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Purdue University
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BiographyRajesh Thyagarajan holds a Bachelors of Sciences (Electronics), Masters in Computer Applications, Honors in Systems Management, Post Graduate Honors in Planning and Project Management and is currently pursuing his Masters in Business Administration from Krannert School of Management and will graduate in December 2012. He has about 15 years of work experience that includes development, implementation, IT solution design and architecture, IT strategy, Project and Program Management. Rajesh has worked in the Asia Pacific, Middle East, India and the United States. He held many positions in the past including Solution Architect, Data Architect and Project Manager during his consulting assignments at several Fortune 100 and 500 companies. He was part of the Cummins Enterprise Architecture team and involved in introducing cutting-edge technologies and designing enterprise level IT architecture, Solution Architect for IT projects that were implemented across the corporation. Rajesh has worked on teams at Harley Davidson and GE that worked on IT Projects to solve business problems including building strategic decisions, process improvement, and new product innovation. He also served as Data Architect with the Enterprise Data warehouse group at HP, Houston and was the Territory IT Head at Lifestyle, a Landmark Group company; responsible for the IT operations of Lifestyle across the seven Emirates. Rajesh was also involved in IT Solution Delivery for Prudential Insurance Corporation, Singapore Tourism Board, Hangseng Bank, LG Capital, Siam Commercial Bank and Pacific Century Cyberworks. Rajesh also has served on the board of a several United Way Agencies, Rotary Club of Columbus and the Indian Boy Scouts movement. Rajesh is currently a Software Engineer at Purdue University for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) involved in design, development and support of the NEEShub Cyberinfrastructure.