Senthil Kumar Sundaresan

24/135 Karpagam Avenue, 4th Cross Street, Mandaveli, Chennai 600028, Tamilnadu, India
Mobile : 9940051089, Email : senthilksundaresan74@gmail.com, Website : Linkedin-Senthil

OBJECTIVE
IT professional with 22 years’ experience in Business IT, Security & Controls, Architecture and Program Management.
Decisive and self-starting Leader with proven expertise and functional depth in every role played. Seeking a challenging
Information Security and Risk Management Position in an established high growth organization.

PROFILE
• 10+ years of Information Security and Controls Compliance experience and exposure with CISA certification
• 15 years of Program, Product/Service & Portfolio Management experience on multi-year, cross-functional IT
Solution Delivery, Architecture, Tech Refresh and Security programs
• Reinforced proficiency through Industry renowned certifications – CSPO, PMP, TOGAF, ICP ACC, GCFA (2008)
• Hands-on work experience in Cloud and DevOps tools Security
• Coached and mentored enterprise level teams on Security & Controls and Audit readiness

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Technical Functional Personal
• ISO27001/17799, S-OX Compliance, • Security & Controls • Written, Verbal &
Audits & Incident Response • Certified S-OX Inspector Presentation skills
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) – EC2, S3, • Program & Portfolio • Global / Cross cultural
Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, Cloudwatch, Management team working skills
RDS, Dynamo DB, VPC, ELB, • Finance – AP, AR, GL, Taxation
Autoscaling, SNS, SQS, IAM domain knowledge
• Dev Ops tools – Docker, Jenkins, GIT, • Waterfall, Agile, Scrum & Kanban
Ansible, Splunk, Terraform • Agile Coach
• Pivotal Cloud Foundry
• RALLY - AGILE CENTRAL
• QAD MFG PRO – ERP

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Successfully built and established Information Security and Internal controls Footprint for Asia Pacific
• Established Computer Incident Response (CIRT) services and Forensics lab in the Ford Chennai IT division and
developed the team into a Center of Excellence
• Handled more than 10+ Internal and External Audits with Zero Major comments
• Successfully delivered $18 Mil Porting Center & Enterprise Technology Refresh Program between 2017 & 2019
comprising 500+ applications across multiple Technologies
• Successfully delivered a $4Mil Global Blueprint and roadmap of Global Vehicle Delivery Initiative in collaboration
with Business owner and cross-functional teams as an Enterprise Architect
• Successfully led the QAD ERP Exit and Archival Strategy and Finance Systems launch for Sanand Ford India
Plant, Thailand AAT Two Pillar, Changan Ford Automotive JV Programs worth $12 Mil over a 2 year period
• Successfully led the launches of Integrated IT systems on time & with high quality for 3 Ford Vehicle programs
(Fusion, Endeavour and Classic Fiesta) as an Integration Program Lead
 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Ford Motor Private Limited
General Manager - Porting Center & Technology Renewal Nov 2017 — June 2019
• Delivery Head & primary technology remediation partner to the Enterprise Tech Refresh & Global Data Center of
the Future Programs
• Global lead for the SharePoint, Microsoft Tools, Packaging and Learning Centers of Excellence delivering new &
customized solutions
• Global lead for the Statutory Modular Control Review Program for Technology Refresh Function

Consulting Architect & General Manager July 2015 — Oct 2017

• Enterprise Architect - Data Architecture & Material Planning and Logistics
• Enterprise Architecture consultation, support, assurance and blueprints

General Manager - Asia Pacific Application Development - Finance & Accounting Nov 2012 — Jun 2015
• Delivery Head for Asia Pacific Finance Systems & Strategy
• End-to-end delivery of Finance solutions in AP, AR, GL, Payroll, New Vehicle and Manufacturing Plant launches
across the Asia Pacific region
• Champion for Security and Controls Center of Excellence in Global Business Services Center in Chennai

Delivery Manager - Multiple positions Jul 2007 — Oct 2012

• Delivery Manager - North America Financial Analysis Systems
o Delivery lead for new application development & enhancements for nearly 50 Applications within the
Portfolio
o System Control Review Program - Joint reviewer for all applications in the Portfolio
• Delivery Manager - Asia Pacific Application Development - Business Systems
o Delivery Lead for Application Development for 10 Large Applications & Asia Pacific Vehicle and Plant
programs
o System Control Review Program - Joint reviewer for all applications in the Portfolio
• Delivery Manager - Asia Pacific IT Cycle Planning
o IT Portfolio Manager and Regional Planner that centrally owns, tracks and leads governance of the IT
Cycle Plan, Annual Consumption and Demand budgets and X+Y forecasts for the entire Asia Pacific
region comprising 20+ Legal Entities
• Delivery Manager - Information Security
o Information Security & Compliance lead for entire all Applications, Processes and Infrastructure
developed and utilized by Ford's India Chennai IT Services Center
o IT Policy Compliance, Application/Infrastructure Control Reviews, Annual Risk Assessment and System
Control Review Program for Applications and Infrastructure, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, SPOC for
Global Audits, Organization Lead for External Audits such as PWC Audits, Comment tracking & closure
o Lead for the Asia Pacific IT Forensics Lab & Organization wide IT Security and Controls Training

• Deputy Manager, Senior Engineer & Engineer - IT - Multiple Roles Nov 1997 — Jul 2007
o Played varied technical roles over the 10-year period of which 7 years was at Ford India Assembly plant
gaining all-round manufacturing experience on assembly plant operations, systems and processes
o Started at Ford as Engineer in IT Site & Facilities Management and played technical roles such as Unix
Administrator, Progress DBA and QAD MFG/PRO ERP Package Administrator
o Security & Controls and Audit SPOC for the Ford India IT Site Team
Kody Computers Private Limited
Systems Analyst Dec 1996 — Oct 1997
• Developer in C++ Programming on Tamilnad Hospital’s proprietary Hospital Management System

EDUCATION
Master of Science - Information Systems Aug 1995 — Aug 1996
University of Liverpool - Liverpool City - UK

Master of Business Administration – General Management Aug 1994 — Aug 1995

University of Liverpool – Liverpool City – UK

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Jul 1990 — Jul 1994

College of Engineering - Anna University – Guindy Campus

• ICAgile Certified Professional -
Agile Certified Coach (ICP-ACC)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner
(CSPO)
• Project Management
Professional (PMP)
• TOGAF 9.1 Certified
CERTIFICATIONS
• Certified Information Systems • ITIL Ver 3 Foundation
Auditor (CISA) • Six Sigma - Green Belt
• GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst - Certified
Certified & Completed SANS
training at London UK (2008)

RELEVANT TRAINING
• Workshop on Uncertainty and Risk Management from IIM Ahmedabad
• PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) – Training completed with PMI

AFFILIATIONS
• Information Security and Controls Association (ISACA) – Since 2007 – Status: Active
• Program Management Institute – Since 2015 – Status: Active
• Scrum Alliance – Since 2018 – Status: Active

PERSONAL PROFILE
• Date of Birth: 28th Feb 1974
• Marital Status: Married
• Location: Chennai