Dattatray Sarmandal

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Jan 1997 - Sept 2006

  Technical Lead

  I worked as Tech Lead, SME, Developer for TCS in UK and India. Defined target state architecture and end-to-end solution for Data Centre Consolidation & Migration from UK, Poland, Finland, Czech and Mexico to Australia for GE Money. It saved $45 millions in operational cost.Defined end-to-end solution and Built Balance Transfer (BT) product for real time monetary balance trans-fer of other bank credit cards/store cards to credit cards issued by GE Money. It increased receivables by $20 millions dollars in first 3 months. Defined and built end-to-end solution to implement VisionPlus and CardPac credit card processing for Bankcard transformation program for GE MoneyPerformed application portfolio rationalising analysis for five strategic core retail banking IT applications of Barclays Bank for future investments to handle increase in volume by 40% (due to Woolwich acquisition). Show less

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  Aviva Life Insurance, UK for TCS

  Oct 2006 - Feb 2010

  Solution Architect - Global Consulting Practice

  I worked with AVIVA senior management team and 40 different teams across multiple locations in UK. I helped in defining strategic solution options, to-be architecture and road map for simplifying the financial and IT systems in line with business vision. I defined Implementation road-map, phased delivery schedule, budget and delivery model for more than 10 projects running in parallelI managed business expectation, business transformation roadmap, application portfolio rationalization strategy, implementation roadmap, service SLA management, cost, effort and schedule for multiple programs running in parallel. Show less

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Mar 2010 - Apr 2015

  Enterprise Architect - Global Consulting Practice (GCP)

  Lead Business and IT Architecture Consulting team within GCP (Global Consulting Practice) as Managing Consultant. I have worked as Enterprise Architect for some of the key customers (Barclays Bank, BNP Paribas Fortis, NETS Group, ABN Amro Bank, Holcim, DNB Bank etc) of TCS within UK, Europe and India geography. I worked with the CIO, IT Directors, Business Group Heads, EA Head and Senior Management team of our clients for developing their end to end strategic business transformation solutions starting from inception through implementation for large, complex & critical programs. Show less

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  Tech Mahindra

  May 2015 - Jul 2019

  Group Head - Data Science and Analytics

  Group Head of IT Delivery at Tech Mahindra for a large USA Tier-1 Telecom client to improve revenue, profits and digital customer experience of end customers across multiple channels. I am responsible for end-to-end delivery & program management, budgeting, P&L, providing technology solutions for large transformation program, customer experience analytics, trend analysis, automation, performance improvement, system healthy monitoring, management dashboards and optimisation. My role is to ensure business critical applications are highly Agile, Stable, Reliable by providing technology enabled solutions starting from front end, middleware to the back end systems. It involves multiple technologies Python, R, AI/ML models, RWD, micro-services, iOS & Android Mobile App development, Java/J2EE, Angular JS, HTML5, Informatica, Tools like SPLUNK, TeaLeaf, KDA, Dynatrace UEM using methodologies like Agile, DevOps, Six-Sigma. It helps business in generating more business and revenue apart from improving overall customer experience. Show less

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  Wipro Digital

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2021

  Enterprise Architect - Practice Partner

  I worked with CIO, Head of Business groups, Operations, IT and Enterprise Architect to align business & IT strategies. I enabled and worked on fostering innovation, architecture consulting, business transformation, defining roadmap and ROI. Defined As-Is & To-Be Target state of Business, Application, Integration, Data & Technology Architecture for a large transformation program using EA Tool BiZZdesign ArchiMate 3.1 Graphical Modelling LanguageDefined enterprise architecture guiding principles, standards and EA governance structure & processesMicro-Services led Banking 2.0 transformation for Larger UK Bank to improve agility and time to market using MuleSoft platform across 3 lines of business and multiple geographies.Cloud migration assessment, strategy and roadmap for large Telecom client in Europe Show less

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  Accenture in India

  Aug 2021 - Nov 2022

  EA Tech Arch Consulting

  Passionate about technology enabled transformations to achieve business objectives. Successfully delivered large Conversational AI (Artificial Intelligence) & ML (Machine Learning), RPA (Robotics Process Automation), API / Micro-Services, Cloud Migration Assessment, Data Analytics and Mobility led transformations to improve revenue, profits and customer experience. I am TOGAF certified EA in Technology Architecture Consulting Group of Accenture for Conversational AI/ML/NLP, RPA and Intelligent Hyper-Automation.I did a 8 months certification course in “Big Data Analytics for Business Management using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)” conducted by University of California, Riverside and FORE Institute of Management, Delhi.I worked more than 12 years at client locations (onsite) in UK, USA & Europe. I did MTech from IIT Kharagpur.My 3 technical papers won award and/or published in TACTiCS (Technical Architecture Conference) in TCS, Europe Show less

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  HCLTech

  Nov 2022 - now

  Enterprise Architect

  Dattatray is an Enterprise Architect in HCLTech with 25+ years of extensive experience in Consulting and IT Delivery across multiple domains and technologies. He has strong experience in Architecture & Technology Consulting, defining Enterprise Architecture As-Is & To-Be states, Innovative end-to-end solutions using latest technologies, Business Case, Business Transformation Roadmap, Architecture Governance, Legacy Modernization, Application Portfolio Rationalization, Cloud Migration, Target Operating Model (TOM), Business Process Automation, Product design and Data Centre Migration. He successfully delivered large AI (Artificial Intelligence), ML (Machine Learning), RPA (Robotics Process Automation), API / Micro-Services, Cloud Migration Assessment, Data Analytics and Mobility led transformations to improve revenue, profits & customer experience. He worked on multiple business transformation engagements in UK, USA and Europe geographies at client sites for more than 12 years to reduce cost & risk and increase business & technical value. He has worked in Banking & Financial Services, Telecom, Manufacturing, Insurance, Utilities and Retail domains. He did 9 months certification course on “Big Data Analytics for Business Management using AI and ML”, which was conducted by University of California Riverside & FORE Institute of Management, Delhi. He also completed certification and/or trainings in TOGAF, AWS & Azure Cloud Foundation, LeanIX EA & APM Partner Certification, BizzDesign ArchiMate, IBM Rational Architect (System Architect), SAFe, DevSecOps, CMMi, Six-Sigma Green Belt Certification, Amazon Connect, Lex and Polly.He did MTech from IIT Kharagpur. His 3 technical papers won award and/or published in Technical Architecture Conferences. Show less