Saravana Kumar K.

About Saravana Kumar K.

Saravana is a visionary technology executive with over 24 years of experience driving digital transformation and delivering enterprise-scale solutions for global organizations. A strategic partner to C-suite executives, Saravana excels at translating complex business requirements into scalable technology architectures that optimize operations and accelerate revenue growth.As Senior Director of Enterprise Applications at John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Saravana leads digital transformation initiatives and oversees a high-performing global team of 95+ technologists across SAP Order To Cash, STEP MDM, Sap Vistex, Sap ABAP, Sap BTP, and SaaS platforms like Viax, implementing innovative solutions that have reduced system complexity while improving reliability and performance.Saravana\'s signature achievement at Wiley has been spearheading multiple enterprise-wide digital transformation programs implementing SAP ECC & S/4 HANA, delivering significant cost savings and improvements in operational efficiency. He also architected a Quote-to-Cash integration strategy for M&A activities, enabling seamless integration of acquired companies. His implementation of Agile/Scrum methodologies reduced project delivery timelines and improved quality metrics, while his governance framework improved alignment between IT initiatives and business outcomes.Prior to Wiley, Saravana served as a Specialist Master in SAP Package Technology at Deloitte Consulting LLC, where he led multiple enterprise-scale SAP implementation projects for Fortune 500 clients across manufacturing, energy, and public sector industries. Notable projects included a digital transformation program for INVISTA, and directing technical architecture for Avon\'s Service Model Transformation program, consolidating 12 legacy systems into a unified SAP platform.Earlier in his career, Saravana held technical leadership positions at Wipro Technologies and Infosys Technologies, where he developed expertise in enterprise integration solutions and established standards and methodologies that significantly reduced development time and costs.Saravana holds a Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A) from the College of Engineering, Anna University, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Bharathiar University in India. His technical expertise encompasses enterprise applications (SAP S/4 HANA, SAP BRIM, Vistex DMP, STEP MDM, SAP BTP), integration technologies (TIBCO BusinessWorks, SAP PO/PI, ESB, ETL, APIs, microservices), cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, SAP BTP, Salesforce, Workday), and advanced data analytics tools.

Experience

1. Senior Director of Software Engineering

   Wiley

   Jul 2019 — Present · US

   S4 HANA Transformation Leader, MDM Strategist, Visionary Innovator, SAFe Agile Practitioner, AI Enthusiast, and Mentor of Global Teams.

Education

• ANNA UNIVERSITY - India

  M.C.A, Computer Science

  1998 — 2001

Skills

• Esb
• Sap Crm
• Sap Erp
• Soa
• Sap Implementation
• Sap
• Abap
• Integration
• Sap Netweaver
• Eai
• Sd
• Sap Xi
• Global Delivery
• Integration Architecture
• Middleware
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Tibco
• Sap Pi
• Idoc
• Tibco Iprocess
• Erp