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Suneil Berajawala

Suneil Berajawala

Lead Software Architect - Cloud, Data, And AI
2 Randolph Circle,Westford MA

Summary

Broad and deep technical knowledge and the ability to architect solutions by mapping customer business problems to end-to-end technology solutions. Current and deep experience across Cloud, Blockchain, IoT, AI, Web Applications, and Mobile Applications in the development of large software systems. Demonstrated ability to engage with senior-level technology decision makers related to business value, transformation, and end-to-end information technology solutions. Well-versed in design and integration problem-solving. Strong in written and verbal communication skills. 



Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Lead Solutions Architect

IBM Sustainability Software
06.2018 - Current
  • Lead and collaborate with a global multi-disciplinary team to drive adoption and the success of IBM's largest supply chain Blockchain networks and cloud solutions such as IBM Food Trust, TradeLens, Supply Chain Intelligence Suite, Envizi ESG Suite and other first-of-a-kind custom solutions using IBM software
  • Proven experience and relationships with clients around the world from the largest retailers in the world to innovative early-stage startups and partners to create custom solutions using IBM software and services. Direct revenue impact in the millions of dollars with complex solutions architected and implemented from PoCs all the way through to production driving significant business value.
  • Direct collaboration with client executive teams, development, product management, and strategy teams from the earliest pre-sales client activities to continually driving business value throughout the solution lifecycle
  • Apply deep technical knowledge in the areas of Blockchain and AI to architect supply chain solutions that meet business and IT needs while exhibiting high levels of performance, security, reliability, and maintainability
  • Maintain technical skills and knowledge, keep up-to-date with market trends, competitive insights, and collaborate and share with the broader technical community to educate and drive adoption of strategic platforms

Adjunct Faculty

Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering
09.2010 - 12.2019
  • Full stack web development and related teaching focus with anywhere from 10 to 40 full-time graduate students per semester
  • Management and mentoring of teaching assistants and preparation of teaching materials
  • Highly rated courses with industry-relevant content leading to successful internships and post-graduation placement for numerous students over the years
  • Built relationships with students, mentoring on personal, professional and academic goals

Senior Research Software Architect and Team Lead

IBM Watson
05.2015 - 05.2018
  • Lead and manage a team of research engineers and software engineers to develop deep learning models in the areas of intent classification, entity extraction, and language representation built around research innovations
  • Significant contributions to the foundational architecture and core ML/DL algorithms that make up key Watson Cognitive services on the IBM Cloud including lead architect for the very first Watson service to employ deep learning (Watson Natural Language Classifier)
  • Re-architected entire system to leverage various techniques and technologies for speeding up computationally intensive deep learning including with multi-core and multi-GPU resources. Results achieved include between 200x to 600x speedup in training time, a resulting significant increase in customer adoption, and revenue growth of 220%.
  • Broad cross-functional focus on cloud infrastructure, web service design and implementation, integration testing, and continuous integration and deployment of cognitive services
  • Team lead and developer applying and extending Watson cognitive services to new domains such as RegTech, Transportation, etc

AI Tooling Developer

IBM Watson
06.2011 - 04.2015
  • One of the earliest members of the team tasked with commercializing and generalizing the Jeopardy-winning Watson system developed by IBM Research. Specific focus area was tooling for domain adaptation.
  • Pivotal architecture and development contributions to the OSGi-based tooling platform underpinning all Watson tools
  • Lead developer for Watson ground truth annotation tooling. Close collaboration with various customers including important work with healthcare customers such as Wellpoint and Memorial Sloan Kettering.
  • Lead developer for critical Watson content ingestion tooling that enabled faster domain adaptation for Watson systems
  • Key development contributions to Watson accuracy analysis tooling that helped users understand why the system returned the answers that it did and how it can be improved

Web Development Engineer and Team Lead

IBM Social Software
05.2004 - 05.2011
  • 1 of 3 senior developers that brought the Profiles component of IBM Connections 1.0 to market with key contributions to architecture and development. Started with a full evaluation of an existing internal business application used by 300,000 IBMers developed over many years, but ultimately required a full re-architecture from the ground-up with modern technologies and features to work with diverse enterprise directories in customer environments.
  • User experience lead across Profiles and integration solutions for IBM Connections. Ultimately became a $150M dollar business for IBM with a well-received and award-winning user experience.
  • Web developer for various connectors for IBM Connections including WebSphere Portal portlets, Microsoft Office solutions, Lotus Sametime plugins, and Lotus Notes sidebar applications
  • 1 of 2 developers tasked with exploring and prototyping the expansion of the Activity concept in IBM Connections to new application domains such as business process management applications with both user-driven and autonomous integration

Mobile Software Engineer

Lotus Software
06.2003 - 04.2004
  • Key contributions to the new IBM Workplace Mobility Client (mail, contacts, calendar, and instant messaging for mobile devices) in the areas of PIM data model, data access APIs, and SyncML connectors
  • eSWT UI developer for the eRCP/OSGi-based Windows Mobile Client
  • Lead developer for the Auto-login component, a scheduled presence service of Lotus Sametime Everyplace

Education

Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

Northeastern University
Boston, MA
09.2005 - 05.2010

Computer Engineering

Boston University
Boston, MA
09.1999 - 05.2003

Skills

Client Engagement

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Timeline

Lead Solutions Architect

IBM Sustainability Software
06.2018 - Current

Senior Research Software Architect and Team Lead

IBM Watson
05.2015 - 05.2018

AI Tooling Developer

IBM Watson
06.2011 - 04.2015

Adjunct Faculty

Northeastern University Graduate School of Engineering
09.2010 - 12.2019

Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

Northeastern University
09.2005 - 05.2010

Web Development Engineer and Team Lead

IBM Social Software
05.2004 - 05.2011

Mobile Software Engineer

Lotus Software
06.2003 - 04.2004

Computer Engineering

Boston University
09.1999 - 05.2003

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