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2025-03-07 04:06:28

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TBE104902

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2025-03-05 08:52:11

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Nirmal Sajanraj

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Question 1 : Provide a brief description / background of your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual circumstance. (Your response to this question will be used for public display if your entry is awarded.)

Description
Nirmal Sajanraj serves as a Senior Data Engineer at a leading cloud services provider where he has distinguished himself through exceptional leadership in architecting transformative data solutions. With profound expertise in distributed big data processing, Nirmal masterfully engineered the Private Pricing - Demand Planning Tool, a sophisticated system that revolutionized data-driven decision-making for over 65,000 users worldwide. This groundbreaking tool created a single source of truth for customer historical spend data, featuring standardized calculations, dynamic visualizations, and customizable deal modeling capabilities that significantly enhanced negotiation with powerful insights.
Nirmal's technical prowess is evidenced by his ability to process eight years of customer revenue data while meeting stringent data retrieval SLAs of 10ms for 50+ Payer Accounts. His innovative architectural design leveraged distributed big data processing using Spark and partitioned Redshift tables, demonstrating his exceptional ability to optimize performance for mission-critical applications.
Background
Nirmal's professional journey reflects a steadfast commitment to excellence in cloud computing solutions. He spearheaded the end-to-end backend architecture design for the Demand Planning Tool, ensuring scalability, performance, and security. His meticulous attention to data security is exemplified through his engineering of territory-based Row Level Security and leadership in the Application Security review process.
Nirmal's collaborative approach has been instrumental in his success, working seamlessly with cross-functional teams including Account Managers, Sales, Business Desk, and Strategic Customer Engagement teams to align the tool with diverse business objectives. His orchestration of Operational Readiness Review sessions with Bar Raisers and Senior Technical Officers ensured the tool met all technical requirements.
The impact of Nirmal's work has been substantial
Private Pricing deals now account for approximately 62% of company revenue
The tool consolidated 12+ tools across all private pricing programs into a single interface
Average time to contract reduced from 29.5 days to 14.5 days
Through his exceptional technical acumen and strategic leadership, Nirmal transformed a complex process that previously required 215 process steps and 68 tool interactions into a streamlined workflow. His innovative approach to the Private Pricing initiative demonstrates his ability to deliver solutions that drive significant business value.

Question 2 : Outline your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual achievements, dated 1-3 years prior, based on your selected categories.

Visionary Leadership in Private Pricing
Nirmal Sajanraj demonstrated exceptional technical leadership by architecting and implementing a sophisticated Demand Planning Tool that revolutionized data-driven decision-making processes. As the project lead, he oversaw a cross-functional team of data engineers, business intelligence engineers, and software development engineers, ensuring the delivery of this transformative solution.
Technical Architecture Achievement
Nirmal designed an end-to-end backend architecture for the Demand Planning Tool that successfully addressed the critical challenge of processing eight years of customer revenue data while meeting the demanding data retrieval SLA of 10ms for over 50+ Payer Accounts. His innovative approach involved implementing distributed big data processing using Spark and Partitioned Redshift tables, creating a robust foundation for the tool.
Security Implementation Excellence
Nirmal engineered and implemented territory-based Row Level Security to maintain data integrity and confidentiality, adhering to strict security standards. He also led the Application Security review process, identifying and mitigating potential security vulnerabilities, demonstrating his commitment to maintaining the highest security protocols.
Operational Excellence
Orchestrated Operational Readiness Review sessions with Bar Raisers and Senior Technical Officers
Ensured the tool met all technical and operational requirements
Conducted regular code reviews to maintain high-quality code and adherence to coding standards
Coordinated development efforts to ensure seamless collaboration and adherence to best practices

Measurable Impact
The Demand Planning Tool that Nirmal architected delivered exceptional results
Adopted by 65,000+ users worldwide
Directly improved deal accuracy and velocity
Consolidated 12+ tools across all private pricing programs into a single interface
Reduced average time to contract from 29.5 days to 14.5 days
Collaborative Leadership
Nirmal excelled in cross-functional collaboration, working effectively with Account Managers, Sales, Business Desk, and Strategic Customer Engagement teams. This collaborative approach ensured the tool's alignment with diverse business objectives and user needs, making it truly valuable across the organization.
In conclusion, Nirmal Sajanraj's technical vision, leadership, and implementation skills enabled the creation of a transformative Demand Planning Tool that significantly enhanced negotiation processes by providing powerful insights and analytical capabilities to users worldwide

Question 3 : Provide examples of the strategies / plans you have introduced, in order to attain your nominated organizational, departmental, team, or individual achievements. Explain why the highlighted achievements are significant / unique.

Strategic Architecture Design
Nirmal Sajanraj revolutionized data-driven decision-making by architecting a sophisticated Demand Planning Tool for private pricing negotiations. He designed an end-to-end backend architecture that processed eight years of customer revenue data while meeting the challenging data retrieval SLA of 10ms for 50+ Payer Accounts. Nirmal implemented distributed big data processing using Spark and partitioned Redshift tables, creating a single source of truth for customer historical spend data with standardized calculations and dynamic data visualizations.
Security-First Approach
Nirmal engineered and implemented territory-based Row Level Security to maintain data integrity and confidentiality. He led the Application Security review process, methodically identifying and mitigating potential vulnerabilities while adhering to strict security standards. This comprehensive security framework ensured that sensitive pricing information remained protected during negotiations with customers worldwide.

Cross-Functional Collaboration
As project lead, Nirmal coordinated with data engineers, business intelligence engineers, and software development engineers to consolidate 12+ tools across all private pricing programs into a single interface. He orchestrated Operational Readiness Review sessions with Bar Raisers and Senior Technical Officers, ensuring alignment with diverse business objectives and user needs.
Unique Achievements
Nirmal's Private Pricing solution stands out for its remarkable integration capabilities—transforming a fragmented process that previously required 215 process steps and 68 tool interactions into a streamlined, cohesive platform. The consolidation of disparate systems into a single pane of glass represents an exceptional achievement in enterprise software design, delivering powerful insights and analytical tools that fundamentally transformed pricing negotiations.
Significant Impact
The tool's adoption by 65,000+ users worldwide directly improved deal accuracy and velocity. Most impressively, Nirmal's solution reduced the average time to contract from 29.5 days to 14.5 days—a 51% improvement in efficiency. This enhancement has profound business implications considering that private pricing deals account for approximately 62% of revenue. The combination of improved security, accelerated processes, and enhanced analytics represents a transformative contribution to cloud services pricing strategy.

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