Murali Kollipara
Verified Expert in Engineering
Solution Architect and Developer
Minneapolis, United States
Toptal member since March 10, 2023
Murali is a senior enterprise technology architect with over 20 years of experience in cloud migration, modernization, business and digital transformation, strategy, and implementation. His primary focus has been enterprise, solution, application, data, security, integration, and technology architecture. Murali owns a master's degree and has earned certifications in AWS, CEA, TOGAF, COBIT, ITIL, PMP, and Six Sigma. He is a great team player who values interaction with executive leaders.
Portfolio
Experience
- Application Architecture - 15 years
- Solution Architecture - 15 years
- Architecture - 15 years
- Enterprise Architecture - 15 years
- Technology Strategy & Architecture - 15 years
- Strategy - 15 years
- Data Architecture - 15 years
- Digital Transformation - 10 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Windows
The most amazing...
...initiatives I've worked on include application rationalization, business and digital transformation, and cloud modernization.
Work Experience
Senior Enterprise Architect Consultant
Best Buy
- Provided architecture leadership to strategic programs and key initiatives across the organization and managed the definition of reference architecture patterns and design patterns.
- Defined the cloud strategy and led the cloud migration and modernization of 500+ apps from a data center to AWS Cloud. This program involved discovery, assessment, future state, and migration.
- Designed and implemented a $15 million digital experience strategy for building a new web employee portal to access news, learning options, benefits, HR, jobs, and schedules. I used ServiceNow, Workday, Coveo, AWS, GCP, and on-premises software.
- Migrated and decommissioned the legacy applications, saving $6 million in annual costs. I also oversaw the integration with 20+ SaaS providers.
Enterprise Architect Consultant
University of Wisconsin
- Created a preliminary technical architecture to understand the approach, effort, and issues a shared private cloud would involve.
- Handled pre-planning analysis and cost models to understand the mechanics and level of effort required to "lift and shift" existing applications to a private cloud.
- Designed support models to cover various campus needs. I summarized the results in a recommendation along with an analysis of the pros and cons of each option. I then presented the project to the CIO and CBO council.
Enterprise Strategic Architect Consultant
HealthPartners
- Completed the current state assessment and defined the target state data strategy architecture along with the roadmap for implementation.
- Led the data virtualization POC integrating various data repositories.
- Collaborated with research teams to lead the Hadoop POC to integrate various data sources and build advanced analytics using SAS, Alteryx, Tableau, and QlikView.
Lead Data Architect Consultant
UCare
- Defined technology roadmaps and delivery sequences for implementing the enterprise data architecture strategy and reference data architecture.
- Conducted data product and platform reviews and handled master data management (MDM) and metadata management, as well as data quality, security, auditing, masking, modeling, and archival processes.
- Designed the enterprise data layer to support various downstream consumers, allowing operational and analytical data to be consumed by downstream systems. I also re-platformed the various onsite applications with SaaS and PaaS solutions.
Senior Enterprise Architect Consultant
BCBS
- Analyzed the enterprise capabilities, including the provider, member, and producer portals, and worked with HMHS to successfully migrate the business.
- Worked with vendors, business partners, and providers like Availity, Prime Therapeutics (PBM for pharmacy), and Select Account (for a spending account).
- Handled data management, IT governance, data governance, master data management (MDM), and metadata management, as well as data quality, security, auditing, masking, and modeling.
Technical Architect Consultant
Optum
- Maintained and managed the star rating project's infrastructure, data warehousing architecture, and business intelligence architecture, including integration, staging, marts, and reporting.
- Implemented standards and best practices ensuring overall integration, compatibility, and system effectiveness as part of the DW and BI architecture.
- Collaborated with and influenced senior business and IT executives and handled data management, governance, quality, security, auditing, masking, modeling, and archival processes.
Senior Solution Architect
Best Buy
- Demonstrated architecture solutions to the enterprise IT council, the architectural governance committee, and senior directors.
- Led a team of a hundred on-site and off-site architects, technical leads, developers, and business analysts. I implemented best practices for EDW, business intelligence, SharePoint portal, TFS, ETL, and reporting.
- Created artifacts, including solution blueprints, level two and three design documents, and high-level documents.
Experience
Re-platform Project
Business Transformation
Cloud Strategy
Education
Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Hyderabad, India
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
AWS
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Lean Six Sigma Institute
Certified Enterprise Architect (CEA) Black Belt Program
FEAC Institute
COBIT 5
ISACA
TOGAF 9.1
The Open Group
ITIL V3 Foundation
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Node.js, React
Languages
SQL, JavaScript, Python, Java, PHP
Paradigms
Application Architecture, Microservices, Six Sigma
Storage
Database Administration (DBA), MySQL, Exadata, Oracle DBA
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Docker, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Windows, Oracle, Azure, Availity
Industry Expertise
Network Security, Lean Six Sigma
Other
Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance, ITSM, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Architecture, Strategy, Digital Transformation, SaaS, Integration, Software Design, Software Architecture, Technical Consulting, Technical Leadership, Software Implementation, Technical Writing, Web Security, Writing & Editing, Back-end, ServiceNow, Leadership, CTO, Mechanical Engineering, Six Sigma Black Belt Certified, IT Project Management, Workday, Technology Strategy & Architecture, Data Strategy, Business Transformation, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Cloud Strategy, IT Strategy, PeopleSoft, Scraping, Web Scraping
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