Sudarsan Murugesan | Computer Science | Industry Leadership Excellence Award

Mr. Sudarsan Murugesan | Computer Science | Industry Leadership Excellence Award

Sr. Director of Software Engineering UnitedHealth Group United States

🌟 Sudarsan Murugesan is a visionary IT leader with over 20 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise architecture, and technology innovation. His expertise spans agile project management, cloud technologies, and data-driven decision-making, with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions across industries like healthcare, retail, and automobile.

Profile

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Education

🎓 Bachelor’s in Computer Science – University of Madras, India
🎓 Master’s in Computer Application – University of Madras, India

Experience

💼 Senior Director of Software Engineering, UnitedHealth Group (Optum) (2019–Present):

  • Led 120+ engineers in designing a claims preprocessing framework, cutting project timelines by 25%.
  • Spearheaded the migration of legacy systems to cloud-native platforms, saving $32M.

💼 Sr. Principal IT Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield Michigan (2018–2019):

  • Architected AWS-based data lakes, reducing ETL processing time by 40%.

💼 Sr. Datawarehouse Delivery Lead, Henry Ford Health System (2014–2017):

  • Championed Agile and DevOps practices, improving operational efficiency across teams.

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Research Interests

🔍 Research Focus:

  • Cloud architectures, data lake engineering, and microservices.
  • Scalable system designs and automation frameworks.
  • Machine learning integrations in enterprise systems.

Awards

🏆 Successfully launched Optum’s Datawarehouse as a Service, leveraging Snowflake technology.
🏆 Led modernization efforts, achieving a 25% improvement in project delivery timelines.
🏆 Recognized for cutting infrastructure costs by $32M through mainframe system migrations.

Publications Top Notes: 

📚 Sudarsan Murugesan has contributed extensively to thought leadership and technical publications. Below is a selection:

“Transforming Healthcare Data through Cloud Integration” (2020) – Journal of Health IT Solutions.

Cited by: 15 articles.

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“Enhancing Data Accessibility with AWS Data Lakes” (2019) – Journal of Cloud Computing.

Cited by: 10 articles.

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“Streamlining ETL for Retail Analytics” (2018) – Data Engineering Insights.

Cited by: 12 articles.

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