SRI BANIGANDLAPATI

Java Middleware Principal Architect / ATG / Content Management

Employer: Praveen Kumar | Email: Praveen@techprojects.com | Phone: 732-400-5950

 

Sri (Srikrishna) is an innovative and experienced IT Executive with Enterprise Architecture, technology strategy and process governance as strengths with primary focus on Customer Experience Management (Adobe CQ, Teamsite, MS Sharepoint etc.), Enterprise Integration (SOA) Solutions, eCommerce (ATG/Endeca, WCS, Demandware etc.) and Collaboration. He has 12+ years’ experience in technology leadership and managerial roles with an overall 17 years of IT experience. He has concurrently mentored, and managed large technical teams consisting of Architects, Business Analysts and Development Leads.

Expertise

➢         Digital Marketing / Content management (CXM) solutions, Omni-channel eCommerce

➢         Enterprise Integration with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

➢         Technology Strategy and Roadmaps aligning business vision with key trends in an always on customer centric world

➢         Innovative Solution Architecture for Business Success & Profitability

➢         CIO/CMO advisory / Client Services/ Vendor Management Global Team Leadership

➢         Process Engineering / Life Cycle Management with Hybrid Agile, Six Sigma, Rational Unified Process

➢         Industries: Retail, Finance Services, Pharmaceutical, Telecom

 

Characteristics

➢         IT Professional who possesses excellent grip in Enterprise/Solution Architecture, Technology Leadership, Program Management, Client Engagement and Vendor Management

➢         Architects, designs and delivers Commerce, Customer experience (CXM/CMS), Enterprise Integration and Portal solutions aligning business/marketing strategy and demonstrated success through analytics.

➢         Enterprise-wide/ Program / Project Specific Strategies and Decisions – Solution Recommendations, Whitepapers, Reference Architecture Documentations, Technology Roadmap / Direction

➢         Defining Enterprise Architecture Compliance, Processes, Standards, Patterns and Best Practices

➢         Solution Architecture including Conceptual, Logical, Physical, Technical Architecture and High Level Design spanning across multiple areas of enterprise architecture

➢         He has excellent leadership, customer interaction, collaboration, communication and team building skills.

➢         Ensures All Stakeholders Are Aligned To Achieve Common Goals

➢         Delivers Enterprise Solutions Across Multiple Industry Verticals

➢         Delivers Timely, Cost-Effective, Market-Leading Results to align financial guidance and goals

➢         Is a Quick Learner With Ability To Demonstrate Value

➢         In depth understanding of UML, OOAD, SOA, GoF, RUP, Agile, Six Sigma and SDLC; Security systems, Enterprise Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman, etc.) and Cloud computing using SaaS, PaaS and WOA

 

Education

 

➢         Masters in Computer Application from Kakatiya University, Warangal A.P India

 

Certifications: 

➢         Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for the Java Platform EE 5

➢         Sun Certified Programmer for the Java Platform SE 5.0

➢         Demandware Certified

➢         Six Sigma Greenbelt with GE

➢         Certified Rational Architect

 

Experience

Sri Meru Group, Woodbridge, NJ                             Sep 2014- Till Date

As a Principal Architect, Engagement lead

 

Responsibilities:

•           Architect and Design new content and commerce framework with open specifications (Java Enterprise as primary) to deliver best-in-class omni-channel commerce/ digital marketing experience aligning business/marketing strategy with focus on SOA, modular framework, responsive web design, analytics, search engine optimization, social media and usability.

•           Deliver Digital Marketing platform solutions with Ms Sharepoint, Adobe CQ (AEM), open source solutions like Drupal, .Netnuke etc., and collaboration solutions with Jive etc.

•           CIO advisory on Omni-Channel Commerce platforms.

•          Conducting discovery workshops to define and consolidate business needs and layout a technology roadmap aligning business goals and needs

•           Enterprise/ Solution architecture services to solve Enterprise Integration

 

Sapient Corporación, New York, NY Mar 2010 – Sep 2014

Working as Technology Specialist and offered technology leadership services as Manager Technology, Lead Architect, Sr.Strategist, Subject Matter Expert, Engagement lead

 

Responsibilities:

•           Drive best-in-class omni-channel commerce experience aligning business/marketing strategy with focus on responsive web design, analytics, search engine optimization, social media and usability.

•           Deliver Digital Marketing platform solutions with Adobe CQ (AEM), Teamsite, open source solutions (Drupal, .NetNuke etc.,) and collaboration solutions with Sharepoint 2010/13, Jive, and Lithium etc.

•           Deliver industry leading ecommerce solution like Oracle ATG, Demandware, IBM WCM and Endeca, Experience Manager.

