
Lead Consultant at Wipro
India

Lead Consultant at Wipro
India
Has 13+ years of experience in systems analysis, design, implementation with C/C++ and Java.
• Working currently as Lead Consultant/E-Architect in Wipro Technologies, India.
• Experience with Component Based Architectures, Enterprise Architecture, SOA and associated standards, Portfolio Analysis etc. Special interest in IT Strategy.
• Extensive experience in Solution Architecture, Project Management and Vendor management.
• Had extensive pre-sales experience (Proposing solutions, Estimations, Execution Approach, Customer Presentations etc.)
• 6+ years of experience in consulting, requirements gathering & analysis, architecting and developing web applications with distributed Java (e-commerce and internet technologies), 3 years of experience in C/C++
Papers published in SOA space:
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(i) Information Delivery with SOA
(ii) Testing a SOA Application
(iii) Service Design Essentials
(iv) SOA Maturity Model Scenarios
(v) Reuse Framework for SOA
(vi) SOA Maturity Model
(vii) Serice Identification: BPM & SOA Handshake
(viii) Service Management in the space of SOA
International Conference Presentations:
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(i) Open Group's 15th Enterprise Architecture Practitioner Conference at Austin, Texas, USA on SOA Maturity Model in July 2007
(ii) Open Group's 17th Enterprise Architecture Practitioner Conference at San Francisco, California, USA on Reuse Framework for SOA in Jan 2008
Enterprise Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture, Project and Program Management
Certifications and Professional Memberships:
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IBM 667 Certified in Architecting Design for SOA Solutions
Certified PMP, TOGAF Certified
Licensed Zapthink Architect (Senior Level)
Member of SOA Working Group at Open Group
Member of PMI Pearl City Chapter – Hyderabad
Member of AOGEA
Contributor to http://www.bptrends.com
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2006 — July 2007 (11 months)
This involved defining:
SOA, Elements of SOA, Enterprise SOA Logical View, Various SOA vendor product mappings to logical view, Security View, integration View, Maturity Model, SOA linkages to EA, IT strategy, BPM, Consulting etc, SOA Roadmap, SOA Governance and Lifecycle management etc.
This work is aimed at SOA branding for Wipro, strengthening pre-sales position and reduce solution delivery effort & cost during the plan & define phases of SOA based projects.Lead a team of 8 senior architects.
(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2006 — April 2006 (3 months)
EA Charter Definition, SaraLee
This role involved working on defining the EA charter for Sara Lee that involves defining EA governance and EARB guide to promote reuse for IT Cost savings and manueverability. Worked from India in liason with Wipro Consulting onsite team.
(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2005 — October 2005 (3 months)
DPACS, Product Development Division, GM
Worked as Lead Architect for this project during the pre-design phase to sort all the open architectural issues from Plan and define phase.
(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2004 — June 2004 (3 months)
SPO-ACE Plan & Define, Grand Blanc, Michigan, USA.
Worked as consulting archietct for 3 months in plan & define phase of SPO ACE(Accessories Content Engine) project to define & finalize the archietcture at Grand Blanc, Michigan for Service Parts Organization, GM.
(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2002 — February 2004 (1 year 10 months)
Global Component Factory at GM, Detroit, USA.
Archietcted and Managed a set of centrally hosted components like User profile, Search (Autonomy), XASC (Vehicle advisor, comparator and selector) from XFI as part of Global Component Factory at General Motors, Detroit.
(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2001 — February 2002 (8 months)
Rapid Reveiw Re-Architecture Project
(Public Company; WIT; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — October 2000 (10 months)
Election System for City Of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
(Entertainment industry)
April 1999 — December 1999 (9 months)
E-Commerce WEBSITE RE-DESIGN AND ENHANCEMENT
(Computer Software industry)
April 1997 — February 1999 (1 year 11 months)
Worked for GEIS
(Government Agency; Research industry)
May 1995 — February 1997 (1 year 10 months)
Worked in Accelerator and Pulse Power Division.
Certified in General Management (Ist batch of Wipro) , 2006 — 2006
M.Tech , Electronics Engineering , 1993 — 1995
B.Tech , Electronics and Communications Engineering , 1988 — 1992
Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Computing, New Technologies and discussions on their applicability, Reading Management and Enterprise Architecture Books, Writing articles on SOA, SOA Evangelization, Playing Shuttle Badminton
Member of SOA Working Group - An Open Group Forum
Member of PMI Pearl City Chapter, Hyderabad, India
Certified PMP since 2003
TOGAF Certified since 2007
1. Customer Satisfaction Rating for Component Architect/Manager role at Global Component Factory, General Motors - 5 Out of 5
Reference: Roger Valade, Manager
(i) Feedback on delivery capabilities: Srikanth is tireless and always working to keep thing on time.
(ii) Feedback on service response: Srikanth had to deal with endless reprioritizations and changing deadlines and requirements, which he did with admirable talent.
(iii) Overall feedback: Srikanth is a pleasure to work with and I hope I have the good fortune to work with him again in the future.
2. Customer Satisfaction Rating for Architecture Definition at ACE project at SPO, General Motors - 5 out of 5
Reference: Rick McCafferty, Manager