Venkata raghavan C

Talented and accomplished IT professional with 16+ years’ experience, working as an End to End architect at NBN Co with primary focus on Hybrid Fibre Co-axial(HFC) Element management system (EMS), provisioning and Assurance domains. I am TOGAF trained with in-depth knowledge of architecture methodology and governance.As an End to End architect at NBN Co, my responsibilities include developing six to twelve months road map, requirements development, Engaging with vendors for RFP’s, managing new network capability, and scoping for stakeholders ensuring the best solution is designed and delivered. My focus is to ensure the seamless integration between different systems. Prior to NBN in a long and much lauded career at Hewlett Packard of 15 years I was a recipient of multiple corporate performance awards. As a Portfolio architect at Hewlett Packard I have had extensive experience with OSS/Wholesale domains and verticals including service assurance, service activation/provisioning, web services, integration & messaging (EAI) using middleware such as Tibco and Webmethods.At HP in a Telstra staff augmented architect role, I delivered into the LANES program of work developing IT architecture for LANES as a service for Telstra’s Enterprise customers. I received quarterly delivery excellence award in recognition of the quality of work performed. Another project of note to which I have contributed significantly is the migration of Telstra applications to the EPIC platform where I have worked closely with EPIC & application architects to develop application modernization strategy for core applicationsI am recipient of a patent for “Vendor-neutral policy based mechanism for enabling firewall service in an MPLS-VPN service network (patent no: US 8,914,868)” and waiting on patent approval for “A Method And System For Establishing An Extranet And A Method For Selectively Controlling Traffic Flow Relative To A Firewall” from Indian patent office.