MOHAN RAJ KALAISELVAM
PRESALES SOLUTION ARCHITECT
Kuala Lumpur
Summary
With over 10 years of experience in the IT industry, I have primarily focused on customer-facing roles, specializing in both on-premise and cloud-based infrastructure services. My background spans administration, architecture, and consulting, providing me with a well-rounded perspective for customer technical engagement. I have a wealth of expertise in designing and implementing on-premise solutions and cloud technologies. As a Presales Solution Architect, I am excited to leverage my knowledge to drive greater penetration in both on-premise and cloud spaces. I bring a fresh, pragmatic, and industry-aware approach to help clients make the most of hybrid environments, seamlessly integrating on-premise and cloud technologies for optimal business outcomes.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
Work History
Presales Architect - AI, Cloud & Data Center Solutions
Intel Corporation
11.2021 - Current
- Led Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) initiatives across APJ including a flagship AI solution for the financial services sector with DXC, HPE, and Red Hat using Intel AI technologies
- Advised senior stakeholders including executives, enterprise architects, and IT leaders on architecture strategies for AI model inferencing, fine tuning, and training using Intel Xeon and Gaudi platforms.
- Collaborated with partners, ISVs, system integrators, and MSPs to co develop AI driven workloads and solutions by providing hands on technical engagement and performance optimization.
- Executed proof of concept trials and live demonstrations showcasing AI training and inferencing capabilities to drive adoption across enterprise customers and technology partners.
- Developed and delivered technical workshops on cloud, data center modernization, and Intel’s AI stack including AWS, Azure, OpenVINO, and oneAPI resulting in improved customer engagement and technology adoption.
- Advised customers on multi cloud architecture and workload placement strategies involving AWS, Azure, and Oracle Cloud to meet regulatory, performance, and cost objectives.
- Supported cloud migration and modernization initiatives by assessing application readiness, estimating resource requirements, and aligning infrastructure configurations with business SLAs.
- Enabled cloud partner teams and ISVs in the APJ region through joint solution design sessions, technical enablement, and go to market workshops aligned with Intel cloud value propositions.
- Analyzed industry trends, business use cases, and hybrid or multi cloud strategies to align Intel based solutions with customer objectives and total cost of ownership goals.
- Assessed enterprise infrastructure and workload requirements by recommending strategies for data center refresh, AI opportunity scoping, workload sizing, and resource planning.
- Drafted and reviewed RFPs and RFQs for AI infrastructure procurement ensuring performance optimized and cost-effective hardware and software solutions by assessing application readiness, estimating resource requirements, and aligning infrastructure configurations with business SLAs.
Senior Cloud Platform Consultant
Oracle Corporation
01.2019 - 11.2021
- Appointed as a Technical Pre-Sales Specialist, responsible for engaging with prospective clients to assess their needs, perform technical evaluations, lead workshops, and resolve critical Cloud-related issues.
- Designed and led pre-sales technical engagements and cloud solution architectures, demonstrating strong capability in planning, implementing, and migrating end-to-end solutions on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Applied deep expertise in hybrid architectures, including virtualization, consolidation, disaster recovery, information management, and integration of both Oracle and non-Oracle workloads.
- Delivered engaging technical workshops and executive briefings tailored to both technical and business audiences, translating complex architecture into business value propositions.
- Led hands-on proof-of-concept trials, product demonstrations, and readiness assessments that accelerated cloud adoption and improved client confidence in OCI deployments.
- Developed and contributed to technical responses for RFPs and RFIs, enhancing proposal quality and supporting successful deal closures.
- Acted as a trusted advisor, guiding clients on cloud migration strategies, workload placement, and architecture best practices to support secure, scalable, and cost-efficient solutions.
- Supported account teams and partners through enablement sessions, architecture deep-dives, and technical escalation management during strategic pre-sales cycles.
Senior Middleware Consultant
DXC Technology
06.2017 - 12.2018
- Appointed as a Senior Middleware Consultant (Delivery Lead) at DXC Technology, overseeing daily business-as-usual (BAU) operations and leading various projects.
- Provided technical support and maintenance for all internet, intranet, and extranet applications and websites, ensuring timely resolution of issues for Tomcat, WebSphere, and Middleware applications and components.
- Managed the installation base of Tomcat and WebSphere across various hardware platforms, and assisted in designing proposals for Middleware applications.
