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Chandrasekaran Coumarassamy

This document provides a summary of Chandrasekaran Coumarassamy's professional experience and qualifications. He has over 25 years of experience in IT roles including enterprise architecture, technology leadership, project management, and SAP implementation. His skills include leadership, program management, enterprise solution architecture, Agile/DevOps management, and experience with technologies like SAP, cloud, analytics, and integration tools. He currently works as a Senior Solution Architect and Competency Center Manager for Shell India, where he leads SAP projects and technical capabilities.

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Chandrasekaran Coumarassamy

This document provides a summary of Chandrasekaran Coumarassamy's professional experience and qualifications. He has over 25 years of experience in IT roles including enterprise architecture, technology leadership, project management, and SAP implementation. His skills include leadership, program management, enterprise solution architecture, Agile/DevOps management, and experience with technologies like SAP, cloud, analytics, and integration tools. He currently works as a Senior Solution Architect and Competency Center Manager for Shell India, where he leads SAP projects and technical capabilities.

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CHANDRASEKARAN COUMARASSAMY

IT – Enterprise Architect & Technology Head – 25+ years experiences


Email: Mailtochandra77@gmail.com Mobile: +91 9902157004 City: Bangalore, India Nationality: Indian
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chandrasekarancoumarassamy Languages: Tamil, English, German (Basic)
A forward-thinking person with excellent Communication, Leadership & People Management skills;
exceptionally self-motivation & creativity to achieve corporate & personal goals
Profile Summary:
A diverse career graph spanning over 25+ years of rich cross techno-functional experiences that are explored
through the key vital responsibilities such as Sr. Delivery & Project Management, CoE Leadership and Architect.
Veteran in SAP & S/4 design and Implementation and expert in Cloud technologies, Integration solutions
Expertise in vision oriented strategic decision, transforming business requirement to IT Digital solution.

Key Skills & Fortes: Education


Leadership Drive & People Mgmt.  BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration from
Graduation Pondicherry University, Pondicherry
Stakeholder & Strategy Mgmt.  Period: Jun 1997 – Aug 2000
Certificate in Computing from IGNOU, Delhi
Program & Delivery Mgmt.  Diploma
Period: Jan 2003 – Dec 2003
Enterprise Solution Architecting  Executive Program in Strategic Management from
Certification Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak
Agile & DevOps Management  Period: Dec 2016 – Apr 2017

Key Professional Accomplishments:


SAP CoE Establishment – Established SAP Technical Practice (CoE) in Siemens and ITC Infotech from the
scratch and headed the team size of 60+ resources.
Revenue Generation – As a SAP practice head, secured new business that augmented 6% of ITC Infotech
Leadership

and 7% of Softtek SAP Practice revenues.


Data Center Setup – Setup In-house SAP Data Centre (around 22+ SAP applications) in ITC Infotech for
Internal developments / POC and customer services and managed CapEX around 1M USD for Infra &
License.
Training & Mentorship – Trained 400+ resources in SAP & Non-SAP application and mentored peer
colleagues when they are in need. I secured knowledge in the SCM, Finance, HR, Legal domain process.
Accountable for delivering and support 8+ customers in Softtek and 4 customers in IBM at one go.
Cost Mgmt.

Delivered overall 40+ projects in multiple domains in the SAP portfolio with managing the TCO of 50+M
USD.
Automated several operational processes and reduced overall TCO of around 3M+ USD of Operational cost.
Worked with abundant vendors for resourcing and IT support and negotiated that saves 0.2M USD.
Business Solutions – Excelled several complex solutions to the business in the portfolio of Finance / IT4IT /
Legal / HR / Real Estate / FMCG / Retail / Corporate.
Architecture

Capability Formation – Proposed and Implemented Capability model for the Architecture department that
saves 40% of Shell’s Architecture budget yearly.
ARB Automation – Proposed and Implemented the ARB Automation tool that has streamlined the
Architecture design and approval process and to identity the individual gaps and to develop.
IT Strategy & Governance – Involved in IT Strategy design and decisions and overseeing all the solutions of
delivery architecture team as a key ARB member and demonstrated the right solutions to the business.

