Sarangapani Srikanth

About Sarangapani Srikanth

From building HCM product to crafting an ETL tool to integrate multiple products to…

Experience

1. Associate Director - Projects

   Cognizant

   Feb 2024 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Associate Director – Projects Healthcare Tech & AI ProgramsHumana Healthcare (Apr 2025 – Present)Leading Humana’s Provider IT Digital Engineering team of 80+ associates, managing an $8M account. Spearheaded recruitment efforts with Talent Supply/OPS teams and drove innovation through 60+ ideas— Top 9 ideas implemented. Played a pivotal role in Knowledge Management through sessions and published articles. Successfully closed a 2.5-year Cloud 3.0 project within 3 months by enforcing strong governance. Encouraged team to trained to use tools like Copilot/Windsurf. Boosted productivity by 30% via Codegen tool adoption and bi-weekly reporting. Ensured healthy margins and timely associate recognition. Supported multiple RFPs with on-time submissions.Premera Healthcare (Sep 2024 – Mar 2025)Directed tech programs for a $5M account with 50+ associates. Established transparent governance and weekly client reporting. Fostered team alignment with project goals and milestones. Contributed 28 BlueBolt ideas, with 3 approved and implemented. Led a $3M RFP for portal UI modernization and delivered a legacy.NET modernization project on schedule, earning client appreciation.Cognizant Technology Solutions – AI SQuAD Community (Feb 2024 – Aug 2024)Contributed to AI SQuAD (2500+ associates) by defining Gen AI lifecycle standards and designing Model/Data Cards. Conducted technical assessments for delivery excellence and implemented RAG evaluation. Good understanding of LLMs and frameworks like Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and Streamlit. Skilled in prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and benchmarking for NLP tasks. Proficient in PyTorch, TensorFlow, and GPU programming (XEON, GAUDI). Strong grasp of API integration, SQL/NoSQL, vector stores, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure). Led curriculum development and training for M+ roles in AI, Gen AI, ETL, BI, and Responsible AI. Collaborated with Champions on case studies, curriculum design, and estimation templates.

Education

• University of Madras

  Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Computer Programming, Specific Applications

  2003 — 2006

• University of Madras

  Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), Commerce and Accounts

  1993 — 1996

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Hris
• Salesforce.com
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Requirements Gathering
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Team Management
• Outsourcing
• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Project Management
• Professional Services
• Change Management
• Sql
• Saas
• Software Implementation
• Software Documentation
• Sdlc
• Requirements Analysis
• Management