Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Websites
Patents and Defensive Publications
Strategy and Global Expansion
Technical Leadership
Customer Experience Transformation
Management and Leadership
Leadership and Impact
Timeline
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Kannan Ramamurthy

Senior Manager, Information Technology
Novi,MI

Summary

Strategic technology leader with 20+ years of experience driving disruptive innovation through digital transformation, new product ideation, and strategic technology selection. Skilled at building consensus across global organizations to achieve business goals. Technical expertise in AI/ML, big data, cloud computing, security, and IT architecture. Proven track record of implementing best practices and leading teams in developing innovative solutions that consistently delivered impressive ROI ranging from 30-150%.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager, Strategic Incubation Office

General Motors
11.2006 - Current
  • Spearheaded the creation of the Strategic Incubation Office within the CCOE, establishing a landing zone for multi-cloud adoption across GM
  • Led cross-functional teams in setting up secure, scalable landing zones for Azure, AWS, and GCP, enabling efficient multi-cloud deployments
  • Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform Cloud for infrastructure provisioning, streamlining cloud operations integration with ServiceNow
  • Championed the architecture and implementation of a strategic cloud acceleration plan for GM applications, leveraging software-defined networking (SDN), zero trust, and microsegmentation strategies, along with automated observability for enhanced performance and security
  • Driving the implementation of cloud-to-edge, edge-to-cloud, and hybrid/multi-cloud solutions to empower GM's digital transformation
  • Led the development and implementation of the GM hybrid data lake program, enabling an end-to-end pipeline for autonomous vehicle data (images, videos, LiDAR, radar) to support the development of machine learning models, situation interpretation, sensor fusion, and driver/destination intention
  • Oversaw the architecture and development of High-Performance Computing (HPC) for the Ultra Cruise program, facilitating the processing of massive autonomous vehicle datasets
  • Architected and delivered a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution for onstarinsurance.com, contributing to business growth
  • Led the development of a high-performance columnar database designed to harness the power of modern CPU and GPU hardware for efficient querying of trillions of data rows in milliseconds
  • This innovative database architecture addresses the performance needs of big and fast data, offering exceptional ingestion speeds and scalability.

Senior Principal Consultant

Oracle Corporation
San Francisco, California
01.1998 - 05.2003
  • Customer Experience Transformation: Led and implemented projects to modernize customer service and billing systems at DTE Energy.
  • Innovation Champion: Developed a customer energy recommendation system (usage.dteenergy.com) and a bill comparison app.
  • Smart Grid Expertise: Led the architecture and implementation of smart meter and smart grid technologies at DTE Energy.
  • Management & Leadership: Managed the Southwest application practice with direct reports, leading large teams on various projects at Oracle Corporation
  • Industry Expertise: Built the Utilities Vertical within Oracle's consulting space, collaborating with regional leadership.
  • Project Success: Successfully implemented major projects for clients like AT&T, EchoStar, DTE Energy, and others, including billing systems, J2EE solutions, C
  • RM/ERP applications, and enterprise application integration. These projects facilitated successful mergers and acquisitions (DTE Energy - Michcon Gas) by achieving business process synergy through technology.
  • Cost Savings & Revenue Generation: Negotiated a 40% discount on a meter data management solution, saving DTE Energy $240,000. Secured significant license revenue for Oracle through deals like:
  • $1.6 million from NSTAR Energy for Oracle Call Center, Oracle Service, and Oracle Sales. $600,000 from DTE Energy for the first sale of the Oracle CRM Foundation module (with recurring annual revenue of $100,000).
  • Sales & Innovation: Pioneered the sale of Oracle CRM applications within the utilities and telecommunications sectors. Collaborated with Oracle's sales team to gather requirements for the Enterprise Asset Management product.

Education

Master of Science -

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA

Skills

Websites

Patents and Defensive Publications

  • Interactive information dissemination and retrieval system and method for generating action items, 8312104, http://patents.justia.com/patent/8312104
  • Method of reducing response time for delivery of vehicle telematics services, 8732405, http://patents.justia.com/patent/20110145507
  • System and method for determining a user request, 20100246798, http://patents.justia.com/patent/20100246798

