Amar Kumaraiah
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
An engineering and business management professional with a unique blend of technological expertise and business acumen. Having developed applications and provided consulting services for 23 years, I specialize in translating strategic business goals into cutting-edge technological solutions. TOGAF certified Enterprise Architect with a Bachelor's degree in computer science & engineering, I deliver enterprise-class systems that leverage cloud technologies. My career has been marked by a dynamic journey, collaborating with C-level executives to align business objectives with strategic technology initiatives. I am deeply passionate about technology and innovation, keeping a keen eye on emerging trends in the SAAS space. My focus lies in digital transformation and solutions, with a proficiency encompassing Cloud, Analytics, Business Intelligence, and Automation. My active, hands-on development skills span across multiple technologies, showcasing expertise in Salesforce (Sales Cloud/CPQ/Service Cloud), Microsoft technologies, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, and Integration technologies.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Applications Manager IT/Solutions Architect
Emerald Expo
07.2023 - Current
- Responsible for managing and delivery of Sales and Marketing solutions to consolidate multiple business applications from acquisitions
- Work with cross functional teams to strategize business goals and define technology roadmap to achieve goals
- Provide architectural direction for integration of various business systems (Salesforce, AWS, HubSpot, ERP systems) within the organization
- Lead Enterprise re-architecture initiative to implement Salesforce, HubSpot, AWS to align with business goals
- Manage team of architects and onshore, offshore Developers
- Lead development of data lake and MDM initiative using cloud technologies using AWS
- Hands on development in Salesforce technologies including Sales Cloud, APEX, LWC, Configuration, Reports, Dashboards, Platform Events, Flows, APEX design patterns.
Salesforce Solutions Architect
Extensiv
06.2021 - 07.2023
- Own and Lead Salesforce team and work closely with Key Business Stakeholders to implement new Solutions that align with business roadmap
- Consolidation of applications as part of business acquisitions to provide one singular business process across multiple business units
- Work with C level executives to translate Strategic business initiatives to tangible solutions in Salesforce
- Integrate Salesforce with core Extensive SaaS product and implement best practices for better customer experience
- Onboard new business acquisitions to existing current Salesforce instance
- Integrating Salesforce with Enterprise applications (DocuSign, Maxio, HubSpot, Intercomm, Zapier and Custom applications)
- Design and implement data models in Salesforce for custom development and business analytics
- Rebranding the Customer experience portal and migrated chat support from Intercomm to Salesforce
- Hands-on development for POC projects in Salesforce (Sales cloud, CPQ and Service cloud), APEX, LWC, Configuration, Reports, Dashboards, Platform Events, Flows, APEX design patterns.
Tech Manager and Solutions Architect
Pardee Homes (TriPointe Group)
08.2011 - 05.2021
- Provides trusted technology advice to CIOs and CMOs regarding enterprise business strategies
- Managing Salesforce, Integration and custom application teams spread across multiple locations
- Vendor management and product evaluation for the digital transformation initiatives, leveraging SAAS, IPAAS and IAAS platforms
- Implemented a business intelligence solution on Snowflake, Attunity, and Fivetran to provide C-level executives with key business metrics
- Transitioning on-prem applications to cloud based solutions to provide best customer as well as enterprise user experience
- Design and implement data models in Salesforce for custom development and business analytics
- Migrate custom in-house Sales and CRM applications to Salesforce Sales Cloud and CPQ
- Onboard new business acquisitions to existing technology platform in Sales LOB
- Hands-on development for POC projects in Salesforce (Sales cloud, CPQ and Service cloud), Attunity, DocuSign, Mulesoft, Snowflake and Microsoft technologies
- Managed transition from Salesforce classic to Lightning user experience.
Project Lead and Solutions Architect
Cognizant
11.2009 - 07.2011
- Project delivery management for clients in the Payment processing and Insurance accounts
- Project executions: Product transitions from desktop to web application using Microsoft technologies at First Data, Transition in house custom application to Duck Creek rating engine for United Health Group, Modernize Fraud Detection and Predictive dialing product from Legacy VB to newer .NET framework
- Closely work with business to understand the requirements, feasibility and create design for technical team
- Taking ownership to meet the quality standard for all deliverables
- Pre-Sales solution engineering support for new opportunities.
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro
11.2004 - 11.2009
- Lead software engineer for multiple projects handling small teams for ad-hoc projects and custom applications built using Microsoft technologies for the customer's homebuilder division
- Part of the role was at offshore and then transitioned to onsite at customer location
- Lead the offshore team for the migration of data from the legacy DB2 to SQL 2005
- Design control flow, scripting tasks and data flow tasks using SQL2005 SSIS packages
- Create SQL server job agent to schedule the SSIS packages
- To analyze, design and develop enhancements for the custom applications using ASP.NET, ADO.NET and SQL
- Handle support for the MS applications and Work with the business users to prioritize and resolve pending issues.
Software Engineer
Cyberbazaar India Pvt Limited (Acquired by Webex)
02.2004 - 11.2004
- Development and Maintenance of Reports using Crystal Reports 8.5
- Development and maintenance of Stored Procedures and PL/SQL programming
- Support and handling enhancement requests for custom web application built using Microsoft technologies.
Software Engineer
Glenforte Technologies
12.2001 - 01.2004
- Web application development using Microsoft Technologies
- PL/SQL programming in SQL Server
- Requirements definition, Analysis and build for custom applications for the custom application.
Education
Principles of Software Architecture -
Carnegie Mellon University
01.2013
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering -
Bharathiar University
05.2000
Skills
- Technology Business Domain
- Solution Architecting
- Strategic Planning
- Developed Risk and Analysis Management
- CPQ
- Tech Hiring & team building
- Product Evaluation
- Enterprise Digital transition
- Program Management
- Executive collaboration
- Vendor management
- Business development
- Customer Experience
- Construction Management
- Payment Processing
- Insurance
Continuous Learning
- Business Outcome Oriented
- Innovative Vision & Execution
- Technical Aptitude
- Emotional Intelligence
- Empathetic Management
- Selfless Point of View
- Effective Communication
- Interpersonal Skills
- Teamwork
- Customer & Partner Trust
Certification
Salesforce Certified: Platform App builder and Platform Developer 1
TOGAF: TOGAF certified Enterprise Architect
Timeline
Applications Manager IT/Solutions Architect
Emerald Expo
07.2023 - Current
Salesforce Solutions Architect
Extensiv
06.2021 - 07.2023
Tech Manager and Solutions Architect
Pardee Homes (TriPointe Group)
08.2011 - 05.2021
Project Lead and Solutions Architect
Cognizant
11.2009 - 07.2011
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro
11.2004 - 11.2009
Software Engineer
Cyberbazaar India Pvt Limited (Acquired by Webex)
02.2004 - 11.2004
Software Engineer
Glenforte Technologies
12.2001 - 01.2004
Principles of Software Architecture -
Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering -
Bharathiar University