Kannan Ramamurthy

About Kannan Ramamurthy

An accomplished technology executive and AI visionary, I lead transformative initiatives…

Experience

1. Senior Manager Strategic Incubation and Cloud Center of Excellence

   General Motors

   Nov 2006 — Present

   Strategy and Leadership - Chief technologist with deep experience in Product Engineering, Big Data, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, E commerce, Mobility and DevOps Thought leadership – Deep breadth and depth of domain expertise in Big Data, Analytics and Intelligent Automation (Machine Learning). Deep analytical skills including - statistical modeling, stochastic modeling, and neural networks to drive real benefit outcomes. Hands-on experience with NVIDIA SDKs and key technologies (XGBoost, cuDNN, CUDA, DL/ML, Dask Frameworks) Digital roadmap – Establish, define, design, and deliver a digital center of competence that will demonstrate best in class Big Data Platforms, Data Management, Data Mining,Data Visualization, and Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning). Digital technologies – Define, design, and deliver new technology introductions / new product innovations that drives proactive decision making, insights, and benefit outcomes. Key digital domain areas similar but not limited to: incubated and utilized technologies like GPU accelerated analytics, RTOS, serverless, CI/CD, openCV, computer vision, CUDA programming, Apache Pulsar, Kafka, Cassandra, JanusGraph, Postgres, Greenplum, Dremio, Druid, Presto, Solr, ElasticSearch, Hadoop, Apache NIFI, Spark, Python, Tensor Flow, Jupyter, Apache Zeppelin, Prometheus, Grafana, Voltage, Apache Flink, Apache Beam, Apache Ranger, Apache Atlas to name a few Organizational – Strategic design and optimized delivery structure. Attract, recruit, develop and retain talent. Co-Ops, Internships, digital leadership development programs (early, mid, experience careers), coaching, mentoring. Employee evaluations, succession planning, compensation, merit, and reward planning/execution. Build a collaborative, cohesive, credible, high performing organization Staff Mgmt & Staff Development Budgeting & Cost Control RFP & Contract Negotiations Cloud infrastructure Strategic analysis & internal consulting

Skills

• Weblogic
• Apache Nifi
• Program Management
• IT Operations
• Agile Methodologies
• Big Data
• Software Development
• Python
• Data Migration Specialist
• Hadoop
• Consulting
• IT Strategy
• Data Center Architecture
• Apache Kafka
• Developing a New Organization with a Large Staff
• Enterprise Architecture
• Vendor Management
• Business Intelligence
• Data Analysis
• Lucene
• Telematic Billing
• Data Mining
• Sdlc
• Ejb
• Oracle
• Database Administration
• Project Planning
• Soa
• Architecture
• Telematic Bi
• Virtualization
• Business Process
• Pmp
• Splunk
• Enterprise Software
• Integration
• Apache Spark
• Requirements Analysis
• Spark Mlib
• Telematics