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title: "Manikandan Balasubramaniyan - IT Advisory Solutions Architect in Greater Chicago Area | Tal"
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# Manikandan Balasubramaniyan on Tal

## Headline

IT Advisory Solutions Architect at Zurich North America Insurance

## About

Experienced IT development Professional with a demonstrated history of working in the Web technologies, Databases, and Content Management Systems \(CMS\)\. Worked in Fortune 100 company, Public University, Mid size company\. Strong engineering professional with a MS focused in Management Information Systems from University of Illinois at Chicago\.

## Location

Greater Chicago Area

## AI stack

claude code

github copilot

notion

ollama

openai

## Work experience

IT Advisory Solutions Architect at Zurich North America, Jan 2024 \- Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

Lead Developer at Zurich North America, Sep 2021 \- Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Sr Full Stack Developer at Americaneagle\.com, Dec 2018 \- Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Technical Team Lead at Americaneagle\.com, Jan 2017 \- Dec 2018 · 2 yrs

Senior Web Application Developer at Americaneagle\.com, Oct 2013 \- Dec 2016 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Information Systems Specialist at University of Illinois at Chicago, Jan 2010 \- Sep 2013 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Chicago

Software Engineer / Programmer Analyst at Verizon, Jun 2004 \- Jul 2008 · 4 yrs 2 mos

## Education

MS, Management Information Systems, University of Illinois Chicago

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai

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