloud, and FEMA GeoSpatial Cloud to name a few.Leads strategic capture efforts with successful large scale IDIQ/BPA and contract wins at USPTO, DOL, DOI, USCIS, HHS, FEMA, GAO, FLRA, and NGA totaling over $130M in value. Hands-on technical volume lead and capture manager for hundreds of RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, IDIQ Task Orders and BPA Calls solicitations.Conducted several presentations to CIOs, C-level executives and strategic partners.Manages eGT Labs, an internal incubation program to foster development of innovative tools and products that can be used to bootstrap and jumpstart service engagements. Spearheaded two notable products developed through this program namely TCO and Cloudamatic. Played the role of hands-on product owner and solutions architect in development of TCO, a web-based infrastructure cost modeling solution implemented using Scala, MongoDB and Angular.JS and used in GSA FDCCI program. Sponsors the development of Cloudamatic, actively used today in multiple cloud projects. Led the efforts to secure key industry partnerships such as AWS Advanced Consulting Partner status, Red Hat, Software AG, MicroPact and Salesforce.comCoaches and mentors a diverse team of SMEs, highly technical engineers, project and program managers, agile coaches, business analysts and management consultants. Fosters collaboration by establishing peer relationships and promotes regular meetups and brown-bags.
  • Eglobaltech (Egt)
    Uspto Ideai-2 Program Manager
    Eglobaltech (Egt) Apr 2014 - Oct 2015
    Arlington, Virginia, Us
    Provides executive oversight and management of the IDIQ program that includes P&L management, Staff management, Task Order Delivery and Proposal Development, and Quality Assurance.
  • Csc
    Senior Solutions Architect, Department Of Labor Owcp Central Billing Process
    Csc Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
    Global, Us
    • Strategic advisor on architecture, technology and process. Assisted in effective implementation of SDLC process and best practices.• Matrix manages a team of 30+ composed of developers, testers and system administrators.• Established robust continuous integration process leveraging Hudson, Maven and Sonar.• Championed collaboration within and outside the core team using the Wiki platform to facilitate social development, discussion of issues, and report SDLC status.
  • Csc
    Senior Technical Manager, Uspto Sdi, Sdi-Ng
    Csc Dec 2010 - Jan 2012
    Global, Us
    Department of Commerce - US Patent and Trademark OfficeKey contributor to CSC’s winning proposal for USPTO SDI-NG program. Formulated the technical and Agile SCRUM strategy that led to successful capture. Personally composed critical content for oral presentation and coached the presenters.Managed multiple projects with total budget exceeding 6 million dollars per year. Successfully negotiated extensions and additional funding with the client as and when required. Managed forecasts and executive and contractual deliverables.Successfully managed multiple task orders involving mission critical applications like PAIR (Patent Application and Information Retrieval), EFS-Web (Electronic Filing System), TDA (Tri-lateral Document Access), TDR (Trademark Document Retrieval) and PALM (Patent Application and Lifecycle Monitoring). Pioneered the adoption of Agile SCRUM process at USPTO. Mapped existing traditional SDLC methodology and implemented an incremental and iterative approach to completion of contractual deliverables. Implemented Agile Engineering principles such as Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration.Successfully managed and delivered the implementation of highly critical Kappos (under-secretary) Initiative – PALM Workflow (Patent Application and Location Monitoring). Delivered 12+ releases in span of 6 months. Required extensive coordination with various groups including testing, system administrators, O&M team, business users and client executives.Engineered the adoption of agile engineering practices such as Test Driven Development and Continuous Integration through tools like Git, JUnit, Selenium, JMeter, Maven, BuildForge, and Sonar.
  • Ibm
    Lead Software Architect, Ibm Infosphere Business Information Monitor
    Ibm Jun 2009 - Dec 2010
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Acquired Ascential Software who acquired Mercator Software• As Product Owner responsible for driving requirements and positioning in the portfolio. A multi-tier enterprise class software product focused in event driven information supply chain monitoring and governance capable of handling high event volumes and user sessions. Patents pending.• Performed the role of senior design architect and project manager for the overall integration and convergence of a recently acquired product with Business Information Monitor, coordinating multiple projects and teams adhering to Agile SCRUM methodology.• Primary developer of the end-user visible and extensible agent framework based on OSGi and Google Protobuf technologies.• Managed day to day development operations, work load distribution and milestone deliverables adhering to customized agile process with the aid of Rational Team Concert. Radically improved visibility and productivity by pioneering the usage of collaborative Wikis for internal and external product documentation and evangelized usage of forum based discussions.• Coordinated full SDLC process by actively collaborating with primary stakeholders namely Product management, QA, Documentation, User Experience, Build and Installation and Release Management.• Lead the successful integration of Business Information Monitor to work on top of the GuardiumTM platform.• Prepared and conducted product demos and literature for internal and external customers.• Supported pilot customers like Bank of Austria to enable adoption.
  • Ibm
    Technical Lead / Architect
    Ibm May 2002 - Dec 2010
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    • Managed a team of developers contributing to infrastructure services of Information ServerTM, a 100% J2EE SOA platform providing comprehensive suite of information integration services available in numerous protocols such as REST, Web Services, JMS and EJB.• Responsible for the overall architecture, authoring functional and design specs, project and internal release management using MS Project and Excel reports, and interfacing with customers. • Conducted regular status meetings, chaired architectural discussions across multiple functional teams and matrix managed the implementation and delivery of cross-product changes and enhancements.• One of the development architects of the IBM Services Framework (ISF), building block for the Information ServerTM platform. Patents pending.• Engaged and collaborated with external and internal customers in Information Platform Solutions (IPS) group soliciting requirements and to accelerate adoption of common services. • Engaged and negotiated with IBM partner JInfonet on OEM product delivery, roadmap and customer support.• Drove the Globalization and Localization design and implementation for Reporting infrastructure impacting all reports in Information Server suite. Implemented advanced design to support bi-directional languages and client driven localization. Coordinated with translators and testers on resolution of translation issues.• Mentored team members on emerging technologies, practiced iterative development process that combined Agile and RUP concepts with strong emphasis on test driven development and milestones.• One of the earliest developers to practice model driven development using IBM Metadata Server, a object-relational mapping system and MDA tool simplifying persistence logic in applications and providing various impact and analysis services.• Drove the globalization of Reporting Infrastructure in Information Server supporting complex multi-lingual and multi-cultural scenarios.