•           Integrated commerce and customer experience platforms like Adobe CQ with ATG and Demandware

•           Performed enterprise integrations like ERP, CRM, Order management  with commerce (ATG/Demanware) systems

•           Delivered digital marketing and commerce systems with coupons, gift card, loyalty systems, affiliated marketing etc.

•           Delivered analytics integrations (Google, Adobe Analytics/Omnitune, Coremetrics, Tealium)  and monitored customer behavior models to align business strategies

•           Delivered solutions with optimized caching mechanisms and CDNs

•           Accountable for large scale technology delivery for projects/accounts worth 2 – 15 million  

•           Lead multimillion dollar pre-sales pitches, pitching for fortune 500+ companies

•          Expertise in conducting discovery workshops to define and consolidate business needs and layout a technology roadmap aligning business goals and needs

•          Responsible for working across different functional groups to identify dependencies, risks, and mitigations to ensure timely delivery of projects within budget.

•           Audited accounts for process adherence, delivery excellence and established process governance, optimized delivery model to improve performance, quality of deliverables, turnaround time, cost of production

•           Managed up to 20 onsite staff and up to 80 offshore staff

•           Mentored teams and helped individuals to achieve career goals by career guidance, providing business vision, technical foresight and empowering them to deliver to the best of their abilities             

Independent Consultant, NJ                                                    Mar 2005 – Mar2010

Worked as Enterprise Architect /Lead Solution Architect and Provided Architecture, Technology Leadership services to various clients like Verizon Wireless, Novartis, Sesame Street, Liberty Mutual, McGrawHill, Xplana, Bookspan etc.

•           Analyzed, Architected, designed and managed the Technology Projects

•           Provided a solutions with

o         Complete WEB 2.0 based architecture

o         Integration of services to the ESB (Enterprise Service Bus)

o         Web and mobile Web solutions with AJAX using DWR/ GW toolkit.

o         iPhone, Android and Blackberry clients

o         SSO and Middleware with Spring, Hibernate, restful, J2EE, .Net

•           Delivered Digital Marketing and CMS/CXM solutions with traditional (Teamsite) etc., and open source SW like Alfresco, Liferay etc.,)

•           Implemented the projects with Onshore-Offshore Model

•           Established offshore production studio with Interactive programming (web 2.0) and mobile development COEs to deliver enhanced solutions to mobile devices with iPhone, Android Apps and HTML5/CSS3

 

Kanbay (Hong Kong)                                                                           June 2004 – Mar 2005

Worked as Lead Consultant provided technology solutions in APAC region clients.

•           Offered Financial solutions to clients like GE Money, HSBC etc.,

•           Delivered Credit Card solution to GE Money using Portal, Content Management and ERP (Oracle financials) technologies

 

Wipro Technologies Ltd., (India)                                                                            May 2003 – May 2004

Worked as Innovative Solution Lead in in Commerce Content & Collaboration practice

•           Lead multimillion dollar presales pitches, pitching for fortune 500 companies

•           Architected, designed and delivered Content Management (Interwoven Teamsite CMS)& Portal (Weblogic) solution for British Petroleum (bp.com, Castrol.com). Provided solution with Active, passive and business continuity models with clustered servers

•           Delivered several proof of concept (PoC) projects demonstrating latest technology trends and offering solutions to various business problems.  

 

GE India Business Center (India)/ Satyam GE                                                                            Sep 1998 – April 2003

•            Worked as Global Project Lead for e-Catalog project, leading and coordinating with teams in 8 countries.

o          Launched GE Industrial system e-Catalog with 16 languages in 8 countries

•            Worked as innovation lead and contributed with new ideas and solutions.

o          Filed four patents on innovative solutions.

o          Driven technology to its limits to deliver most innovative solution “Integrated Switchboard Web wizard”

o          Architected and Designed Peregrine security program in embedded Java (J2ME)  

•            Mentored over 30 sig sigma projects as Certified Six Sigma Greenbelt

•            Provided Digital Marketing and Industrial Automation solutions with CMS (Interwoven Teamsite), Search engines (Verity, Saqqara), J2EE, J2ME, Oracle and MS SQL. 

 

Solution Technologies:

➢         CMS : Interwoven, Adobe CQ (AEM), MS Sharepoint, Alfresco, Sitecore, Drupal, .NetNuke etc.,

➢         Commerce: ATG, Demandware, IBM WCM, Open source solutions

➢         Search: Endeca, Lucene, solr..

➢         Portals & Apps: IBM Websphere, Weblogic, Liferay, JBoss

➢         Middleware: IBM ESB, MQ, Process Server, IB9 etc.,

➢         Databases: Oracle, SQL, MySql, ERP, CRM systems.

➢         Patterns: SOA, Saas, PaaS, WOA, Web 2.0

➢         Methodologies: Agile, RUP, SDLC, OOAD

➢         Process: Six Sigma, ISO 9001, CMM5, GXP