Apparjith Banuchandran
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Summary
Dynamic Senior Solutions Architect with MetricStream UK Ltd, adept at crafting tailored software solutions and fostering strong client relationships. Proven expertise in solution architecture and project delivery, driving customer success through effective cross-functional collaboration. Recognized for translating complex requirements into actionable strategies, ensuring high-quality outcomes and satisfaction.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Solutions Architect
MetricStream UK Ltd
08.2022 - Current
- Work with enterprise companies across diverse industries conducting in-depth evaluations of requirements and designing tailored solutions
- Lead the solution design and implementation aspects of engagement(s) ensuring high quality, integrated software solutions within constraints of time and budget
- Build and maintain strong customer relationships including trusted advisor relationship with key customer stakeholders and executive sponsors – ensuring customer satisfaction and broader adoption
- Translate business and technical requirements into solution proposals
- Conduct key customer meetings with Sales Executives, offering technical expertise and support on product development roadmap
- Proactively mitigate renewal risks through collaboration with Customer Outcomes, Sales, Engineering, Product Management
- Supporting the adoption and usage of MetricStream's GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) Products for customers in the UK & Europe
- Provide input to bid proposals, projects and documents within the sales process, and identify additional sales opportunities with existing clients
Solutions Architect
MetricStream UK Ltd
09.2021 - 07.2022
- Translate business goals and user requirements into clear technical specifications and solution blueprints
- Engage with stakeholders—business leaders, clients, or product teams—to ensure alignment
- Produce comprehensive architecture diagrams, documentation, and detailed technical specs
- Working with technical team to create proof-of-concept (PoC) prototypes to validate ideas before full-scale implementation
- Act as the bridge between business and technical teams—communicating solutions clearly and facilitating decision-making
Principal Business Analyst
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 08.2021
- Implementing GRC Solutions for customers across North America and EMEA
- Responsible for delivering projects against agreed scope, budget, schedule and customer expectations
- Developed product roadmap/ requirement document and recognized the key metrics at program level
- Delivered tailored demo environments and proof-of-concepts (POCs)
- Build and maintain deep subject matter expertise across platform and solutions, staying abreast of the latest features and capabilities
- Create high quality documentation, presentations, and other resources to support sales efforts and empower the go-to-market teams
- Gather and synthesize customer feedback, advocating for customer needs and collaborating with product and engineering teams to drive innovation
Senior Business Analyst
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
04.2018 - 06.2019
- Conduct workshops to gather business, functional, and technical requirements.
- Collaborate with developers, testers, and platform teams to ensure accurate implementation via sprint planning, story refinement, backlog grooming, and UAT support
- Define acceptance criteria, support testing phases (integrated system testing and user acceptance), and lead demos for stakeholders
- Conduct requirement reviews with stakeholders and governance teams; secure approvals
- Develop comprehensive documentation—process flows, functional and technical specs—for the 'to-be' model
- Act as a bridge between business functions and IT/system teams—helping translate stakeholder needs into executable system features
- Provide strategic alignment by managing backlogs and collaborating with project management functions
Senior Quality Assurance Lead
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
04.2016 - 03.2018
- Design and conduct governance and compliance training or workshops to embed control awareness across all levels
- Lead, mentor, and upskill QA and GRC teams to build quality-first practices and sustain long-term compliance culture
- Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and reliability across risk-to-reporting workflows.
- Oversee change management practices to ensure standardized, quality-approved updates throughout GRC.
- Generate and present regular reports on governance, risk, and control activities to stakeholders.
- Use data-driven insights to drive governance improvements and validate control effectiveness
Quality Assurance Lead
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
04.2014 - 03.2016
- Lead and perform independent, objective quality assurance reviews of regulatory issue remediation. This includes verifying the implementation of corrective action plans and assessing whether supporting evidence is complete
- Develop, coordinate, and operationalized QA methodologies and programs for the GRC function. Ensure remediation of regulatory issues meet newly established internal quality standards
- Deliver final QA reports and workpapers according to the QA review program requirements, ensuring that findings are documented clearly and shared with relevant stakeholders
- Coach and mentor peers and colleagues to foster a high-performance and quality-focused environment within the GRC organization
Senior Member Technical Staff
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
01.2013 - 03.2014
- Participate in QA activities such as reviewing deliverables and running retrospectives to capture lessons learned.
- Involved in testing end to end GRC solutions - Risk, Audit, Compliance apps
Senior Software Engineer
Softsmith Infotech India Pvt Ltd
02.2009 - 01.2013
- Extensively contributed in making the implementation a flagship project in terms of project development
- Effectively resolved many challenges in customer use cases by mapping to the software delivery
Software Engineer
Keane India Pvt Ltd [NTT DATA]
02.2008 - 01.2009
- Driving customer throughout E2E implementation cycle
- Obtaining customer sign off for design, UTC and UAT
Education
B.Tech - Information Technology
Sai Ram Engineering College, Anna University
Chennai05-2007
Skills
- RFP/RFI Response & Proposal Support
- Client Discovery & Requirements Gathering
- Solution Architecture & Design
- Customer Success
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- SDLC
- Risk management
- Project delivery
- Customer relationship management
Certification
- OCEG - Certified GRC Professional (GRCP)
- OCEG - Certified GRC Audit (GRCA)
- OCEG - Integration Policy Management Professional (IPMP)
- OCEG - Integrated Artificial Intelligence Professional (IAIP)
Accomplishments
Trusted Advisor leading the deployment of a Compliance Solution on MetricStream Platform for a large Insurance Firm in Switzerland. Recognition in LinkedIn by the customer
Summary Profile
RFP/RFI Response & Proposal Support, Client Discovery & Requirements Gathering, Solution Architecture & Design, Customer Success, Cross-functional Collaboration, SDLC, Expert in MetricStream apps, Strategic and results-driven Solution Consultant with overall 18+ industry experience and 14 years of progressive experience in the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) domain, including a distinguished career at MetricStream, the industry leader in GRC solutions. Proven expertise in delivering end-to-end GRC implementations for global enterprises, aligning complex business needs with scalable technology solutions. Adept at stakeholder engagement, solution design, and cross-team collaboration.
Timeline
Senior Solutions Architect
MetricStream UK Ltd
08.2022 - Current
Solutions Architect
MetricStream UK Ltd
09.2021 - 07.2022
Principal Business Analyst
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 08.2021
Senior Business Analyst
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
04.2018 - 06.2019
Senior Quality Assurance Lead
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
04.2016 - 03.2018
Quality Assurance Lead
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
04.2014 - 03.2016
Senior Member Technical Staff
MetricStream India Pvt Ltd
01.2013 - 03.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Softsmith Infotech India Pvt Ltd
02.2009 - 01.2013
Software Engineer
Keane India Pvt Ltd [NTT DATA]
02.2008 - 01.2009
B.Tech - Information Technology
Sai Ram Engineering College, Anna University
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