Maheswaran Pongaiyan

• Authored enterprise AI Agent Architecture Guide (v2.0) establishing Amazon Bedrock, AgentCore, and Strands as organizational standard for AI platform deployment.
• Architected and deployed multi-agent collaboration systems using RAG, MCP (Model Context Protocol), and A2A protocols for production AI workloads.
• Led cloud migration of 50+ legacy applications from on-prem to AWS/Azure, achieving 40% cost reduction.
• Designed Active-Active multi-cloud architectures across AWS & Azure with Cloudflare WAF/DDoS, achieving 99.9% uptime.
• Built Change Enablement automation using IBM IIB integrating 10+ CI/CD tools with ServiceNow — 70% less manual effort.
• Integrated Salesforce CRM, SAP ERP, JD Edwards with cloud-native APIs via Kong Gateway and IBM API Connect.
• Established observability standards (CloudWatch, OTEL, Splunk) for hybrid cloud monitoring.
• Mentored 12+ engineers on cloud-native patterns, microservices, and AI/ML best practices.

• Provided strategic consulting for cloud transformation and integration architecture roadmaps.
• Designed API gateway solutions and security frameworks for enterprise clients.

• Client: WoltersKluwer Tax & Accounting (Nov 2015 – Jul 2022)
• Led end-to-end migration from BizTalk to IBM IIB/ACE on AWS — 80+ integration flows, zero disruption.
• Architected hybrid integration connecting AWS Lambda, S3, DynamoDB with legacy systems via Spring Boot microservices.
• Designed RESTful API ecosystem with IBM APIC, OAuth 2.0/SAML security — 500K+ transactions daily.
• Integrated Salesforce Sales Cloud and SAP Financial modules with IIB for real-time enterprise data sync.
• Managed IIB upgrades (v9→v10→v11) and ACE containers on EKS, improving throughput by 40%.
• Led 8 engineers across India/US with Agile/Scrum, reducing sprint cycle time by 30%.
• Defined NFRs and implemented blue/green deployment strategies with product owners.
• Client: Hindustan Unilever (HUL) (Sep 2013 – Oct 2015)
• Designed ESB architecture with IBM Message Broker 7 for supply chain and distribution systems.
• Built SOAP/REST services integrating SAP ERP with logistics platforms and JD Edwards financials.
• Developed message transformation pipelines (XML→copybook, TDS, CWF) for mainframe integration.
• Implemented centralized error handling with MQ pub/sub, reducing incident resolution by 50%.

Client: Bank of New York Mellon (BNYM) | FX COVER Project

• Architected automated SWIFT message processing for FX trading desk — 10K+ transactions.
• Developed SWIFT MT to FIX protocol transformations using IBM WebSphere Transformation Extender.
• Migrated messaging to IBM MQ 7.5 on AWS EC2, reducing latency by 35%.
• Provided 24/7 production support for mission-critical trading apps — 99.5% SLA.
• Client: Walmart US | Enterprise Integration Center
• Developed foundation services for enterprise integration: logging, exception handling, message replay.
• Built Spring Boot microservices for inventory and order fulfillment integration.
• Implemented API-first design patterns with RESTful services and JSON/XML transformations.
• Client: Arjowiggins, UK | MQ Administration
• Administered IBM WebSphere MQ across AS400 and Windows platforms.
• Configured distributed queue managers, clustering for HA messaging.
• Performed DR planning and troubleshooting for cross-border supply chain integrations.