Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Conferences Delivered
Area Of Expertise
Awards
Accomplishments
Affiliations
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Software
Certification
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PRABHU NAGARAJ

Senior Solution Architect

Summary

Experienced and accomplished IT professional with a strong technical background and a proven track record of success in driving digital transformation and business growth. With over 15 years of experience in system engineering, consulting, and solution architecture, have worked with some of the top companies in the industry and led several initiatives that have resulted in significant improvements in ROI and customer satisfaction. As a Senior Solution Architect at RedHat, currently responsible for managing key BFSI accounts in Singapore and driving their digital transformation journey using a Digital Native Application landscape. With expertise in Cloud Computing, Infrastructure Modernization, and Data Management has helped the clients to stay ahead of the curve in today's fast-paced business environment. A dedicated professional who is committed to delivering innovative solutions that exceed expectations and drive business growth.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications

Work History

Senior Solution Architect : Enterprise FSI Account

RedHat Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
01.2022 - Current
  • As Senior Solution Architect at RedHat APAC, I support Technical Sales and manage key BFSI accounts in Digital Transformation, focusing on Digital Native Applications, strategic go-to-market plans, hybrid cloud adoption, and applications modernization for heterogenous workloads such as cloud, web, mobile and AI using RedHat Technology
  • Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications
  • Achieved 100% sales target for Red Hat Enterprise solutions, demonstrating exceptional sales performance and contributing significantly to the company's revenue growth.

Principal Solution Specialist

Veritas Storage Pte Ltd Singapore
05.2013 - 01.2022
  • As Consulting Architect at Veritas Storage Pte Ltd, I led transformative Cloud projects across Southeast Asia, including managing Singapore Government Private Cloud initiative and delivering critical IT services during COVID-19 pandemic.

Technical Consultant

British Telecommunication Global Services Pte Ltd
09.2008 - 05.2013
  • As a technical consultant at British Telecommunication Global Services Pte Ltd, I led APJ negotiations and played a pivotal role as an Architect in IT application, infrastructure modernization, data centre consolidation, and cloud adoption, driving successful business transformations across finance, healthcare, and telecommunications sectors.

System Engineer

Fujitsu Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
04.2008 - 09.2008
  • At Fujitsu Asia Pacific Pte Ltd, I provided comprehensive SPARC based compute platform and implemented a private cloud solution that boosted ROI for multinational clients like Citi Bank, Mizuho Bank, Toyota, and Sony International in Singapore

Senior System Engineer

Accel ICIM Frontline Ltd
06.2005 - 03.2008
  • As a Senior System Engineer at Accel ICIM, I focused on software and hardware service delivery for Sun Microsystems' top clients in India, collaborating on solution architecture and ensuring mission-critical Enterprise Applications met telco and core banking requirements

Technical Support Engineer

Sutherland Global Services Pvt Ltd,
11.2004 - 06.2005
  • Role: Technical Support Engineer

Internship

IT-Managed Services Company
05.2002 - 08.2003
  • Internship with IT-Managed Services Company

Education

Bachelor in Applied -Science [Information Technology] -

Bharathiar Univerisity
Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India
01.1999 - 04.2002

