SUMMARY:

• With over 30 years of experience in information technology space, from mainframe through client - server to cloud and digital, my responsibility is to identify global market trends and help create strategic direction for global enterprises.
• I interface with the CxO level executives, perform CTO role, be a trusted advisor, and guide in developing IT and business strategy - leading the way for customers in the new age, digital and frontier technology themes like: AI, ML, IoT, AR, RPA, CI/CD, Big data analytics, Smart manufacturing, 360 degree customer view, Digital customer experience, etc.I oversee the development, implementation, and delivery of technology, processes, and services.
• I have helped numerous customers run through various TCO scenarios and optimize their total cost of ownership (TCO) in various areas of Information Technology space like Data Centre (Server, Storage, Network, Applications, Facilities, etc.) and Workplace (Desktop / End User Compute). Optimizing ongoing operational support has been the hallmark of many of my engagements.
• Using data collection techniques for connected devices and associated data analytics, I have helped improve customer experience, product quality, product yield, time to market and optimized return-on-investment..
• I have helped optimize multiple $100+ million Data Center, Cloud, Workplace and Application engagements. Crafting and utilizing a standardized delivery model with key performance indicators which meet the business needs of the customers while optimizing the cost of delivery has been crucial in these successes.

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• Agile, Just-in-time, Lean processes, Enterprise security, and Business continuity
• IT strategy, Multi-tier, high-availability, and geographically dispersed architecture
• Supply chain, ERP, Service oriented architectures, SOX, PCI and HIPAA Compliance
• Fully managed service offerings, offshore, near-shore and on-shore mix
• Datacenter services and consolidation - servers, storage, cloud environments (private, public, hybrid)
• Application rationalization, consolidation, and migration to cloud - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
• Enterprise Workplace, Messaging & Collaboration, Lotus/Microsoft Architectures & Migrations
• RFP (Request for Proposal) responses, SOW (Statements of Work) for data centre and workplace

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Messaging & Collaboration in public cloud: Microsoft Office 365, Google GSuite

Public cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, IBM Softlayer/Bluemix

Application and Integration: Python, JSON, XML

CI/CD, DevOps: IBM Rational, Jenkins, Chef, Puppet

Big Data: Hadoop, Functions like Map, Reduce

Databases: Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, NoSQL (Cassandra, MongoDB)

Public Cloud Core Infra: Microservices, lambda, functional computing, containers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Director Architecture & Services

Responsibilities:

• Developed roadmap and recommendations to optimize environment and cost in public cloud (Microsoft Azure/AWS). Effectively utilize the capabilities available in Azure to successfully meet business requirements of legacy and new age applications, including multi-cloud ecosystem.
• Large multinational conglomerate with over $40B in revenue, about 150K employees, and over 1,000 sites. About $100M per year spend on network.
• Developed enterprise wide strategic network roadmap for a Incorporated features like software defined network (SDN) and preferred routing to optimize costs and network performance.
• Helped optimize availability of their global messaging and collaboration environment.
• Large multinational manufacturer with over $20B in revenue and with multiple global brands.
• Customer had implemented a smart manufacturing ecosystem including parts tracking and just-in-time parts delivery to the station at one of their key plants in the US across multiple assembly lines. For 3 years they had been struggling with the time-outs and stoppages of assembly lines. Collected and analyzed all the pertinent data and recommended focused changes to the server, storage, network, application and database environment. In just 6 weeks the challenges with the smart manufacturing ecosystem were resolved.
• 360 degree view of plant operations - production, processes, raw material, shipment, and product quality.
• Large high tech global enterprise with over $10B in revenue, 30K users and 100+ sites.
• $200M multi-year infrastructure outsourcing contract with private and public cloud model.
• Optimized architecture and streamlined delivery across the enterprise enhanced by AI, ML and RPA.
• Multi-tier business value driven disaster recovery model.
• Optimized VoIP, data backup, security and log transfers, DLP.
• Roadmap for hyper-converged infrastructure, multi-tier storage including AWS and Azure, data backup in cloud, public cloud and SaaS models.
• Infrastructure and application migration including multiple ERP systems.
• Provide 360 degree view and enhanced customer digital experience.
• Automation, proactive monitoring and self-heal.
• Data integration and data analytics.
• Setting up of new plants.
• Enterprise security, disaster recovery and business continuity
• $20M multi-year infrastructure outsourcing contract.
• Optimize data center, IBM Rational Configuration Lifecycle Management environment, CI/CD, DevOps, network utilization and enhance end-user experience.
• VDI for replay, analysis and tagging of autonomous vehicle data is being contemplated using IBM cloud.
• Closely work with the CIO and IT directors on daily basis.

Confidential

Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Elevate performance of database environment along with focused infrastructure upgrades to optimize the cost and ERP ecosystem.
• One of the foremost research universities in the USA.
• Multiple Nobel Prize winners affiliated with the university.
• Requirements and bill of material for High Performance Compute ( Confidential ) environment.
• Proposal for VDI environment for engineering applications.
• Radiology services company affiliated with multiple major healthcare systems across Michigan.
• VDI environment for radiologists to study and analyze high fidelity medical scans.

Confidential

Enterprise/Senior/Lead Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• $100M multi-year outsourcing of infrastructure, end-user compute, and messaging and collaboration.
• Enterprise security (ISO 27000) and business continuity (ISO 22301).
• Multi-national automotive OEM with $200B in revenues and 150K employees globally.
• $4B multi-year managed services contract for infrastructure and applications.
• $300M multi-year managed services outsourcing contract renewal for infrastructure and end-user compute optimization and ongoing support
• On-premise, private cloud and as-a-service delivery model.
• High availability with seamless failover and disaster recovery across geographically dispersed infrastructure and applications.
• Highly available dealer network with over 3K dealerships.
• Optimize processes and delivery using Lean Six Sigma principles.
• Multi-million dollar and multi-year managed services outsourcing contract for infrastructure optimization and ongoing support
• Options for enterprise messaging and collaboration environment including public cloud, private hosted environment on as-a-service model and RFP preparation for outsourcing.
• $4.5B multi-year outsourcing of end-to-end network services.

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Integrating various plants in the US, Mexico and Costa Rica.
• Tracking individual garment from manufacture to the warehouse.
• Shipment, customs and production reporting.
• Fault-tolerant and easy to repair and fix infrastructure locally.
• Warranty and reliability data analysis.
• Regression analysis and impact on product quality.
• Automating airport terminal utilizing pioneering technology with state-of-the-art, fault-tolerant, multi-tier, massively-networked and distributed client-server and mainframe environment.
• Check-in, baggage management, boarding and reporting.