Gunasekar Arumugam
Irvine
Summary
Senior design and development consultant with extensive experience at Hyatt Hotel Corporation, specializing in headless CMS development and API management. Proven ability to lead teams and drive project success using agile methodologies. Expertise in technical architecture design and delivering innovative solutions that improve content infrastructure and user experience.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Design and Development Consultant
Hyatt Hotel Corporation
Chicago
02.2021 - Current
- Designed and developed headless CMS from Traditional CMS using Adobe Experience Manager.
- Build structured and unstructured content infrastructure and developed content as service.
- End to end development of headless CMS which handles more than 1000 hotel contents and various assets.
- Extensive content fragment inbuild custom solutions to handle large, structured data.
Senior Full Stack Lead Developer
Hyundai Auto Ever America
Irvine
05.2016 - 02.2021
- Implemented reliable, high-performance back-end systems with RESTful APIs for internal and external consumers.
- Designed and developed AEM components, bundles, Sling models, OSGi services, and workflow dialog components.
- Authored and published replication dispatcher/application caching, enhancing server-side rendering with pure HTL components.
- Built AEM Sling models for vehicle data, following JPA design patterns to decouple data from business logic.
- Developed a TypeScript library to manage large datasets and complex processing for client interactions, minimizing backend API traffic.
- Created flexible data structures and efficient algorithms for Kia multilevel incentives integration into total customer incentives.
- Led development team in adhering to application standards and agile methodologies for continuous improvement.
- Established a testing design process utilizing multiple tools for quality assurance within the continuous deployment framework.
Lead Application Developer
TROWE Price
Baltimore
09.2012 - 05.2016
- Handled all aspects of code development throughout the project lifecycle including defining system architectures and designs.
- Spearheaded 4-member development team for application design; prepared technical/low level design documents for developers.
- Collaborated with graphics designing on page design and HTML conversion, and with enterprise security team for application security.
- Built and demonstrated prototypes to enterprise architect steering committees for review and approval.
- Functioned on the Prospects management team to design and develop workflow management system.
- Designed reusable components and themes - AEM UI/Custom/OSGI components, tag management, script reuse, CSS/Content reusability, publisher workflow and cloud deployment to migrate multiple corporate sites into AEM platform.
- Worked with 3rd party service APIS for GEOIP, Adobe Site Catalyst, Foresee, Opinion Lab, etc.
- Asynchronous Event Processing: created system which sends email notifications regarding account and profile changes.
- Document Retrieval Process: Redesigned the process with WEB APIs for Retail Investment customer.
- Customer Support Team: Designed application to submit reprint of mutual fund statements and tax documents.
- Corporate Website: Migrated website to AEM content management application for quicker articles, fund updates, and BOD publishes.
- Document Assembler and Print Dispatch Solution: avoided in-house manual expenses in printing.
- Web Application for Prospectus Management: The application interacts with systems like profile, contact, document, Mutual/Advisory/401K Funds to collect, reconcile and reporting.
Senior Developer/Offshore Coordinator
CITI Bank
Warren
02.2010 - 09.2011
- Led a multi-vendor team during application development; spearheaded all aspects of the SDLC with CITI GCBC Architecture team.
- Developed a POC and provided demo to business users and got approval to kick off the Project Development.
- Promoted adherence with standards for code delivery and pursued release approval; managing Onsite and Offshore teams.
- Dojo based web forms: system for risk management team to submit Management Adjustment forms.
- I-MVT Application: enabled global risk management MRD documents processing and submission.
- Utility for Excel creation: employed Apache POI HSSF API.
- Widget library using DOJO toolkits: dynamic assembly of forms from configuration settings.
Software Developer
CNA Surety
Sioux Falls
10.2006 - 01.2010
Software Developer
Bank of Baroda/Andhra Bank
08.2005 - 09.2006
Education
Master of Computer Application -
Anna University
Chennai, India01.2005
Bachelor of Computer Application -
Bharathidasan University
Tamil Nadu, India01.2002
Skills
- API implementation and management
- Content management systems
- Software development lifecycle
- Agile methodologies
- Team leadership
- Project management
- Technical architecture design
- Headless CMS development
- Adobe Experience Manager expertise
- UI development
- Technical detailing skills
- Project planning
Timeline
Senior Design and Development Consultant
Hyatt Hotel Corporation
02.2021 - Current
Senior Full Stack Lead Developer
Hyundai Auto Ever America
05.2016 - 02.2021
Lead Application Developer
TROWE Price
09.2012 - 05.2016
Senior Developer/Offshore Coordinator
CITI Bank
02.2010 - 09.2011
Software Developer
CNA Surety
10.2006 - 01.2010
Software Developer
Bank of Baroda/Andhra Bank
08.2005 - 09.2006
Master of Computer Application -
Anna University
Bachelor of Computer Application -
Bharathidasan University