Raj Sudharsan

Strategic Enterprise Solutions Architect with 25+ years of IT experience leading complex digital transformations, solution architectures, information and data governance, and secure cloud platforms. Skilled in translating business requirements into secure, scalable, and maintainable enterprise solutions aligned with organizational roadmaps and governance frameworks. Expert in TOGAF and ArchiMate modeling, security-by-design, REST API standards, and AI-enabled capabilities across multi-domain ecosystems.

Adept at vendor oversight, cross-functional stakeholder management, and advising executive leadership to shape strategic digital platform investments.

Senior Architect - NovaScotia Power - Halifax, NS

(2018-05)

• Enterprise & Solution Architecture Frameworks: Served as a primary technical authority defining EA frameworks, governance, standards, and technology roadmaps across key business domains. Built an integrated enterprise repository using TOGAF, ArchiMate, Azure DevOps, and Azure Web Apps to ensure architectural coherence and version-controlled model governance.
• Digital Platform & SaaS Evolution: Provided architectural leadership for major cloud transformation programs, including leading cloud SaaS implementations (Maximo SaaS, Salesforce Field Service) and integrating 75+ boundary application interfaces adhering to strict security and operational constraints.
• Security-by-Design & Infrastructure Resilience: Embedded security-by-design principles across application lifecycle management and cloud migrations. Guided business capability-driven restoration modeling during a major enterprise cybersecurity incident, keeping cloud platforms insulated and operational.
• Data Architecture, APIs & AI Integration: Spearheaded the multi-phased enterprise AI adoption strategy and governance framework. Led M365 Copilot readiness assessments, Azure OpenAI trials, and data lake architecture integration to drive AI-enabled analytics and automation.
• Vendor Oversight & Stakeholder Engagement: Directed multi-disciplinary teams of technical architects, developers, and third-party contractors. Acted as a trusted advisor to senior executives, delivering clear technical scenario assessments, cost-benefit analyses, and risk evaluations for strategic investments.
• Recent Projects: GIS UN Migration: Conducted an option analysis with the technical team and guided the business stakeholders in selecting the right cloud hosting solution.
• Autodesk Engineering Modernization: Led architectural design and vendor evaluation to modernize engineering design and document management platforms.
• Community Solar: Designed target-state reference architecture, API/data realization models, and governance structures for multi-party operations.
• Led a team of business & technical architects, and application & integration developers to create an integrated solution, in a capital multi year program to modernize and transform the work & asset management capabilities of the transmission & distribution area of the business.

Solution Architect - JD Irving IT Division - Halifax, NS

(2013-04 - 2018-05)

• Designed and governed the implementation of a number of integrations between various systems in an integrated business manufacturing environment, to enable the shipbuilding division.
• Created a common information model, and implemented an operational data warehouse, pulling data from a dozen applications, to provide a single source of information for all reporting needs for Irving shipbuilding.

Owner / Principal Consultant - C-Square Software - Halifax, NS

(2013-04 - 2018-05)

• Provided software architecture & design consulting, and developed state of the art hybrid applications for mobile devices across different platforms.

Senior Consultant - CGI Inc. - Halifax, NS

(2005-10 - 2011-01)

• Played multiple roles as Consultant and Senior Developer to design, develop and deploy business solutions across various industries, such as Insurance, Manufacturing, and Government.

Business Systems Analyst - McCain Foods Ltd. - Florenceville, NB

(2000-07 - 2005-09)

• Worked on small to large scale projects in various roles such as a software architect, full stack developer, business systems analyst, and Dev. team lead.

Software Developer - Imex Systems - Mississauga, ON

(1999-11 - 2000-07)

Software Developer - Frontier Technologies - New Jersey, US / Chennai, India

(1999-04 - 1999-11)

Software Developer - Nittany Decision Services - Chennai, India

(1997-08 - 1999-04)

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA - University of New Brunswick

Diploma - Electrical & Electronics Engineering - Chennai, India