Sunel Hulikere

About Sunel Hulikere

Global Technology Leader with 18 years’ experience implementing Information Technology solutions for medium to large-scale companies in insurance, financial services, and accounting sectors. • Hands-on technologist with 10+ years industry experience in technical leadership, enhancing distributed teams, driving innovation, quality delivery and operations excellence at global scale. • A positive, proactive and dynamic hands-on technical project manager with exceptional interpersonal/communication skills and the ability to develop and maintain positive relationships at all levels.• Leading Complex Cloud migrations, Data Center Exit Programs, Legacy IT Modernization, hybrid platform strategy, Application Programming Interface (API) governance, software development, and operations in large-scale regulated environment. • Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas or the enterprise, delivering solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking• Architected Solution to establish Site Level Disaster Recovery for Major Transformation Program• Expert in architecting and Utilizing Cloud, On-Premise and Hybrid Environments to reduce Costs• Maintain knowledge of industry best practices and new technologies and recommends innovations that enhance operations or provide a competitive advantage to the organization• Strategically engage with all levels of professionals and managers across the enterprise and serve as an expert advisor to leadership• Experienced in leading cross-functional teams with diverse background, crisis management and problem-solving. • A quick adapter to changing technologies/environments and ability to learn new technologies in short span of time and stand out as an outstanding contributor to the projects and companies.• Specializations: Domain expertise in Commercial Insurance Underwriting, Banking and Capital markets, Risk Management, Accounting, Feasibility Study and Requirement Analysis, Customer Relationship, Lean Transformation, Transition planning and execution, Process optimization.Technical Specialization: Mulesoft Integration, Cloud Migration, Legacy Modernization, Disaster Recovery, Solution Architecture, Performance Tuning, ExaCC Migration

Experience

1. Head of Application Engineering & Integration Services

   Munich Re

   Apr 2023 — Present

Education

• Sri Kumarans Childrens Home

  10, High School

  1982 — 1993

• Wright State University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering

  2001 — 2003

• Kuvempu Vishwavidyanilaya

  BS, Electronics and Communication

  1995 — 1999

• Wright State University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Engineering