Recognition & Certifications:


Professional Awards Professional Certifications
2011 - “Best Employee” from ITC 2009 - ITIL V3 Foundation, from EXIN
Infotech 2009 - SAP NetWeaver 7.0 Technology Associate Consultant, from SAP
2013 - “Professional Excellence” 2017 - TOGAF 9.1 Architecture, from Open Group
from IBM 2017 - Certified Scrum Master, from Scrum Alliance
2015 - “Best Team Management” 2019 - IT4IT Foundation, from Open Group
from Softtek Infotech 2019 - Architectural Thinking, from IBM
2017 - “Idea Innovator” from 2022 - SAP S/4 HANA System Administration Technology Associate, from SAP
Shell 2022 - SAP S/4 HANA Business Process Integration Technology Associate, from SAP

Domain & Technical Expertise:


 Domain Process Skills : Human Resource, Oil & Energy, Telecommunication, Automobiles, FMCG & Retail
 SAP Skills : ERP, NetWeaver, S/4 HANA, Solution Manager, Business Objects and BTP-SAP Cloud, Concur
 Database Skills : SAP HANA, Oracle, MS-SQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Azure ADLS
Architecture Design Skills:
 HR Skills : Workday (HR Process & Technical Implementation), Salesforce (HR Portal)
 Testing Skills : Worksoft / Tricentis / Eggplant & HPE ALM
 Automation Skills : Blueprism / UiPath / Automation Anywhere
 Analytical Skills : MS Power Platform / SAP Analytics / Azure Analytics
 Integration Skills : File-Mover, Liaison, MuleSoft, Azure ADF & Databricks
 ITIL Skills : ServiceNow (ITSM / ITBM / SecOps)
 Data Mgmt. Skills : Data Modelling, Data Reconciliation, Anonymization & Quality Process
 Cloud Skills : AWS & Azure. Also trained in GCP, Blockchain, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, Azure AI, IOT
 Architect Skills : TOGAF Framework, Bizz-Design, IBM System Architect tool, Architecture Design – (High level
design in Business, Application, Data, Integration, Technical and Information Security Architecture Solution design)

Employment History:
SHELL INDIA MARKETS PVT LTD. (Oil & Gas and Energy Utilities) BANGALORE, INDIA
Sr. Solution Architect & Competency Center Manager – SAP Portfolio JAN 2016 – TILL NOW
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
 Headed SAP Technical Portfolio and delivered 35+ small and medium sized projects (SAP Basis & ABAP
developments) and 3 major projects (CFIN / S4 HANA Transformation / Data Center Migration) with the
Delivery Mgmt.

team size of 40+ resources with the budget of around 8M+ USD (excluding CFIN & S4 Transformation budget ).
 Managed resource hiring and supply to the projects. Maintenance of budget for team trainings, individual
developments and appraisals. Mentoring the team and guide them to reach organizational goals.
 Automated and In-housed some of the operational activities that reduces TCO of 1M+ USD every year.
 Working closely with partners and vendors for the implement and support of the projects and applications.
 Working with B2B and B2C customers to arrive Strategic solutions that fit for business requirements.
 Adopted Agile methodology to deliver the projects. Used Azure DevOps and VSTS / Kan-board tool.
 Business Connect – Work with business team for requirements gathering & solution planning and roadmap
 Vendor & Tool Selection – Product & vendor Assessment and finalization as key Architect
 Workshop & Training – Attending workshops and trainings for developments and to take strategic decisions
 Solution Strategic Decisions – Recommending Solutions aligning with Organizational goals
 Solution Review & Approval – Review Solution documents and approve it as a member for Architecture
Architecture & Lead

board
 Solution Design – Preparing Solution aligning with organization goals and vision and architectural standards
 Project Governance – Align with DevOps team and perform hands-on when required and validate whether
developments are done as per the design that meets the business requirements
 Framework & ArchiMate – Adhering to TOGAF framework and ArchiMate model to design the solution
 Architecture Model Design – Suggest and Design the Architecture Models (Domain / Capability / General /
Standards / Policies / Guidelines) that will be used by the entire Architecture team to design the solution
 Involved in Enterprise Architecture Strategic Decisions, Organization visions & goals
 Heading the Architecture team – Capability / Resource Management. Team size 45+.
 Involved in Budget planning and cost optimization activities

