Arun Chidambaram

Technology leader with expertise in building, leading teams and planning , designing, creating, implementing, successfully rolling out complex migrations and data conversion solutions and maintaining/supporting projects for multiple industry areas/domains with a varied technology stack.

22 Years of Lead, Design, Development and programming experience with Management and Technical expertise in Cloud Migration, End to End Data Integration, Streaming data, Analytics, Data Warehousing, Data Marts, Decision support systems with special emphasis on, ETL Design, ETL Development, App Development, Business Intelligence Report Development, Conversion, Maintenance and Production support.

Successful Track record of lead, set up, manage, successfully launch and maintain major programs and/or cross platform efforts and lead the data conversion efforts for Member companies with excellent planning and multiple test runs with great business collaboration using Agile and Waterfall Methodologies in collaboration with Product management, Project management, Infrastructure, Security, Risk, Finance, Application Development and Delivery teams to get the business vision implemented.

Excellent people management, team building skills, problem-solving skills dedicated to streamlining development, support and operations to increase quality, decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering, equitable and sustainable work culture.

• Lead a team of 50 Staff Members (9 FT + 41 Contract/Vendor) staff members
• Onboarded, Managed, Trained and Lead teams with varied skills to accomplish results in Core Platform, K8S/Linux, Test Automation, Business Analysis , Technical Program management
• Lead, Documented and Completed items related to NFTs, Batch Tolerance which led to successful resolution of major asks from Senior Leaders
• Collaborated with 4 Member companies and 2 External Organizations in the development of Member company conversions and Vision Implementation planning
• Lead the Formworks Server and DB upgrade to completion by Collaborating with Infra, Product, Business , Support and Vendor teams during the MTV Modernization project by efficient planning, streamlined communication, Prioritization and testing for all possible options
• Enabled an excellent rollback strategy for MTV Modernization and Formworks upgrade by planning for all possible outcomes in a Live environment
• Created a strong succession plan with hands-on training for all resources in Metavance and Formworks to ensure Business/Technology continuity and access to growth/training opportunities
• Directed and engaged with the team to align with all the Engineering Best Practices and defined a clear road map for implementing the expert recommendations
• Directing and goal setting for the team members for training new technical skills, soft skills and having a better balance of work/life for best overall outcomes with quality deliverables