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Thanigasalam D

Bengaluru

Summary

Experienced Software Engineering Director with 10+ years leading product innovation, SaaS delivery, and large-scale software architecture. Skilled at aligning engineering efforts with business goals in fast-paced tech environments. Trusted leader known for successful Agile delivery implementations.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Director – Engineering & SaaS Delivery

Blue Yonder
12.2003 - Current
  • Cultivated a high-performance engineering team of 50+, achieving 100% project completion rate.
  • Developed project control roadmap to guide various projects.
  • Directed project design functions, developed proposals and conversed with customers and funders.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
  • Oversaw up to 5 projects (ESP, IO, SCS, OP) simultaneously without sacrificing standards.
  • Steered the architecture and development of robust CI/CD pipelines, shortening product delivery cycles by 30%.
  • Designed microservices architecture, improving scalability and fault tolerance, increasing availability to 99.99%.
  • Led technical design sessions to align architecture and approach for native SaaS products migration initiative.
  • Collaborated with principal engineers to modernize legacy applications to cloud-native services.
  • Scaled engineering teams from 1 Scrum unit to 6 global Agile teams.
  • Spearheaded SAP Adapter Go-Live for Fortune 500 clients.
  • Implemented Agile metrics, dashboards, and governance for visibility.
  • Boosted team productivity by 25%, reducing time-to-market.

Software Engineer – Passenger Services Platform

IBS Software Services
03.2003 - 12.2003
  • Developed EJB-based messaging systems and integrated web services.
  • Enabled distributed transactions for multi-client platforms.

Module Lead – Enterprise Web Applications

Spruce Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
08.1999 - 02.2003
  • Led development of web-based solutions using JSP, EJB, and Servlets.
  • Designed DB schemas and integrated front-end to back-end components.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) -

Regional Engineering College (NIT)
Tiruchirappalli, India

Competencies

  • Engineering Strategy & Vision Alignment
  • Cloud-Native & SaaS Architecture
  • Agile Project Management
  • Global Delivery & Cross-Geo Team Management
  • Technical Roadmap Planning & Execution
  • Scalable Systems Design & Release Management
  • Customer-Centric Product Delivery
  • Stakeholder Management & Communication

Technology

  • C++, Java, Python, SOA, Web Services
  • Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate, XML, JMS, Kafka, Apache Airflow
  • Oracle, SQL Developer, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Snowflake
  • Azure – IAM, APIM, AKS, KEDA
  • SaaS Architecture, Microservices
  • DevOps: Maven, Gradle, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Agile (Scrum), UML

Accomplishments

  • Received Innovation Award for Scalable OP
  • Lead OP team to achieve critical 8.0 release, won Pillar Team Award after 8 years.
  • Lead OP SAP Adapter team to deliver key customer Go Lives, won Pillar Team Award.

Timeline

Project Director – Engineering & SaaS Delivery

Blue Yonder
12.2003 - Current

Software Engineer – Passenger Services Platform

IBS Software Services
03.2003 - 12.2003

Module Lead – Enterprise Web Applications

Spruce Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
08.1999 - 02.2003

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) -

Regional Engineering College (NIT)

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