SOFTTEK INDIA PVT. LTD (IT Consulting) BANGALORE, INDIA


Delivery Manager – SAP Portfolio JAN 2015 – DEC 2015
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
 Headed SAP Technical Portfolio and accountable for delivering 8+ projects (SAP Basis & ABAP developments &
Security – Implementation & Operational Support) with the team size of 50+ resources with the budget of around
13M+ USD
 Managed resource hiring and supply to the projects. Maintenance of budget for team trainings, individual
developments and appraisals. Mentoring the team and guide them to reach organizational goals.
 Working closely with customers for the implement and support of the projects and applications.
 Fetched new business from the existing customer that augmented 7% of additional revenue to the SAP practice.
 Automated several operational activities that condenses 3% of operational cost (0.7M+ USD) to the SAP Practice
 Involved in Pre-Sales (RFI/RFP) / Sales pitch and SPOC for communication and escalations all the customers
supported.

IBM INDIA PVT. LTD (IT Consulting) BANGALORE, INDIA


Application Architect & Project Manager – SAP Portfolio APR 2012 – DEC 2014
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
 As a PM, Implemented the 12 functionalities of SAP Solution Manager for 3 customers around 45+ landscapes with
the team size of 20+ and delivered within budget of around 3M+ USD.
 As an Architect, Designed the E2E landscape, business process and implemented SAP ERP / NW / SolMan for an
Automobile customer and secured additional business of 0.3M USD for additional component implementation and
developments
 Trained around 300+ resources in SAP Basis and Solution Manager
 Involved in Pre-Sales (RFI/RFP) and resource hiring process

ITC INFOTECH INDIA LTD (IT Consulting & FMCG) BANGALORE, INDIA
CoE Lead – SAP Portfolio OCT 2010 – APR 2012
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
 Headed SAP Technical Portfolio and accountable for delivering 4+ projects (SAP Basis & ABAP developments &
Security – Implementation & Operational Support) with the team size of 30+
 Designed, Procured hardware and Setup In-house SAP Data Centre will all new and emerging SAP technologies
(around 22+ SAP applications) for POC & Capability building and to host customer’s application and provide services.
Managed CapEX around 1M USD
 Involved in Pre-Sales (RFI/RFP) / Sales pitch and SPOC for communication and escalations all the customers
supported.
 Fetched new business from the existing and new customer that augmented 6% of additional revenue to the SAP
practice.
 Being ITC a Golden partner, played the role of SPOC for SAP Vendor for License procurement and Implementation
 Initiated several strategic decisions to manage the SAP CoE and to manage the projects.

Other Employment Preceding’s:


Chennai, India & Germany
SIEMENS INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD Technical Lead – SAP & Solution Architect
Jul 2006 – Oct 2010
Bangalore, India
BRISTLECONE INDIA LTD Technical Consultant – SAP
Jan 2006 – Jun 2006
Chennai, India
MERIT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD Sr. Software Engineer
Jun 2005 – Jan 2006
Pondicherry, India
HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD MIS Executive
Nov 2004 – Jun 2005
Pondicherry, India
SAMTEL INDIA LTD System Administrator
Jun 2002 – Oct 2004
Pondicherry, India
IIC Web Services Programmer
Mar 1997 – Jun 2002

Key Projects Delivered:


Delivery Management (Hands-on):
 SAP Products Greenfield Implementation / Upgrade & Migration (SAP ECC / NW / BO / HANA & S/4) – Major & Minor projects
 SAP HANA Implementation & Migration (Multi-tenant DB Implementation – Greenfield)
 SAP S/4 HANA Migration (SAP ERP  SAP S/4 HANA Simple Finance in AWS Cloud Infrastructure)
 SAP Solution Manager (45+ landscapes) Implementation and BO Implementation (BO, BODS. BOIS, BPC, SCPM & SuPM)
Architect:
 SAP S/4 CFIN Implementation (SAP ERP’s / S4 and Finance Legacy (Tax / Payments) systems  SAP S/4 CFIN)
 SAP S/4 Transformation (Conversion of all SAP ERP systems into S/4 HANA applications)
 HR Digital Transformation (Workday Implementation)
o SAP HCM  Workday Migration (Workday Implementation with 280+ Interfaces and 140+ application Integrated)
o Data Reconciliation (between SAP HCM & Workday) and Data Anonymization (SAP HCM  Workday)
 Travel & Expense Implementation (Concur Implementation and integrating with Ticketing / Hotel booking vendors)
 Legal (Intellectual Properties & Group Screening) Solution Implementation with 120+ Interfaces and 80 applications Integrated
 Corporate – Transport Management Implementation (eFMFM & SafeTrax)
 IT4IT – Testing tool (Worksoft & Tricentis & HP ALM) and Architecture (Bizz-Design) and ServiceNow (ITSM / ITBM / SecOps)
 Automation – Implementation of RPA Products (Blueprism) and several in-house developed tools

