Harinath Nagarajan

- Experienced technology and organizational leader with a proven track record of establishing vision and strategy, driving innovation, and delivering strong business outcomes through accelerated execution and operational excellence- Tech career spanning 25+ years of global experience, with exposure to several market, industry & customer segments, building & scaling teams, leading large-scale projects, 24x7 operations functions, and digital transformation initiatives- Thought leader with expertise and knowledge in many areas of infrastructure, cloud, security, operations, automation, devops, enterprise architecture, systems and reliability engineering- Strong credentials in building and leading high performing teams – both small agile functions as well as large org. Current org size is 7k+- Experience in handling business operations for > $2.5B annual technology spend, workforce strategy, acquisition integrations, large contract negotiations and vendor consolidations- Team player with continuous focus on developing talent & skills in the organization and building strong partnership with clients and business functions- In the current role, lead the org responsible for IT Services to all of UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 3 ranked company and the largest healthcare company in the worldSpecialties:• Technology: IaaS, CaaS, PaaS, Database, Security, Observability, Data Platforms, AI Infra & Platforms• Cloud: Public & Private clouds, SaaS, Cloud operating model, Mulitcloud management services• Operations: IT Ops, SecOps, Architecture, Governance, HA/resiliency, SRE, Global delivery• Transformation: Automation led, Infra-as-Code, aaS model, Agile/DevOps• Business Ops: Managing large portfolio/budgets/contracts, Developing highly motivated & best performing teamsKey results achieved through 4 years of Infrastructure and Cloud transformation:1) Increased availability: 99.9% to 99.999% depending on service type2) Increased agility: Basic infra offers available in < 2mins and bundled offers within 45mins3) Reduced cost: 25% reduction, still supporting YoY organic growth4) Cloud operating model - Flexibility, Self-service, aaS, Multicloud management, Global reachSpecifics behind the results:1) 55% DC efficiency2) 40% containerization and 30% nosql data transformation3) 100% of infra offers being software/api-defined and autonomous operations (NoCLI, NoOps)4) 50% of roles/skills transformed