Kalavati Vijaya Kumar

About Kalavati Vijaya Kumar

Highly motivated and results-oriented leader with 19+ years of professional experience:• Recruiting, managing and growing high performing global Data Engineering, Analytics, Delivery, and Support teams.• Leading cross matrix projects to enhance outcomes, quality of work, experience and reduce costs.• Scaling operations, driving innovation and operational excellence.• Reporting and managing service-level agreements (SLA) and business metrics.• Strategic planning and execution and serving as thought partner to Senior Leaders and stakeholders from Engineering, Product, Client Management, Sales, Finance and other functions.• Driving Change, Employee Engagement, Talent Development and Community Impact efforts.

Experience

1. Senior Director, Data Engineering and Support

   Optum

   Jul 2018 — Present · Fairfax, VA, US

   Established global Data Engineering and Data Operations teams responsible for implementing and supporting Analytics solutions and platforms leveraging EMR (Clinical, Billing, Financial) and Claims data for Providers, Payers, and Life Sciences clients through:• Analyzing, transforming, standardizing, and maintaining data for go-live and ongoing operations on AWS and Azure Cloud data pipelines using Agile methodology.• Operational and service excellence - investigating support requests and implementing changes.• Working with product, engineering, project management, and cross matrix teams to implement and launch new solutions on Power BI/MicroStrategy and modular analytics services.• Managing resource allocation, budget, staff performance and career growth.• Continuous improvements to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance satisfaction.

Education

• University of Visveswaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

  2000 — 2004

• University of Illinios at Chicago

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Unix
• Shell Scripting
• Etl
• Informatica
• Project Management
• Data Warehousing
• Business Requirements
• Customer Service
• Sharepoint
• Staff Management
• Presentations
• Oracle
• Employee Engagement
• C++ Language
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Communication
• Microstrategy
• Databases
• Sql
• Salesforce.com
• Offshore Management
• Perl
• Jira
• Business Intelligence
• Confluence
• Capacity Management
• Interviews
• Performance Dashboards
• Leadership
• Team Management
• Process Improvement
• Production Monitoring