Dilanth is an IT professional with more than 20 years of experience. Specializing in enterprise technology management. He started his career as an IT Operations Analyst in the healthcare industry. Working in the network engineering field, he was involved in setting up complex multi-site networks and datacenters. After stepping into technology management, he has successfully managed all aspects of the technology function within different organizations. He has worked in healthcare, entertainment, retail, distribution and manufacturing business sectors. He is a quick learner of business operations and has reengineered and streamlined many business processes over the years. He is apt at developing IT strategies that align with business plans.
- As a leader, he does not believe in micromanaging. - Hire for fit, intelligence and curiosity; job skills can be learned in time. - Help build skills and give employees opportunities to gain new experiences.
Administration:Managing technology expectations and visions of C-level executives, develop technology strategies that align with business objectives, technology roadmaps, technology budgets and budget management, recruitment of tech talent and building effective technology teams, effective vender management Operations:Experiences in data center and technology helpdesk operations. Expertise in operating midrange platforms. Disaster Recovery planning and testing. Application Development: Managing application development teams. Designing enterprise applications. Services oriented architecture, standalone multi-tier application architecture, containers and micro-services, application testing methodologies. Project Management: Planning to delivery of projects up to $1 million dollars. Trained and certified in project management methodologies. ERP/MRP: ERP systems management in retail, distribution and manufacturing enterprises. Expert level, funtional understanding of Accounting, Inventory management, Warehousing, Sales, Purchasing, MRP and CRM modules. Integration of applications to ERP systems. Technology Security: Technology security practitioner with more than 10 plus years of experience. IT security contorl program development, Security governance. Security frameworks NIST, ISO 27001 and ISO 27002, HIPPA. PEN testing and security audits.
- Has operated Midrange IBM AS400s systems for large enterprise
- Was once Cisco Certified Network Engineer (CCNP, CCDP) and A Microsoft MCSE
- Experiences in data center operations
- Likes to code using open-source tools and languages
- ERP systems setup and integration
- Accounting knowledge: Chart Of Accounts, GL, AR, AP, P&L, Balance Sheet, Income Statements
- Familiar with cloud platforms: Amazon AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azsure
- Fortigate is his go to firewall solution. But has experiences with Cisco firewalls. Started on Cisco Pix firewalls
- Experiences in data warehousing and BI reporting
