Technology • Analytics • Digital Strategy

Balamurugan K.

Technology business leader with 20+ years of experience across IT, banking and finance, insurance, healthcare, telecom, media and political initiatives. Focused on turning complex requirements into practical technology, analytics and digital communication solutions.

Business & TechnologyPower BI & AnalyticsWeb DevelopmentDigital & Social Media
20+ YearsProfessional experience
Multiple DomainsFinance, healthcare, telecom, media and more
60K+Social media posts shared in documented initiative
10+ ToolsData, BI, web and marketing technologies
Profile

Connecting technology, data and people.

Experience spanning the software lifecycle, reporting and analytics, digital marketing, and community-facing political IT initiatives.

Professional summary

  • Experience across IT, press and media, and political work.
  • Background in banking, finance, insurance, healthcare, telecom and hospitality.
  • Exposure to the full development lifecycle: requirements, documentation, development, testing, implementation and maintenance.
  • Experience in web and political analytics, data integrity, exception reporting and MIS.
  • Functional, regression, ad hoc, smoke and UAT testing experience.
  • Payment risk, fund transfer and fraud analysis; training and supporting team members.

Selected technology customers

Bank of America, PNC, M&T, Ally, Scottrade, Actimize, eBay and ING.

Media and community organisations

Manitha Vidiyal Magazine, ilangyarKural, Rathiri Rounds Magazine, Indian Press Club, and Southern Consumer People Move Protection and Movement.

Organisations and experience are presented as listed in the supplied résumé.

Capabilities

Skills & technology

A blend of data platforms, business intelligence, development tools, testing and digital marketing.

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Databases

Oracle 11g, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, MySQL 5.0

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Business Intelligence

Cognos Impromptu, Cognos 8x/10x, Business Objects XI3, Power BI, AI Databricks

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ETL & Analytics

SSIS, SAS 9.2, SPSS 20, reporting and data analysis

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Web Development

HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, PHP, WordPress, Laravel, CodeIgniter

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Digital Marketing

Digital and AI marketing, social media marketing, campaign coordination

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Quality & Risk

Functional and regression testing, UAT, data integrity, payment risk and fraud analysis

Career

Professional experience

Selected roles and responsibilities from the résumé.

Nov 2014 – Present

NKBB Technologies, Karur

Tech Business Head

Leads digital and AI marketing with a social media focus; oversees WordPress and Laravel divisions; creates Power BI dashboards for TNCC Research Wing; participates in cloud-based online TV development and builds software solutions for healthcare, finance and billing use cases.

Jul 2014 – Aug 2014

Scarlet Wireless India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Senior Technical Lead

Requirements analysis, specification drafting, application planning and testing, Business Objects universe design, WebI reporting and client coordination.

May 2012 – Jul 2014

Tibil Computer Solutions, Bangalore

Tech Lead

Technical leadership and business intelligence/reporting delivery across client requirements.

Jan 2010 – May 2012

Yodlee InfoTech Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

Senior Data Analyst

Automated operational reports, enhanced payment tools to help minimise payment risk and fraud possibilities, analysed product issues and worked on reporting for bill pay and fund transfer users.

Sep 2008 – Jan 2010

ING Vysya Bank, Bangalore

Team Member – BAT

Core banking data analysis, reporting, exception reports, reconciliation and functional, regression, ad hoc, smoke and UAT testing.

Apr 2007 – Sep 2008

Ma Foi, Bangalore

MIS Executive

MIS and reporting responsibilities.

Public service & media

Political IT, social media and community initiatives

Résumé-listed roles and activities supporting digital communication, coordination and local service initiatives.

Indian National Congress

Karur District Coordinator
TN Congress IT Wing & Social Media Department · Oct 2022 – Present (as listed in résumé)

TN Youth Party

Former State Head
IT, Press & Media

Indian Press Club

State Head
IT Wing

ilangyarKural Online News & Media

Editor

Selected initiatives

01Helped build the Karur District IT Wing and social media coordination activities.
02Organised a water and buttermilk stall at Aravakurichi on behalf of Congress in May 2023.
03Karur IT Wing conducted an eye camp with Arasan Eye Hospital at Velliyani on 4 June 2023.
04Helped open an IT Wing and Social Media office at Aravakurichi in July 2023.
05Résumé records 60K+ posts shared across around 44 social media pages from Sep 2023 to Dec 2024.
06Worked on Tamil Nadu constituency data analysis, political party management web application planning, and Power BI dashboards.
Recognition

Achievements

Star Performer of the Year — 2011

Awarded by Yodlee, as listed in the résumé.

Reporting automation

Recognised by ING for automation of exception reports such as PAT and Permanent Hold, as listed in the résumé.

Education

Academic background

Bachelor of Engineering

2000–2004
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu

Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC)

1999–2000
Pugalur, Karur, Tamil Nadu

Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC)

1997–1998
Aravakurichi, Karur, Tamil Nadu

Languages

English, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam (speaking: intermediate, as noted in résumé).

Contact

Let’s connect.

For technology, analytics, web development, digital marketing and collaboration enquiries, use the contact details below.

This portfolio is based on the supplied résumé. Please contact me for an updated profile or detailed work history.

LocationAravakurichi, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India
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