About

Chandrasekaran Coumarassamy is a Senior Enterprise Solution Architect at Shell with over 25 years of cross-functional experience in leadership, enterprise architecture, and training and coaching. He holds certifications in TOGAF, IT4IT, CSM, ITIL, SAP ERP & S/4 HANA, and Soft Skills. Chandrasekaran has a diverse career background that includes delivery & portfolio & project management, CoE leadership, and architecture. He possesses strong management skills in leading and motivating individuals to maximize productivity. He has an analytical mind that enables him to think logically and make strategic decisions. Chandrasekaran is a forward-thinking person with excellent communication, leadership, and people management skills. He is exceptionally self-motivated and creative in achieving corporate and personal goals. He has spearheaded multiple strategic and complex IT-driven technology design, development, and deployment programs to serve client expectations, secure ongoing revenues, and grow the business to the next level. As a Senior Enterprise Solution Architect at Shell, Chandrasekaran is responsible for business connect, vendor & tool selection, workshop & training, solution strategic decisions, solution review & approval, solution design, project governance, framework & Archimate, architecture capability design, and involved in enterprise architecture strategic decisions. He heads the architecture team and is involved in budget planning and cost optimization activities. Chandrasekaran has previously worked as a Competency Center Manager and Delivery Manager in SAP Portfolio at Shell and Softtek respectively. He has managed SAP technical portfolio, delivered projects, provided operational support, managed customers globally, and maintained the operational budget for the delivery department. He has mentored and trained technical delivery teams and managed stakeholders properly, securing business for millions of dollars. Chandrasekaran holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Pondicherry University and a Certificate in Computing from IGNOU. He has also completed a Certificate Course in Strategic Management from IIM. Chandrasekaran has relevant experience of 20.53 years and possesses tech skills in Senior Software Engineering and DevOps.