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Ravi Sridharan

Global Digital Development Manager At Ralph Lauren
Naperville

Summary

Experienced leader in Supply chain and E-Commerce practice, successfully managing global teams and delivering technical solutions and projects. Designed and implemented distributed system solutions for 25+ customers, driving significant business growth. Specialized in enterprise architecture with a focus on supply chain, middleware, ecommerce, and legacy systems. Respected and admired for leadership and effective communication skills. Adaptable and quick learner, prioritizing business success and fostering a collaborative team environment.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Global Digital Development Manager

Ralph Lauren
01.2019 - Current
  • Managed the global digital team responsible for e-commerce development, order management and middleware for B2C market.
  • Role was a combination of Technical architecture, management of development team across various continents, mentorship and the delivery of various critical market expansion initiatives growing the business from a US market to a global one.
  • Championed a culture of innovation within the development team by encouraging experimentation with new technologies or approaches to problem solving.
  • Delivered market expansion into EMEA, APAC along side market place integrations like Farfetch, Bouzun
  • Handled the delivery and solution of the Canada and Optoro-3PL returns solution.
  • Managed the team in delivering across various enhancement projects in managed services.
  • Was instrumental in pulling various teams together in accomplishing the goal for the project.
  • Designed the High Level solution for the BOPIS implementation between Sterling OMS, Store fulfillment along with various BOSS enhancements during pandemic.
  • Negotiated contracts with vendors and service providers for cost-effective solutions that supported project requirements.
  • Investigated and fixed performance issues in key integrations from previous implementations.
  • Implemented robust documentation practices that facilitated knowledge sharing within the development team and improved overall productivity.
  • Improved overall project efficiency by setting clear goals, milestones, and expectations for the development team.
  • Reduced time-to-market for new features by adopting an iterative approach to software development based on user feedback loops.

Director - Ecommerce / Supply Chain Practice

Merkle
05.2005 - 08.2023
  • Led the team successfully on the IBM practice on Supply Chain projects using IBM Sterling Order management / Warehouse management systems as an architect / lead. Worked on e-commerce implementations using IBM Websphere Commerce and other platforms
  • Architected 20+ e-commerce, middleware and supply chain implementations throughout the tenure at Merkle. Clients including Ralph Lauren (2019-2023) as Enterprise Architect, Destination Maternity, Pandora, Flowserve, Sony, Avery Denison, USPS, Beals etc to name a few.
  • Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Cultivated a positive work environment that fostered employee engagement, increased retention rates, and boosted overall team morale.
  • Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.
  • Evaluated emerging technologies for potential integration into existing systems or future projects.
  • Architected and implement middleware technologies including Servicemix, Kafka, IBM MQ, Mulesoft -Anypoint.
  • Enhanced team collaboration through regular communication, goal setting, and performance evaluations.

Senior Software Developer

HCL Technologies
01.2000 - 07.2004
  • Developed frameworks used in lottery solutions across US for persistence, caching, replication and custom MQ server/client for lottery transactions.
  • Lead the first e-commerce implementation with IBM Websphere Commerce
  • Developed various j2ee applications including the online lottery solutions
  • Performance tested high volume applications in clustered environment.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
08.2004 - 05.2006

Skills

    Supply Chain

    Ecommerce

    IBM Sterling Order Management

    IBM WebSphere Commerce / Sales Force Commerce Cloud

    Apache Service Mix/Kafka/ Mulesoft / IBM ESB

    Kubernetes / Docker

    Scrum/Agile methodology

    Service Oriented Architecture

    SDLC

    CI/CD

    Microservices/Spring/Springboot/JAXB

    GoF patterns / J2EE patterns

    Java/J2EE / C/SQL

    Rest/SOAP

    MySql / DB2/ Oracle / NoSQL / Cassandra

    Cloud - IBM / AWS / OpenShift/ Azure / GCP

    AI/ML / Python

Timeline

Global Digital Development Manager

Ralph Lauren
01.2019 - Current

Director - Ecommerce / Supply Chain Practice

Merkle
05.2005 - 08.2023

Master of Science - Computer Science

Illinois Institute of Technology
08.2004 - 05.2006

Senior Software Developer

HCL Technologies
01.2000 - 07.2004

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