Venkatnarayan Harikesavan

VenkatNarayan Harikesavan has extensive work experience in the field of enterprise architecture and IT strategy. VenkatNarayan began their career as a Solution Designer at Tata Consultancy Services in 2002 and went on to work as a Technical Architect for eircom, an Enterprise Architect for C & W UK, and an Enterprise Architect for Cognizant Technology Solutions. In 2011, they joined Tata Consultancy Services for TDC where they worked as an Enterprise Architect until 2018. VenkatNarayan then became a Senior Enterprise Architect at TDC Group until 2019. In the same year, they also worked as a Guest Lecturer at Copenhagen Business School and IT-Universitetet i København. Currently, they are working at Nuuday where they have held various roles including Chief Enterprise Architect, Head of IT Strategy, and currently serves as the Head of CTO Office. In their roles, they are responsible for defining and optimizing IT architecture strategy, driving enterprise architecture modeling, and managing the application portfolio based on industry-standard tools.

VenkatNarayan Harikesavan attended the University of Madras from 1998 to 2002, where they obtained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science. Prior to that, they attended the University Center for Aviation Studies in 1997 and received a Private Pilot License (theory) in the field of Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology. In 1996, they completed their Higher Secondary education at Asan Memorial Senior Secondary School. In terms of additional certifications, VenkatNarayan Harikesavan obtained the Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies certification from Microsoft in 2021, as well as the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification. VenkatNarayan also obtained the COBIT Fundamentals certification from ISACA in 2014 and the TOGAF® Certification Program from The Open Group in 2008.