Sreevatsan Varadhan
Engineering Leader
Chennai
Summary
Seasoned engineering leader with more than 25+ years of experience in developing consumer and enterprise products. Possesses a strong background in problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, talent acquisition, stakeholder engagement, business development, and customer relations. Enthusiastic about leading people, optimizing processes, and advancing technology.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Vice President - Technology and Risk Management
Clarity Travel Technology Solutions
04.2022 - 12.2023
- Reporting to CEO, formulate product vision, strategy, user experiences and roadmap planning
- Oversaw all the software development process, staffing, coaching, mentoring, project scheduling and management of budget
- Improve processes and methodologies to enhance team motivation, productivity, quality, and reliability
- Officially represent the organization with various airlines as Chief Data Security Officer
- Handle entire IT infrastructure hosted in AWS for global clients
- Re-architect AWS hosting and reduce the cost by 45%
- Manage the planning, execution, and delivery of client projects
- Cultivated strong relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, vendors, and regulators to promote collaboration and long-term success
- Ensured regulatory compliance at all times by implementing robust internal controls systems coupled with proactive monitoring mechanisms
- Obtain compliance with various types of regulations such as PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO
- Implement agile development methodologies, such as Scrum, to ensure the team operates efficiently and effectively
- Create Statements of Work (SOWs), define clear entry and exit criteria for client projects
- Assist sales team to manage relationships with clients and providing guidance
- Adoption of DevOps practices and tools to ensure smooth integration and continuous delivery of systems - GitLab, Jenkins, Octopus, AWS
Assistant Vice President - Products and Technology
K7 Computing Private Limited
06.2018 - 04.2020
- Reporting to CEO, formulate product vision, strategy, user experiences and roadmap planning
- Support Executive Team in reviewing, identifying and prioritizing strategic initiatives
- Successful launch of Mobile Device Management for Android and iOS from scratch, directing the team on desired features and technology to use
- Study market trends, competitive products, define all product features, and establish product roadmap and delivery strategy
- Evaluate products for potential acquisition or partnership
- Implemented and monitored compliance with various types of regulations such as PCI DSS, GDPR, and ISO
Assistant Vice President of Engineering
K7 Computing Private Limited
06.2017 - 05.2018
- Reporting to CEO, directed a team of 25+ and oversaw all the software development process, staffing, coaching, mentoring, project scheduling and management of budget
- Responsible for development, security, quality, application performance and integrations of both consumer and enterprise products
- Increased productivity rate by 25-30% by adopting to agile methodology along with testing automation, continuous integration and delivery
- Increased registration and renewal rate by 15%-20% working along with sales and marketing team
- Companywide migration to Microsoft Azure and successful launch of Cloud Security product from scratch
- Worked closely with CIO to develop and direct IT strategy
Senior Engineering Manager / Architect
Intel / McAfee Inc
10.2013 - 01.2017
- Architected and designed cross platform multi-factor authentication solution for TrueKey Product
- Exceeded biometrics KPIs by 20%
- Applied Lean Startup methodologies with a strong focus on MVP, KPIs, Development and Deployment
- Co-ordinated with teams across geographical location to ship TrueKey Product in all platforms (Win, Mac, iOS and Android)
- Integrated bio-metrics in Windows login along with Windows Hello
- Mentored junior engineers to develop their skills, providing guidance on best practices and industry standards.
Engineering Manager / Architect
McAfee Inc
05.2005 - 09.2013
- Received Best Employee (Customer Excellence) Award in 2013 for resolving major shipment issues with OEM manufacturers
- Architected, designed and developed McAfee Consumer Build and Release Management System, which is used for consumer product deployment to internal and production servers
- Customize core application, web site frontend and backend to support custom solution for McAfee Partners
- Installed, integrated and deployed McAfee products in client environments
- One of the key architects for McAfee Anti-Theft Product shipped as part of Intel Ultra book
- Mentor remote teams in India
Software Engineer
McAfee Inc
06.2001 - 05.2005
- Designed, developed customized version of McAfee Products and Website for McAfee Partners
- Designed, developed McAfee Activation Flow using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and MSSQL
- Analyzed with business team and architect to come up with a solution that is best for delivering the business need
- Contributed ideas and suggestions in team meetings and delivered updates on deadlines, designs and enhancements
Education
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications
University of Madras
Chennani 04.2001 -
Skills
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Risk management
- Solution Architecture
- Strategic Thinking
- Proposal writing
- Problem Solving
- Customer Service
- Program oversight
- User Experience
Technical Skills
Languages:
C, C++, .NET, C#, JavaScript, NodeJS
Web:
HTML5, CSS3, VueJS, AngularJS, Electron, OAuth, REST APIs, JWT, SAML, Microservices
Data:
MySQL, MSSQL, Redis, Azure CosmosDB, Cassandra, MongoDB (Knowledge)
Cloud Services:
AWS, Azure
Others:
Kubernetes, Dockers, DevOps, Prometheus, Grafana, Logz.io, ELK, New Relic
Methodologies:
SDLC, Agile, Waterfall
Compliances:
ISO 9001, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, GDPR
Honor Awards
- Multiple employee of the quarter, Intel Corporation, 2015, 2016
- Outstanding contribution to TrueKey Product development, McAfee, 2013
- Best Employee Award (Customer Excellence), McAfee, 2013, Honored with best employee award for resolving unexpected business issues that could have resulted in multi million dollar loss.
- Best Employee Award, McAfee, 2003, Honored with best employee award for developing new module in short time frame for OEM Shipment.
Timeline
Vice President - Technology and Risk Management
Clarity Travel Technology Solutions
04.2022 - 12.2023
Assistant Vice President - Products and Technology
K7 Computing Private Limited
06.2018 - 04.2020
Assistant Vice President of Engineering
K7 Computing Private Limited
06.2017 - 05.2018
Senior Engineering Manager / Architect
Intel / McAfee Inc
10.2013 - 01.2017
Engineering Manager / Architect
McAfee Inc
05.2005 - 09.2013
Software Engineer
McAfee Inc
06.2001 - 05.2005
Master of Computer Applications - Computer Applications
University of Madras
04.2001 -
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