Arun Kumar Arun Ananthanarayanan A

About Arun Kumar Arun Ananthanarayanan A

IT Professional & Technical Delivery Manager: 20+ years of techno-managerial leadership in Application Development, Cloud Computing, Project/Program/Portfolio Management, Solution Architecture, Pre-Sales Activities Revenue Growth, and Team Leadership functions. Highly skilled in aligning cutting-edge technology with changing business needs, moving from legacy to Next-Gen Software/ Cloud/ Digital Platforms for high-operational efficiency, process automation, cost and resource optimization, making organizations future-ready in competitive global environments.Versatile Project & Delivery Manager: I have led & delivered Multi-Million Dollar Technical/Software/ Digital/ Transformation & Microservices Development on AWS Cloud Projects, from scope to completion within defined, time, budget, SLA, and quality norms. Leveraged Agile -Scrum Methodologies to enhance project efficiency, adaptability, and service delivery excellence, exceeding client’s / stakeholder expectations.Customer-centric Revenue Growth Driver: Adept in managing a portfolio of Global Client Accounts, augmenting revenue growth through pre-sales, POCs, RFPs/ RFQs, proposals, consultative selling to high-value deal closures / new and additional project wins for the company. Oversaw complete SDLC, design, development, testing (UAT), and roll-out of secure, scalable, and user-friendly Software Applications that engaged the target audience and delivered value to the business.Key Milestones:Career hallmarked with breakthrough success in working with reputed IT firms like Wipro, JP Morgan Chase, Virtusa Consulting, and GAVS Technologies, in onsite-offshore customer-facing rolesKey Member in Cloud Technologies, and DevOps Practice in different organizations –, to cross train people on new technologies and provide support for presales activities in terms of solutioning and responses to RFP and RFQSCommitted to fostering a collaborative environment, my key strengths are the ability to multi-task, work with limited resources, overcome complex challenges, and deliver excellent resultsRecognized by Seniors & Colleagues as a Collaborative Leader, Problem-Solver, I have worked in many cross functional and multisite teams to achieve desired results. In my free time, I like Swimming, Travelling, and spending quality time with my family.Connect with me at: a•••••••@gmail.com / a•••••••@hotmail.com

Experience

1. Engagement Delivery Leader

   Cognizant

   Mar 2026 — Present · Chennai, IN

Education

• Great Learning

  PGPCC, Cloud Computing and DevOps

  2018 — 2018

• National Institute of Technology Durgapur

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

• Kendriya Vidyalaya

  High School

Skills

• Network Management Applications
• Togaf
• Team Leadership
• Technical Architecture
• Adventnet
• Unix
• Chef
• J2ee 1.4
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Node.js
• Professional Services
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Enterprise Software
• Software Project Management
• Insourcing
• Netconf
• Software Architectural Design
• Tmf
• Multi-Site Team Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Iot
• Project Management
• Devops
• Pre-Sales Consulting
• Pre-Sales
• Tmn
• Element Management Systems
• Asn.1
• Sdlc
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Solution Architecture
• Iaas
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Opennms
• Service Assurance
• Vendor Management
• Software Development