  • Ascential Software (Acquired Mercator Software)
    Senior Software Engineer
    Ascential Software (Acquired Mercator Software) 2005 - 2006
    Us
    As a hands-on technical architect lead the conception and implementation of common SOA platform ecosystem that provided lifecycle management support for the various data integration, quality, profiling and metadata tools and services.
  • Mercator Software
    Senior Software Engineer
    Mercator Software May 2002 - Jan 2004
    Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Be
    • At Mercator, managed design and development of Mercator Process Integrator (MPI), a BPMS tool providing design and execution of stateful business processes, high-level integration capabilities with various third party systems and facilitates in building customized solutions for industry verticals.• Involved in design and development of both process design and run-time components of the BPMS product. Built complex custom services on top of a CORBA based workflow engine (Versata Interaction Server) that managed multiple resources such as JDBC and JMS (MQ Series), managed by centralized JTS server. Added components to presentation layer called MPIWorkbenchTM built on top of struts framework.• Architected the Business Interface Framework coupled and Distributed and Extensible Services Architecture (DESA) a generic definition of services, containers and business connectors, which was the basis for implementing MPIGatewayTM and other native services within the workflow engine. It provided multiple modes for executing business objects leveraging on performance and distribution • Proposed and implemented a pluggable access to external organizational repository from the workflow engine by way of business connectors and a generic Organization mapping service. Also provided mechanisms to plug ad-hoc work assignment and resolution algorithms.• Involved in ensuring compatibility and compliance of MPI with multiple Application Servers such as Weblogic, WebSphere and Tomcat and database vendors namely Oracle, Sybase, SQLServer and DB2.• Actively involved in customer communications and internal solutions architects aiding them in sales, proof of concepts and business development.• Actively involved as member of company wide cross product architecture team that advises and recommends best practices for software and systems development as well as evaluating strategic initiatives.
  • Groupserve Inc
    Senior Technical Manager
    Groupserve Inc Aug 2000 - Mar 2002
    • Managed development of GroupPortTM, a wireless GroupWare collaboration product hosted by GroupServe as an application service• Actively participated in formulating GroupsServe’s ASP, COTS and Appliance business models. Participated in fine tuning business development strategies and handling sales calls. Also participated in partnership negotiations that helped expand the business and market penetration. • Designed and developed a sophisticated CSR (Customer Service Representative) System to manage GroupPort. It incorporated features such as theme/profile based look and feel and multiple levels of security and auditing. • Designed and developed, patent-pending generic glue-ware, interfacing disparate systems based on event-message brokering system, built with the aid of Jini, JavaSpaces and XML, used as the billing interface between GroupPort and third-party billing provider CSG.net hosted CSG Systems• Lead the team in design and development of enterprise and web services platform JASCascadesTM providing a suite of application oriented JINI services such as Object-Relational mapping, File and resource distribution that facilitate in the development of self-healing, fault-tolerant, transactable and scalable enterprise applications. Provided integration with Spring and JEE containers.• Contributed core content for white papers, presentations and press releases
  • Sage Computing
    Technical Manager
    Sage Computing Dec 1998 - Aug 2000
    • Actively managed client relationships and responsible for business development.• Managed a on-site development team working on network management products namely o NIPSTM (Network Inventory and Provisioning System), a network information, management and collaboration system used by Network engineers and Business Service Units (BSU) built on top of J2EE platform.o InsightTM, an extensible, XML based network statistics monitoring and reporting tool providing real time live charts using push technology built on top of J2EE platform.• Closely involved in the deployment process at top telecommunication firms such as GlobalOneTM, QwestTM, TeleglobeTM, France TelecomTM and SprintTM• One of the lead architects from conception, extensively using UML and OO methodologies and software patterns. • Designed and developed NetworkPollersTM, a suite of SNMP agents implemented using PERL that help in gathering active network status information and populating the network databases. Developed real-time data collection and live charts.
  • Alcatel-Lucent
    Associate Engineer
    Alcatel-Lucent Jun 1998 - Nov 1998
    Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi
    • Development and maintenance of Frame Relay sub-system• Major features handled include SVCs, PVCs and IP Forwarding• Interacted with testing and operations group and lead in rolling out major bug-fixes

Rajiv Kadayam Skills

Integration Agile Methodologies Software Development Soa Cloud Computing Enterprise Architecture Architecture Solution Architecture Java Requirements Analysis Sdlc Unix Java Enterprise Edition Web Services It Strategy Product Management Amazon Web Services Scrum Software Project Management Xml Spring Enterprise Software Websphere Eai Databases J2ee Application Development Agile Project Management Web Applications Program Management Oracle Sql Software Design Hibernate Architectures Rest Db2 Jsp Software Engineering System Architecture Devops Data Warehousing Uml Mongodb Data Modeling User Experience Design Kanban Big Data Analytics Mobile Application Development Fedramp

Rajiv Kadayam Education Details

  • The George Washington University
    The George Washington University
    Computer Science
  • University Of Madras
    University Of Madras
    Computer Science And Engineering
  • St. Michael'S Academy
    St. Michael'S Academy

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