Open To Work
Aditya Prahalad
Ravenna,USA
Summary
Dynamic Enterprise Architect with a proven track record at Lam Research, leading digital transformation initiatives. Expert in architecture design and stakeholder engagement. successfully defined integration strategies that enhanced operational efficiency. My leadership in cross-functional collaboration drove significant improvements in customer service and quality management, achieving a 20% increase in revenue.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Enterprise Architect – Digital Transformation Program
Lam Research
Fremont, CA
11.2021 - Current
- Led digital transformation for quality, customer service, source to settle, and EHS towers across organization, enhancing operational alignment.
- Directed the development of end-to-end architectures for Customer Service, Order to Cash, Source to Settle, and Quality.
- Designing the next-gen architectures for Semi-Industry (IoT, Field Service, Customer Contact center, Entitlement Management)
- Working with Multiple Co-pilot / LLM architectures within the Microsoft Eco-system / Dynamics 365.
- Collaborating actively with business stakeholders using design thinking concepts to build-out strategy and requirements.
- Defined the Integration strategy across the program platforms which included SAP BTP and Azure APIM platforms
- Projects Include: Global Quality Management System redesign/platform replacement, Global EHS platform redesign / replatform, Digital Transformation , MS Dynamics 365, Co-pilots, SAP Core – EMS, EWM, QM, EAM , Salesforce - Compliance Quest, ICertis, Source to Settle - OneNetwork, Project 44
Enterprise Portfolio Manager – Customer Facing Digital Products (contract)
Joann Stores, Inc.
Hudson, OH
12.2020 - 11.2021
- Leading the Marketing, Order Management, Store Operations, and Custom Business Portfolios for the organization
- Actively managing the demand intake process for all strategic waterfall and agile programs
- Oversaw budgeting process, estimation, portfolio approval, and analysis of business cases to ensure informed financial decision-making.
- Oversaw Capex and Opex management for assigned portfolios, incorporating external vendor management.
- Collaborating with multiple cross-functional managers on the creation of roadmaps, dependency tracking, resource utilization, and prioritization
- Collaborating actively with business stakeholders using design thinking concepts to build-out strategy and requirements.
- Collaborating on Feature building, backlog management, roadmap, and customer experience with various stakeholders using ServiceNow and Jira Align / Jira.
- Managed team of 5 associates, fostering skill development and ensuring project deliverables met organizational standards.
- Projects Include: Digital Asset Management solution, End 2 End Promo planning and couponing, POS Rollout, Customer B2B and B2C Mobile Apps, Contactless card readers, In-Store digital signage, Digital store planogram, Zebra MC40, and TC52 handhelds
Lead Product Manager– Digital Transformation (contract)
Rockwell Automation
Mayfield Heights, OH
06.2020 - 12.2020
- Managed budgeting, estimation, and product backlog refinement while conducting business case and ROI analysis to inform strategic decisions
- Collaborated with multiple cross-functional managers on the creation of roadmaps, dependency tracking, resource utilization, and prioritization.
- Collaborated with business stakeholders to apply design thinking concepts in building strategy and defining requirements
- Created and presented business cases for ROI and Portfolio approval
- Led the new Controller IDE implementation and adoption within the organization.
- Worked on creating a demand intake process for all strategic projects including waterfall and agile programs
- Coached multiple teams on best practices to deliver the program effectively using SAFe methodology
- Established and maintained communication channels among UX, IT, Supply Chain, and Engineering departments to enhance collaboration
- Collaborated on Feature building and backlog management, roadmap, and customer experience with various stakeholders using MURAL.
Digital Enterprise Product Manager– Digital Transformation, RPA, SAP ARIBA / QIM, AI
TIMKEN Corp
North Canton, OH
06.2019 - 06.2020
- Led the digital transformation of the supplier quality & procurement teams by implementing SAP ARIBA & Quality Management thereby streamlining supplier registration, lifecycle planning, performance reporting, collaboration, and product quality issues.
- Led the Robotic Process Automation effort within the organization and created end-to-end customer workflows.
- Executed projects like SAP ARIBA, SAP Quality Information Management, Robotic Process Automation, SAP Supplier Automation, Customer B2B e-commerce platform, and Gigya Customer Master.
- Developed go-to-market plan for digital solutions aligned with main strategic initiatives, ensuring cohesive execution across projects.
- Collaborated with IT management and business stakeholders on portfolio definition and roadmap development, aligning initiatives with organizational goals.
- Worked on creating a demand intake process for all strategic projects including waterfall and agile programs
- Facilitated solution creation using design thinking and Enterprise Architecture concepts by aligning Business Architecture with Solution Architecture
- Conducted external research, SWOT, and other tools to determine the business capability and solution gap.
- Led the highly visible digital customer strategy and transformation initiatives for the organization.
