Kanaga Madasamy
About Kanaga Madasamy
Kanaga Madasamy is a Principal / Director and Senior Technical Program Manager at Expedia Group and iSoftStone, with extensive experience in program management and consulting roles.
Current Role at Expedia Group
Kanaga Madasamy currently serves as Principal / Director and Senior Technical Program Manager at Expedia Group. He has been with the company since 2016. His role involves leading the migration of the fraud technical platform to the cloud and collaborating with geographically distributed software development and security engineering teams. Additionally, he manages a team of five Technical Program Managers focused on enterprise OKRs for Expedia Group's cybersecurity internal user threat detection and cloud governance platform.
Previous Experience at iSoftStone
Since 2011, Kanaga Madasamy has been working as a Principal Program Manager at iSoftStone, based in Redmond, WA. He plays a critical role in overseeing program management activities and ensuring that key projects align with the company’s strategic goals.
Earlier Roles
Kanaga Madasamy has an extensive background in program management and consulting. He worked at Revel Consulting as a Sr. Associate in 2010-2011 and again in 2009. He also held the title of Senior Program Manager at Brainvisa Technologies from 2009 to 2010. His earlier roles include Senior Consultant positions at BearingPoint Inc from 2005 to 2009 and State of Washington from 2004 to 2005. Before that, he consulted at Aflac in 2004 and served as Technical Lead at First Consulting Group from 2003 to 2004. His career began as a Software Developer at Surya Software Systems from 2002 to 2003.
Technical Achievements
Kanaga Madasamy has led significant technical projects, including the migration of a fraud technical platform to the cloud. His efforts in streamlining the onboarding process for new brands to the E-commerce Fraud & Risk technology platform resulted in a 50% reduction in time. He is also responsible for a data quality check portal that alerts the data science team about model performance health, thereby preventing potential issues.
Team Management
In his role at Expedia Group, Kanaga Madasamy manages a team of five Technical Program Managers. His management focuses on achieving enterprise OKRs for the company's cybersecurity internal user threat detection and cloud governance platform. His leadership ensures seamless collaboration and project alignment across different functional areas.