Swaminathan Santhanam

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  • Timeline

    Aug 1996 - Mar 1999

    Systems Executive

    SRA Systems
    Mar 1999 - Nov 2003

    Assistant Consultant

    Tech Mahindra (formerly Mahindra Satyam)
    Nov 2003 - Apr 2017

    Executive Vice President & Chief Delivery Officer

    Adrenalin eSystems Ltd
    Chennai Area, India
    Jun 2017 - Apr 2018

    Director

    Fifth Generation Technologies India (P) Ltd
    Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

    Founder & Chief Partner

    Avaapya Technology Consulting LLP
    Current Company
    May 2018 - now

    Senior Director, Chief Architect, India Head of Cloud & Custom Apps Practice (FS)

    Capgemini
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • About me

    Chief Architect, India Head of Cloud & Custom Apps Practice (FS) & India Microsoft Community Leader at Capgemini

  • Education

    • St joseph's college, trichy

      1994 - 1996
      Master's degree computer science distinction

      Post Graduated in Computer Science from St. Joseph's college, Trichy (affiliated to Bharathidasan University)

    • St joseph's college, trichy

      1991 - 1994
      Bachelor's degree computer science distinction

      Graduated in Computer Science from St. Joseph's college, Trichy (affiliated to Bharathidasan University)

    • Indira gandhi national open university

      1997 - 2001
      Mba human resources

      Masters in Human Resources

  • Experience

    • Sra systems

      Aug 1996 - Mar 1999
      Systems executive

      During this tenure in SRA, I was part of various projects that were executed for OMRON Software Corporation, Japan and also worked on SRA’s flagship product called Workflow that helps to do the document routing. As part of various projects in SRA, I was a key member and team player responsible for Development & testing of various modules in Visual C++ that got executed for clients of SRA.

    • Tech mahindra (formerly mahindra satyam)

      Mar 1999 - Nov 2003
      Assistant consultant

      Key Member in the development of Dr.Millenium product for Satyam in 1999-2000One of the key members to be part of the Microsoft Solutions Group setup at Satyam.Have extensively worked on series of turnkey projects executed for Microsoft, Redmond.Responsible for Program Management of the Satyam - Microsoft BuIT Relationship, Hyderabad, India.

    • Adrenalin esystems ltd

      Nov 2003 - Apr 2017

      • Responsible for :1) Driving the business strategy of Adrenalin on-premise business in India, MEA & APAC regions. Responsibility includes making key strategies relevant to markets, positioning the brand, driving marketing to generate leads, building business, client relationships, P & L management and People Management. 2) Heading Adrenalin product engineering which includes Product management, Engineering & People Management. 3) Leading services execution for Adrenalin which includes leading a Services team comprising of Product Implementation and Support. Show less • Involved in heading the business of Adrenalin in India, APAC regions carrying P & L Responsibility. Responsibility includes building business, client relationships, P & L management and People Management. • Involved in heading Adrenalin (India’s leading Human Capital Alignment Software in On Premise & Cloud) product engineering which includes Product management, People Management.• Involved in leading services execution for Adrenalin which includes leading a Services team comprising of Product Implementation and Support. • Started at Adrenalin as Asst. Vice President and grew the ranks of Vice President, Senior Vice President and now Business Head reporting to CEO of Adrenalin. Show less

      • Executive Vice President & Chief Delivery Officer

        Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
      • Executive Vice President & Division CEO

        Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
      • Senior Vice President & Business Head

        Oct 2012 - Apr 2014
      • Senior Vice President - Professional Services

        Apr 2008 - Sept 2012
      • Vice President - Product Delivery

        Nov 2003 - Mar 2008
    • Fifth generation technologies india (p) ltd

      Jun 2017 - Apr 2018
      Director

      5G (www.fifthgentech.com) is a research and innovation group founded in the year 2000. With a vision of being a niche player in the automated discovery and use of real time intelligence, 5G has conducted research, developed and successfully commercialized 3 software/digital products to large manufactures, utilities and facilities worldwide.Responsible for Business Leadership & Customer Success• Setting up the entire end-to-end Business function of 5G products in South Asia region. • Responsible for Client satisfaction, institutionalizing delivery excellence and also ensuring profitability goals.• Drive the business strategy of 5G products in India & APAC regions• Responsibility includes making key strategies relevant to markets, building business, client relationships, P & L management and People. • Advise Product management on features that will help with customer adoption Show less

    • Avaapya technology consulting llp

      Aug 2017 - Apr 2018
      Founder & chief partner

      • Deliberating with the client on business challenges in the current context as well as in the desired future state, recommend solutions in the context of Digital transformation and assist in implementing such solutions.• Assist clients in their internal technology road map for digital transformation, setting up business development processes and setting up internal processes especially in the areas of Digital HR.• Advisor to startup companies that are specializing in image processing, artificial intelligence, user experience design and analytics. Show less

    • Capgemini

      May 2018 - now

      I work on building Microsoft Technology capability focusing on API & Microservices, demand / supply fulfilment, execute new tech PoCs, work with account team on identifying new opportunities in Financial services customers and also help to solution them. I also lead India Microsoft Community part of Capgemini. In this role, I help the community to share best practices, point of views on emerging technologies, expert sessions leveraging our global Microsoft Alliance thereby keeping the community abreast on latest tech trends. Show less As an enterprise architect, I strive to fully understand client's business, keep track of technology concerns as well as those of the business, and advise clients to make alignment between technology and the business more transparent.I ensure that business and technology are in alignment by linking the business mission, strategy, and processes of an organization to its technology strategy and by documenting this using multiple architectural models or views. This results in showing how the current, future and transition needs of an organization will be met in an efficient, sustainable, and adaptable manner. Show less

      • Senior Director, Chief Architect, India Head of Cloud & Custom Apps Practice (FS)

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Senior Director, Chief Architect, Cloud Platform Engineering Capability Head - FS SBU

        Jan 2023 - Jan 2024
      • Sr Director,Chief Architect,Global FS Microsoft Cloud Capability Head & India Msft Community Leader

        Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
      • Senior Director & Global Head of Microsoft Capability Unit & India Microsoft Community Leader

        Mar 2021 - Oct 2022
      • Senior Director & Head - Microsoft Practice (FS vertical)

        Jun 2019 - Mar 2021
      • Senior Director & Enterprise Architect

        May 2018 - May 2019
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Power platform fundamentals (pl900)

      Microsoft
      Sept 2021
      View certificate certificate
    • Senior architect

      Capgemini
      Oct 2021
    • Chief architect

      Capgemini
      Oct 2022
    • Aws certified cloud practitioner

      Amazon web services (aws)
      Dec 2022
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Rashtriya Swayam Sevak on Dec 2015
      Rashtriya Swayam SevakAssociated with Swaminathan Santhanam