Srikanth Thoranam
Frisco,TX
Summary
Senior Technology Manager with extensive experience in retail, financial, communications, healthcare, and media industries. Proven track record of excellent communication and client/partner engagement and management skills. Skilled in perceiving and executing technology roadmaps aligned with business goals. Strong focus on data-driven design to enhance customer satisfaction scores and drive revenue. Highly adaptable and hands-on leader, specializing in developing innovative, multi-platform digital products, cloud native and BigData solutions. Recognized as a visionary, enthusiastic, results-driven professional with a customer-focused approach. Motivates teams and fosters a positive work environment.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager
Walmart
08.2021 - Current
- Responsible for managing Search Intelligence Backend (SIB) Systems which includes Realtime Data Pipelines processing over a Billion Clickstream Events (daily) and performing Search & Browse Stitching/Attribution
- Daily/weekly/monthly ETL Pipelines that generates Aggregate Click Engagement Tables that powers Algo/Data Science teams, and Marketing teams to improve Search & Browse Experience
- Astronomer Data Pipeline Platform using custom WingsFlow Framework and running ETL workloads using GCP Dataproc, Serverless Spark, and BigQuery
- Signals Management Framework to publish Query & Item Signals to Couchbase and Mega cache/Cassandra for Full Index Run
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams in quarterly planning to identify and prioritize Product Asks
- Successfully led the migration of Batch Processing to Realtime using Flink on K8s, Cassandra, Redis and Kafka Connect. Improved Data Availability by 60%.
- Enabled external teams (CCS) to benefit from Real Time Search Attribution (Query Item Pair Engagements)
- Leading a cross functional project to expand SIB Pipelines to International Markets - Canada, Mexico, & Bodega.
- Led the successful development Config Driven Parser and Stitcher to make SIB Platform a multi-tenant solution. Drastically reducing time to add new beacon fields to Parser or Stitching new features
- Redesigned the Hubble Tables to accommodate all possible data elements for international tenants, creating a more inclusive and efficient data management system
- Implemented Realtime Dashboard/monitoring and alerting systems to proactively identify and resolve data processing issues, ensuring uninterrupted availability of critical data for search functionality
- Conduct regular data analysis and provide insights to drive business decisions and improve search functionality, resulting in enhanced search experience and increased GMV.
Principal Architect
Walmart
05.2019 - 08.2021
- Recipient of MADA award at Walmart for GCP migration and Cloud Cost Optimization efforts ($2 Million Savings/year)
- Led successful migration of Search data platform from On Prem to GCP ahead of schedule, ensuring smooth transition and minimal disruption to operations
- Collaborated with Google PSO to strategize DataProc Workflow Template solution, enabling efficient ETL and signal processing on ephemeral clusters
- Created Framework and custom Airflow Operators (WingsDataProcOperator) to streamline data job execution and management
- Established storage/database management framework to facilitate integration of new data and signals into platform
- Introduced new technologies, solutions, and best practices to Search Data Engineers and Scientists through regular training sessions.
Solutions Master
Deloitte
04.2018 - 05.2019
- Architected and Implemented Airflow orchestration for Search Backend ETL Jobs, improving overall data pipeline execution time by 25%
- Presented strategy to migrate legacy/On-Premises Search Backend Analytics Platform to GCP.
Solution Architect
CoreCompete
03.2017 - 04.2018
- Client: NBA Team
- Built cloud-based Analytics Data Platform, data pipeline to ingest Player’s game data (spatial) and other third-party data for team's Data Science team
- Client: Advanced Auto Parts
- Modernize Analytics Data Platform and improve ETL & data aggregation process to assist with inventory management, assortment optimization, demand prediction and MEIO
- Client: CBS
- Successfully built Cloud DW using Google's BigQuery and migrated Teradata, Informatica ETLs, Reports (Cognos/Tableau)
- Industry: Health Care and Life Sciences
- Implement Master Data Management solution for Provider and Patient Entities.
Solution Architect
pSolv
09.2016 - 03.2017
- Successfully built a cloud-based Data Analytics and Data Driven Intervention platforms for Health Care Providers and Banking Industries.
Senior Technical Manager
Barclays
08.2013 - 09.2016
- Responsible for leading architecture, strategy, implementation of Digital Account Opening and on-boarding initiatives for Retail & Business Banking customers.
Technical Manager
Verizon
06.1999 - 04.2013
Education
University of Louisiana At Lafayette
LafayetteSkills
- GCP Architect (Dataproc, Serverless, BigQuery)
- Jenkins, Concord
- Data Analytics, Tableau, Looker, Grafana
- PySpark, Python, Scala, Shell, C, C#, Java
- Micro Services, K8s, Flink, Kafka
- AWS certified Solution architect
- Strategic Planning
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Talent Development
- Team Leadership
- Employee Coaching and Mentoring
Affiliations
AWS Solutions Architect (Associate)
Timeline
Senior Manager
Walmart
08.2021 - Current
Principal Architect
Walmart
05.2019 - 08.2021
Solutions Master
Deloitte
04.2018 - 05.2019
Solution Architect
CoreCompete
03.2017 - 04.2018
Solution Architect
pSolv
09.2016 - 03.2017
Senior Technical Manager
Barclays
08.2013 - 09.2016
Technical Manager
Verizon
06.1999 - 04.2013
University of Louisiana At Lafayette