Pad Narayanan

Vice President, Commercial (Digital Innovation & Transformation)

• Serve as Strategic Business Head and board member of Executive Leadership team for Commercial division of Mohawk

Senior Director, Digital Technology

Director Application Development

• In my role as the Director of Application Development, I lead and liaise between multiple business units within the company to drive digital transformation. Serving as the strategic interface, I connect the IT unit with other business units to develop strategy, discover solutions, manage services, control risks, and enhance relationships that lead to overall success, benchmark, and goals of Mohawk Industries. Additionally, I oversee and align strategic business initiatives with the application roadmap through the STRAP process. I enjoy managing the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of different business functions across the entire organization and focusing on driving positive impact and results that connect consumers, customers, sales, design, and manufacturing.

Architect and Senior Manager

• During the period leading as the Architect and Senior Manager, I focused primarily on executing innovative enterprise business data solutions that were one of a kind and favored and sponsored by senior leadership for all brand sites and B2B customer-facing apps. Working collaboratively with the eCommerce and Digital Transformation teams, we drove efforts to optimize and strategize Web application performance and customer experience. Some of my highlights include: • Successful integration of ChannelSight and Pergo website, driving pricing and stock availability in real-time for customers. • Successful implementation of Bloomreach (CMS) and Commerce Cloud with including 15+ third-party integrations to drive the brand sites with its web presence, resulting in lightning-fast UI/UX experience with cutting edge state of the art technology. • Performed software architecture revamp in Azure Web Application to reduce monthly billing by 60%+

Senior Application Architect

• $180M insurance broker with software application solutions. Acquired By Assured Partners ($4B insurance brokerage firm). Excelled in Project Management by leading team of 62 onsite and offshore developers to design, develop, and install $10M flagship programs, offering expert enrollment guidance on health insurance carriers and plans. ▪ Learned TOGAF and taught key design aspects to team to yield highly efficient and robust quality of application development. ▪ Functioned as scrum master for Agile development, leading to on-time delivery and implementation of business solutions. Enabled successful Technical Solutions Development by orchestrating the designing, coding, and testing of 36 systems solutions. ▪ Applied technical skills to developing n-tier web-based applications utilizing Microsoft.NET (ASP and C#) and SQL server. ▪ Troubleshot, analyzed, and reported product code issues. Utilized modeling tools and documentation methods in architect application and database design while focusing on simplifying analysis for future development.

Project Manager

• An IT Consulting Group ranking 2nd in size, part of NASSCOM Emerging companies in India. Served as Account Manager for largest client ($1.5M revenue). Managed 16 insurance application products with 28 application developers, 20 QA testers, and 22 team leads, business analysts, and project leads. ▪ Inspired and challenged employees to drive 15% increase in revenue. Built high performing team through manpower tracking and analysis, including actual versus budgeted forecasting, on-/off-boarding, hiring, and headcount management with HR. ▪ Partnered with clients to define project scope, plan timescales and resources; clarify system needs, and study client’s goals.

IT Consultant

• Led 60 employees, including 6 internal teams, to develop projects, reduce timelines, and successfully deliver products to clients. ▪ Supported 7 clients in change management activities by presenting overviews and detailed documentation of solutions

Application Project Leader

• Used mechanical engineering, R&D, and robotics expertise, and allied with senior management and stakeholders, to lead project management for IT behind high-precision projects, including 2 projects defining scope, goals, and deliverables to support goals. ▪ Created and submitted 15 project proposals, including budget changes, with 75% of proposals turned into assignments. ▪ Reported progress, documented needs, determined potential crises, and created schedules and contingency plans. ▪ Guided and mentored 3 team members and contractors to ensure positive action, accountability, and project success.