Raj Kotha

About Raj Kotha

Empowering a high-performing global teams dedicated to building quality software. Lead agile transformation, ensuring efficiency, security, and resilience in engineering practices. Foster a culture of trust, innovation, and continuous improvement, encouraging diverse perspectives. Build strong organizational relationships, aligning business and technical roadmaps. Provide strategic direction while maintaining hands-on technical expertise. Maximize operational efficiency, drive process improvements, and ensure accountability. Stay informed on industry trends to guide the organization’s vision I am driven by a strong passion for learning emerging technologies and frameworks. I take pride in sharing this knowledge across the organization, fostering innovation and growth. Played a pivotal role in helping TCS secure multi-million dollar deals during tenure in Europe. Identified potential opportunities at customer sites and successfully converted them into million-dollar deals. Built high-performing teams and ensured the successful architecture, design, and implementation of high-quality systems. Successfully led and implemented software projects using an onsite-offshore model. Managed multi-site implementations across diverse industries such as BFSI, publishing, reinsurance, energy, airlines, oil & gas. Front-facing customer interactions, including gathering requirements, defining architecture, design, implementation, training business users, and providing post-implementation support. Engaged with customers and business users across various geographies (UK, Switzerland, Middle East, Netherlands) to ensure project alignment and user adoption. Provided training and support to business users, ensuring effective use of implemented solutions. Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across all organizational levels and excel in influencing and negotiation. Skilled in managing relationships and building strong interpersonal connections, with a solid track record in time and project management. Played key role in Successfully Designing and implementing Content2.0 product. Content 2.0 product is being used by leading publishing houses like Pearson and Reader’s Digest

Experience

1. Lead Genai Architect Enterprise Architect for Lshceru Unit

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Mar 2019 — Present · Zurich, CH

   Worked as a Director, by leading large global teams and dealing the professionals across various organizations at client place in Zurich. Played Critical role in winning the multi-million-dollar deals for TCS. Involved in requirement gathering and RFP phases in the program. Involved in performing the Proof of concept along with OpenText to for performing the feasibility study. Involved in Architecture proposition, System Sizing to meet the archival requirements of 5 TB Data Ingestion per day and Search response of 2 seconds over the archival data along with OpenText. Architected and Implemented tools to archive 5TB Ingestion Throughput & 2 seconds search response Received wide appreciations from customer for the exhibition of sound technical skills in the program, and effective collaboration with stakeholders across the globe.

Education

• Anna University Chennai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2001 — 2005