Head of Engineering & Architecture
Amity University Dubai
Total years of experience :25 years, 0 Months
- Leading and managing several architecture, engineering and technology-related programs.
- Cloud-based and IoT-based architectures in emerging technologies across several domains such as smart cities, smart healthcare, smart grid communications & applications, smart societies, IoT/M2M applications, etc.
- Current projects: (1) Smart Street Pole project with Huawei; (2) Design of an IoT-Cloud based Healthcare Framework.
* Technical Leader - Architecture & Innovation in Product Engineering, Ericsson India, Business Unit of Systems Support R&D, Gurgaon, India.
* Provided vision, strategy, development and management capability for the BUSS R&D and Innovation teams. Took initiatives to build strong products and innovation culture within the organization. Worked on high potential innovation ideas, technical problems of various product roadmaps and generating IP for Ericsson (e.g. driving the patenting process)
* Founded Gurgaon Creativity Lab of highly motivated technical resources and subject matter experts to do sponsored proof-of-concepts (PoCs) . Recently completed an intelligent decoding PoC in the domain of telecom mediation.
* Promoted innovation and collaboration, diffusing pressure and promoting a team atmosphere.
* Provided leadership through influence and technical authority across teams within several Centers of Excellence such as Mediation, Device Management, Charging & Billing, and M-Commerce.
* Established a collaborative, team-oriented leadership style while leading and mentoring teams.
• Solutions architecting and technical leadership for products in Customer Data and Location Intelligence, Customer Experience Management, and eCommerce (Global Shipping Program)
• Provided technical direction and guidance in defining long-term product strategies and short-term development efforts; Collaborated with world-wide product management groups.
• Worked as a trusted advisor to Pitney Bowes senior leadership for technology strategy on cloud, SaaS, business intelligence, data mining, etc.
• Worked closely with the Chief Architect to establish Enterprise Architecture methods using TOGAF. Active member of the Global Enterprise Architecture Executive Council to facilitate timely reviews.
• Promoted innovation culture and mentored technical teams for focused engineering outcomes.
• An example project: Tariff Optimization for T-Mobile Austria using data analytics and visualization by Portrait Software.
• Senior Researcher Consultant, IBM India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi (12 months contract)
• Technical consulting, solution architecting, and technical leadership for projects in the area of mobile-enabled applications, mobile commerce, and rural services.
• Linked assets from IBM Research, Services and Solutions with emerging software-based solutions for telecom and banking industries (e.g., concept of mobile money services for Airtel and SBI)
• While collaborating with IBM India GBS CTO, conducted the Integrated Technology and Architecture Review of a large solution bid for National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
• Led a team of solutions delivery mangers and solution architects to provide system integration solutions from pre-sales to complete delivery for many telecom portfolios such as BSS, OSS, SDP, Messaging & Browsing, Fixed Mobile Integration, Subscriber Data Management, etc.
• Ensured successful delivery of services business through rich technical competence and efficient engineering processes, with business partners like Cognizant, Tech Mahindra, Satyam, etc.
• An example: Implemented service management and charging solutions including convergent prepaid solution () for Zain Saudi's borderless mobile network (One Network)
• Enhanced competencies and capabilities in the designated solution areas and assisted respective Centers of Competence in their global business management.
• A whitepaper on Cloud-based Managed Services.
• Developed end-to-end delivery maturity model for high predictability and improved project planning across NSN Regions and Service Delivery Centers.
• Established & managed processes to maximize the reusability of solutions, IPRs and frameworks.
• Technology strategy and architecture consulting - blueprints and roadmaps - for customers such as Lufthansa Aeronautics, Lufthansa Cargo, Daimler AG, VOCA, etc.
• Technical reviews, architecture audits, standardization of software environments, mentoring and coaching of architects / developers, architectural thought leadership, innovation management, etc. Example: Architecture audit for a complex multi-tiered J2EE architecture for Lufthansa Aero-nautics.
• Participated in the pre-sales activities by responding to various RFPs and designing innovative solutions. Consulted on the management of technology and business process operations, including transitioning applications, infrastructure and people.
• Managed a group of 50+ solutions architects. Established many Centers of Excellence in the ar-eas such as Enterprise Architecture & SOA, Microsoft Technologies, Java & Web Technologies, Open Source Technologies, Services Management, Legacy Modernization, etc.
• Many proof-of-concepts to win new business in SOA, system integration technologies, cloud computing, and application migration from legacy systems to .NET-based SOA or to J2EE-based SOA. Example: A proof-of-concept to design a Point-of-Sale system for Daimler AG Germany.
• Established a unique Solutions & Alliances Group to cater for innovative solutions offerings, products and tools from various centers of excellence.
• Three practices - Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing, ERP Applications, and Testing - worked very closely with TIC. Laid the initial foundations of BI-DW and Testing practices.
