JOPIN PHILIP THOMAS

Secure FTP GUI for Substation Data Management, Energy & Utility, 02/2025 – Present

• Elicited and refined requirements for a secure FTP GUI, segregating critical needs from wishful ideas to enable an automated backup solution projected to reduce engineers’ data management time by 40%.
• Partnered with business (Product Owner) to co-develop must-have requirements; consulted with solution architect to understand platform capabilities and relayed limitations and solutions to client.
• Broke down requirements into user stories, led backlog refinements and sprint planning in a 100% Agile environment, ensuring clarity for dev and test teams on scope.
• Supported project management to meet a stringent 12-week timeline, driving MVP delivery and enforcing Agile practices for on-time completion.

Tech: Visio, JIRA

Enterprise Asset Management System (Azure MVP), Energy & Utility, 09/2024 – 03/2025

• Led requirements gathering and stakeholder workshops to replace a cumbersome legacy tracker with a PowerApps solution, delivering an MVP that improved efficiency by 22%.
• Designed intuitive calculators and RAG modals, increasing user adoption by 25%; organized roadshow to gather user feedback for next-phase planning.
• Ensured MVP success to secure next-phase contract for company, with full product projected to enhance efficiency by 30-35%.
• Structured workflows and mapped relations across Snowflake data tables in Azure Data Factory, channelling data to Dataverse for meaningful PowerApps reporting; built configurable ADF filters for future adaptability.

Tech: PowerApps, Azure Data Factory, Dataverse, Snowflake, Power BI, JIRA

Digital Infrastructure for Intelligent Substations, Energy & Utility, 07/2023 – 08/2024

• Defined requirements and designed simulations to integrate IEC 61850 protocols, enabling faster data transmission from legacy to modern systems, aiming to achieve 15% efficiency gains.
• Developed Power BI dashboards to analyze asset performance, delivering cost-saving insights to senior stakeholders.
• Partnered with Microsoft vendors to implement communication protocols, ensuring seamless system integration.

Tech: Azure Cloud, Power BI, JIRA, Agile

SAP Analytics Cloud Implementation, Energy & Utility, 08/2021 – 06/2023

• Delivered SAP SAC dashboards with dynamic filters, boosting real-time decision-making for UK/US clients.
• Integrated SAP S4HANA (Ellipse, OPPM) with SAC, achieving 20% faster reporting in a Hybrid framework (both Agile & Waterfall).
• Authored ROI-focused business cases, securing funding for platform enhancements across regions.
• Managed 4-6 concurrent projects, achieving 100% on-time delivery.

Tech: SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP S4HANA, Snowflake, Power BI, JIRA, Figma

Remote Service Platform (IoT), Healthcare, 06/2019 – 07/2021

• Deployed IoT-enabled platform, reducing device downtime 20% and improving serviceability.
• Led Agile sprints as Scrum Master, achieving 95% on-time completion and 15% productivity gains.

Tech: HP ALM, Microsoft TFS, IoT Frameworks, Agile

Data Integration Hub (ETL), Banking, 01/2018 – 05/2019

• Built ETL pipelines in OFSAA, streamlining banking data integration and ensuring BASEL compliance.
• Configured risk calculators for Credit and Market Risk, enhancing regulatory reporting.

Tech: OFSAA, SQL, FCCM Tables, Agile