Digital leader 2018:Kamal Matta:Sonic Biochem Extractions

Sonic Biochem Extractions | MANUFACTURING

Kamal Matta | CIO & CISO

KEY IT SPENDING AREAS FY 2018-19

DMS, HA Cluster, BI Dashboarding, Cyber Security

5 KEY SOLUTIONS DEPLOYED IN 2017-18

We deployed On-Premise Data Centre with all required amenities connecting all 5 Plants of the Organisation. Also Deployed state of art Fortinet FWs for secure access and gateway firewalls. Deployed Sophos Proxy Server for secured and controlled access for our users.

WHAT DOES DIGITAL MEAN FOR YOU?

• For Me, “Digital” means generating more business for an organization thru Digital Medium. Exploiting all possible ways of harnessing Digital presence be it IOT, AI etc, gain insights and make it available to Teams who can use it for betterment.

NAME 3 BEST PRACTICES FOR ALIGNING IT WITH NEW NORMAL BUSINESS DEMANDS?

1. A balance between digital and nondigital
2. Take Team along
3. Do not Jump on any technology just because somebody recommending before thoroughly testing yourself.

WHAT IS THAT ONE KEY MESSAGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE TO IT VENDORS?

“Be Realistic & Presentable” while proposing any technology.

Significant milestones as CIO (current and past roles):

Working for past 25 years with the same company and see the organization grow to ride on backbone of IT from 60cr to 600cr in last 12 years. Implemented state of art solutions in each area many it be ERP like SAP, On-premise Data Centre, Security Solutions from Fortinet, Sonic wall or Sophos, On-Premise Secured and Stable Mailing Solution from IceWarp. Implemented Thin Client technology, ISO27k Certification as well.