Arun K
Sivanandan.

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• Lead the AI and machine-learning architecture and fine-tune biometric-capture integration.
• Act as the technical face of the product in conversations with venture capital, angel investors and other funding partners.
• Move the TRL 7 prototype toward a scalable cloud platform capable of supporting mass-market subscriber growth.
• Establish data compliance, model governance and responsible-AI practices for PDPA readiness.
• Normalise the codebase, oversee change management and define solutions for product enhancements.
• Expand the product from a primarily B2C model into B2B and B2B2C experiences, including user, subscription and experience redesign.
• Support an AI-powered wellness companion that uses multimodal biometric signals to personalise nutritional guidance.

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• Enabled 5G Standalone development, certification and production deployment for Globe Telecom, beginning with Fixed Wireless Access and extending toward mobile subscribers.
• Delivered a Filipino government co-funded initiative to improve connectivity in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas.
• Managed projects from scoping through deployment and post-production support, including release and deployment management.
• Supported a major online-charging upgrade serving more than 70 million subscribers without service disruption.
• Led a Singapore telecom transformation replacing a legacy platform with Amdocs Openet Charging, Network Data Fabric and Openet Policy on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Worked with security specialists on TIRA and TCS regulatory audits and supported penetration testing and remediation.
• Optimised migration of more than 300,000 prepaid subscribers, reducing execution time to under two-thirds of the original plan with near-zero errors.
• Designed consolidation across prepaid and postpaid charging environments spanning different AOC generations, Azure and AWS.
• Prepared and operationalised production SOPs and MOPs covering operational, administrative, maintenance and regulatory work.

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• Led end-to-end solution management for Astro, from business initiative and backlog definition through grooming and approval.
• Created and maintained the Bill of Materials and prepared RFPs with complete business and user requirements.
• Presented initiatives, financial data and projections to CIO and CTO-level leaders and secured executive buy-in.
• Led the Change Management Board and negotiated change-request scope and cost with customers and delivery teams.
• Defined the scoping strategy for a complex AWS migration involving multiple internal and third-party teams.
• Helped transition delivery from waterfall to Agile and DevOps, reducing time-to-market by 70%.
• Led eight design analysts and product owners while maintaining a steady backlog across multiple programme increments.
• Owned backlog definition, MVPs, epics, features, user stories and business-requirement documentation with stakeholders.
• Directed vendor lifecycles and SLA compliance while retaining accountability for development budgets and P&L allocation.
• Delivered customer-journey transformation, eWallet integration, data-lake integration and a rapid low-code FIFA World Cup offering.

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• Set up and led the complete software-engineering lifecycle from sales support through post-production operations.
• Designed and implemented the first private-cloud installation of an Amdocs core product for a major European banking client.
• Migrated a B2B banking-services solution from IBM Mainframe to Unix.
• Owned project planning, execution, monitoring, risk, issue resolution and delivery against agreed KPIs and SLAs.
• Grew the team from 15 to 45 engineers in six months while improving leadership depth and retention.
• Led talent acquisition, onboarding, development, performance and day-to-day people management for a multicultural organisation.
• Managed concurrent programmes across Europe, Asia and North America in telecom, banking and congestion charging.
• Established quality, CI/CD governance and continuous-improvement practices across software and business processes.

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• Guided critical programmes for Vodafone, AT&T, Sprint, Telefónica, Telkomcel, U.S. Cellular and other global operators.
• Supported sales and pre-sales pursuits and contributed to competitive RFP responses.
• Acted as a knowledge trustee, providing technical guidance and supporting knowledge transfer across project teams.
• Defined training and mentoring plans, formalised reuse and best practices, and supported consistent quality outcomes.
• Gathered customer requirements, reviewed designs and prepared estimates for new initiatives.
• Advised M&A teams on product valuation and helped integrate post-merger capabilities into the Amdocs portfolio.
• Owned mediation and pre-rating RFP responses and led a team of innovation experts showcasing new ideas internally.

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• Led and supported projects in China, Indonesia, the United States, Dominican Republic, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Germany, Greece, Romania and the Netherlands.
• Managed work using Waterfall, Lean, Six Sigma, Theory of Constraints, Scrum, Kanban and Scaled Agile practices according to account needs.
• Led large teams from scoping and detailed design through implementation, testing, deployment and post-production support.
• Created comprehensive customer training plans and delivered technical training sessions.
• Built team capability through hands-on guidance, reviews, mentoring and knowledge sharing.

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• Designed and implemented systems for message-acquisition applications.
• Designed, implemented and tested solutions for GSM roaming.
• Automated and standardised scripts for production-load monitoring and housekeeping.
• Supported projects in Brazil, the United States, Canada and Norway.
• Worked hands-on with C, C++, Java, COBOL, Unix, databases and production systems.