• Established a SOA-based Solution Architecture Framework for utilities in India. Developed the reference architecture of Intelligent Utility Network in collaboration with the business development teams from IBM S&D and domain experts from IIT-Bombay.
• Example: Built a proof-of-concept in the area of business intelligence and data analytics for Reliance Energy Limited using IBM DB2 data warehouse, AlphaBlox and Intelligent Miner.
• Blueprint proposal for the intelligent grid (that is, integration of all enterprise and real-time SCADA applications) for NRLDC-POWERGRID.
• First-of-a-kind project called iQuilt to build a SOA management tool that extended predictive capabilities to Tivoli ITCAM. Another project on SOA-enabled NextGen Collaboration with ISL.
• Served on many program committees of leading conferences and reviewed many articles. Collaborated on the R&D projects with IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and UNSW.
- Implemented a peer-to-peer middleware infrastructure using Web services
(Led this 1 million dollar R&D project funded by Microsoft Australia and the Australian Research Council; Team size: 16 persons)
- Many proof-of-concept projects on accessing enterprise systems via mobile devices, swappable Web services, services composition, and applications using peer-to-peer architectures.
- Organised the International Workshop on Architectures for Complex Application Integration (WA-CAI 2003) in Dallas, Texas, November 2003.
- Highly specialised consulting services to various businesses and government sectors in distributed software architectures and technologies (e.g., NSW RTA, Australian Stock Exchange, etc.).
- Technology assessment and audit for Sony Australia’s B2B integration project in Jun’02; Product Consultant for Beacon IT Australia to develop and enhance their budget management system.
• EAI architect, solution reference architecture, Web portal, BEA WebLogic, TIBCO, etc.
• BSS/OSS applications based on TeleManagement Forum's NGOSS
• Example: Designed and implemented a Channel Support System (a Web portal) for an important customer COMindico and integrated it with their BSS-OSS applications.
• Product design and development - A data mining tool using advanced Java technologies.
• Web Portal design and delivery for Deloitte Touche Tomhatsu using Microsoft technologies.
• Developed professional services for Custom Application Development Unit.
• Managed external relationships with 3rd party integrators and technology suppliers.
• While on a sabbatical leave in 1998-99, consulted for IBM Australia and built industry-centric solutions for internet banking, insurance and Sydney Olympics using Lotus technologies;
• While consulting for IBM Australia (1998), Piyush built a proof-of-concept and helped business development teams in selling a novel Internet banking solution to AMP, a premier Australian financial institution and insurer. The work involved system analysis and integration of IBM's Finance GoldDirect(TM) Internet Banking Server with Aptrix Web publishing software.
• Technical Advisor and Consultant for companies such as IBM Australia (1998-99), Sony Australia (2002), Beacon Group (2005-06), Waratek Australia (2002-06), etc.
• Contributed to University Relationship Programs at IBM India and Pitney Bowes with institutions such as IIT-Bombay, IIT-Delhi, IISc-Bangalore and ISB-Hyderabad.
• Successful implementation of new Bachelor of Software Engineering degrees at UNSW and GU.
• Active researcher in distributed system design and parallel computing.
• Contributed in setting a supercomputing infrastructure for a consortium of all major universities in Queensland (1994-95).
• Supervised Ph.D., M.E. and thesis students. Many students joined companies such as IBM, AT&T research lab, and Australian software industry. Examined many Ph.D. research theses.
• Offered industry-centric solutions for internet banking, insurance and Sydney Olympics in group-ware applications using Lotus technologies; Certified Lotus Domino Application Developer.
May '84 - Sep '87 Programmer / Analyst, Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC), Dehradun, India.
• Designed the Information Management System to handle the inquiries from the top management and the Indian Ministry of Petroleum Industries.
• Developed and maintained software on DEC2050 for ONGC's Long-term Corporate Plans, which dealt with its physical and financial projections (exploration, drilling and costing plans)
Particular Skills and Abilities
• Highly effective communication skills with all levels of management, including international CTOs, CIOs, VPs, and audience with business and technical backgrounds.
• Can communicate vision, insights and trends to customers, partners and internal audiences, and translate this into actionable roadmaps.
• Excellent people management and mentoring skills, in particular, for architects and technologists.
• Business analysis and commercial assessment of technology-related opportunities.
• Solid research and complex problem-solving skills in distributed system design.
• Ability to create standards, guidelines, methodologies for new service offerings.
• Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering, The University of Manchester, U.K., 1987-90. (Topic: Controlling parallelism in functional programs using complexity information; Defended Ph.D. in Oct '90.)
• M.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, IIT Roorkee, India, 1982-84. (Marks: 81.58%)
• B.Eng. in Electronics and Communication Engg, IIT Roorkee, India, 1978-82. (CGPA 3.77 out of 4.00)