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Utpalendu Ghosh

Utpalendu Ghosh

Director, Digital Integration Solutions at Quadient | TOGAF Certified EA Practitioner | IBM Alumnus
Southington,US

Summary

Seasoned product and technology leader with extensive expertise in SaaS platform integration, enterprise architecture, and API-first strategies. With over 19 years of global experience spanning leadership, product management, and technical solutioning, I specialize in designing scalable integration frameworks and driving end-to-end digital transformation initiatives for global enterprises.

Key strengths include strategizing and launching enterprise-grade APIs, automating complex SaaS workflows, and integrating cloud-based PaaS/SaaS solutions with legacy ERP systems to achieve streamlined order-to-cash processes, usage metering, and billing systems. Recognized for successfully implementing innovative solutions such as unified digital platforms, partner ecosystem integrations, and API monetization strategies, ensuring modularity, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Highly skilled in leveraging middleware tools like Software AG webMethods, MuleSoft, and IBM DataPower, alongside cloud services like AWS and Azure, to lead complex integration projects. Experienced in mentoring cross-functional teams, aligning technical solutions with business objectives, and delivering measurable business value through robust and efficient digital solutions.

Certified in TOGAF, AWS Cloud, and Product Management, I bring a strong blend of strategic thinking, technical leadership, and customer-focused innovation, driving organizational success and market growth.

Education

Executive Education - Elevated Leadership Program

Yale School of Management
New Haven, CT
09.2024 - 10.2024

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India
05.2001 - 05.2005

Work History

Director, Digital Integration Solutions

Quadient
Southington, CT
02.2020 - Current

08/2023 - Current, Director-Digital Integration Solutions
03/2022 - 07/2023, Product Manager-Integration Solutions
02/2020 – 02/2022, Program Manager-Solutions Integration

  • Strategy Development: Creating and implementing strategies to build, launch, and scale enterprise APIs to streamline processes like order-to-cash, usage metering, and billing.
  • Customer Engagement: Ensuring customers and partners benefit from Quadient's digital solutions and public APIs.
  • Platform Integration: Leading the integration of SaaS solutions into a cohesive digital platform, including building a developer portal and API gateway.
  • In-App Services: Developing features like usage reporting, analytics, automated provisioning, and payment services.
  • API-First Culture: Promoting an API-centric approach, aligning it with business goals, and designing scalable platforms.
  • Team Collaboration: Educating teams on API adoption standards and fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
  • Product Management: Managing API features using Aha! and supporting go-to-market strategies for services like e-Invoicing.
  • Technical Support: Assisting local teams in pre-sales, identifying customer integration needs, and recommending optimal technical architectures.
  • Infrastructure Management: Overseeing the global administration of Impress cloud infrastructures and integrating new print service providers.
  • Technical Architecture: Defining architecture for order-to-cash integrations and designing API integrations for global product launches.
  • Operational Efficiency: Ensuring modularity, scalability, and operability of integration solutions, and supporting billing and invoicing activities.

Lead Integration Engineer

Quadient (fka Neopost)
Milford, CT
12.2014 - 01.2020

08/2017 - 01/2020, Lead Integration Engineer
12/2014 - 07/2017, Senior Integration Engineer

  • Application Architecture: Defining integration architectures using Software AG webMethods and collaborating with teams for successful project implementations as part of the global digital transformation.
  • Cloud Integration: Leading and designing solutions to integrate cloud-based PaaS (like Salesforce.com) and SaaS (such as ServiceMax, Zuora) with Oracle ERP for projects like iNeo, eCommerce, CPQ, and ServiceMax.
  • Development Standards: Establishing, implementing, and improving standards, guidelines, and utilities for common development use.
  • System Optimization: Developing roadmaps for upgrading Software AG webMethods, optimizing infrastructure for performance, and planning for system capacity.
  • Technical Leadership: Providing guidance, technical leadership, and cross-training for peers.
  • Problem Solving: Identifying and resolving integration challenges, recommending solutions, and collaborating across departments for improvements.
  • Interface Management: Leading the configuration and implementation of new interfaces, defining ongoing support processes.
  • Exploration of Solutions: Seeking opportunities to introduce value-added solutions such as BPM and SOA.

Application Architect

IBM
Charlotte, NC
08.2009 - 11.2014
  • Integration Solution Design: Creating enterprise integration solutions and ensuring software interoperability, including vendor applications and third-party iPaaS solutions.
  • Interface Development: Designing and developing integration interfaces using tools like Software AG webMethods, IBM DataPower, and others for different integration patterns (B2B, B2C, A2A).
  • Requirement Gathering & Solutioning: Collaborating with clients' business teams and vendors to gather requirements and develop solutions.
  • Technical Leadership: Leading technical teams both onshore and offshore, and coordinating daily service delivery.
  • Middleware Tool Evaluation: Selecting appropriate middleware tools, implementing best practices, and aligning with clients' guidelines.
  • Quality Assurance: Reviewing technical deliverables (design documents, code, test scenarios) to ensure high standards.
  • Team Coaching: Mentoring new team members across onshore and offshore locations.

