Mr. Balaji Thiagarajan is the President and CEO of TechDigital Corporation, a fast growing IT Staffing company which exclusively serves the Financial and Healthcare Industries and only thru MSP/VMS programs.
He is Versatile, detail-oriented Technology Leader with strong background in successfully developing technical solutions and managing the creation of business critical applications from concept to final product release. Adept at gathering and translating complex business requirements into artifacts and viable solutions, utilizing development methodologies / architecture frameworks, manage efforts with cross functional teams and external vendors, develop dynamic plans that achieve comprehensive solutions to challenging issues. Intuitive problem solver with strong analytical ability to evaluate alternate solutions, continuously improve IT architectures and processes.
Highlights of expertise include…
• Digital Transformation • Proof of Concept / Tech • Architecture Frameworks • Technology Road Mapping • Digital Security • ITES/BPO • Animation • Technology Startup • Cloud Computing • Strategy & Planning • Agile Methodologies • Leadership / Coaching
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TechDigital Corporation, Minneapolis, MN 2008 to Present
Drive the digital and technology strategy to transform client projects with the goal to increase ROI, customer experience and decrease redundant operational costs.
As CEO for TechDigital Corporation, provided strategic vision and leadership for the company to drive the yearly goals to grow step by step to a 400+ employee organization across USA and India.
Key Contributions:
•Implemented several Integration projects delivering Feature Design, Capacity Planning, Reliability, Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Performance and Operational readiness of BizTalk infrastructure.
• Subject Matter Expert and Mentor for several teams.
• Championed adoption of DevOps practices to increase agility, decrease capital costs, andaccelerate innovation and drove cultural change to adopt automation as practice and fostered innovation.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Architect (2003 – 2007) • Multiple Independent Client Projects
Software Engineer (2000- 2003) • Commerce One, California
Consultant (1999 - 2000) • Microsoft Corporation
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical & Electronics, University of Madras (1994-98)
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
Platforms: Windows, UNIX
Applications / Tools: MS Office, Visual Studio, Animation
Integration Services / Open Source Technologies: BizTalk Server, ESB (WebSphere MuleSoft), SOA, EDI, RESTful web services, Cassandra, Kafka, Chef, ElasticSearch.