
Santanu Mandal
Principal Consultant - AI, Copilot, M365, .Net
Technology / Internet
About Santanu Mandal:
- Highly experienced professional with a cross-industry background, specializing in leveraging disruptive technology for efficient, secure, and cost-effective business transformation.
- Highly motivated communicator capable of articulating complex ideas to diverse audiences.
- Demonstrated success in providing technical solutions, emphasizing the business value of automation.
- Extensive experience in pre-sales solutioning, application architecture, and service, including migration, transformation, and modernization.
- Expertise in alliance partner activities and strategic collaboration, particularly with major technology partners.
- Proficient in project scope definition, user acceptance testing, technical support, and resolving performance bottlenecks.
- Adept team leader with strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, presentation, problem resolution and analytical skills.
- Proven track record as a solution delivery anchor for programs in application integration, IT systems integration, and application maintenance & support.
- Skilled in executing large-scale projects and managing the entire software development life cycle using agile, iterative, or waterfall methodologies.
Experience
AtoS & Eviden, Principal Consultant/Group Manager (Aug 2014 – onwards)
Key Profile:
- Principal consultant to implement solutions using Generative AI, Copilot, Microsoft 365 & Biz Apps and responsible to maintain Microsoft Partnership.
- Leading Pre-sales solutioning, architect, application transformation & modernization teams
- Solution Architecting, Reviewed project proposals, identify & resolve problems, and trained team members on project architectures.
- Directly involves with development and delivery.
- Providing technical leadership to the teams, solving queries and imparting training on project architectures
- Freezing technical aspects, preparing & reviewing project proposals and setting up technical infrastructure
Capgemini Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., Senior Consultant II (Jun 2008 – Aug 2014)
Key Profile:
- Successfully executing projects within specified time, quality, and cost parameters, adept at managing multisite teams in distributed delivery models.
- Proficient in gathering, analysing, and improving business requirements, translating them into technical documents, and planning seamless project deployment.
- Provides technical leadership, resolves queries, and conducts training on project architectures.
- Expert in freezing technical aspects, preparing project proposals, and setting up technical infrastructure.
- Creates product portfolio documents, work plans, and schedules, facilitating effective communication between management and teams.
- Guides clients on technology, processes, and applications, offering updates on project progress.
- Skilled in designing, developing, debugging workflow programs, and actively participates in client meetings to discuss project status and address deliverable-related issues.
Digital Avenues Ltd, Senior Software Engineer (Mar 2007 – June 2008)
Key Profile:
- Provided technical leadership, estimated & evaluated project effort and set up technical infrastructure.
- Reviewed project proposals, identified & resolved problems, and trained team members on project architectures.
- Directly involves with development and delivery.
Web Spiders (India) Pvt. Ltd., Application Programmer (Aug 2005 – Mar 2007)
Key Profile:
- Worked as an application programmer & project in-charge of whole packaging and deployment.
- Worked in the core platform team and involved in design and conducting quality coding activities.
- Responsible to co-ordinate with key clients Heritage School and other US & UK Clients
Karmick Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Web Developer (May 2005 – Aug 2005)
Key Profile:
- Worked as a web developer.
- Worked in the core platform team and involved in design and conducting coding activities.
- Got first exposer to collaborate with international clients.
Life InfoTech, Web Developer (Jan 2005 - May 2005)
Key Profile: Commenced career in Life InfoTech (Start-up Company) and learned programming & process designing activities.
Education
- Gold for Technology, Moller Institute, The University of Cambridge, London (2023)
- Master of Computer Application (MCA), West Bengal University of Technology, West-Bengal, India (2004)
- Honours Graduate in Chemistry from Burdwan University, West-Bengal, India (2000)
- 12th from Singur Mahamaya High School (Hooghly, West Bengal), WBCHSE, India (1996)
- 10th from Singur Mahamaya High School (Hooghly, West Bengal), WBBSE, India (1994)