Digital Solutions Product Manager – Digital Transformation (Docebo Learning Management, Salesforce.com, SAP Hybris)
BASF Corporation
Beachwood, OH
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Developed business case with Business Owners, securing portfolio approval for digital transformation initiatives.
- Defined and collaborated on 3-year digital strategy roadmap, aligning initiatives with Construction Systems business goals.
- Implemented the Docebo LMS platform focusing on internal/external customer learning modules
- Implemented Salesforce.com and Pardot for Marketing and Sales organization
- Collaborated with various countries on a global SAP Hybris e-commerce implementation
- Created customer journey maps and aligned that journey maps to Construction Systems’ business processes.
- Used tools such as Business Capability mapping and SWOT to determine any gaps from a business innovation perspective.
- Provided recommendations from a technology aspect on Business Functions and aligning digital capabilities to those functions.
Lead Product Manager – Digital Solutions / CX
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
Cleveland, OH
02.2017 - 06.2018
- Managed a successful rollout of Salesforce implementation to ~2500 Sales Reps, Managers and Leaders that contributed to 20% growth in the channel and divisional revenue
- Engaged partners, vendors, external customers, internal customers, and IT divisions to align with program objectives using design thinking.
- Provided recommendations from a Salesforce technology aspect on Business Functions and aligning Salesforce.com capabilities to those functions.
- Developed prototypes of new tools and technologies to enhance the division's operations.
- Facilitated estimates of opportunity, effort, and cost of delay to clarify business value.
- Analyzed business initiatives to establish viability, measurable benefit, development impacts, and availability of resources
- Developed lightweight business case with business owners to secure portfolio approval for initiatives.
- Worked with Program Management Office to balance the budget and recommended options for budget allocation.
Lead Business Analyst/Architect – Omnichannel Commerce (eBusiness)
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
Cleveland, OH
02.2013 - 02.2017
- Generated ~100 K in revenue through Punch-out channel initiatives.
- Helped the company save $2 Million in costs by improving the B2B customer onboarding process for the myS-W.com and e-commerce website.
- Led Project changes based on data analytics and business insights from multiple sources (Ex: Tealeaf, Core-Metrics)
- Collaborated on defining the Product Roadmap of Buy Online and Pickup in Store Business model for Sherwin-Williams.
- Helped with defining Milestones, Scope definition, Releases, and Features for each project/Epic that was part of the Program Increment and Program Portfolio
- Performed gap analysis, migration analysis for transitioning the old Sherwin website to the new e-commerce enabled site.
- Directed Agile teams in following best practices for feature building, story breakdown, and task creation.
- Worked with Product Managers, Scrum Masters, and Developers to understand Requirements and communicated the Vision and strategy of the features on regular basis.
- Organized team priorities and allocated resources among defects, stories, and features to ensure project completion
- Proactively created Acceptance Tests scripts that helped in the facilitation of automated testing and improved time to market.
- Supported the System Integration Testing effort for 10 inter-dependent systems.
Senior Software Business Architect
DIEBOLD
North Canton, OH
01.2011 - 02.2013
- Demonstrated $2 million in savings by automating the process of billing and invoicing over the next 5 years by moving the architecture and business processes to the private cloud.
- Documented business process architecture using BPMN notation and application and technology architecture using EA TOGAF 9 to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
- Conducted Business Requirements Gathering sessions in the form of questionnaires and business scenarios with business stakeholders to understand the Cloud business models, needs, and objectives
- Analyzed 10 B2B customer process flows from customer on-boarding to payment for the Virtual ATM project.
- Analyzed requirements for re-usable SaaS services to enhance interoperability across applications within the Cloud infrastructure.
- Researched different business model options like Public, Private, and Hybrid cloud ATM architectures that helped drive the best possible approach enterprise-wide.
- Reduced rework and application testing time by 50% by documenting detailed acceptance criteria and stories and JIT (Just in Time) testing
- Managed teams of 4 to 6 members and followed Agile practices for release planning, affinity diagramming, user story creation, iteration planning, and task lifecycle.
- Analyzed and documented TO-BE processes for Cloud Platform which included Support, Upgrade, application lifecycle, subscription management, billing & Invoicing, and Troubleshooting.
- Architected three enterprise-level services, facilitating integration and consumption across multiple applications.
- Defined and documented Enterprise Architecture principles, Business goals, Business Architecture, Business Use Cases, Application Architecture, and Data/Information Architecture.
Intellectual Property Auditor
10.2009 - 03.2012
- Scanned, Audited and Remediated projects for Free and Open Source software (FOSS) used within the company using the Palamida Enterprise tool.
- Provided suggestions on usage of various Open Source Software to team leads and project managers
- Measured FOSS compliance on all projects that were delivered to the customer.
- Recommended alternative software or code that had permissive licenses.
Software Systems Business Analyst
DIEBOLD
North Canton, OH
10.2009 - 01.2011
- Administered requirements definition and management tools, enhancing company-wide accessibility and usage.
