Chandra Shukla
Hatboro,US-PA
Summary
Accomplished result-driven Senior IT Executive with 28+ years of experience in leading technology departments, strategic accounts, and enterprise software development. Expertise in managing large operations and distributed teams to provide complex business solutions. Strong experience working with business leadership, aligning technology roadmap to business goals, and stakeholder communication for transparency. Skilled in full-scale SDLC spectrum using Agile methodology and Software Engineering principles: Concept - Build - Market. Foster close collaboration within the team and peer groups to enhance the culture of innovation and growth. Proven track record of large-scale business transformation and change management to consistently exceed company objectives. Offering effective communication, team building and coaching skills with commitment to fostering company vision and building professional culture rooted in trust and mutual respect. Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Overview
28
28
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Senior Director, Advisory Technology
KPMG
01.2015 - 08.2023
- Led Product Development at KPMG, a Fortune 50 company and one of the Big Four Financial Accounting firms, specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions through Deal Advisory practice.
- Blended business partnership and technical leadership, contributing to consistent 18%-24% annual growth.
- Led Product Engineering department for Deal Advisory, managing a $12M budget and globally distributed team of Dev, QA & DevOps building data analytics products
- Created award-winning multi-million dollar SaaS Enterprise Data Analytics Platform, KPMG Intelligence (KI) , receiving the prestigious Chairman's Award in 2021
- Advocated digital transformation solutions, including cloud migration and AI/ML techniques
- Developed and presented technology roadmaps, quarterly goals, and budgets in collaboration with stakeholders
- As Product Owner, drove optimal solutions and architectural standards, leveraging AI/ML for data processing in on-prem, cloud-first, and hybrid environments.
- Built high-performance Agile teams by implementing best practices, processes, and collaboration.
Head of Development
Precision Health Media
01.2013 - 01.2015
- Led company's core team to build and deploy innovative B2B healthcare solutions in AWS Cloud, to deliver the most effective online digital marketing messages, specializing in the Health and Pharmaceutical industry.
- Led development of innovative data-driven cookie-less Digital Media programmatic Ad Serving product on AWS Cloud infrastructure and Linux, addressing audience targeting challenges in the healthcare domain.
- Revolutionized ad delivery in Health and Pharmaceutical industries, driving revenue growth, market cap, and IP accumulation.
- Managed sensitive health data with stringent governance for user re-targeting and increased throughput.
- As Product Manager, aligned client input with technology goals, transforming company into full-service digital media solution provider, leading to acquisition in Tech stack : C/C, Java, Ruby on Rails, Apache Solr, REST, CentOS, Amazon RDS, AWS, Memcached, JSON, AppNexus cloud.
Engineering Manager
NAVTEQ, A Nokia Company
03.2009 - 01.2013
- NAVTEQ is a pioneer in providing B2B Digital Maps and real time Traffic data updates to businesses like Garmin, Microsoft, BMW, Mercedes etc
- Which in-turn are used by end users
- Headed user profiling, usability and performance measurement as part of go to market strategy of new multi-million dollar Nokia's SMART GPS enabled mobile application
- Built the framework and control applications for performance measurement to automate the collection, consolidation, and analysis
- Using array of AWS Cloud instances in various Cloud Zones and physical data center machines, strategized, and simulated huge almost real-life volume of 50, 000 concurrent users using HP Load Runner, JMeter, SoapUI and OpenSTA for analyzing bandwidth utilization, throughput, caching performance and platform specific bottlenecks
- Led highly efficient offshore team for releasing newer versions of geographical maps data and large-scale traffic data collection (sensors, probes) projects
- Measured performance of Multi-tiered Traffic Modeling JAVA applications with new functionalities and updates, using HTTP, REST and SOAP protocols
- Helped dramatically improve performance of real time Traffic applications by measuring components and layers slowing down the product performance, thereby reducing latency by 16 folds
- Employed hands-on programming experience, improved quality, and saved significant project time by almost 40%.
Vice President of Engineering
Real Media
06.2000 - 12.2008
- 24/7 Real Media is one of the front runners in the digital marketing space with around 36% market share
- Headed the technology division, including working hands-on, to build and maintain the company's flag-ship Publisher product OpenAdstream (OAS) and OpenAdvertiser (OAD)
- Oversaw Engineering Department of 70 professionals, including developers, business analysts, and QA engineers across multiple locations
- Led integration of acquired products into an Integrated Software Platform, enhancing value proposition
- Designed ETL solutions for large data sets and managed cross-platform product suite with various deployment models
- Utilized diverse technologies including Linux, Windows, Java, and multiple databases
- Achieved significant cost savings of up to 74% over by integrating products and services
- Managed budgeting and COGS for new product development
- Technologies: Linux (RHEL) , C/C, STL, Linux, Windows, Java, EJB, MSMQ, XML, Jsp, Struts, Hibernate, JBoss, Perl, MySql, Oracle, MS Sql Server, Apache 1.32/2.0.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science and Applications
M.B.M Engineering College
India03.1994
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Jodhpur
India03.1991
Skills
- Technology Leadership
- Product Development
- Enterprise Architecture
- Product Management
- Enterprise Data Management
- Data Science
- International Team Management
- Vendor Management
- Cross-Functional team management
- Peer group collaboration
- Cross-Functional team management
- Ability To Motivate
- Strategic Roadmaps
- Mentorship
- Strategic Thinking
- Business Communication
- Team building abilities
- Process Improvement
- Managing Operations and Efficiency
- Stakeholder Relations
- Customer Relationship Management
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Budget Management
- Project Management
- Organizational Development
- Collaborative Leadership
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Contract Negotiation
- Data Analytics
- Decision-Making
- Policy Development and Implementation
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Critical Thinking
- Problem-Solving
- Excellent Communication
- Calm Under Pressure
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 100+ staff members.
- Collaborated with team in the development of 16 Data Analytics products.
Legal Status
US Citizen
Awards Certificates
- Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Microsoft)
- Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
- Oracle 10g Certified Professional (Oracle)
- Chairman’s Award for outstanding contributions (KPMG)
- Encore Award for peer group collaboration (KPMG)
Certification
Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Certified Scrum Master
Oracle 10g Certified Professional
Timeline
Senior Director, Advisory Technology
KPMG
01.2015 - 08.2023
Head of Development
Precision Health Media
01.2013 - 01.2015
Engineering Manager
NAVTEQ, A Nokia Company
03.2009 - 01.2013
Vice President of Engineering
Real Media
06.2000 - 12.2008
Master of Science - Computer Science and Applications
M.B.M Engineering College
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Jodhpur