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LeoThomas Dharmaraj

Vernon Hills,IL

Summary

Highly skilled technical solutions architect with extensive experience in healthcare, insurance, and financial industries. Over 20 years of work experience contributing to cloud computing solutions (AWS), conversational AI (voice & chatbots), NodeJS, content management solutions (CMS), J2EE, Spring Framework, micro-services architecture, SOA, and Oracle application design and development. Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving abilities and effective leadership of complex programs. Dedication to delivering high-quality software evident in impressive track record. Prior experience as J2EE Technical Lead for complex banking and financial applications before joining Cognizant Technology Solution US.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Solutions Architect

Cognizant Technologies
05.2009 - Current

Leading Supplemental Insurance Company, USA

  • Evaluating several CMS tools at the moment using various scoring criteria in order to make a final decision. Responsible for establishing a scalable architecture and solution strategy to support static web pages and SEO.
  • Owns the solutioning and delivery of two complex migration programs (Payment gateway, Talend based solution to FiveTran/Snowflake) and provides guidance and insights to engineering team and ensure all options are explored before providing a preferred option based on all factors (cost, complexity, performance, business needs and longevity)
  • Defined solution architecture and implemented a scalable solution to accept real-time enrollment records from multiple partners thru' API. Reviewed the solution with Enterprise security team and presented the options to Architecture Review Board (ARB).
  • Involved in Solutioning, designing and development of Chatbots/AI based using Google Dialogflow, Genesys Cloud CX which optimizes overall bandwidth of call center agents and call AHT. Prepared a POV on industry leading NLUs to finalize an option and reviewed the technology stack and solution approach with ARB for approvals.

Leading Pharmaceutical Company, USA

  • Involved in Strategizing, solutioning, designing & development of Voice bots/AI based solution using AWS services (Alexa, Lambda), Redis, NodeJS & Java that Synthesizes data into actionable insights for executive leadership team

Multiple Clients, USA/Europe

  • Involved in providing CAI solution and architectural recommendations for industry leading clients across US and Europe in CAI platforms of Amazon & Google.
  • Involved in solutioning, designing conversations and implementation of Alexa based skill for leading financial services organization in US.
  • Develop and execute strategy to virtualize SOAP, REST based Web-services, MQ to realize cost savings of over $2M.
  • Defined Strategy and virtualized Peripherals (Scanners & POS) to realize cost savings of over $1M
  • Led a huge development team for a leading auto insurance software company and delivered Single sign on (Identity Management) backend component for their desktop auto body estimating application

Technical Lead

Cognizant Technologies
04.2007 - 04.2009
  • Led a huge development team of 20+ team members for a leading auto insurance software company and involved in design and development of their Valuation software which includes Web and services based solutions

Technical Lead

Cambridge Solutions Corporation Ltd.
07.2004 - 03.2007
  • Worked with leading Mortgage Company in Malaysia to develop a complex J2EE application Loans Processing Systems (LPS) to mortgage loans and track their installments till their maturity period

Education

Master of Computer Applications -

St.Joseph's College
Trichirapalli, Tamil Nadu
03.2002

Skills

  • Solution Definition & Problem Solving
  • Strong Analytical & Critical Thinking
  • Stakeholder Communication
  • Excellent Negotiation & Collaboration
  • Strong Program Management & Leadership
  • Cloud architecture design
  • AWS Services
  • Conversational AI Based Voice & Chatbots
  • Google Dialogflow (GCP)
  • Java/J2EE
  • REST/SOAP Web services
  • Spring Framework
  • NodeJS
  • Content Management Systems (SiteCore, Crownpeak)
  • Oracle / DB2 / MS SQL Server
  • Micro-Services Architecture

Timeline

Technical Solutions Architect

Cognizant Technologies
05.2009 - Current

Technical Lead

Cognizant Technologies
04.2007 - 04.2009

Technical Lead

Cambridge Solutions Corporation Ltd.
07.2004 - 03.2007

Master of Computer Applications -

St.Joseph's College
LeoThomas Dharmaraj