Padma Kumar Unnithan

• Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing a multinational team of 120+ employees, including 7+ managers..
• Versatile professional with strong problem-solving skills and a history of adapting to diverse challenges. Applies innovative solutions and technical expertise to deliver exceptional results. Committed to streamlining processes and advancing organizational objectives.
• Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
• Controlled costs by continuous analysis and cleanup of unused BI Reports and data models, Server resources with an aggressive target of 10% YOY.
• Increase productivity by "shifting left" of services per year by building and documenting Standard Operating Procedures.
• Streamline End-to-End.ETL processes and reorganize the team for efficiency.
• Controlled resources and assets for department activities to comply with industry standards and government regulations.
• Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
• Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
• Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
• Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence.
• Leveraged data and analytics to make informed decisions and drive business improvements.

• Lead the team to digital transformation from a legacy Microsoft SSIS-based framework and infrastructure to the MS Azure Synapse framework.
• Devised infrastructure modernization from VM to Cloud PAS model. The project failed 3 times earlier and was assigned to me as a new challenge to accomplish.
• Deployed optimal reporting by converting around 300 SSIS pipelines to Azure, which brought qualitative benefits of 30-40%.
• Devised and implemented reliable data management procedures to enable the usability and security of company data.
• Liaised with IT senior management to bring up a new IT Survey application using MS Logic App and Power App to measure operations efficiency.

• Heading data centre operations of sophisticated private cloud spread across the US and EU. Responsible for managing Data Center and IT operations, in addition to capital budget preparation and oversight; lead the Production/Change Management and operations support teams, IT disaster recovery, capacity planning, and infrastructure project management, as well as serve as Infrastructure Liaison to IT application Management and PMO.
  
  Responsibilities:
  
  • Recruit, set up the organization, and achieve operational excellence.
  • Establish new policies and procedures to promote company culture and vision
  • Ensure SOX and SOC compliance of the Data Centre Operations
  • Accountable for the successful move and stabilizing data centre support of the Amsterdam and US-based Data Center from EU EU-based vendor to HCL India, resulting cost saving of 70%.
  • Introduced global standardization of processes across all primary Data Centers, yielding a 20% improvement in system uptime performance.
  • Provide leadership in the management of Data Centers and drive standard processes and changes for continual improvement to increase efficiency.
  • Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills to create a high-performing team with an excellent working environment.
  • Engaged in new technology upgrade :
  • Storage upgrade from Dell VNX NAS to Unity
  • Backup technology from Dell EMC Networker to CommVault Simpana
  • Antivirus tool from Mcafee to CarbonBlack

• Successfully set up the new startup company along with the CEO, and the product development was scheduled with a watertight plan with minimal variation. Recruited new team members, onboarded them, restructured the organization hierarchy, and achieved service excellence.
• Responsibilities:
• Design and implement an operation plan based on business strategies.
• Own the ‘end-to-end’ delivery planning, development to production, and deployment.
• Evaluate core operational delivery processes, measure key initiatives for process improvements and efficiencies.
• Oversee daily operations of the company to achieve goals for performance and growth by establishing new policies and procedures.
• Lead employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication.
• Participate in expansion activities, manage relationships with partners and vendors.

• Successfully set up the new startup company along with the CEO, the product development was pre-scheduled with a watertight plan with minimal variation. Recruited new team members, on-boarded them successfully, restructured the organization hierarchy, and achieved service excellence.
  Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement an operation plan based on business strategies
  • Own the ‘end-to-end’ delivery planning, development to production, and deployment
  • Evaluate core operational delivery processes, measure key initiatives for process improvements and efficiencies
  • Oversee daily operations of the company to achieve goals for performance and growth by establishing new policies and procedures
  • Lead employees to encourage maximum performance and dedication
  • Participate in expansion activities, manage relationships with partners and vendors

Assist in maximizing investment decisions by enhancing capabilities of existing IAM(Identity and Access Management) to align with the business strategy. Increase awareness of IAM through conducting security training to internal teams, thus continuously optimizing processes. Act as a subject matter expert in global IAM initiatives.
Responsibilities:
Actively led and managed IAM programs to meet time delivery, budget and quality goals.
Assisted in developing and executing enterprise access management roadmap.
Effectively led the optimization of processes and controls, resulting in minimizing vulnerabilities and mitigating IAM risks.
Proactively involved in managing enterprise services to support a 24/7 environment on a global scale.
Ensured compliance with application standards and data security for major business system across global segments and business units.
Coordinated and ensured that the external audits for SOX and ITGC are passed successfully.
Involved in defining, implementing and closing IAM projects, including requirements, project plans and resource needs with stakeholders and teams.
Planned, assigned and directed team work in addition to apprising performance and professional development.
Worked as the IT control owner to the external auditors and key stake holder to project reviews.

• xAssist in maximizing investment decisions by enhancing capabilities of existing IAM(Identity and Access Management) to align with the business strategy. Increase awareness of IAM through conducting security training to internal teams, thus continuously optimizing processes. Act as a subject matter expert in global IAM initiatives.
  Responsibilities:
  Actively led and managed IAM programs to meet time delivery, budget and quality goals.
  Assisted in developing and executing enterprise access management roadmap.
  Effectively led the optimization of processes and controls, resulting in minimizing vulnerabilities and mitigating IAM risks.
  Proactively involved in managing enterprise services to support a 24/7 environment on a global scale.
  Ensured compliance with application standards and data security for major business system across global segments and business units.
  Coordinated and ensured that the external audits for SOX and ITGC are passed successfully.
  Involved in defining, implementing and closing IAM projects, including requirements, project plans and resource needs with stakeholders and teams.
  Planned, assigned and directed team work in addition to apprising performance and professional development.
  Worked as the IT control owner to the external auditors and key stake holder to project reviews.

Security Management.
IT Operations Management.
Portfolio, Program and Project Management.
Domain knowledge in Finance, HR, Supply chain Manufacturing.
Driving Change and Transformation.
People Management and Mentoring.
Change Management.
Source Code Management.
Code Quality Assurance.
Deployment Automation.
Vendor Management Systems Integrations.
Managing external and internal audits.
Risk Management & Business Continuity planning.