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Santanu Mandal

Edison,NJ

Summary

  • Innovative technology professional with 25+ years experience in Enterprise and Solution Architecture specializing in Digital transformation thru Application Rationalization and Legacy Modernization. AI driven digital transformation.
  • Skilled in enhancing systems and aligning technical solutions with business objectives. Proven success in leading projects from start to finish and contributing to organizational growth and success.
  • A technology evangelist experience in multiple domain and industries like Banking and finance, Retail, technology , travel and utilities.
  • Extensive experience working in several countries with clients in India, Australia, Netherlands, UK, Poland and USA.
  • Extensive experience in leading teams of Senior managers and Architects across Geo's and cross functional complex organizations.
  • Extensive experience in collaborating with CXO and L1 leadership of the organization and stakeholder management



Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Managing Principal - Architecture

LTIMindtree
05.2016 - Current
  • Started as Senior Enterprise Architect and currently in position of Managing Principal Architecture reporting to CTO.
  • Worked with CXO level of the organization and Customers to lead presales and large scale integration.
  • Worked in multiple leaders of Industry and domains like Retail, Banking and insurance, ITOps, Real estate
  • Architected Digital transformation of organizations thru Legacy Modernization, Application rationalization using Cloud technologies, AIOps, Gen AI and Argentic AI.
  • Utilized SAFe, TOGAF frameworks and Mobile First, API first, polynimbus architecture patterns.
  • Led Large scale Solutioning for complex enterprise architecture integrations.
  • Championed change management efforts, facilitating organizational transformation while minimizing negative impacts on staff morale. Using Cloud Technologies, AI and AIOps..
  • Drove revenue generation through identifying new business opportunities and strategically expanding the company''s client base.
  • Conducted comprehensive market analyses to identify emerging trends, informing strategic decision-making processes.
  • Optimized resource allocation for maximum efficiency, leading to significant cost savings and optimized project outcomes thru automation.
  • Developed and maintained long-term relationships with key clients for sustained business growth.
  • Built strong partnerships with external stakeholders to leverage resources and expand the firm''s reach in the industry.
  • Improved solution efficiency by designing and implementing scalable architectures for enterprise clients.
  • Guided and influenced existing partners on recommended upgrades and enhancements to integrated solutions.
  • Streamlined business processes through the development and implementation of customized software applications tailored to client needs.
  • Provided technical leadership and mentoring for junior team members, fostering a supportive learning environment that promoted skill development and career growth.
  • Worked with customers or prospective customers to develop integrated solutions and lead detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery of comprehensive solution.
  • Ensured data security and compliance by establishing robust information governance policies and procedures.
  • Presented roadmap and technology infrastructure to customers, demonstrating deep familiarity with APIs, platform infrastructure, security and integration capabilities.
  • Leveraged cloud technologies to optimize costs, improve scalability, and facilitate seamless integration across platforms.
  • Collaborated with developers on creating user-friendly interfaces that simplified complex workflows within custom-built solutions.
  • Championed innovation by staying abreast of emerging technologies and incorporating relevant advancements into architectural designs.
  • Championed technical evangelism by producing whitepapers, Articles and research reports on emerging technologies.
  • Conducted technical workshops and education sessions for customers and product and engineering teams.
  • Enhanced system scalability by designing robust cloud infrastructure solutions.
  • Drove standardization efforts for technology platforms, reducing complexity while improving overall maintainability across the organization.
  • Ensured regulatory compliance, conducting regular audits and implementing required updates to systems.
  • Streamlined business processes by designing and deploying scalable enterprise solutions.
  • Established performance metrics to measure success of architectural implementations, utilizing analytics tools for data-driven decision making.
  • Developed application frameworks, standardized procedures, and managed delivery processes.
  • Mentored junior architects, fostering professional growth and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Improved application integration by creating robust APIs and microservices architecture.
  • Evaluated emerging technologies for potential adoption into the organization''s technology stack.
  • Delivered successful enterprise-wide digital transformations, modernizing legacy systems for improved user experience.
  • Optimized system performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in the architecture design.
  • Aligned IT strategy with business objectives through proactive engagement with organizational leaders and understanding core needs.

Sr. Java / Websphere eXtreme scale Solution Architect

OSS Inc.
11.2011 - 05.2016
  • Worked with Clients like Aetna, National Insurance, Liberty Mutual, PECO (smart meters integration) in developing products as Architect and IBM SME.
  • Responsible for Architecture, Hands on POC, Design and Planning environments and Server management For WebSphere eXtreme scale.end-to-end software development life-cycle, from initial requirements gathering to post-implementation support and maintenance.
  • Delivered high-quality solutions on time and within budget through diligent adherence to project scope, timelines, and resource constraints.
  • Active involvement in monitoring server performance, network traffic to reduce performance bottleneck. Performance monitoring and optimization recommendations. Architectural and designing recommendation..
  • Improved solution efficiency by designing and implementing scalable architectures.
  • Developed comprehensive documentation for solution design specifications, ensuring clear communication between stakeholders at all stages of project lifecycle.
  • Facilitated seamless communication between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders by effectively translating complex concepts into understandable terms for all parties involved in projects.
  • Mitigated risks associated with solution implementations by conducting thorough assessments of potential vulnerabilities prior to deployment.


Associate Technical Architect

IBM India
02.2006 - 11.2011
  • Hands on in Architecture, design and development complex systems in Banking and Insurance domain.
  • Led a team of 5-30 Technical resources including Architects, Senior and Junior developers.
  • Worked with Customers like National Australian Bank, Citi Bank, PNC Bank, Avnet.
  • SME for WebSphere suite of products specializing in Grid Computing. ( Compute Grid and Object Grid).
  • Worked with Banking and Insurance domain in US and Australia.
  • Proactively identified potential bottlenecks in system performance, implementing necessary optimizations for smoother operations.
  • Fostered strong relationships with clients by delivering exceptional technical solutions and consistently meeting project milestones.

