Arunprasad Sahadevan, Digital Transformation Manager

Arunprasad Sahadevan

Digital Transformation Manager

Ahli United Bank - Kuwait

Location
Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
Education
Master's degree, Information Technology
Experience
18 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :18 years, 6 Months

Digital Transformation Manager at Ahli United Bank - Kuwait
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since January 2020
SENIOR SYSTEMS ANALYST at Ahli United Bank
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • May 2017 to December 2019

Ahli United Bank is one of the largest, privately-owned banks in the Gulf region.
Accountable for liaising with various business units within AUBK of identification, development and
implementation of process improvement initiatives related to application development and implementation as
well as managing external service providers engaged in the provision of services related to Banking.

BUSINESS SOLUTIONS SPECIALIST at Alghanim Industries
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • July 2013 to February 2017

Alghanim Industries is one of the largest, privately-owned companies in the Gulf region. A multi-national
company in outlook with operations in 40 countries, Alghanim Industries is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate
with more than 30 businesses.
The company has been recognized as one of the Best Employers in the Middle East and one of Asia’s Best
Employer Brands, as well as having the Best Corporate Governance in Kuwait.
Accountable for consulting to various business units for the purposes of identification, development and
implementation of process improvement initiatives related to document content management, creation and
distribution as well as managing external service providers engaged in the provision of services related to
managing documents.
* Directing and monitoring all facets of project development and implementation, including contract
negotiation.
* Maintaining Point of Sale development for unit: Set direction and manage changes, resulting in continuously
meeting and achieving organizational goals and project timelines.
* Building, leading, and fostering highly qualified multitasking, cross-functional teams capable of meeting
timelines and bringing projects to completion while remaining within budget and scope specifications.
* Conceiving, developing, executing, and implementing state-of-the-art knowledge-sharing solutions for global
enterprises.
Achievements:
* Architect, designed and developed Retail Point of Sales application used by Alghanim electronics, largest
electronics retailer in Kuwait with 40 stores in Kuwait and KSA.
* Developed and implemented Tags printing application for tag printing team, resulting in manual work time
saving of up to 50%, enhancing productivity for client and company.
* Prevented manual data entries and reduced the number of system interfaces by initiating and giving effect
to new application Talent Management Solution in order to facilitate the users to spend time on value
added tasks.
* Automated Treasury Department Processes initiative to migrate the entire business process ran through
excel to audited software helping in identifying erroneous and duplicated payments. The process helped to
delegate work within the team and eliminated manual work, along with the missing control over the payment
process.
* Integrated Automated Government Services Dashboard for kuwaitization avoiding government fines. As
the effect: each business was able to track and manage the Kuwaiti talent pools.
Environment: .NET, C#, ASP .NET MVC, Angular JS & SQL Server; SAP Integration; CMS administration;
Hosting/Web Administration; Architecture and Design, SAP .NET Connector 3.0, BAPI.

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT at Protiviti Member Firm
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2012 to July 2013

A global consulting firm that helps companies solve problems in finance, technology, operations, governance,
risk and internal audit. Protiviti and its independently owned Member Firms serve clients through a network of
more than 70 locations in over 20 countries.
Maintained control for product validation and acquisition, vendor relations, and contract negotiations. Served as
key member of team accountable for development and implementation of Government Portal and Support
division's Technical Delivery Unit.
Governance Portal Beneficiary: Securities & Commodities Authority (SCA) - Abu Dhabi; General Civil
Aviation Authority (GCAA) - Abu Dhabi; Oman International Bank (OIB) -
Oman; Information Technology Authority - Oman; Public Authority of
Social Insurance - Oman; Tamkeen - Bahrain; ADGAS - Abu Dhabi;
ZADCO - Abu Dhabi; MUBADALA - Abu Dhabi; CBQ - Qatar.
Achievement:

* Developed & Implemented Amana hotline whistleblower policy website.
Environment: Crystal Reports XI R2; Payroll; IIS Administration; SQL Server Administration; SharePoint 2010;
ASP .NET; MIS Reports; .NET Winform; Epicor iScala.

TECHNICAL CONSULTANT at Axis Solutions
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2010 to December 2011

AXIS Solutions is a Kuwait Shareholding Closed Company that was established in 2004. AXIS is an IT System
Integrator with a special focus on key-account management. AXIS strives to represent world class partners
(20+) and attract global talents (150+ from over 15 countries), providing them with unmatched opportunities and
fun work environment.
Accountable for the identification, development, implementation, and post implementation of business
requirements needs of the Division, including end user training and, as member of the Technical team.
Achievements:
* Developed and implemented ATM service tracking application; Cheque serial printing application, and Field
Management System.
* Implementation of Epicor iScala ERP at Alkhadda international Company - Kuwait and Vanda international
- Kuwait.
* Implemented new custom payroll system at Alkhadda international Company - Kuwait.
Environment: Epicor iSCala 2.3 SR1; Payroll; MIS Reports; XI R2; UI design; .NET; SQL Server administration;
Windows CE.

TECHNICAL ANALYST at Infosys Technologies Limited
  • India - Chennai
  • September 2005 to December 2009

A global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services. Enables clients, in more
than 50 countries, to stay a step ahead of emerging business trends and outperform the competition.
Identifying opportunities for process efficiencies through the improvements to existing systems: Authored
Functional Specification document and Technical Specification Document; Handled Configuration Management
and Release management activities; Integration Tester; Training manuals preparation; Post implementation
Support.
Achievements:
* Developed and Implemented for external client in order to scope and complete deliverables according to
project requirements as follows: NLG CA; RMS sustenance; RMS-RG E2E Integration; CTM; SM & RM; CP
3.0; SBIS; AHD Internal Application.
* Organized social awareness programs as a part of 25 years Infosys celebration.
External Client: Microsoft Corporation - Redmond, USA.
Environment: .NET, ASP .NET, SQL Server.

Education

Master's degree, Information Technology
  • at MCA] – Anna University
  • January 2005
Bachelor's degree, Information Technology
  • at University of Madras
  • January 2002

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Specialties & Skills

SQL Server
ASP.NET
DevExpress
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
ASP .NET MVC
Entity Framework
Bootstrap
SAP integration
Sql Server
Devexpress
vendor management
program management
planning
workflow
web development
system administration
agile project management
product management
team leadership
programming

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Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Native Speaker

Hobbies

  • Photography