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Kannan Chandran

Budd Lake,NJ

Summary

Senior Director of Technology with extensive multinational experience in digital transformation and cloud modernization. Proven ability to build high-performing global teams and implement scalable technology solutions that enhance operational efficiency. Expertise in aligning business and engineering priorities to drive architectural improvements and navigate complex organizational changes.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Director of Technology & Delivery Management

Birla Soft – Johnson & Johnson
New Jersey
07.2023 - Current
  • Own multiple enterprise products and infrastructure domains across Integrated Data & Digital Transformation at Johnson & Johnson, spanning Global Science, Global Development, Regulatory, Clinical Trials, and Safety Systems.
  • Lead digital transformation, platform modernization, and data product engineering across programs including Pharm Spare, Vaccines, TA, CMC, CSC, LIFT, and enterprise visualization (Tableau, Qlik, Power BI, Spotfire).
  • Manage multi-source data ingestion, data product architecture, technical solutioning, audit readiness, compliance validation, and secure delivery aligned with GxP, 21 CFR Part 11, PII/PHI/HIPAA, ADA, and IDMP requirements.
  • Leading the multiple projects using Atlassian tools like JIRA, Confluence.
  • Managing on-demand access to computing resources such as servers, storage, databases, networking, analytics, and artificial intelligence over the intranet. Key model we deliver as an IaaS, PaaS and SaaS using AWS and Azure.
  • Managing the cloud-based data center and Internal data center (Physical, 70% we migrated to cloud) in AWS, high availability, security, performance, and energy efficiency, often integrating with hybrid and cloud environments.
  • DR focuses on minimizing downtime and data loss through backup strategies, replication, failover systems, and recovery automation. Key objectives include Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) to ensure business continuity.
  • Drive architecture, data strategy, ingestion pipelines, automation, and cloud (AWS/Azure) modernization.
  • Achieved 30%+ improvement in data processing efficiency through automation and optimized data pipelines.
  • Define R&D technology strategy, execution roadmap, and investment priorities.
  • Oversee pipeline management for high-impact digital, data, and cloud initiatives.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment across scientific, regulatory, development, and clinical teams.
  • Establish enterprise data security, governance standards, and risk management practices.
  • Budget planning, cost optimization and resource management.
  • Lead compliance, documentation, SOP and WI, internal/external audit readiness.
  • Enforce 21 CFR Part 11 requirements for electronic records and signatures across clinical systems.
  • Implement and validate GxP processes across Innovative Medicine R&D platforms.
  • Serve as a core member of the Technical Quality (TQ) team in computer system validation (CSV), audits, and GxP oversight.
  • Direct data architecture, engineering, and data product design across R&D domains.
  • Lead ingestion, CDC pipelines, automation, and scalable data transformation processes.
  • Govern engineering milestones, data quality, and lifecycle delivery.
  • Manage master data, warehouse environments, and HCP/patient data governance.
  • Oversee incident management and operational reliability across enterprise platforms.
  • Establish observability across ingestion, transformation, storage, and consumption layers.
  • Manage application platforms, core technologies, and infrastructure services.
  • Lead cloud modernization across AWS and Azure; implement cloud workloads and monitoring.
  • Govern RDBMS environments, data warehouses, network security, vulnerability management, and compliance operations.
  • Lead application development, support operations, and delivery governance.
  • Oversee integration, unit testing, and engineering best practices.
  • Ensure technology scalability, resilience, and modernization of enterprise platforms.
  • Evaluate and implement tools and platforms aligned with solution requirements.
  • Direct enterprise architecture strategy, SaaS adoption, and full delivery lifecycle management.
  • Manage global engineering teams and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.
  • Lead migration of legacy applications and environments into the AWS cloud.
  • Conduct discovery and rationalization assessments for modernization, re-engineering, or lift-and-shift strategies.
  • Implement full validation and compliance processes for cloud migration and re-platforming initiatives.
  • Lead the GenAI team and architect enterprise-grade LLM solutions.
  • Implement intelligent search capabilities across study documentation repositories.
  • Use OCR to extract unstructured documents into structured, analysis-ready datasets.
  • Transform extracted data into scalable data products with validated lineage.
  • Build prompt-driven interfaces enabling automated study data retrieval.
  • Govern data quality checks including null detection, deduplication, and integrity validation.

