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Sanjay Rathod
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Seasoned IT manager with 20 years in application development, project management, business analysis, and technical architecture. Workday Pro certified with 11 years of expertise in Workday technology. Led large-scale strategic projects using agile Scrum and PMI methodologies, focusing on ERP implementations across finance, HR, payroll, and supply chain management, while managing vendor relationships and contract negotiations.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Manager, IT Delivery
Unum
Atlanta, GA
05.2019 - Current
- Implemented Workday for Unum US, IRE, Poland companies.
- Executed key initiatives in payment modernization, corporate credit card management, strategic sourcing, and payroll processes across US, Poland and UK/Ireland.
- Delivered roadmap items, including investment replatforming with Clearwater and finance replatforming with Essbase and Prophet.
- Led remote process automation project utilizing Pega Bot, Workday, and .NET technologies.
- Developed and supported seven Workday Extend applications, including workplace management, badging, supplier sync, iAccess, corporate card management, secondary employment checks, and security groups.
- Presented on Workday Extend applications at Workday Rising 2025 conference.
- Completed proofs of concept for Google Gemini, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q Developer, and various AI tools to assess integration potential.
- Successfully finalized proof of concept for Snowflake; currently developing proof of concept for Agentic AI using Workday's ASOR.
Team Lead /Workday Consultant
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Chattanooga, TN
01.2010 - 05.2019
- Spearheaded design and implementation of over 40 Workday integrations including Dashboard for health check, end-to-end tracking and performance monitoring.
- Executed strategic initiative of Workday, Salesforce, and Cornerstone for HCM, Finance, and CRM to streamline processes and improve service delivery.
- Led transition from PeopleSoft to Workday.
- Supported over 200 Workday Integrations, Salesforce, and cornerstone, HR Data Mart, batch jobs and .NET bolt-on web applications.
- Led ERP and EBSD teams, developed self-organized Workday team, and upskilled PeopleSoft resources and new hires to enhance team capabilities.
- Facilitated bi-weekly governance meetings with stakeholders to discuss priorities.
- Coordinated RFP, RFI, and vendor selection processes to ensure alignment with organizational needs and project goals.
Consultant
Tech Mahindra
05.1999 - 01.2010
- Delivered IT services to major clients including Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), ABB, Intel, Fujitsu, TechMahindra, Panasonic, and Ness Technologies, ensuring alignment with their operational needs.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Bachelor’s - Computer Science and Engineering
Skills
- Workday
- HCM
- Payroll
- Finance
- Procurement process
- Strategic Sourcing
- Supply Chain
- Asset Management
- Investments
- Anaplan
- PMP
- CSM
- Agile
- Scrum
- SAFe methodologies
- Project oversight
- Vendor selection
- Software support
- Artificial Intelligence
- AI Agents
- RPA
- Java
- NET
- SQL
- SSIS
- Oracle
- Sybase
- Teradata
- Snowflake
- Batch jobs
- Distributed apps
- Web Services
- SOAP
- REST
- JSON
- HTTP
- SSL
- SSO
- SAML
- PGP
- X509 certificates
- SOA
- ERP
- Workday APIs
- Integrations
- Workday Studio
- Orchestrations
- EIBs
- Workday Agents
- Workday Build
- Workday Extend
- Workday cloud
- Workday Success Plans
- Workday Sana
- Flowise
- Paradox
- Evisort
- Prism
- RaaS
- SaaS
- PaaS
- Amazon Q
- Technical troubleshooting
- AI assessment
- Communication skills
- Stakeholder relations
- Vendor selection
- Workday setup
- Software support
- AI assessment
- Communication skills
- Stakeholder relations
- Technical troubleshooting
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Workday Pro
Timeline
Manager, IT Delivery
Unum
05.2019 - Current
Team Lead /Workday Consultant
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
01.2010 - 05.2019
Consultant
Tech Mahindra
05.1999 - 01.2010