Rengarajan Kannan
Senior Director - IT
Chennai
Summary
Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Director-India IT operations
HID Global
3 2015 - Current
- Delivery responsibility of India IT teams – Application Development teams, Cloud Implementation, Devops, Infrastructure and Information security teams.
- Responsible for overseeing IT operations in Chennai and Bangalore along with Digital Transformation Program across organization.
- Managing overall team of 120 which includes 10 managers, product owners, scrum masters, program managers across different locations – Chennai, Bangalore, Stockholm, Austin and Boston.
- Directed design and execution of business transformation initiatives to drive performance and growth opportunities.
- Drove strategic improvements to enhance operational and organizational efficiencies.
- Established departmental performance goals and provided feedback for underperforming areas.
- Streamlined operations for increased efficiency with process improvements and automation.
- Established data-driven decision-making processes and implemented best practices in analytics to optimize performance across organization.
- Enhanced internal communication channels, resulting in improved information flow and decision-making processes.
- Grew talent pool by actively recruiting top-tier candidates from diverse backgrounds while implementing robust training programs for skill development across all levels of staff members.
- Cultivated culture of innovation by promoting creative thinking and encouraging employees to take calculated risks in pursuit of solutions.
- Fostered work culture of collaboration and inclusion to increase morale and reduce turnover.
- Created agile working environment, enabling rapid response to changing business needs without sacrificing quality or performance standards.
- Managed daily operations while overseeing multiple locations to foster increased productivity.
- Cultivated positive rapport with fellow employees to boost company morale and promote employee retention.
- Setting up vision, goals, Process, and continuous coaching for team to perform effectively.
- Working with Managers and architects on reviews, tracking and providing directions.
- Working with CTO, SVPs, and senior leadership team on organizational initiatives and delivering results.
- Working on Predictability, Productivity, Quality improvement and Engagement of teams.
- Working closely with HR and Finance functions on Hiring, budgeting, policy definitions,resource management, performance management, hiring and talent management.
Manager
Ingersoll Rand
02.2008 - 03.2015
- Started career with Ingersoll Rand as senior test automation engineer and moved to manager role over span of 7 years
- Have led development and QA teams of size from 2 to 14
- Was managing 3 development teams of size 15 while leaving organization
- Work area includes software development, embedded hardware & system testing and automation
- Responsible for delivery of teams
- Was involved in people management activities – Responsible for performance management, employee & team development, merit rise and team engagement Working with functional managers in US on the project execution
- Setting up lab infrastructure for team for hardware development and testing.
Senior Engineer
Honeywell
08.2004 - 02.2008
- Started career with Honeywell as test automation engineer
- Hands on in developing UI for HMIs in industrial automation environment
- Test automation of access and industrial control applications using VB scripting
- Testing of Industrial and Access control applications.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications
Bharathidasan University
Trichy 08.2000 - 05.2004
Skills
- Collaborative Leadership
- Team Management
- Stakeholder Relations
- Organizational Development
Hobbies
Long distance running
Adventure Rides and Hiking
Timeline
Manager
Ingersoll Rand
02.2008 - 03.2015
Senior Engineer
Honeywell
08.2004 - 02.2008
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications
Bharathidasan University
08.2000 - 05.2004
Senior Director-India IT operations
HID Global
3 2015 - Current
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