Karthik Dhanapal
Sr Engineering Manager @American Airlines
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WORK HISTORY
Sr Engineering Manager @American Airlines
Engineering leader accountable for mission-critical maintenance applications and data platforms, driving operational efficiency, reliability, and team growth at scale.Own delivery and operational excellence for the Aircraft Maintenance and Planning application suite, enabling automation and optimization of maintenance planning across line and base operations.Lead Technical Operations Data platforms, including Data Engineering, Operational and Analytical Data Platforms, and Data Insights supporting maintenance, planning, and engineering functions.Drive end-to-end engineering execution — roadmap planning, prioritization, delivery, reliability, and continuous improvement — for business-critical systems.Partner closely with product, operations, and business leaders to translate complex operational needs into scalable, reliable technology solutions.Establish and enforce engineering standards, architecture guidelines, and craftsmanship practices, balancing quality, agility, and speed of delivery.Build and grow high-performing engineering teams, focusing on coaching, career development, accountability, and a strong ownership mindset.Champion automation, platform resilience, and operational stability, reducing manual effort, improving predictability, and strengthening system reliability.Foster a culture of engineering excellence and continuous learning, enabling teams to deliver with confidence while evolving skills and capabilities.
EDUCATION
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University
B.E, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT KARTHIK DHANAPAL
I love technology and I am passionate about streamlining business and IT operations using skills which I have amassed throughout my 20+ years IT career. I am a seasoned and innovative solutions architect well-versed working with business and engineering divisions to understand their problem statement, challenges and support them by providing scalable and resilient system architectures, technology roadmaps, design, algorithms, and integration patterns to address the business or IT needs. With my team leadership skills, I have hired, inspired, groomed and formed high performant engineering teams and led various product launch on a trajectory to success and has been often recognized for overseeing the technical aspects of these deliveries directing the development team as regards choosing and adopting best practices for application development as well as focus on improving operations by proactively identify and mitigate risks.I collaborate with engineers and technology leaders across the enterprise on choosing, evaluating and adopting latest technologies/tools which can reduce time to market and better support the business. My specialties includes solution architecture using Azure Cloud platform and on-premises technologies, building low latency operational data platforms using relational, NO SQL, document and in-memory databases, building business integration platforms using Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Event Driven Architecture (EDA), improve delivery cycles and streamline operations using CICD toolchains, developing airline crew management systems, container orchestration using Kubernetes. I also possess Object-Oriented Programming experience using Java, Test Driven Development using JUnit / Mockito frameworks.Notable career highlights include:• Spearheaded cloud migration efforts of various applications across the enterprise by evaluating and adopting latest tools/technologies• Recognized for delivery and overseeing the technical aspects of operational data distribution platform acting as a backbone of American Airlines and US Airways Crew Management system merger.• Recognized by American Airlines Executives for being the leader in driving and adopting DEVOPS • Led development and delivery of a mobile application which improved day to day experience of American airlines Pilots and Flight Attendants.
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