1. Abhinav Aggarwal, Ph.D. 100 Saint Ayers Way, Chapel Hill, NC 27517-
2362, USA
1(919)260 3504  abhinavieee@gmail.com
www.linkedin.com/in/AAggarwal2
Work Status: US
Citizen
Technology and business thought leadership  Creativity  360° Architecture
Executive Summary
- Chief Architect/CTO with 20+ years’ experience leading Enterprise Architecture
and application development engagements for Fortune 100 clients / startups
- Defined end to end open and scalable solution architectures to meet strategic
growth, blueprints for execution, and lead complex projects through entire life
cycle leveraging state of the art in technology; Merger & Acquisition evaluation
- In technical sales, closed deals over $500mn and built pipeline for $7bn
Expertise
Cognitive, Big data and
Analytics, Mobile, Social,
Cloud, Security, IoT;
ERP; Enterprise
Architecture; Go-to-
market Strategy; Digital
Transformation
Professional Experience
Executive IT Architect / CTO; Cognitive Analytics / CCAMS 2005-present
IBM Analytics/Cognitive/Cloud/Interactive Experience Raleigh, NC
Client Sampling: (i) Boeing, Michelin, Lindt (ii) Aetna, Kaiser, Amex, SunTrust, Citi, MayBank, Bancolombia (iii) United
Airlines, Travel Sky, IHG, NYKLine (iv) Intel, Xilinx, Verizon, 1USACell, Etisalat, Disney, UIlluminating (v) CVS, BestBuy
Work sampling: (i) Enterprise Architecture, Integration, Middleware, Enterprise Data Models / Canonical Message
Modeling, CMM/CMMI Level 5 (ii) Watson EA/EX; MDM, ODM, BPM, SOA/ESB, ETL, AWS (iii) Bluemix, Cloudant,
dashDB, Softlayer, SFDC (iv) Big data & Analytics – Hadoop, Spark, Storm, Pig, Hive, Watson Analytics, BigInsights,
SPSS/R, DB2, Oracle (v) ERP/SAP (vi) Vision workshops, persona empathy/journey maps, value case (vi) Networking
▶ Enterprise Architecture, Cognitive, Big data & Analytics, Mobile, IoT, Cloud Computing :
- Led end-to-end solution architecture, design, and implementation roll-out software products for Insurance,
Banks, Investment, Wealth Management, Trading, Retail, Airlines, Travel, Container Shipping industries
- Actionable insights by LoB power users increased operational efficiency, improved customer satisfaction &
campaign results, reduced churn, lowered equipment downtime, increased revenue, migrated call center
customers from agents to self-service channels - reduced cost by 15% and improved cross-sell by 10%
▶ MDM, ODM, BPM, SOA Integration, Legacy Product Modernization:
- Digital transformation for insurance providers, banks, and airlines to increase end customer focus, decision
and task automation by externalization of services, and decoupling the monolithic architecture
- Brought together diverse external, internal, and social data to create 360° view of the customer
- Eliminated manual processes to cut delays by 75%, improved sales by 15%, and reduced dependence on IT
▶ 360° Architecture:
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Professional experience continued...
