Ravi Chandra T ravichandra.t@gmail.

com
Architect, Technical Leader, Certified Scrum Master +91 9160298733

Summary

• 16+ years of experience (9 years in the US, 7+ years in India) with demonstrated work experience in
the information technology (financial, banking, government) industry across the geographies
• Designing and architecting scalable, highly available and performant solutions for small and
medium systems as well as large scale distributed systems
• Broad understanding of design and architecture patterns, Agile & Waterfall software development
methodologies and development practices
• Customer-focused LEAN approach with respect to both internal and external customers in the
organization
• Technical Leadership in mentoring and shaping up young developers into architects in my role as an
Architecture Leader

Major Projects Worked On

• Highly scalable, polyglot-persistent Data Retrieval Virtualization Engine with data retrieval from
diversified data sources such as SQL, Big Data, NoSQL
• Financial Data Extraction from PDF document sources using PDFLib
• End-to-end implementation of the processing of TDS Returns in the Income Tax Department, Govt.
of India (TDSCPC)
• State Service Delivery Gateway (SSDG) – State Government Portal unifying government and citizen
services

As an Individual Contributor

• Hands-on developer and architect with proficiency in Java, C# and Python

• Built efficient and quality code through proper unit testing practices in both Java and C#
development environments over the last 13 years
• Worked with cross-functional teams across geographies (US, Japan and India) with high
productivity and throughput in focus
• Experience working in Agile Scrum and Waterfall Development methodologies alike
• Student at the Machine Learning course by Kirill Eremenko at Udemy

As an Architecture Lead

• 7+ years of demonstrated leadership as an Architecture Lead

• Nurtured teams across multiple locations within India offices from conception to execution of teams
successfully and groomed about 20 potential architects in my tenure
• Designed and developed foundational framework components as part of the overall product
strategy
• Developed efficient operational strategy in coordination with teams across India and US locations
in implementing the organization’s architecture strategy within the technology division
• Contributed to people management tasks including hiring, performance review management, career
development plans

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Ravi Chandra T ravichandra.t@gmail.com
Architect, Technical Leader, Certified Scrum Master +91 9160298733

Skills

• Big Data/Cloud: Amazon AWS, Hortonworks, Hive, HBase, Kafka

• Programming: Java, C#, Python, C++, Unix Shell
• Databases/Data Stores: Oracle, IBM DB2, SQL Server, PostgreSQL
• Build & Source Control: Git, Maven, VSTS, Jenkins, SVN
• IDEs: Visual Studio, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, Android Studio

Customer-centric Approach

• Interacted with customers across the USA, India and Europe including Fortune 500 companies like
IBM, AMD
• LEAN approach in dealing with internal projects and processes with the end goal of better customer
throughput eliminating waste
• Worked with cross-geographical teams across the globe (US, Japan, Germany and India) focusing on
customer productivity, be it internal or external

Professional Certifications

• TOGAF 9.1 Certified Enterprise Architect from The Open Group TM

• Sun Certified Web Component Developer for J2EE 1.4
• Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer
• Certified Scrum Master certified by the Scrum Alliance Inc.TM

Exploratory Learning

• Student at the Machine Learning course by Kirill Eremenko at Udemy

• Exploring Data Science using R and Python as part of my career development plan in the
organization
• Participated in a day-long crash course on Machine Learning using TensorFlow libraries conducted
by Google Hyderabad
• Developing Androids applications using Google Developer API and Android Studio
• Active blogger within the technology department in my current organization

Education

• Master of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas (Class of 2001)

• Bachelors in Computer Science & Engineering at JNTU, Hyderabad (Class of 1999)

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Ravi Chandra T ravichandra.t@gmail.com
Architect, Technical Leader, Certified Scrum Master +91 9160298733

Work Experience
S&P Global Nov 2013 – Present
Functional Lead, Architecture

• Leading the Architecture Function across India and reporting to the Global Architecture Head
within the Technology organization
• Performing a dual role as a developer/architect and a functional/team leader
• As a developer/architect, I contribute to the business prioritized projects by taking part in the
product design and development besides mentoring team members technically
• Provide solution recommendation by evaluating a variety of products in the market and suggest the
best options by performing PoC through a score-card approach
• Responsible for India Architecture team’s delivery of solutions, strategy as a team, mentoring of
young developers who aspire to be architects
• Managerial tasks include hiring management, performance review and evaluation, team
management, leadership and nurturing of teams in multiple locations

Infosys Ltd. Nov 2010 – Nov 2013

Technology Architect

• Working in the Solution Architecture Team for India Business Unit focusing on clients in public and
private sectors across India
• Evaluating a variety of technology components (e.g., Orbeon X-Forms, IBM Cognos BI, Jasper
Reports, IBM SPSS Modeler for Analytics, JBoss JBPM engine) by developing POCs and end-to-
end solutions to internal customers as well as external clients
• Responsible for enabling the delivery teams by providing end-to-end working POC making the
solution production-ready. Some of the solutions included reusable solution frameworks (e.g.,
Jasper Reports Framework based on RESTful webservices, Orbeon Persistence Framework)
• Contributing to RFP responses for medium to large deals (across multiple domains – e-governance,
power/energy, supply chain/logistics) by providing and anchoring overall solution
• Coordinating with the technology partners in arranging technical workshops across various product
landscapes. Some of the workshops arranged were on PostgreSQL, Cognos BI, Jasper Reports.

Skire Inc. (acquired by Oracle), USA Jun 2007 – Jun 2010

Sr. Software Engineer

• Worked on Skire’s flagship product – Unifier™ - a unified solution to Business Process

Management, Capital Planning, Project & Portfolio Management and Integrated Workplace
Management
• Responsible for delivering key modules including Document Management System, Resource
Management System.
• Contributed to the Rapid Response Team, which manages critical production issues and research &
development on new technologies in the market
• Instrumental in mentoring and preparing aspiring junior team members to take on challenges in
design and architecture of the product and its modules.

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Ravi Chandra T ravichandra.t@gmail.com
Architect, Technical Leader, Certified Scrum Master +91 9160298733

Linux Networx Inc. (acquired by SGI), USA Jul 2005 – May 2007
Software Engineer III

• Worked on a product called Clusterworx™ - a distributed cluster management solution for high
performance Linux Clusters featuring total cluster management, power control and temperature
monitoring, ability to turn on the cluster using customized Linux image
• Responsibilities included design and development of GUI and Server-side modules using Java
Swing Framework and Core Java,
• Instrumental in setting up and maintaining the CVS server for the development teams
• Pro-active during feature implementation, thus preventing potential bugs and allowing code
efficiency and reusability.

Techdrive Inc., USA Dec 2001 – Jun 2005

Software Engineer

• Worked on a product called MACS (Murata Automated Control Systems) – an intranet control
systems application that manages the automated equipment of Murata Systems.
• Responsibilities included installation - at various client locations across the world for semiconductor
Fortune 500 clients like IBM, AMD - validation and product-signoff from the clients, discussing
product feature enhancements in conjunction with the Japanese development team

Student Internships
• Worked as a student intern at multiple locations including Nortel Networks (USA), University of
Texas at Dallas (USA) , National Remote Sensing Agency (India) (Dec 1998 – Jun 2001)

References: Will be made available upon request

I hereby certify that the information provided in this resume is true to the best of my knowledge.

Date of birth: Jan 4, 1978

Place: Hyderabad

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