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Hobby: Street Photography
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Amitava Kundu

Amitava Kundu

Head of Technology | Cloud & DevOps | R&D Digital Transformation
Bangalore

Summary

  • Results-oriented senior Technical Leader with over 30 years of experience in conceptualizing, architecting, designing, validating, implementing, and managing complex and distributed technology solutions for leading organizations.
  • Skilled at building and leading cross-functional teams, driving architectural vision and roadmap, and aligning technical strategies with business objectives.
  • Demonstrated success in delivering innovative and scalable solutions that enhance operational efficiency, reliability, security, and compliance.
  • Committed to improving Organizational Culture, fostering individual and team ownership, and prioritizing customer success.
  • Currently embracing and adopting Generative AI in Product Features and Software Deleopment

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Head of Technology, Services Solutions India, Smart Mobility

Continental Automotive Components (India) Pvt. Ltd
01.2023 - Current
  • Leading a set of initiatives to induce Gen AI based enhancements in existing product portfolios and inhouse software development processes.
  • Part of India business strategy team to evaluate business opportunities and associated potential technical solutions.
  • Work with Technology vendors for potential offerings, collaboration and contract management.
  • Set up Cloud Center of Excellence in Continental and guided other Business Areas to adopt cloud best practices.
  • Implement standardize state of art DevOps and Cyber security Practices across projects.
  • Drive continuous improvement through regular architecture reviews, technology assessments, and knowledge sharing initiatives.
  • Established Invention mining and other technical vitality initiatives.

Chief Architect

Continental Automotive Components (India) Pvt. Ltd
09.2020 - 12.2022
  • Spearheaded design and implementation IOT based Telematics solutions for connected vehicles.
  • Established best practices for software architecture, and development methodologies to ensure high-quality deliverables.
  • Transitioned projects from external vendors and projects from private cloud to public cloud.
  • As founding member of team, built whole Product and Services Delivery team from ground up – put consistent and predictable technical hiring framework in practice.

Architect and Technical Leader

IBM Software Lab - India
09.2005 - 08.2020
  • Worked on multiple 1.0 product releases in the areas of Database Technologies, Automation Solutions, Project & Program Management.
  • Worked as Lead architect with worldwide responsibilities – responsibilities included Technology Choices, Architecture and Design, Development and Delivery, Key Customers' success.
  • Complex and Diverse Stake holders Management including Product Management and Technical Sales.

Senior Software Developer and Team Lead

IONIDEA, AFSI, Compuware Corporation, TCS
07.1993 - 08.2005
  • Worked on multiple companies, roles and locations mostly overseas and rest in India – Technical domain included Web Technologies, 4 Generation Languages, Object Oriented Technologies.
  • Both Product Development and Consulting roles in areas of Supply Chain, Energy Trading, Material Management.

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering -

Jadavpur University
Kolkata
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Enterprise & Software Architecture
  • Cloud Computing (Google Cloud, AWS)
  • Gen AI application Infusion
  • Technical Leadership and Team Management
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Relationship Management
  • Technology Vendor management
  • Project Management and Agile Methodologies
  • DevOps Practices and Tools
  • Database Technologies
  • Intellectual Property
  • Security and Compliance Standards

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)

Inventions

12 granted patents & 30+ published disclosures

Hobby: Street Photography

https://www.instragram.com/amitavakundu

Timeline

Head of Technology, Services Solutions India, Smart Mobility

Continental Automotive Components (India) Pvt. Ltd
01.2023 - Current

Chief Architect

Continental Automotive Components (India) Pvt. Ltd
09.2020 - 12.2022

Architect and Technical Leader

IBM Software Lab - India
09.2005 - 08.2020

Bachelor of Computer Science & Engineering -

Jadavpur University
04.2001 -

Senior Software Developer and Team Lead

IONIDEA, AFSI, Compuware Corporation, TCS
07.1993 - 08.2005

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