Master in Business Administration -

Sikkim Manipal University
Sikkim
01.2012 - 04.2014

Skills

Enterprise Architecture Design

Automation Adoption Journey

Cloud Computing Expertise

Digital Transformation

Containerization Technologies

Disaster Recovery Planning

System and Network Security

Virtual and Cloud Technologies

Application Modernization

Architecture review

DevOps Methodologies

Security and Compliance

Conferences Delivered

  • Presented a three-day course and was a speaker on private cloud transformation for a BT customer in Singapore in 2011.
  • Conduct a three-day session with all Symantec South Korean Partner Community for 2 consecutive years in Symantec Partner Evaluation Program to assess partner competencies, grade partners in accordance with their skill set, and provide partners with grading to take part in the service delivery business.
  • Participated in and demonstrated the Veritas Cloud Resiliency Strategy at the VERITAS VISION Singapore 2018 Event.
  • During my time with VERITAS, I presented solutions to CTOs and Enterprise Architects with a leading TELCO vendor in Indonesia on Application Resiliency and Data Governance methodologies.
  • Participated at RedHat Ansible Automate Day in 2022 and presented the Ansible use case to the customer to increase operational efficiency and address security vulnerabilities via automation.
  • Presented on 'Making Virtualization Kubernetes-native' at the Red Hat Summit Singapore in November 2022 as one of the speakers - https://www.redhat.com/en/summit/connect/singapore#agenda

Area Of Expertise

  • IT operations
  • Technical acumen
  • IT systems
  • IT processes
  • Software delivery
  • Hardware delivery
  • Enterprise applications
  • Solution architecture
  • Cloud engineering
  • IT integration
  • Automation
  • ITSM processes
  • Private cloud offering
  • Infrastructure modernization
  • Data centre consolidation
  • Business continuity
  • Disaster recovery
  • Service delivery
  • Digital transformation
  • Fintech solutions

Awards

  • Accel Frontline Award for recognition for Solution Selling
  • BT Peer Recognition Award from APAC in 2011
  • SYMANTEC Best Service Award in 2014
  • VERITAS Best Consultant Award in 2018
  • VERITAS SERVICE AWARD Completion of Government Private Cloud 2017
  • VERITAS SERVICE AWARD Completion of Government Commercial Cloud 2020
  • VERITAS Service AWARD Service Delivery 2021 Q3
  • Red Hat CY2023 100% Achievers Award
  • Red Hat CY2023 President Club Award

Accomplishments

  • Accel Frontline Award for recognition for Solution Selling
  • BT Peer Recognition Award from APAC in 2011
  • SYMANTEC Best Service Award in 2014
  • VERITAS Best Consultant Award in 2018
  • VERITAS SERVICE AWARD Completion of Government Private Cloud 2017
  • VERITAS SERVICE AWARD Completion of Government Commercial Cloud 2020
  • VERITAS Service AWARD Service Delivery 2021 Q3
  • Red Hat CY2023 100% Achievers Award
  • Red Hat CY2023 President Club Award

Affiliations

  • Singapore Computer Society
  • Cloud Native Community Group
  • Certified Information System Security Professional Training
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • RedHat Certified System Administrator
  • RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
  • TOGAF 9.2 Part 1

Additional Information

New Zealand Skill Migrant Category Visa Holder

Software

RedHat OpenShift Container Platfrom

RedHat Enterprise Linux

RedHat JBoss and AMQ

Version Control Tools : GitOps

Veritas Netbackup

Business Continuity and Resiliency Platform Solution

Hyper Converged Infrastructure Solution

Enterprise Storage Solution

AWS EKS & ECS

Certification

TOGAF Part1

Timeline

TOGAF Part1

09-2023

AWS Certified Solution Architect

08-2023

Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration

09-2022

Senior Solution Architect : Enterprise FSI Account

RedHat Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
01.2022 - Current

Principal Solution Specialist

Veritas Storage Pte Ltd Singapore
05.2013 - 01.2022

Master in Business Administration -

Sikkim Manipal University
01.2012 - 04.2014

Technical Consultant

British Telecommunication Global Services Pte Ltd
09.2008 - 05.2013

System Engineer

Fujitsu Asia Pacific Pte Ltd
04.2008 - 09.2008

Senior System Engineer

Accel ICIM Frontline Ltd
06.2005 - 03.2008

Technical Support Engineer

Sutherland Global Services Pvt Ltd,
11.2004 - 06.2005

Internship

IT-Managed Services Company
05.2002 - 08.2003

Bachelor in Applied -Science [Information Technology] -

Bharathiar Univerisity
01.1999 - 04.2002
PRABHU NAGARAJSenior Solution Architect