Veeramani Viswanathan

• Ownership of public cloud adoption strategy and execution to enable Citi’s public cloud adoption securely and at enterprise scale.
• Led a team of deeply technical cloud specialist and full stack software developers.
• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration and engineering excellence.
• Defined measurable success criteria and routinely assess service availability and reliability.
• Technical authority for all public cloud adoption services and architectures for the sector
• Established partnerships and collaborate across the broader Citi technology population to align with business growth initiatives and priorities.
• Drive compliance with applicable standards, policies and regulations. Assess risk, considering Citi’s reputation, clients and assets.
• Drive client satisfaction and business value by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives.

Skills And Experiences

• Deep understanding of public cloud services adoption at scale.
• Expert level understanding of AWS/GCP native services
• Hands on experience with modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation tools and frameworks (Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, etc.).
• Software development background specifically architecting or developing microservices using Java/Spring Boot.
• Test Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD) understanding.
• Familiarity with Agile Development, DevOps and SRE practices.
• Experience evaluating complex requirements and rationalizing into a consistent service offering.
• Experience managing a diverse, inclusive and high performing technology team.

• Led hybrid cloud reference architecture for the enterprise cloud readiness initiatives and the assessment of applications across multiple lines of business for the cloud migration
• Leading Kubernetes strategy for Hybrid Cloud and Multi Cloud (on-premise or private cloud and public clouds)
• Establishing patterns to promote consistent interaction, tooling, management and security model for interoperability, flexibility and workload portability
• Developed capabilities model Level 200 for Containers and Kubernetes
• Developing the design model Level 300 for TKGi, GKE and AKS
• Establishing strategy for DevSecOps to promote CI/CD
• Establishing strategy for Developer Experience for Cloud Native journey
• Developing IaC/GitOps capability model
• Developing Service Catalog model for the enterprise marketplace
• Partnering with cross-functional teams Engineering Teams, Info Sec, Product Teams) to deliver reference architecture
• Directs or chooses actions in support of business goals
• Providing strategic input and serving as a role model to others
• Drives for results with broad impact.

• Led the development and communication of current and target state architectures, Cloud enablement, CI/CD automation, roadmaps, and solutions for technologies at the enterprise level
• Supported several technologies spanning multiple product portfolios and complex architecture domains (e.g., business, application, data, technology)
• Led Enterprise Cloud Foundation set up with AWS Control Tower, Azure, and GCP clouds and enabling the Multi-cloud and hybrid model
• Led Cloud-first strategy and DevSecOps at the enterprise level
• Provided input for departmental budget and forecasting and manages expenses associated with initiatives within the scope of responsibility
• Led the Enterprise Architecture process maturity using the TOGAF framework
• Established and maintaining technology governance
• Led the API Management PlatformApigee) adoption for developing and managing APIs and enabling APIfirst strategy across the enterprise
• Architected critical applications using a cloud-native approach
• Directed the migration of on-premise applications to the cloud using the application rationalization process Refactor, Re-platform, Re-host) to reduce the data center landscape
• Led the Application Portfolio Management and Technology Risk Management using the EA Tool with the ITSM Integrations
• Led the Native mobile application development platform strategy (iOS and Android) and the SSO Federation enablement.

• Played a critical role as Enterprise Architect in ensuring continuity of architecture and alignment to the technology direction of the organization
• Delivered initial Global eCommerce Platform B2C and B2B program architecture using SAP Commerce (SAP Hybris) in Azure with the Now, Near and Far view in launching the BEV for US, Canada, and Europe regions
• Led the Data Center Migration On-premise and Cloud) and Tech Refresh Programs for several applications and converted monolithic applications into microservices-based architecture using Pivotal Cloud Foundry platform( PCF)
• Led the Kinaxis platform establishment at the enterprise level to move from regionally centric to globally centric order to delivery process while increasing predictability, driving improvements across data, processes, and capabilities
• Mentored architects and supported to drive the maturity of the Enterprise Architecture practice
• Researches, monitors, and communicates business and technology trends to Senior Technology Platform owners and Senior Architect Management groups
• Oversees POC (proof of concepts) activities and presented several topics to inform essential technology decisions and strategy
• Provided input and assistance to more junior level architects on the team where necessary
• Trained and assisted the project teams to incorporate Enterprise Architecture standards, policies, and best practices ensuring consistency across the organization.

• Led the healthcare solution architecture with the focus on interoperability, health insurance exchangeHIX, health information exchange HIE, service-oriented architecture SOA, enterprise service bus ESB, and messaging technology stacks
• Used standards-based approach for interoperability architecture to deliver projects integrating multiple enterprise applications and systems
• Integrated systems including Marketplace Exchange, Billing Systems MembersEdge / Metavance), Benefits system Benefit focus), Customer Information Systems CIS, Claims system NASCO/NPS, Adjudication Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning ERP, Agents system, Financials and Data Warehouses, Benefits system Benefitfocus), Customer Information Systems CIS, Claims system NASCO/NPS, Adjudication Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning ERP, Agents system, Financials, and Data Warehouses
• Data formats implemented include XML, EDI X12, Copybook, CSV, and Fixed Length
• Worked with Business Customers and Stakeholders to deliver the overall Solution Architecture for Membership, Billing, and Claims
• Ensured regulatory issues around information assets architecture such as consumer privacy laws, data retention policies, outsourced data, and industry guidelines
• Ensured compliance with data governance practices, which may include a data model, common business vocabulary.

• IT leadership in Software Development, Application Architecture, Program Management, and supervising offshore and onshore teams
• Led the cross-functional teams of delivering end to end implementations, and operations
• Led the technical teams in an onshore and offshore model, including Time and Expense and fixed priced models
• Provided solutions and driving of RFP process for government and private sectors
• Responsible for the application architecture, development, and testing of several projects using Java//J2ee technologies
• Major Clients include Daimler ChryslerGlobal Claims, Product Design, VinDriven, SMPA, Ford Motor Company Single Order Filter), WebQuote, PPS, eAPQP, and State of Minnesota (eHEAT Program).