Senior Integration Consultant, Architect

TEKsystems Global Services B.V.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
03.2009 - 07.2009
  • Integration Solution Design: Creating designs and estimating efforts for integration projects.
  • Best Practices Documentation: Establishing guidelines for development, security, maintenance, error handling, and reusable component design for implementation vendors.
  • Deployment Recommendations: Advising on deployment structures and production environment strategies.
  • Knowledge Transfer: Providing informal training to vendors and client resources throughout engagements.
  • Enterprise Integration Architecture: Preparing designs to migrate legacy AMTrix platforms to Software AG webMethods.
  • High Availability Configuration: Setting up Software AG webMethods for high availability in production and test environments.
  • System Reviews: Evaluating hardware and software configurations, recommending improvements.
  • Technical Solution Mapping: Aligning non-functional requirements with technical solutions using Software AG webMethods Optimize.
  • Implementation Guidance: Supporting vendor teams in executing proposed solutions.

Associate System Engineer

IBM
Stockholm, Sweden and Kolkata, India
06.2005 - 03.2009
  • Solution Development: Leading the analysis, design, development, and implementation of customized B2B solutions using webMethods, including e-Invoicing.
  • Integration Projects: Handling requirement analysis, design, and implementation of integrations for sectors like Security Technologies.
  • Technical Documentation: Translating business requirements into technical specifications and creating high-level design documents.
  • Project Management: Providing technical leadership for project scope, planning, development, and delivery at onshore and offshore locations.
  • Complex Solution Design: Creating high-quality, complex solutions using webMethods Integration Server, Broker, Developer, Trading Networks, and more.
  • Platform Support: Maintaining and supporting webMethods platforms and existing integrations.

Skills

Enterprise Integration Architecture (B2B, B2C, and A2A models)

Ecosystem Integration of SaaS Products (Order to cash)

SaaS Usage Metering & Billing

Partner Integration & API Strategy

API Monetization

SaaS Product and Platform Management (Aha, Jira, Confluence)

B2B e-Invoicing Services (eg PDP, PPF integration in France)

Software Design

Middleware Tools and Technologies (webMethods, IBM DataPower, MQ Series, Oracle SOA Suite, TradeXpress EDI etc)

iPaaS Platforms (Software AG iPaaS, MuleSoft, Zapier, Informatica Cloud etc)

Pre-sales Technical Support

Enterprise Architecture, TOGAF

Open Agile Architecture (O-AA)

Cloud Integrations (Formstack, Salesforce, Zuora, Pendo, SAP and Oracle ERP etc)

AWS Cloud

Microsoft Azure

Cross-functional Team Leadership

Global Program Management

Strategic Thinking

Strong Presentation & Communication abilities

Accomplishments

2023-2024

  • Spearheaded global initiatives to integrate Quadient's SaaS business solutions into a unified digital platform called 'Quadient Hub' in order to strengthen our position in the market and encourage cross-sell and also to gain market prominence through reinforced brand image.

2022-2023

  • Designed and managed public APIs to expose our SaaS product capabilities for ISVs and partners (e.g. API-fication of our product capabilities) so that they could integrate our services into their existing solutions, applications or stacktraces to give a fully integrated features to their end customers. Today we have partners and ISVs using these services fully integrated into their products across the globe - US, France and BeNeLux. This was a perfect example of API monetization.

2020-2021

  • Fully automated and unified order to cash process globally for Quadient's newly launched digital business selling SaaS usage based business communication financial automation software. Automation included automated order to provisioning, usage metering, usage calculation and billing and invoicing to customers from respective ERP systems and flexibility to collect payments from myQuadient portal. Multiple processes globally with mutiple ERP and CRM systems and lack of a subscription management system had made this a really complex project to start with but we did it and it works seamless till date and other SaaS solutions (newly acquired businesses) are now interested to be included into this automated flow which is super easy with the scalable and flexible architecture we had put in place.

2015-2018

  • Lead and designed cloud integration projects for global digital transformation at Quadient (formerly known as Neopost) that included integration of cloud-based PaaS (e.g. Salesforce CRM) and SaaS (such as ServiceMax, Zuora) with Oracle ERP for projects like iNeo, eCommerce, CPQ, and ServiceMax using Software AG webMethods and MuleSoft. This digital transformation at IT enabled Quadient to invest in it's digital business (SaaS usage based subscription software business) two years later.

2012-2014

  • Being employed by IBM and placed onsite at Lowes headquarters at Mooresville, NC as Integration Architect successfully lead the integration initiatives in Lowe's digital transformation journey improving order to cash experience for in-store and lowes.com customers. This included functional requirement gathering, analysis and solutioning of integration solutions in coordination with clients' businesses and other vendors at client site and design of integration interfaces for clients using Software AG webMethods, IBM DataPower, MQ Series.

Certification

  • Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft - January 2024
  • Aha! Product Management Professional Certificate - January 2024
  • Digital Transformation for Tech Leaders, LinkedIn - March 2020
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services - October 2017
  • TOGAF 9 Certified, The Open Group, License 112168 - January 2017
  • webMethods 7 Certified BPMS Developer, Software AG - August 2008
  • Certified webMethods 6.5 EAI Developer, webMethods - April 2007
  • Certified webMethods 6 Developer, webMethods - December 2005

Affiliations

  • Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA)

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany CultureHealthcare benefits401k matchPaid sick leaveTeam Building / Company RetreatsPersonal development programs
Utpalendu GhoshDirector, Digital Integration Solutions at Quadient | TOGAF Certified EA Practitioner | IBM Alumnus