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Dr. Kamal Pandey

Experience

Detailed roles and measurable outcomes live on LinkedIn. Below is the same spine as the home timeline, expanded for reading.

  1. February 2021 – Present

    Sr. Software Architect — Applied AI & Solutions Engineering

    Rivian Automotive Inc. · Orange County / Los Angeles, CA

    • Partnered with CIO/CPO as technical architect for $50M AI budget.
    • Projected $100B operational impact from AI systems (2022–2026).
    • Led Rivian–Volkswagen JV digital transformation (Foundry-style AI).
    • Architected 50+ agentic AI systems using Gemini and Claude → throughput +75%.
    • Paint defect detection: accuracy 40% → 98% (computer vision / PyTorch).
    • MLOps (Terraform + Vertex AI): deployment time −70%; ~30ms inference latency.
    • Consumer-facing chatbot for Rivian.com → $2.3M revenue uplift; 17% traffic-to-sales conversion.
    • $6M+ direct savings via license rationalization.
    • $50M+ annual savings via unified agentic workflows (Workday, SAP, SharePoint, Slack, Salesforce).
    • $15.7M annual Digital Workspace budget delivered; 33% productivity boost.
    • Migrated 20,000 users from M365 to Google Workspace + Gemini → $12M annual cost reduction.
    • 15,000+ manual hours eliminated annually via autonomous AI portfolio.
    • 1000+ applications delivered on Microsoft + Google Cloud.
    • 5,000+ SharePoint sites, 16,000+ OneDrives, 7,000 sites migrated.
    • Employee onboarding automation: 250 employees/week.
    • Network re-engineering: incidents reduced 90%.
    • $1.2M modern intranet built.
    • App rationalization: $700K operational savings.
    • RPA (UiPath): lifecycle time reduced 78%.
    • 1000+ petabytes migrated; 16 legacy apps retired.
    • 20+ Design Thinking sessions facilitated.
    • Custom Glean connectors: collaboration +40%.
    • 400+ Power Platform apps modernized to AppScript/AppSheet.
    • EHS + COVID management app: recognized by CPO.

  2. March 2020 – March 2021

    Cloud Solutions Consulting Architect / Solutions Architect, Product Development & Research

    Samsung SDS America, Inc. · New Jersey

    • 50+ production-grade AI applications deployed globally.
    • $200M+ annual operational savings driven.
    • ML anomaly detection: false alerts −45%; MTTR halved.
    • Infrastructure optimization: solution delivery 40% faster.
    • CI/CD (Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, GitLab): release cycles +89%.
    • Global team ~15 engineers; $1.3M project budget.
    • $800K saved consolidating 3 platforms + 7 workplace tools.
    • Led M365/Teams/SharePoint migrations for Marsh & McLennan.
    • 60% YoY business growth through partnerships & BD.
    • Brity RPA + Nexledger blockchain product development.
    • AWS cloud rollout and configuration for Samsung SDS products.

  3. August 2015 – October 2019

    Sr. Architect — Digital Workplace, M365, Future of Work

    The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company · Akron, OH

    • $600K annually saved — modern workplace for 65,000 associates + 11,000 contractors globally.
    • “GO” multilingual intranet; deprecated legacy Tridion CMS → $500K direct savings; Office 365 ROI +56%.
    • $600K YoY direct cost elimination (3 CMS products, 10,000+ apps).
    • $400K annual savings + 40% productivity via enterprise Teams chatbot.
    • $1M SharePoint + Tridion CMS migration (transit authority).
    • Goodyear.com chatbot: $2.3M revenue; 17% conversion.
    • 23 custom Angular/React/TypeScript apps integrating SAP + Power BI → $800K annual savings.
    • Modernized 89% B2B apps + 100% workplace tools.
    • 69% EMEA ad sales automated → sales collaboration +56%.
    • 16-language intranet metadata/navigation (jQuery, JS, Bootstrap).
    • Lotus Notes + SharePoint migrations at enterprise scale.
    • Training: 24 sessions, 7 countries, 9 departments → 150% ROI YoY.
    • 100+ custom web parts and SAP/Oracle integrations.

  4. March 2012 – July 2015

    Project Lead

    Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI / LTIMindtree) · India & USA

    • Consultant for HOB, Viacom, Warner Bros, WSP Global (~$5M projects).
    • Won $1.5M contract — blended digital content + intranet solution.
    • Automated 69.35% of Viacom Ad Sales and Nickelodeon processes.
    • Viacom Ad Sales site: +30% sales; +56% sales collaboration.
    • Data input redundancy −30%; reporting time −90%.
    • New site development time −80% via reusable templates.
    • Process automation: due diligence efficiency +45%.
    • Completed project 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
    • Employee of the Year 2015.

  5. December 2011 – March 2012

    Consultant

    Singtel Optus Pty Limited · Sydney, Australia

    • Enterprise collaboration and cloud workplace consulting.

  6. May 2010 – December 2011

    Lead Engineer, Enterprise Content Management

    HCL Technologies Ltd · India, Singapore, Australia

    • Enterprise search for Commonwealth Bank (55K associates) → adoption +37%.
    • 50,000+ SharePoint sites migrated for SGX, Commonwealth Bank, Fonterra, CITI.
    • Won $1.5M business process automation project (Tyco).
    • R&D Innovation Delivery Individual Award from HCL Tech.

  7. February 2008 – April 2010

    Senior Software Engineer

    IBM / Shriram Value Services · Chennai, India

    • Enterprise software engineering and solution delivery.

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