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Hello! I'm Kartik Manimuthu 👋. I am a Visionary Technology Executive with a proven track record of driving large-scale Digital Transformations and scaling engineering organizations from 0-to-1 and 1-to-100.

My expertise lies at the intersection of High-Performance Cloud Computing, GenAI Innovation, and Strategic FinOps. I specialize in converting legacy on-premise environments into scalable, AI-driven cloud ecosystems that deliver tangible business value and operational excellence.

Strategic Impact & Achievements 🏆

SMC Group (Director of Engineering)

• 🚀 Digital Transformation: Orchestrated a 30-month digital overhaul of a 30-year-old financial institution, transitioning from legacy on-prem to a scalable hybrid-cloud ecosystem.
• 📈 Hyper-Scale Growth: Architected a "10x-ready" infrastructure that scaled daily order processing from 10k to 700k+ (70x growth) within 10 months.
• ⚡ Latency Leadership: Achieved 0.40 ms latency for Market Data feeds using AWS Direct Connect and Transit Gateway, setting a new industry benchmark.
• 🤖 GenAI Innovation: Built a proprietary GenAI Agent on Amazon Bedrock (Claude 3.5), reducing support context overhead by 98.7% and automating 60% of workloads.

BYJU'S (Principal Architect)

• 💰 Cost Optimization: Delivered ~$1.464M (30%+) in annualized savings through strategic Cloud Cost Optimization and FinOps frameworks. ↗ (opens in a new tab)
• 🛡️ Operational Resilience: Reduced production incidents by 80% and secured infrastructure for high-traffic events like the FIFA World Cup sponsorship.
• 🤖 AI-Driven Auditing: Developed an in-house AI/ML solution for post-call auditing, increasing coverage from 6% to 100% and reducing customer escalations by 70%. ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Scrut Automation (Engineering Manager)

• 🌍 Global Expansion: Spearheaded the global deployment of SaaS solutions across European and US markets, ensuring compliance and performance. ↗ (opens in a new tab)
• 👥 Organizational Leadership: Led a cross-functional team of 42 engineers (Platform, QA, DevOps), fostering a culture of high performance and reducing deployment cycle times.
• ⚡ Efficiency: Trimmed E2E platform testing durations from 16 hours to ~45 minutes through advanced automation.

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