Strategy and Global Expansion

  • Helped save 28 million USD for OnStar by leading the development of financial model to reduce customer churn
  • Saved 27 million USD fixing data quality & 22% reduction in costs from supplier re-negotiations
  • Strategized the onboarding and the offboarding of the OnStar Europe datacenter, onboarding of OnStar China data management practice and the database infrastructure organization and OnStar Mexico data management practice
  • Led the implementation of Billing systems for connected vehicle services and helped achieve 25% reduction per transaction
  • Led the database performance engineering team and helped save over 30 million USD by addressing and reducing production incidents
  • Led data management strategy and helped save millions in licensing costs by pivoting away from vendor solutions to open-source technologies
  • Managed teams responsible for running managed service instances of Apache Pulsar, Kafka, Cassandra, JanusGraph, Postgres, Greenplum, Dremio, Druid, Presto, Solr, Elasticsearch, Hadoop, Apache NIFI, Spark, TensorFlow, MLflow, TinyML, Jupyter, Apache Zeppelin, Prometheus, and Grafana as a horizontal service across GM.
  • Led teams developing architectures for IoT, computer vision, multimedia data processing, data labeling, and AI applications like semantic/panoptic segmentation and object recognition for Ultracruise and Supercruise programs.
  • Championed the data lake architecture transformation, separating compute from storage and introducing streams as a platform for enhanced flexibility and performance.
  • Led the development of interactive visualizations leveraging server-side rendering and GPU acceleration for high-cardinality data, enabling real-time visual exploration at any scale.
  • Established the data monetization and AI/ML platform for GM, generating over $11 million in new revenue.
  • Led the modernization of the GM connected vehicle API platform (developer.gm.com) and mobile app (mybrands), improving site reliability and user experience.
  • Integrated Android Auto and Apple CarPlay functionalities into OnStar navigation, enhancing user convenience.
  • Pioneered the Connected Vehicle Data Platform, paving the way for data-driven innovation in areas such as revenue generation, fleet management, personalized marketing, over-the-air software updates, and autonomous driving.
  • Oversaw the modernization of OnStar applications, contributing to a significant increase in the customer base (from 3.5 million to 7 million paying subscribers).
  • Led the development of mobile apps, web applications, and CRM/financial management systems.
  • Streamlined business operations through the implementation of COTS products, converged platforms, private cloud infrastructure, and robust monitoring/tooling infrastructure.
  • Conducted numerous security product proof-of-concepts (POCs) to bolster enterprise security

Technical Leadership

Acted as the chief technologist, guiding AI/ML and data engineering teams. Established best practices: Implemented standards for big data, analytics, data management/security/governance, architecture, quality, and modeling., Possesses deep analytical skills (statistics, stochastic modeling, neural networks) and hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies (NVIDIA SDKs, XGBoost, cuDNN, CUDA, Dask)., Incubated and introduced advanced technologies like GPU-accelerated analytics, RTOS, serverless computing, CI/CD pipelines, computer vision frameworks (OpenCV), deep learning libraries (Java Deep Learning), and big data tools (Apache Flink, Beam, Ranger)., Led cross-functional teams to success in hackathons and robotics competitions., Championed the adoption of multi-cloud, connected vehicle, AI/ML, and Ultracruise technologies within GM by:, Leading proof-of-concepts and prototype development to demonstrate solution viability, Fostering a culture of learning from failures to build secure, scalable platforms on the GM internal cloud, Evangelizing through various channels like Yammer, white papers, roadshows, and user forums, Creating targeted communication materials (videos, success stories, demos) and developer programs for the AI/ML practice, Partnered with internal teams to define product roadmaps, market positioning, and developer initiatives for AI/ML at GM., Actively promoted AI/ML careers for women by hiring female college graduates and mentoring existing female employees., Excelled in performance management, career path development, team building, and talent acquisition. Provided opportunities for senior management exposure, promotions, and training for direct reports., Presented at company-wide events including all-employee meetings, hackathons, innovation challenges, and geek weeks.

Customer Experience Transformation

  • Led and implemented projects to modernize customer service and billing systems at DTE Energy.
  • Innovation Champion: Developed a customer energy recommendation system (usage.dteenergy.com) and a bill comparison app.
  • Smart Grid Expertise: Led the architecture and implementation of smart meter and smart grid technologies at DTE Energy.

Management and Leadership

  • Managed the Southwest application practice with direct reports, leading large teams on various projects at Oracle Corporation
  • Industry Expertise: Built the Utilities Vertical within Oracle's consulting space, collaborating with regional leadership.
  • Project Success: Successfully implemented major projects for clients like AT&T, EchoStar, DTE Energy, and others, including billing systems, J2EE solutions, CRM/ERP applications, and enterprise application integration. These projects facilitated successful mergers and acquisitions (DTE Energy - Michcon Gas) by achieving business process synergy through technology.
  • Cost Savings & Revenue Generation: Negotiated a 40% discount on a meter data management solution, saving DTE Energy $240,000. Secured significant license revenue for Oracle through deals like:
  • $1.6 million from NSTAR Energy for Oracle Call Center, Oracle Service, and Oracle Sales. $600,000 from DTE Energy for the first sale of the Oracle CRM Foundation module (with recurring annual revenue of $100,000).
  • Sales & Innovation: Pioneered the sale of Oracle CRM applications within the utilities and telecommunications sectors. Collaborated with Oracle's sales team to gather requirements for the Enterprise Asset Management product.

Leadership and Impact

  • Led the creation of the Strategic Incubation Office, spearheading multi-cloud adoption and fostering a culture of innovation
  • Mentored and developed leaders, championed diversity, and effectively communicated complex technical concepts to C-level executives
  • Experienced in Vendor Management & Strategic Sourcing and worked on sourcing technology and service vendors for strategic implementations at GM
  • Experienced in Financial Traceability & Risk Management

Timeline

Senior Manager, Strategic Incubation Office

General Motors
11.2006 - Current

Senior Principal Consultant

Oracle Corporation
01.1998 - 05.2003

Master of Science -

Carnegie Mellon University

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