- Trained 25 Product and Project managers on proper requirements development practices.
- Presented requirements clarity compliance level of each project to product managers and Vice Presidents.
- Supported teams in developing clearer requirements and best practices for eliciting, analyzing, specifying, and validating them.
- Conducted vendor and competitor analysis for new requirements management tools, including RFI/RFP analysis, risk analysis, cost justification, business case creation, and organizing demonstrations and training sessions.
- Performed Business Analysis on process improvement of the Software Development Life Cycle and Voice of the Customer.
- Used BPMN notation to document project activity and process flows.
Software Systems Architect I
02.2007 - 09.2009
- Pioneered analysis and design phases for various software and hardware layers of the ATM
- Advised and Supported 15 to 20 associates on architecture best practices.
- Integrated activities with source control and change request management tools such as IBM Clear Case, ClearQuest, and Buildforge.
- Developed complete software stack which included various architectural entities
- Researched other Modeling techniques such as Model Driven Architecture and Service-Oriented Architecture.
IT Analyst
DISYS
Chantilly, VA
05.2006 - 08.2006
- Streamlined company inventory management using SQL Server 2000
- Developed a querying tool to support upfront inventory analysis such as In-Stock, Out-of-stock, Order Management, and Max-Min sale numbers.
- Delivered database support to managers for improved decision-making
- Used tools such as Sage Pro 2004 and SQL Server Reporting Server for data mining and reporting purposes.
Education
Master’s - business administration; Concentration: Management & International Business
WALSH UNIVERSITY
North Canton, OH08.2010
Master of Science - Computer Science; Concentration: Network Security
OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, AURORA POST GRADUATE COLLEGE
Hyderabad, India08.2004
Skills
- Digital transformation
- Enterprise information architecture
- Solution architecture
- Architecture design
- Integration strategy
- Cloud services management
- Enterprise software
- Application frameworks
- Agile methodologies
- Agile development environments
- Master data management
- Service-oriented architecture
- Technical leadership
- Portfolio management
- Resource allocation
- Stakeholder engagement
Affiliations
Leadership Team, Innovation Research Interchange, 2019-Present
Certification
• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, 2020
• Design Thinking Practitioner – IBM, 2020
• Blue Prism – Robotic Process Automation Foundations, 2019
• SPC– SAFe Program Consultant (Scaled Agile Framework 4.0), 2016-Present
• CSM– Certified Scrum Master (Agile Alliance), 2016
• ASPE Certificate – Critical Skills for Writing Better Requirements, 2015
• Baldwin Wallace College Professional Development – Business Analysis Certificate, 2015
• Certified by Microsoft as a Solution Developer in .NET (MCSD), 2005
• Completed Certificate in Mainframe Programming from IBM, 2005
• Completed 300 level in French from Alliance Française de Hyderabad, 2004
• Design Thinking Practitioner – IBM, 2020
• Blue Prism – Robotic Process Automation Foundations, 2019
• SPC– SAFe Program Consultant (Scaled Agile Framework 4.0), 2016-Present
• CSM– Certified Scrum Master (Agile Alliance), 2016
• ASPE Certificate – Critical Skills for Writing Better Requirements, 2015
• Baldwin Wallace College Professional Development – Business Analysis Certificate, 2015
• Certified by Microsoft as a Solution Developer in .NET (MCSD), 2005
• Completed Certificate in Mainframe Programming from IBM, 2005
• Completed 300 level in French from Alliance Française de Hyderabad, 2004
References
Available on request
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$160000/yr - $200000/yrTimeline
Enterprise Architect – Digital Transformation Program
Lam Research
11.2021 - Current
Enterprise Portfolio Manager – Customer Facing Digital Products (contract)
Joann Stores, Inc.
12.2020 - 11.2021
Lead Product Manager– Digital Transformation (contract)
Rockwell Automation
06.2020 - 12.2020
Digital Enterprise Product Manager– Digital Transformation, RPA, SAP ARIBA / QIM, AI
TIMKEN Corp
06.2019 - 06.2020
Digital Solutions Product Manager – Digital Transformation (Docebo Learning Management, Salesforce.com, SAP Hybris)
BASF Corporation
06.2018 - 06.2019
Lead Product Manager – Digital Solutions / CX
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
02.2017 - 06.2018
Lead Business Analyst/Architect – Omnichannel Commerce (eBusiness)
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS
02.2013 - 02.2017
Senior Software Business Architect
DIEBOLD
01.2011 - 02.2013
Intellectual Property Auditor
10.2009 - 03.2012
Software Systems Business Analyst
DIEBOLD
10.2009 - 01.2011
Software Systems Architect I
02.2007 - 09.2009
IT Analyst
DISYS
05.2006 - 08.2006
Master’s - business administration; Concentration: Management & International Business
WALSH UNIVERSITY
Master of Science - Computer Science; Concentration: Network Security
OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, AURORA POST GRADUATE COLLEGE