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Karthik Sundaresan

McKinney,TX

Summary

Extensive leadership experience in complex software product delivery, consistently
achieving deadlines, while maintaining high quality, reliability and performance.


Adept at leading large teams and delivering innovative solutions, while fostering collaboration and technical excellence across diverse projects.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Software Engineering

Tech Mahindra
08.2020 - Current
  • Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects to optimize resource utilization and shorten development times.
  • Defined and integrated roles, responsibilities, and processes for business and development teams to work as cohort.
  • Worked with senior management to define project scope and direction, creating inter-service line working model to drive successful project executions.
  • Spearheaded development team for Omni channel APIs and lead various POCs to showcase ROI
  • Led team of 70+ Engineers including Architects, developers, Quality Engineers from analysis phase to rebuild the software from conception through implementation.
  • Offered technical guidance for transformation projects during development meetings.
  • Trialed and selected development technologies such as electronic data interchange (EDI) generation tools.
  • Led organization-wide technology strategy development.

Solution Architect

Tech Mahindra
01.2017 - 08.2020
  • Worked with customers to develop integrated solutions and lead detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery of comprehensive solution.
  • Guided and influenced existing partners on recommended upgrades and enhancements to integrated solutions.
  • Worked closely with product teams to define and prioritize partner feature requests

Technical Lead

Tech Mahindra
01.2013 - 01.2017
  • Rapidly prototyped new data processing capabilities to confirm integration feasibility into existing systems.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
  • Lead data modeling, performance and integration testing teams.
  • Teamed on development of technology roadmap spanning 5+ years.
  • Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
  • Supervised work of programmers, designers and technicians, assigned tasks and monitored performance against targets.

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
07.2007 - 01.2013
  • Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software interfaces.
  • Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
  • Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes.
  • Collaborated with fellow engineers to evaluate software and hardware interfaces.
  • Developed next generation integration platform for customer facing applications.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics

Meenakshmi Sundararajan Engineering College
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
06-2007

Skills

  • Engineering Leadership

  • Software Design and Development

  • Mobile First Development

  • System Architecture Design

Accomplishments

Leading 70+ members team to deliver high-quality software, driving innovation, and improving engineering processes, all while fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Timeline

Director of Software Engineering

Tech Mahindra
08.2020 - Current

Solution Architect

Tech Mahindra
01.2017 - 08.2020

Technical Lead

Tech Mahindra
01.2013 - 01.2017

Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra Ltd.
07.2007 - 01.2013

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics

Meenakshmi Sundararajan Engineering College
Karthik Sundaresan