Cloud Computing - Anand Jayaraman

Strong experience in delivering Secure Cloud Solutions for Fortune 25 organizations. Deep understanding of Cloud Services- IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, VDI and communicate these offerings to clients at all levels of the organization. Experienced in all cloud delivery models. Industry recognized speaker at cloud conferences.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from ISC² and Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) from Cloud Security Alliance.

Specialities

Cloud Management and Strategy
Architecture and Business need analysis
Contract and Vendor negotiation
Security and Regulatory Compliance
Development and Maintenance of Business Contingency/Disaster Recovery Plans
Data Integration and analysis skills
Financial and ROI analysis

Highlights

Evangelized the adoption of Cloud Computing and implemented an Internal Private and Externally hosted Hybrid Cloud for IaaS and PaaS, cutting down environment provisioning time by 80%, and increasing utilization by an additional 35% and saving over $4MM in licensing costs annually.
Transformed the company’s the flagship product, from Legacy Mainframe into a distributed multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS) and help establish various usage and pricing models. The SaaS solution was hosted internally and scaled up in AWS Cloud.
Created the Reference Architecture, Security Models and adoption playbook for Cloud Services.
Developed and governed the implementation of processes, procedures, policies and standards during the cloud computing development phase.
Created a Security Policy book for Cloud Adoption; this included Application Categorization, Data Classification and use of right security services/components to protect Applications and Data.
Proactively identified potential risks; assesses their relative impact to the organization; and collaborates with others to ensure formation of a strategic approach to proactively address them as appropriate and ensure the Company’s ability to resume business at all times.
Collaborated with Enterprise Risk, Business lines, and across Information Technology to ensure appropriate requirements are tested to ensure reasonableness and validity to ensure operational readiness. This includes ensuring that all plans are in alignment and current with each other.
Knowledge of and experience with vendor offerings and solutions for Cloud – VMWare (vCloud), Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure) and many other cloud providers
Strong understanding of PPI, SOX and other compliancy requirements.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from ISC2 and Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) from Cloud Security Alliance.

Specialities

Cloud Management and Strategy

Architecture and Business need analysis

Contract and Vendor negotiation

Security and Regulatory Compliance

Development and Maintenance of Business Contingency/Disaster Recovery Plans

Data Integration and analysis skills

Financial and ROI analysis

Highlights

Evangelized the adoption of Cloud Computing and implemented an Internal Private and Externally hosted Hybrid Cloud for IaaS and PaaS, cutting down environment provisioning time by 80%, and increasing utilization by an additional 35% and saving over $4MM in licensing costs annually.

Transformed the company’s the flagship product, from Legacy Mainframe into a distributed multi-tenant Software as a Service (SaaS) and help establish various usage and pricing models. The SaaS solution was hosted internally and scaled up in AWS Cloud.

Created the Reference Architecture, Security Models and adoption playbook for Cloud Services.

Developed and governed the implementation of processes, procedures, policies and standards during the cloud computing development phase.

Created a Security Policy book for Cloud Adoption; this included Application Categorization, Data Classification and use of right security services/components to protect Applications and Data.

Proactively identified potential risks; assesses their relative impact to the organization; and collaborates with others to ensure formation of a strategic approach to proactively address them as appropriate and ensure the Company’s ability to resume business at all times.

Collaborated with Enterprise Risk, Business lines, and across Information Technology to ensure appropriate requirements are tested to ensure reasonableness and validity to ensure operational readiness. This includes ensuring that all plans are in alignment and current with each other.

Knowledge of and experience with vendor offerings and solutions for Cloud – VMWare (vCloud), Amazon (AWS), Microsoft (Azure) and many other cloud providers

Strong understanding of PPI, SOX and other compliancy requirements.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from ISC² and Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) from Cloud Security Alliance.