Santhamohan
Engineering Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
With over 20 years of IT experience, adaptable Software Engineering Manager excelling at managing multiple simultaneous projects and transforming them into streamlined, cohesive, and profitable efforts. Believes in holistic and collaborative management strategies, and thrives on providing exceptional oversight and hands-on guidance. Expertise guarantees improved throughput figures and quality metrics, ensuring success for both the team and the organization.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Software Engineering Manager
Barracuda Networks
01.2023 - Current
- Built and led a high-performing full-stack team from the ground up, integrating Development, QA, Escalation Engineering, and DevOps capabilities within a year
- Defined quarterly priorities by identifying automation gaps using data-driven insights from escalation metrics and customer usage patterns
- Strategically defined Mabl guidelines and implemented a comprehensive test case review process, reducing duplication efforts and driving automation coverage to 50% in a year.
- Achieved early escalation coverage for application, well ahead of the planned go-live, with fade in fade out approach
- Initiated and updated outdated architecture diagrams, aligning them with recent changes, and simplified technical documentation with clear, pictorial representations for improved understanding
- Met project deadlines with keen focus on product roadmap, quality, security, performance, and re-usability
- Guided, supervised, lead project team (7 members), delegating tasks and evaluated hiring, promotions and annual performance
- Skills: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, Cloudwatch, etc), Architectural Design, Mabl Automation, Pytest, Microservices, Git Copilot, Git Actions, etc
Senior Manager
Danaher
01.2021 - 12.2023
- Evaluated project requirements to identify and mitigate risks
- Worked with product owners to develop architectural design with optimal cost effective solution for business problems
- Performed comprehensive code reviews to scrutinize project challenges and compliance
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively in a startup culture with business, cross-functional teams, technical stakeholders to resolve project issues, mitigate risks to meet project goals and objectives
- Guided, supervised, lead project team (10 members), delegating tasks and evaluated hiring, promotions and annual performance
- Project 1: Polar Inventory - Alerts & Status Updates
- Project 2: BecLS - Microbioreactor (SPoG)
- Project 3: Innersource 4
- Project 4: IoT Data Connectivity Platform
- Skills: Architectural Design, Java, JEE, Springboot, AngularJS, Microservices, AWS, Kafka, AI, ML, Jenkins, Security (Threat Modeling), GxP, Design and Code reviews, Jira, Confluence etc
Senior Manager - Technical
Merck
01.2015 - 12.2021
- Designed, Managed and controlled development of Lanexo Web Application with a startup culture
- Technically guided, supervised and lead project team (20 members) globally, delegating tasks and evaluating annual performance and progression of project pace
- Familiarity & experience in Computerized System Validation (CSV), US FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and GAMP 5, GxP
- Experience in writing Functional Specification, Test Protocol, Approval process, FRA, Traceability Matrix etc
- Experience in Scaled Agile process and adapted process with regulated and non regulated projects
- Experience in working with Kanban board, sprint planning etc
- Established strong hold on Vendor Mgmt, procurement, hiring, estimation, Risk Mgmt, Conflict Management, etc
- Designed, Managed and executed project with team of 40 members with cutting edge technologies from scratch
- Facilitated prioritization discussions between development and business to ensure alignment of requirements and planning
- Driven technical design, vision, implementation strategy and processes to effectively deliver project milestones
- Project 1: Lanexo 1.X and 2.0 2
- Project 2: BrightLab V1 and V2
- Skills: Architectural Design, Java, JEE, Springboot, ReactJs, Microservices, AWS, Jenkins, GCP, GxP, NodeJs, Automation, CI/CD, Code reviews, SAFe etc
Sr. Technical Leader
HCL Technologies
01.2012 - 12.2014
- As a Sr Technical Leader, took complete ownership of few features such as Reporting, Image Management (Non Stop Software Upgrade), Search feature etc for ND1.0, ND1.1, ND1.5 and ND1.6 releases.