- Established global knowledge transfer program to mentor engineers across the world, addressing end to end
horizontal / vertical architecture with focus on the end user for an ecstatic interactive experience
▶ Strategy and Digital Transformation:
- Vision, mission, strategic prioritization/scoring product initiatives for funding; design thinking; M&A evaluation
- Created blueprint and roadmap for several large enterprises, integrated customer with product design, and
planned future proofing against disrupters through creative visualization of interrupts and remedies
▶ Integration / ESB Migration:
- Designed and developed legacy migration for utility field order management EDI system to WMB ESB
- Enabled real-time processing and flexible resource deployment, reducing processing delays by 60%, improving
customer satisfaction by 50%, and lowering cost by 45%
Senior Software Consultant, eCommerce / Patient Care 1999-2004
IBM Global Business Services/Dynpro/Independent Consultant Raleigh, NC
Work sampling: (i) eCommerce (ii) SAP/CRM Integration (iii) SDLC, Configuration & Build Management (iv) RFID,
Mobile, LEO Satellite (v) Unix / AIX shell scripting (vi) Java/J2EE, C/C++ (vii) SOA/ESB, WMB, BPM, RSA, EMR records
▶ eCommerce:
- Architected, managed entire SDLC, and globally rolled out large package to generate $20bn revenue
- Integrated eCommerce system with ERP and CRM applications, data sources, analytics dashboards, and
external/third-party applications by de-coupling monolithic architecture
▶ Patient monitoring, tracking, and EMR data access system:
- Invented and developed RFID enabled patient tracking device to enhance inpatient safety
- Designed blue-tooth, cellular, and LEO satellite based patient monitoring / alert system to enable real-time
rescue and response, with EMR data access for facility readiness
Senior Product Manager; Software / Networking Previous professional experience
CMC Limited / NHPC / SNC Montreal, Canada / New Delhi, India
Client Sampling: (i) SAIL / Steel Plants (ii) NTPC / Thermal and hydel power plants (iii) Air Force (iv) Police (v) Indian
Airlines (vi) Indian Railways (vii) Semiconductor Complex
Work sampling: (i) Process Re-engineering (ii) Satellite, fiber-optic, radio, data communication and networking
(iii) Java, COBOL, C/C++ (iv) Software Engineering (v) System Analysis & Design (vi) Oracle (vii) Strategy definition
▶ Process Re-engineering and development of automated systems:
- Developed equipment tracking system (17000+ heavy machinery) and personnel management system
(50,000+ employees) for large organization, cutting delays by 80% and reducing TCO by 60%
▶ Satellite/Radio Communication, Data Networks:
- Designed fiber and radio LAN/WAN and campus area networks for faster data and voice communication
- Rolled out first CSMA/CD implementation on packet radio network in large steel plant for wagon tracking and
deployment, saving Rs.11 crores annually (ROI realized in 3 months)
▶ Air defense and missile launch / Radio & Networking products :
- Led architecture, design, and development of enemy aircraft tracking and missile launch application
processing real-time radar IoT data

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Professional experience continued...
- Automated vehicle tracking and dispatch for police using Doppler-shift direction finding; integrated railway
and airline booking systems; X.25 multiplexer / concentrator; LAN to WAN protocol converter
Patents, Publications, Awards, Certifications
▶ Patents: 2 issued, and 3 pending
▶ Publications / Presentations/ Books: Published and presented 45 technical research papers in international
journals/conferences in business analytics, cloud, information and enterprise architecture; Author of IBM Redbook, and
7 books/monograms on data communication, software engineering, and enterprise architecture
▶ Awards: IEEE Author of the year award for book on analysis of complex problems; IEEE award for ‘vision of
technology’; IBM Patrick J Quigley (highest services award), Service Excellence awards, CSC lead for Russia 5 team
▶ IEEE: Section Chair, Section Vice-Chair for Eastern North Carolina (one of largest in US >3000 members); lead
organizer for several international and regional conferences including TENCONs, SouthEastCons, Technology for Life
▶ IETE: Life Fellow, invited to present sessions on Java/J2EE, Technology trends; Standards & Protocol Committees
▶ Plenary talks: Invited as plenary speaker, and presenter of tutorials at several international events
▶ Inventor of FIA framework: Flexibility, Integration, and Automation framework; supporting simulation model
evaluates the effectiveness of software, hardware, and network design prior to implementation to avoid costly mistakes
and quantify tangible benefits of alternate solutions (with Late Prof. S Wadhwa, IIT Delhi, and D Sharma)
▶ Certifications: Open Group Distinguished Chief/Lead Architect; IBM Senior Certified IT/Enterprise Architect; IBM
Certified Cloud Solution Advisor, Spark, Big data & Analytics, Cloud Data Services; IEEE Senior Member
▶ SFUO: Founder and Board President, Society for Universal Oneness - sustainability endeavors; environment
protection, global peace, healthy living through education, International institute for integrated health and healing
▶ Adjunct Faculty: Associate Professor, Software Engineering at NCSU, Raleigh; Visiting faculty at Indian Statistical
Institute, Indian Institute of Technology, A&T University/UNC Greensboro, NC
Education
Ph.D. (Information Technology effectiveness evaluation) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Master of Technology in Systems and Management (MBA) Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1
st
Rank)
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Electrical Communications) Panjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
Bachelor of Science (Part I) Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu (1
st
Rank)