Technical Consultant Level 2

Logica CMG
05.2005 - 05.2005
  • Involved in Architecting, Design and Development of Software components for Royal Dutch mail of Netherland.
  • Requirement analysis, gap analysis, High level and low level designing with Use cases, Sequence, Class and State Transition Diagrams, Logical Data modeling. Risk analysis, handling a team of five development team members. Point of contact for Netherlands based onshore Functional Analysis team. Project tracking in absence of project manager.
  • Led an team of 6 Senior and Junior Developers

Staff Consultant

Oracle India Pvt ltd
03.2005 - 05.2005
  • Coding of Java Utilities and JSP pages, Performance tuning of JSP Pages and Backend Queries, Test case preparation. Client Interfacing. Leading a team of 5 members.
  • Led Oracle Apps Migration of Oracle Apps Sales module to Oracle maintained EBSO Server. It also involved the performance tuning of JSP and PL/SQL queries...
  • Mentored junior consultants by providing guidance during challenging situations; shared best practices to foster continuous learning across teams.
  • Led successful projects from inception to completion, consistently meeting deadlines and budget constraints.

Systems Engineer

CMC LTD
02.2001 - 01.2004
  • Worked inn Product Development of Insurance product(Genisys) for General Insurance Industry in India.
  • Worked with Clients like NIA, UIIC, NIC.
  • Practice technical evangelism and pioneered introduction of new technologies like Struts, Spring, IntelliJ in the Organization.
  • Involved in design and developing psuedolanguage, rule base processors and frameworks to streamline and accelerate development and testing.


Project Consultant

ZAP InfoTech
11.2000 - 02.2001


  • Responsible for Analysis, Design, Development and integration of the Online training and Examination System


Software Engineer

ABC Consultant Pvt Ltd
09.1999 - 10.2000


  • Responsibilities: Responsible for design, development and maintainence of software components for products catered to stock exchange, small scale industries and end customers.

Education

Bachelor’s In Science - Physics Honors

Calcutta University
Kolkata India
07-1997

Masters in Business Management - Operations Research And Systems Integration

Calcutta University
Kolkata India
07-1999

Skills

  • Presales, Response to RFP, Build vs Buy analysis, Agile Enterprise architecture
  • Cloud Technologies : AWS (Certified Practitioner), GCP
  • AI : GenAI, Agentic AI, LLM foundational models AWS Sagemaker, AWS Bedrock, CoPilot, ChatGPT
  • Tools: Google Collabdrawio, Lucidchart
  • Server and serverless technologies
  • Microservices, Service oriented architecture, Event driven Architecture, MonoRepo Architecture, Strangler pattern,
  • Languages: Python, Angular, ReactJava, PL/SQL,
  • Databases: Relational ( Oracle, MySQL, DynamoDB), Graph( Neo4J), Talend, Snowflake, MongoDB, Cassandra
  • Cache: Redis, ObjectGrid
  • Messaging : IBM MQ, Rabbit MQ, AWS SQS
  • Event : Apache Kafka
  • CMS: Directus, Wordpress, Contenful,
  • Notification : Twilio
  • Monitoring: Appdynamics, Solarwinds, Cloudwatch
  • Logging : ELK, Splunk
  • O/S: Windows NT/2000 Server, HP-UX 111, SCO UNIX
  • Processes: IBM’s QMS (Quality Management System), OPAL, CMMI
  • Applications: MS Office, MS Project, Rational Portfolio Manager, Rational Clear quest
  • Technologies: IBM WebSphere Application server , J2EE, JEE, Struts, Spring Hibernate, JUnit, DbUnit, DJUnit JMock, Quartz Scheduler, Apache CXF

Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Bengali
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual

Interests

  • Outdoor Recreation and travel : Solo Hiker
  • Cooking
  • Repairing retro tech
  • Licensed Ham radio operator
  • Motorcycling and boating
  • Golf and Cricket
  • Technical and creative writing

Timeline

Managing Principal - Architecture

LTIMindtree
05.2016 - Current

Sr. Java / Websphere eXtreme scale Solution Architect

OSS Inc.
11.2011 - 05.2016

Associate Technical Architect

IBM India
02.2006 - 11.2011

Technical Consultant Level 2

Logica CMG
05.2005 - 05.2005

Staff Consultant

Oracle India Pvt ltd
03.2005 - 05.2005

Systems Engineer

CMC LTD
02.2001 - 01.2004

Project Consultant

ZAP InfoTech
11.2000 - 02.2001

Software Engineer

ABC Consultant Pvt Ltd
09.1999 - 10.2000

Bachelor’s In Science - Physics Honors

Calcutta University

Masters in Business Management - Operations Research And Systems Integration

Calcutta University

Training

  • Designing with Rational Rose with UML at IBM Rational Training Center.
  • Unix and C at Calcutta university Training Center.
  • Oracle 7 and D2K at SQL Start International Training center
  • Rational Clear Case At CMC in-house training
  • WebSphere Application Server at IBM India
  • Advanced Java at IBM India
  • OPAL at IBM India
  • Banking practices at IBM India

Training and certifications

Certificates

Certified Scrum Master (ID 11638321036472) - www.scrum-institue.org/International_Scrum_Institute_Certificate_Validation_Tool.php)

Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner


Training

Google Cloud Platform

Designing with Rational Rose and UML in IBM India

Unix and C at Kolkata University

Banking Practices at IBM India

AWS various modules at LTIMIndtree USA

AI and ML courses at various learning platforms.

Santanu Mandal