Kunal G. Pandya
Experienced Digital Transformation Leader, Storyteller, Strategist, & Positive Culture influencer.
More than 15 years of experience in managing & delivering various projects across the dynamic multi-cultural world in Private, Governments & PSU organizations across all verticals.
Employment History
Senior Technical Architecture Manager, Imprivata (USA, EMEA & APAC)
JULY 2024 – Present
Technical Architecture Manager, Imprivata (USA, EMEA & APAC)
JUNE 2022 – JUNE 2024
Imprivata is a trusted secure Digital Identity & Access Management solution provider. I help build a holistic view of organizations technology strategy, process & Digital Identity roadmap to enable the delivery of Business capabilities and Technology Resources for seamless secure access:
● Manage strategic Accounts across USA, UK & Europe region.
● Assisted Managed Services Business growth by average 69% through renewals.
● Work with businesses and leadership team to develop strategy.
● Lead strategic meetings with leadership team to detect critical gaps and opportunities to drive business towards desired output.
● Lead Managed Service Engineers to analyze critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for efficiency.
● Facilitate alignment between End users, & IT Team to execute strategic decisions and improve ROI’s.
● Lead Professional Service Team for implementation & architecture planning for project delivery.
● Define & set adoption plan for end users introducing new technology OR existing technology impacting daily user journey.
● Provide consultation on complex technologies with 3rd party vendors & lead integration plans.
● Review compliance for Digital Security & IT Business plans against technology roadmap.
● Coordinate Trainings, Certification courses, Workshops for knowledge refresh.
● Coordinate updates & patches with various internal/external teams.
● Be their trusted Imprivata Adviser/Partner.
● Lead Weekly/Bi-Weekly Tech reviews with stake holders.
● Develop & Lead Quarterly Architecture review overseeing all the modules of Identity Governance, Privileged Access Management, OneSign IDP & Access Management, Mobile Device Access.
● Understanding of ISO27000, NIST CSF, Cyber Essentials and audit processes.
Professional Services Consultant, Imprivata (EMEA)
JANUARY 2019 — JUNE 2022
Imprivata is healthcare’s trusted secure Digital Identity & Access Management solution provider. As IE/PS Consultant, I takeover after Sales & help customers with the following as an Imprivata SME:
● Introduce Imprivata Solutions (IDG&A, PAM, IDP, MDA) to the wider team & various stakeholders.
● Carry out Demo/UAT platforms to create better understanding of the solutions.
● Lead & Manage project implementation life cycle.
● Design & lead integration of Imprivata solution based on user’s journey.
● Lead Integration of Imprivata modules with various 3rd party products (Okta, Ping, etc.) & applications for seamless Authentication, Access & SSO using various methodologies including Federation services like SAML, OAuth, OpenID Connect.
● Design & lead integration with LDAP, Directory Services, Web Architecture.
● Assist SOC team to integrate with SIEM & SOARS tools (Splunk, SolarWinds, LogRhythm, Exabeam, etc.) to mitigate and thwart any bad actors trying to access information fraudulently.
● Develop & recommend best practices for Identity & Access Management.
● Delivering project summary to all the stakeholders & adhere to completion/delivery times.
Security Consultant, Brousco
JULY 2017 — DECEMBER 2018
Brousco is leading service provider helping customers go through Digital Identity & Access Management transformation. As a security consultant, I was involved with the stakeholders from early stages.
● Understand customers requirements & end user journeys.
● Provide consulting support to project during the strategy, architecture, & development phases.
● Act as a customers advocate.
● Design/Create RFI’s/RFPs for vendors & create design workflows.
● Oversee the overall budgeting & project life cycle.
● Identify any potential risks and work with cross functional team to resolve them.
● Review new security technologies and proactively advice customer with current & future requirements & scalability for efficient functioning & security concerns.
● Help with FAQ & KB documents for future maintenance & troubleshooting.
● Understanding of ISO27000, NIST CSF, Cyber Essentials and audit processes.
SE & PS Consultant, SecureAuth
AUGUST 2015 — JULY 2017
SecureAuth is a leading IDP provider for organizations in all the verticals. We were a two person & wore various hats from SE, Channel enablement, PS, etc. I would be engaged with customer from lead/discovery stage.
● Gather information on prospective leads on their requirements.
● Scope & design POC for Sales Meeting. Also, help with presentations for stakeholders.
● Manage projects with various life cycles from Sales –> Post Sales –> handover to Support.
● Help integrate SecureAuth IDP with 3rd party products, applications, & systems.
● Configure seamless access to applications using various methodologies like Form/Post Auth for legacy apps & Federation technology (SAML, WS-FED, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2) for new Web/SAAS based applications.
● Configure Dynamic Adaptive MFA authentication for secured Identity management & authentication by utilizing Threat intelligence with Multi Layered checks (Users, Group/OU, Time, IP, location, Thor network, Behavior Bio metrics)
● Engage & enable partners by training them with features & technical training.
● Work with all the stake holders during the whole life cycle for timely project delivery.
● Help successful delivery of projects for user base of 200 to over 2 million.
● Be SME & mediator between internal & external development teams.
I was working for SecureAuth with their UK Distributor Exclusive Networks between Aug 2015 – Jan 2016.
Senior Technical Consultant, Imprivata
MARCH 2011 — AUGUST 2015
IT Manager – Onsite @ Wren Academy, CSE Education System
APRIL 2010 — MARCH 2011
Operations Manager – Contractor (EMEA & APAC), Imprivata
JUNE 2009 — APRIL 2010
T3 Associate Support Consultant, QAD
JUNE 2008 — JANUARY 2009
Dell On Call Tech Support Engineer, Sitel
JUNE 2006 — FEBRUARY 2008
Education
- Information Technology, University of Mumbai, India
- Diploma in Computer Engineering, MSBTE, India
Certifcations/Courses
- Imprivata OneSign Certification, Imprivata
- Imprivata Identity Governance Administrator
- Imprivata Privileged Access Management Administrator
- Imprivata Ground Control Certified Administrator
- Imprivata Mobile Device Access Administrator
- SecureAuth IDP Certification, SecureAuth
- Ping Identity, Federation & Access Management, Ping
- OneLogin product implementation, OneLogin
- Okta Training, Okta