Sudhakar Arumugam

About Sudhakar Arumugam

I am an innovative, solution-focused Information Technology Executive with 20 years of experience developing and leading high-performance teams and driving successful business technology strategies that optimize systems and strengthen operational performance and efficiency. I have extensive systems implementation experience in manufacturing, global logistics and distributions business segments.I value being action-oriented and have a strong ability to communicate effectively across audiences – distilling data into meaningful business insights. As a passionate networker, I am skilled at developing and cultivating strong relationships both with internal teams and external business partners to draw alignment with key business initiatives and deliver lasting results. My expertise lies in enterprise IT leadership, IT project execution and strategic business partnerships.KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS: • Set up and led teams across focus areas of ERP (Oracle EBS) Implementation, Production Support, Data Transformation, Technology architecture and Strategic projects. Successfully led both large and small impactful teams using effective global partnership, authentic leadership, influence, people empathy and bias for action & results.• Managed Global Scrum teams (8 managers, extended team of 90+ across US and India) in functional, technical deliverables for Oracle EBS implementations.• Led the effort to implement a 3rd shift in offshore to support during US hours, achieving annual cost savings of $1.8M+.• Key member of an organizational change to transition from waterfall software development lifecycle (SDLC) to Agile/DevOps principles; Reduced required staff labor by 25% and delivered at 1.5x times post transition.• Program manager for Oracle EBS upgrade (12.1.3 to 12.2.9) of three global instances with a total budget of $6.5M.• Member of IT leadership team contributed to financial planning and managing annual budget over $35M.• Managed vendors relationship for IT professional services with an annual spend over $7M. Negotiated contracts and received 15% of discounts on pricing.

Experience

1. Co-founder & CEO

   Elfonze Technologies

   Nov 2021 — Present · Denver, CO, US

Education

• University of Denver - Daniels College of Business

  Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)

  2017 — 2018

• Thiagarajar Polytechnic

  Diploma, Production Engineering

• PSG College of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering