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Suresh Nelakantam

Boston,MA

Summary

Dynamic software engineering leader with a proven track record at RxSense, driving AI and cloud transformation. Expert in strategic execution and team management, scaling teams from 40 to over 130. Achieved a 50% reduction in product creation costs while enhancing delivery acceleration through microservices architecture and innovative automation solutions.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

SVP of Software Engineering

RxSense
Boston
07.2022 - Current
  • Led development of SaaS-based Adjudication Platform for multiple PBMs across Eligibility, Pricing, Accumulators, Network, Clinical domains, and APIs.
  • Deployed AI tools to automate SDLC processes, significantly accelerating release cycles and enhancing quality.
  • Built RAG-powered knowledge base by integrating code, JIRA, and Confluence to automate JIRA ticket and test case creation.
  • Scaled engineering team from 40 to over 130 across diverse functions and geographies.
  • Defined architecture strategy and migrated from monolithic system to microservices, reducing adjudication times from 2.4 seconds to less than 1 second.
  • Oversaw enterprise platform operations focusing on Adjudication and Pricing within RxSense's business model.
  • Implemented advanced AI tools including GitHub Copilot and Amazon Q to optimize workflows.
  • Contributed to RxSense’s growth as a leading PBM enabler with revenue exceeding $400 million.

VP of Software Engineering

Vroom
NY, USA
05.2021 - 06.2022
  • Oversaw strategic restructuring of Software Development Organization, managing 18 Full Stack teams.
  • Scaled engineering team from 60 to over 160 engineers across diverse roles and locations.
  • Directed comprehensive development of inventory management, logistics, recon software, and Sales/CRM solutions.
  • Spearheaded adoption of cloud-native architecture, achieving faster deployment cycles and improved scalability.
  • Implemented best practices in software development to enhance performance and product quality.

Director of Applications Development

Aetna/CVS
Burlington, USA
06.2018 - 05.2021
  • Led full stack engineering teams to enhance project delivery and team performance.
  • Initiated Health Cloud Identity and Access Management Initiative, integrating OAuth and KeyCloak.
  • Delivered Wellbeing and CKD applications to production, with additional applications in development.
  • Established five full stack teams of over 30 onshore engineers, optimizing resource allocation.
  • Represented Backend Core Services at leadership meetings and contributed to strategic discussions.

Director of Software Engineering

Cengage
Boston, USA
08.2015 - 04.2018
  • Directed over 45 onshore and outsourced engineers, leading strategic transformation initiatives.
  • Achieved 50% reduction in product creation costs with a 45% faster time to market.
  • Established five full-stack teams comprising more than 30 engineers.
  • Generated 45% improvement in new content quality using AWS stacks.
  • Eliminated error-prone manual processes by automating pipelines.

Various IC Roles

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Boston, USA
08.1999 - 08.2015
  • Worked as IC at orgs like Amazon, Nortel Networks, Coventry Health Care (Aetna), EMC Corp.

Education

MBA -

Bentley University
Waltham, MA

BS - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Madras University
Chennai, India

Skills

AI and cloud transformation

Strategic execution

Talent acquisition

Organizational leadership

Software architecture

Delivery acceleration

Microservices architecture

Team management (onshore/offshore)

Budgeting and prioritization

Career Highlights

  • Microservice/AI adoption at RxSense and moved the monolithic adjudication platform to AI enabled microservices reducing the processing times significantly.
  • Head of Software Engineering for all of Vroom and managed Frontend, Backend, Quality, Salesforce, Enterprise Software and Agile Delivery.
  • Leading Cloud Agnostic Platform project, created Identity, Authentication and Authorization management, AWS based microservices and multiple Full Stack teams.
  • Built Application for Web/iOS/Android to manage various Chronic Conditions and to predict the health of individuals using the existing data and data collected using various IoT integrated devices.
  • Reduced product creation timelines by 50%, removed error prone manual processes with UI based authoring tool & product building interfaces.

Technology Proficiencies

Java, C, XML, JavaScript, NodeJS, ReactJS, .Net Core, Agile Programming, Extreme Programming & Scrum, SAFe for teams, Copilot, Amazon Q, n8n, Source Graph, Katalan, JIRA, AWS, DynamoDB, Cassandra, S3, KINESIS, EMR, RDS, ElasticSearch, Neo4j, Rally, CircleCI, Sonar Cloud, DocumentDB, Kubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, GITHub, KeyCloak, APIGEE, Harness. 

Timeline

SVP of Software Engineering

RxSense
07.2022 - Current

VP of Software Engineering

Vroom
05.2021 - 06.2022

Director of Applications Development

Aetna/CVS
06.2018 - 05.2021

Director of Software Engineering

Cengage
08.2015 - 04.2018

Various IC Roles

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08.1999 - 08.2015

MBA -

Bentley University

BS - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

Madras University

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