- Deployed J2EE web applications, EJB components, and enterprise applications (WAR, JAR, and EAR files), ensuring seamless integration and functionality.
- Configured SSL for web servers, requested and installed secure certificates, and enabled global security using LDAP registry, enhancing system security.
- Collected and analyzed performance statistics for eBusiness applications, operating systems, and hardware, performing capacity management to optimize resource utilization.
- Planned and implemented disaster recovery (DR) environments for mission-critical banking applications, ensuring business continuity and data protection.
Middleware Specialist
IBM Malaysia
04.2015 - 06.2017
- Appointed as a full-time Middleware Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Affin Bank account, I manage daily business-as-usual (BAU) support and contribute to internal projects.
- WebSphere Administration: Led the installation, configuration, and upgrading of WebSphere Application Servers (6.x, 7.x, 8.x, 9.x) across multiple Unix/Linux platforms including AIX, RHEL, and Solaris.
- J2EE Application Management: Executed deployment of J2EE web applications, EJB components, and enterprise apps (WAR, JAR, EAR files).
- Disaster Recovery Planning: Implemented disaster recovery solutions for critical banking applications.
- IBM Middleware Expertise: Installed and configured IBM WebSphere MQ (5.3, 6.0) and WebSphere Message Broker 6.1, troubleshooting issues on the AIX platform.
- Support and Optimization: Provided comprehensive support for WebSphere environments, including monitoring, performance tuning, backup/restore, failover, and upgrade processes to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
- IBM WebSphere MQ and Message Broker: Installed, configured, and troubleshot IBM WebSphere MQ (versions 5.3 and 6.0) and IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 on AIX.
- Technical Support and Optimization: Provided technical support for monitoring, tuning, backup/restore, failover, and recovery of WebSphere Application Servers, ensuring availability, scalability, maintainability, and effective workload management (WLM).
Sr Infrastructure Analyst
Maybank
10.2013 - 03.2015
- Hired as a full-time Sr Infrastructure Analyst, I was involved in ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) & IBM BPM server administration.
- Middleware Administration for IBM Business Process Manager (BPM), WebSphere Process Server (WPS), WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment (WAS ND), and WebSphere ESB (WESB) in AIX and Linux platforms.
- Installation and configuration of BPM (formerly known as Lombardi), WPS, WAS ND, Business Monitor products in a clustered (high available) environment.
- Capacity planning & Installation of WebSphere Application Servers on Unix platform.
- Debugging application errors, server crashes, out of memory errors, and JVM crashes.
- Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting IBM WebSphere MQ 5.3, 6.0, IBM WebSphere Message Broker 6.1 on AIX platform.
- Troubleshooting of MQ and Message Broker queues, listeners and channels.
Web Engineer
Seagate
10.2011 - 03.2013
- Administration of web application infrastructure (Apache, Tomcat, iPlanet, Jboss) and application servers (WebSphere, WebLogic) on UNIX platforms.
- Responsible for day-to-day operations and administration of Oracle applications and databases on UNIX platforms.
- Schedule, monitor and resolve errors in system scheduled jobs (UC4 formerly known as Appworx).
- Preparing RCA for all incidents related to application server.
- Work closely with business users to facilitate deployment of application changes.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology, Major in Information Systems
University Tenaga Nasional
Foundation in Information Technology - undefined
University Tenaga Nasional
Skills
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- IaaS
- PaaS
- SaaS
- Serverless Computing
- TOGAF
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- VPN
- VPC
- Load Balancing
- DNS
- CDN
- WebSphere
- WebLogic
- JBoss
- Apache Tomcat
- Technical architecture design
- Web applications
- Disaster recovery planning
- Performance optimization
- Capacity planning
- Virtualization technologies
Certification
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Architect Professional
Timeline
Presales Architect - AI, Cloud & Data Center Solutions
Intel Corporation
11.2021 - Current
Senior Cloud Platform Consultant
Oracle Corporation
01.2019 - 11.2021
Senior Middleware Consultant
DXC Technology
06.2017 - 12.2018
Middleware Specialist
IBM Malaysia
04.2015 - 06.2017
Sr Infrastructure Analyst
Maybank
10.2013 - 03.2015
Web Engineer
Seagate
10.2011 - 03.2013
Foundation in Information Technology - undefined
University Tenaga Nasional
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology, Major in Information Systems
University Tenaga Nasional
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