Consultant (Media and supply chain)

Capgemini
New Jersey
10.2022 - 07.2023

Director of Technology & Delivery Management (Healthcare)

RevHealth
New Jersey
01.2022 - 10.2022

VP Technology & Delivery Management (Finance)

Citi Bank
New Jersey
09.2021 - 01.2022

Director of Technology & Delivery Management (Insurance)

InsurIQ
New Jersey
06.2019 - 09.2021

Technical Project Delivery Manager (Healthcare, Finance and Insurance)

Hexaware
New Jersey
02.2012 - 06.2019

Project Manager (Telecom, Energy and Finance)

Mphasis
Chennai
09.2007 - 01.2012

Senior Software Engineer II (Labeling and Credentialing)

Dell International
Hyderabad
05.2006 - 09.2007

Executive System (Finance)

SRA Systems
Chennai
05.2005 - 05.2006

Senior Software Engineer (Insurance)

Netmergent
Bangalore
04.2001 - 05.2005

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

University of Madras
10-2001

Skills

  • NET
  • Java
  • C#
  • ASPNET
  • Python
  • R Script
  • Scala
  • VB
  • VBA
  • SOAP
  • REST API
  • AWS Lambda
  • Stream Sets
  • Snow pipe
  • IICS
  • Data Covey
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • Data IKU
  • Eazy BI report
  • Spring
  • Hibernate
  • ADONET
  • MVC
  • Entity Framework
  • Ember JS
  • HTML
  • JavaScript
  • Nodejs
  • React
  • XML
  • Apache Tomcat
  • IIS
  • NetSuite
  • SAP
  • Salesforce CRM
  • ServiceNow CRM
  • EDI
  • Snowflake
  • DBT
  • Teradata
  • Oracle
  • SQL
  • DB2
  • DynamoDB
  • PostgreSQL
  • SDLC (Agile, Waterfall)
  • JIRA
  • SVN
  • GIT
  • Bitbucket
  • Jenkins
  • Bamboo
  • TFS
  • ALM
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • CI/CD
  • DevOps
  • Amplify
  • App Runner
  • Elastic Beanstalk
  • BDD (Selenium)
  • TDD
  • GxP
  • 21 CFR Part 11
  • PII
  • PHI
  • HIPAA
  • ADA
  • IDMP
  • Cloud architecture
  • Data governance
  • Digital transformation
  • Infrastructure management
  • Compliance validation
  • Project management
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Risk assessment
  • Budget planning
  • Strategic alignment
  • Problem solving
  • Effective communication
  • Team leadership
  • Critical thinking
  • Change management
  • Cybersecurity expertise
  • Network architecture
  • Business intelligence
  • IT governance
  • Client relationship management
  • Produce development roadmap design
  • IT service management
  • Enterprise architecture
  • IT infrastructure
  • Disaster recovery
  • Development pipeline oversight
  • Machine learning
  • Virtualization technologies
  • Data analytics
  • Information security
  • Mobile technologies
  • Augmented reality
  • Software development
  • Partner relationship management
  • DevOps principles
  • ITIL framework
  • IT training and development
  • IT infrastructure management
  • IT quality assurance
  • IT resource allocation
  • Business analysis
  • IT operations management
  • IT policy development
  • IT budgeting
  • IT problem-solving
  • IT incident management
  • IT change control
  • IT risk management
  • IT project portfolio management
  • IT asset management
  • Mobile application development
  • IT security policies
  • IT compliance
  • IT stakeholder management
  • IT service delivery
  • IT process improvement
  • Technical support management
  • IT performance metrics
  • IT strategy development
  • Project lifecycle management
  • Project leadership
  • Infrastructure development
  • User support
  • Data privacy
  • Professional demeanor
  • Performance metrics
  • Resource allocation
  • IT consulting
  • Infrastructure planning
  • Organizational skills
  • IT security management
  • Cloud computing
  • Multitasking Abilities

Websites

Certification

FDA 21 CFR Part 11

Timeline

Director of Technology & Delivery Management

Birla Soft – Johnson & Johnson
07.2023 - Current

Consultant (Media and supply chain)

Capgemini
10.2022 - 07.2023

Director of Technology & Delivery Management (Healthcare)

RevHealth
01.2022 - 10.2022

VP Technology & Delivery Management (Finance)

Citi Bank
09.2021 - 01.2022

Director of Technology & Delivery Management (Insurance)

InsurIQ
06.2019 - 09.2021

Technical Project Delivery Manager (Healthcare, Finance and Insurance)

Hexaware
02.2012 - 06.2019

Project Manager (Telecom, Energy and Finance)

Mphasis
09.2007 - 01.2012

Senior Software Engineer II (Labeling and Credentialing)

Dell International
05.2006 - 09.2007

Executive System (Finance)

SRA Systems
05.2005 - 05.2006

Senior Software Engineer (Insurance)

Netmergent
04.2001 - 05.2005

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

University of Madras

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