Hi, I'm Vishwalingam Kanagasabapathy

Head of IT Engineering & Operations

26+ Years of Global Leadership in IT Infrastructure, Cyber Security & Governance, IoT, Cloud Governance, & AI-Driven Operations.

"Transforming legacy systems into intelligent, scalable enterprise ecosystems."

26+

Years of Expertise

Companies Managed

Sq. Ft. Tech Centers

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Core Competencies

AI & Automation

Delivering scalable, intelligent infrastructure through agentic automation, robust MLOps pipelines, and sophisticated AI-driven rule engines to maximize operational efficiency and enterprise-grade resilience.

Cyber Security

Architecting enterprise resilience through CISSP methodologies, proactive SOC operations, and global controls. Ensuring rigorous compliance with ISO/IEC 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and HIPAA while protecting industrial infrastructure using the NIST Framework and ISA/IEC 62443.

Cloud Governance

Orchestrating robust governance frameworks across complex multi-cloud ecosystems, ensuring compliance, optimized spend, and seamless operational excellence across enterprise AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.

Career Progression & Leadership

2021 - Present

Urbaser Sumeet

Head of IT Operations

State-wide smart city initiatives and Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC)[cite: 1].
Advanced RFID and GPS-based industrial automation[cite: 1].
Data Science implementation focused on AI/ML[cite: 1].
Enterprise-wide Cyber Security Governance[cite: 1].

2019 - 2021

Ace Designers (Group)

IT Leadership

Maintained in-house Tier 3 data center for 8 group companies[cite: 1].
Office 365 Migration: Consolidated 8 domains into a single entity[cite: 1].
Industry 4.0 & IoT integration for SAP/Dynamics 365[cite: 1].

2010 - 2018

Lennox India

Global Engineering Lead

Directed Global Infrastructure and SOC teams, ensuring 24/7 resilience across continents[cite: 1].
Scaled infrastructure for two 2.5M sq. ft. R&D Labs, integrating high-availability networks and security protocols[cite: 1].

2003 - 2010

Ebix Software Asia SEZ Pvt. Ltd

System Administrator Level III

Gained fundamental, core engineering competency across enterprise Datacenter topologies and technical Cybersecurity strategies[cite: 2].
Managed and maintained the EBIX Co-Location facility alongside in-house data center operations[cite: 2].
Configured Cisco PIX/ASA firewalls, BIG-IP F5 load balancers, and EMC storage architectures[cite: 2].
Provided 24/7 NOC support and monitored business-critical systems to keep uptime maximized[cite: 2].

1998 - 2000

ECIL-BDPS

System Administrator

Oversaw hardware and software maintenance solutions covering 100+ production systems across Trichy branches[cite: 2].
Administered Local Area Network (LAN) operations using Novell 4.X and Windows NT platforms[cite: 2].
Diagnosed, managed, and troubleshot intranet and desktop performance infrastructure issues[cite: 2].

Technical Ecosystem Stack

Datacenter & Cloud

HPCC , Hypervisors, Tier IV Datacenter, Cloud Computing & Hybrid Cloud Solutions & Storage and Backup Management

Network & Security

CISSP, Core Infrastructure & SD-WAN, Global Architecture, Next-Generation Firewall, SD-WAN Transition, load balancer, Security Operations, Enterprise Governance Structures, Zero-Trust Edge Protection, Secure Integration for Industry 4.0, Ethical AI & Anticipatory Governance

Emerging Tech

Preemptive Cybersecurity, Confidential Computing & AI Security Platforms, Digital Provenance, Domain-Specific Language Models & Anticipatory Governance Frameworks

IT Operations

AI-powered NOC/SOC monitoring, automated helpdesk systems, zero-trust identity authentication, and proactive support improve security & optimize operations.