- Involved in the requirement analysis, Function Specification, design, Coding and integration testing activities.
- Skills: Technical Architecture, Java, JEE, ExtJs, Data Structures, Jasper Reports, Agile Methodologies, Requirement Analysis
Technical Leader
Wipro Technologies
09.2010 - 07.2012
- Involved in the Designing for new Implementations, Coding and integration testing and coordinating the team activities for the below projects:
1. Performance Management for WCDMA (Ericcson)
2. iProject 6.0 (Apple Inc)
3. Decentralization of Retail Charge Back (Apple Inc)
4. Brazil credit card Total Reconciliation Solution (Apple Inc) - Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop high-quality software products within tight deadlines.
- Skills: Java, EJB, Spring MVC, RESTful architecture, Project Management, Architectural Design
Technical Leader
Aricent Technologies
05.2006 - 09.2010
- Started my career as a Senior Software Engineer and grew to a Technical Leader. During this tenure, I had the opportunity to work with Network Management System (NMS) related applications with strong/compelling clients like ECI Telecom and Sandvine and delivered with quality as per the timelines committed.
- Skills: Java, J2EE, EJB, Servlets, Design Patterns, Code Review, Technical Architecture, Team Management
Associate Projects
Covansys
05.2005 - 04.2006
- Evaluated completed projects post-implementation to assess lessons learned and identify areas for potential future improvement.
- As an individual contributor worked on below projects Project 1: DCTL - Database Instance Distribution Control Function
Project 2: APR - Application Repository - Skills: Core Java · Oracle Database · Unit Testing
Programmer Analyst
Data Software Research Company
09.2004 - 05.2005
- Contributed and involved in the development of projects Project 1: Historical Statistics of United States for Cambridge University Press
Project 2: Causal Analysis Tool
Project 3: Speed E-Hr project for Citibank - Contributed to successful project completion with effective time management and prioritization skills, meeting tight deadlines consistently.
- Skills: Java, Servlets, JSP, EJB, Struts, Oracle
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation
Annamalai University
Chidambaram 01.1995 - 01.1999
Skills
Java, JEE, Springboot
Python, Javascript
AWS, GCP
Software architecture
Microservices architecture
Test automation (Mabl, Pytest)
Git Copilot
DevOps Practices (Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Git Actions)
Kafka
GxP
Cybersecurity best practices
Design and Code reviews
Problem-solving
Agile methodology
Project management
Requirements analysis
Project lifecycle management
Thought leadership and Situational Leadership Qualities
Software development life cycle
Strategic Decision Making
Accomplishments
- Increased QA Automation functional coverage from 0 to 50% in a year with 2 resources.
- Optimized QA strategy and built a scalable testing infrastructure using mabl, elevating our team to the top 3 in automation adoption across the organization.
- Improved ticket cycle time from 20 days to less than 10 days through counter measures.
- Increased the Employee Engagement score by 50% in 2023 compared to 2022 score.
- Spot award for successful tool migrations, Danaher, 2023
- Outstanding Performance for BrightLab, Merck, 2017
- Livewire award for Best Performance, HCL, 2013
- Innovation award for Best Performance, HCL, 2013
- Snap award for Best code review, Aricent, 2008
- Team award for delivering high quality code, Aricent, 2006
Certification
Mabl Advanced Certification, 01/2024
Timeline
Software Engineering Manager
Barracuda Networks
01.2023 - Current
Senior Manager
Danaher
01.2021 - 12.2023
Senior Manager - Technical
Merck
01.2015 - 12.2021
Sr. Technical Leader
HCL Technologies
01.2012 - 12.2014
Technical Leader
Wipro Technologies
09.2010 - 07.2012
Technical Leader
Aricent Technologies
05.2006 - 09.2010
Associate Projects
Covansys
05.2005 - 04.2006
Programmer Analyst
Data Software Research Company
09.2004 - 05.2005
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation
Annamalai University
01.1995 - 01.1999