Jayaram Venkataraman
Senior Technical Program Manager & Engineering Manager

Senior Technical Program Manager and Engineering Manager with 15+ years driving large-scale data platforms and AI/ML programs across cloud and distributed systems. Brings strong data systems architecture depth, disciplined program execution, and cross-functional leadership to build operating rhythms, align engineering and product stakeholders, and deliver measurable impact across global teams. In the process of obtaining PMP certification and an MBA from UW Foster.
Key Strengths & Where They Were Built
Derived from the cover letter and resume — each theme is mapped to the company and role where it was demonstrated.
Drove measurable cost savings across multiple platforms by eliminating waste, right-sizing infrastructure, and modernising legacy systems.
Reduced monthly operational costs from $252K to $18K (93% reduction) across 7 analytics systems using Lean IT and capacity planning.
Reduced annual infrastructure spend by $217K and generated $900K in business value by refactoring 500+ dbt models for parallel execution.
Created cross-product data platform leveraging IP across 18 products, generating $1.79M in cost savings.
Experience
Data Architect
· ApexonBangalore, IndiaDigital-first IT services firm specializing in AI/ML, cloud engineering, and data analytics for healthcare, finance, and life sciences.
- —Generated $900K in annual business value by refactoring 500+ data models and pipelines (Spark and dbt) for parallel execution; reduced annual infrastructure spend by $217K and improved pipeline efficiency by 272%, significantly decreasing latency for downstream stakeholders. Main operational improvement was led by AI-enabled bottleneck detection and planning.
- —Designed and delivered enterprise architecture solutions and disaster recovery specifications across Data and AI in Snowflake and Azure, helping drive projects impacting $3.8M in medium-term revenue across data engineering, ML, and operations programs.
- —Translated requirements into robust data frameworks supporting analytics and decision-making with scalable data designs and POCs in a FinOps data architecture team. Coordinated resource management and requirements alignment across the data practice.
Tech Lead (AI & Big Data) / IT Supervisor (Data Manager) / Tech Lead
· Solventum (formerly 3M)Bangalore, IndiaHealthcare spin-off from 3M delivering med-tech innovations in wound care, health IT, and surgical products through data-driven technologies.
- —Reduced monthly operational costs from $252K to $18K (93% reduction) across 7 analytics systems while improving ticket resolution by 39% using Lean IT and introducing operating design principles such as capacity planning within Agile.
- —Led cloud migration from Cloudera to AWS and Snowflake, directing a team of 8 and coordinating across 4 business and technology teams; managed technical design documents, stakeholder alignment, ML models and pipelines. Also utilized GCP and Azure to cut costs and dependency as FinOps architect and lead.
- —Implemented AI Agents to analyze, assign, and log tasks in JIRA for automated SQL/data-ops monitoring using LangChain, increasing operational efficiency by ~40% with cost reductions of 8%.
- —Managed >$3.25M in annual system budgets across 8 platforms; maintained vendor relationships with Snowflake, Oracle, and AWS. Trained team members in modern data stack best practices and handled vendor optimization strategy.
Lead Engineer / Senior Engineer
· Thought Focus TechnologiesBangalore, IndiaData engineering and digital transformation firm delivering cloud-native platforms, AI solutions, and managed services with AWS, GCP, Azure, and Oracle Cloud.
- —Partnered with delivery manager to stand up data engineering and science practice; grew practice revenue from 1% to 21% of total company revenue ($6.82M) by 2021 through cloud data engineering migrations and ML implementations across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- —Envisioned and executed 2nd global Oracle SIA implementation, enabling 4x faster client value realization and 70% defect reduction across education and manufacturing sectors.
- —Created cross-product data platform leveraging IP across 18 products, generating $1.79M in cost savings.
- —Designed hybrid incremental ETL methodology for Oracle BI Apps, enabling ~$2.1M in consolidated revenue across 4 programs. Delivered 21 projects with a defect count under 35 by applying reusability.
IT Analyst
· TCS (Tata Consultancy Services)Chennai, IndiaGlobal IT leader delivering consulting, cloud, AI, and digital transformation at enterprise scale across banking, retail, and manufacturing.
- —Technical lead for enterprise finance, supply chain, and HR analytics implementations across India and UK using the Oracle BI ecosystem.
- —Constructed data lineages and set up Oracle BI Apps end-to-end to technical standards, delivering ~£1.2M in annual client value.
Senior Software Engineer / Software Engineer
· HCL TechnologiesChennai, IndiaGlobal technology company delivering engineering, cloud, and AI services with deep expertise in product engineering and IT infrastructure.
- —Delivered PL/SQL database scripting, C# application development, and BI solutions for Fortune 500 financial institution (an Australian bank).
- —Developed ODI interfaces and built XML-based document generation tool in C#.NET and PL/SQL contributing to $4.2M in validated revenue improvements over 10 years (valued at 10% discount) to wealth banking.
Technical Skills
Data Engineering & Architecture
Programming & Operations
AI & Machine Learning
Reporting & Analytics
Program & Operations Management
Education
University of Washington, Foster School of Business
Seattle, WA — GEMBA Program
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, UK
Anna University, Chennai
Chennai, India