Arup Kumar Pal

Background

About Arup Kumar Pal

Dynamic professional with 19+ years of experience in Information Technology and a background in client interfacing, solutioning, consulting and project/ team management across diverse technologies and functional areas. • Leading a diverse solution and opportunity realization team across the Microsoft stack – Azure (PaaS and IaaS), O365, SharePoint with core solution and architectural competencies - Azure App Dev, Azure DevOps, Conversational assistants, AI (with ML and NLP), traditional collaboration, portals and content management including but not limited to the end-to-end workforce productivity space (core involvement in trademarked IP’s) • Expertise in the Migration space from Lotus Notes to SharePoint (Online and On-Prem) and from Legacy SharePoint platform to Modern (SharePoint Online/ SharePoint 2016/ SharePoint 2019). Migrate Lotus Notes Apps to SharePoint Online and Migrate 20 TB SharePoint Data to SharePoint Online. Developed two Migration Suites covering tools, techniques, processes and checklists. NotesPoint Migration Suite (NPMS, http://npms.azurewebsites.net) 2. SharePoint Modernization Suite (SPMS, http://sptoo365.azurewebsites.net) • Architectural expertise in MOSS 2007, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint 2016, SharePoint 2019, SharePoint Online and Azure PaaS • Consulting and mentoring experience with several Fortune 500 clients – hand-holding them to assess as-is IT landscape and define and realize their roadmap for digital enablement • Excellent interpersonal skills, initiative, attention to detail, and follow-through skills. • Leadership role in the Microsoft Enterprise Productivity CoE (Enterprise Architect - Azure PaaS, O365 and SharePoint based projects & proposals addressing App Dev, DevOps, Cognitive, AI, Collaboration, Workforce Productivity, Search facing requirements) • 10+ years of experience in Leading and working in Insurance domain (General, Life, Pension and Annuity)