Sathyakhala Anantharajan

Sathyakhala Anantharajan

Experienced Technology Leader passionate about APIs as Products and Digital Transformation | Agile
A successful and well regarded Engineering platform Leader/Large scale Program Manager who has worked in the best of the breed IT companies (VMware,Citrix,Novell) including Insurance and Financial industries (CGU,IAG) across various geographies (Australia,US ,India) with experience in Large Scale Technology Transformation and Strategic Initiatives using various Agile methodologies/practices such as SCRUM, KANBAN and Scaled Agile framework. A proven reputation in leadership, building highly engaged and motivated teams of all sizes comprising of a range of skill-sets. Good stakeholder and people management with excellent interpersonal communication skills and built trusted stakeholder relationships across IT,Business and Senior Management. Recognised for managing dynamic projects by staying on top of changes and pro-actively resolving people,process and technical issues. Working cohesively with permanent, contractor and partners, to continually improve practices , optimise resourcing and forecast the demand and capacity. Identify gaps ,create visibility through reporting statuses, risks, issues and dependencies in a timely manner across technology and business streams. Creates clear visibility on roles and responsibilities ,resolves conflicts and manage escalations appropriately. Has keen interest in harnessing and working on emerging technologies such as Cloud, Business API's, CI/CD Practices and has vested interest in supporting to build these practises that deliver end to end automated technology solutions, that enable the teams to move and adapt faster to the needs of the Digital customers. Other skills and experiences include Business Analysis and Test management .Grown from a QA to a Program Test Manager, People manager and Iteration Manager, i have demonstrated the ability to work and lead team and meet stringent delivery deadlines. A go-getter, always willing to learn and adapt based on the needs of the team and the program.
Sustainability

Curb your Enthusiasm – Sustainable Scaling of APIs

Sathyakhala Ananthrajan is an API platform leader from Medibank. Mathangi Vijayshankar is an API Chapter Lead with Medibank. In this article, they have discussed the sustainable scaling of APIs. Integration has been in the software industry since 1970. The growth of integration has always been tremendous, and with the evolution of microservices and APIs, every organization wants to scale in some shape or form. This led to API scaling. It starts as a simple integration, but gets complex over a period of time. There are close to 2000 tools available...