Supplementary Contributions:
Pre-Sales Experiences: (Performed this activity in ITC Infotech, IBM and Softtek)
• Preparing cost estimates for licensing and product sales as well as professional services (deployment, migration,
implementation, workshops, etc.)
• Developing overall solutions including high-level design, statements of work, service design and bills of materials.
• Contributing to sales engineering effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed;
providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action;
implementing directives.
• Analyzing and gathering business requirement from large and complex client environment and performing required
research and investigation to identify and create thorough, accurate technical solution proposals based on client
requirements.
• Engagement in the Sales process during bids as Solution Lead.
• Create client roadmaps and solutions to build the digital enterprise.
• Lead workshops for solution design and architecture.
• Provides the ultimate solution design and architecture for multiple projects.
• Provides business level input and identifies areas of efficiency and cost savings within the project and solution context.

Technology (Tools & Applications) Selection & Management Experiences: (Performed this activity in Shell)
 Adhered to the standard process of selecting vendors.
 Selected the new tools for the following domains
o Finance: Tax Computation application (SAP PaPM, LongView, Corptax)
o IT4IT: Robotic Process Automation (BluePrism & UiPath) & Testing Application (Worksoft, Tricentis, Eggplant)
o Design: Architecture Design Tools (BizzDesign, Erwin)
o Corporate: Transport Tools (eFMFM, Safetrax, EEE Taxi)

Vendor Selection & Management Experiences: (Performed this activity in ITC Infotech, Softtek & Shell)
 Adhered to the standard process of selecting vendors.
 Selected the vendors for the following purpose
o Resource contract management (with IBM, Accenture, Delloite, PwC, TCS, Wipro).
o Infra supply management (With HP & DELL).
o Applications and Operational management (with IBM & Accenture).
 Involved in Contract & Procurement process and signing contracts.

Automation Experiences: (Performed this activity in Siemens, Softtek & Shell)


 Proven record of automated several operational activities as mentioned below
o Automated the reporting solution via Unix Shell script that saved 48 hours weekly effort of staff.
o Automated the SAP Kernel upgrade process via Unix Shell script that saved huge efforts made by the
operational team and saved cost the operational cost.
o Automated Ticketing Process – Implemented and configured SAP Solution Manager for huge SAP landscape of
100+ instances and integrated the Solution Manager with ServiceNow (Ticketing tool) to convert the SAP
Incidents to tickets in ServiceNow with different level of support.
o Automated the Linux mail Setup – Developed user friendly tool to manage the Linux mail setup via shell script
o Automated Financial operational process – Advised the Engineering team to implement the RPA tool
(Blueprism) to automate the daily financial operational processes that saved huge effort of finance business
team.
o ERP Development – Developed an ERP package for an FMCG company which benefited with full automation

Strategic & Capability Management Experiences: (Performed this activity in ITC Infotech, Softtek & Shell)
 Meeting with clients to discuss business goals and objectives.
 Conducting market research and studying market trends by attending workshops and subscription for market reports.
 Analysing existing processes and workflows and advice the improvement process.
 Evaluating the practices and market behaviour of industry competitors.
 Presenting analysis reports especially to business strategy and technologies implementation to meet business needs.
 Devising strategies to increase revenue, cut costs, and promote growth.
 Overseeing the implementation of updated business strategies.
 Monitoring the long-term effects of business changes and ensuring that technological resources meet the company's
short and long-term needs.
 Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company.
 Maintaining a consumer-focused outlook and aiding in the delivery of IT projects to market.
 Staying on top of technology trends and developments.
 Ensuring all technology practices adhere to regulatory standards.

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