EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

IT Strategy & Transformation Leader with over 18 years’ overall experience including Big 5 consulting firms and leading professional services organizations. Strong Cross Organizational Transformation Leadership, Cloud Strategy, Cloud Architecture and DevOps experience working with Global Retail/Travel clients

SKILLS SUMMARY:

Cloud: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure Cloud, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, IT (Cloud, DevOps Transformation) Strategy formulation, CIO Advisory, Business and IT Transformation Leadership, Transformation Roadmap development. Team Leadership of 25 - 30 resources. PMO and leadership of project managers.

DevOps: Configuration management (Chef), Containers-Docker, Application Performance Management- AppDynamics

Custom Application Development: Java/J2EE, JIRA, JQuery, Hadoop (Horton works)

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Cloud Advisory Consultant

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Developed Cloud Strategy, ROI, Business Case and Cloud Budget for Confidential in Collaboration with Senior Executives and Presented to (C-Level) Executive Committee.
• Coached Senior IT management on Cloud Best Practices and Transformation Strategy
• Developed Cloud Standards & Artifacts including Cloud Native Application Development Principles, Cloud Fit Questionnaire for Legacy Applications & Cloud Governance
• Evaluated several E-Commerce/Web Applications for cloud readiness and presented results to executives and Application owners.
• Collaborated with AWS and Confidential Networking/Security teams to define AWS Cloud foundations including Networking Design and Cloud Provisioning using Hashicorp-Terraform.
• Collaborated with Microsoft to develop Azure Cloud Foundations including Account Structures, Networking Design and Role based access control.
• Developed Strategy for DR in Cloud and Evaluated various DR-As-A-Service vendors.
• Led the development of Cloud Automation standards including use of Configuration management tools such as Puppet and Provisioning tools such as Terraform.
• Led Vendor Selections for Various Cloud Providers including AWS, Azure, Google and Bluemix cloud.

Confidential, Johns Creek, GA

Cloud Advisory Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed Cloud Strategy, ROI and Cloud Budget for Confidential in Collaboration with Senior Executives and Presented to (C-Level) Executive Committee.
• Established Cloud Transformation Council comprised of key executives across Confidential and led Transformation Program governance through regular meeting cadence and follow ups.
• Developed Cloud Standards & Artifacts including Cloud Native Application Development Principles, Cloud Fit Questionnaire for Legacy Applications & Cloud Governance
• Evaluated 6 Direct to Consumer (D2C) Applications for cloud readiness and presented results to executives and Application owners.
• Developed Strategy for DR in Cloud and Evaluated 2 key Applications for Cloud DR Readiness
• Led the development of Cloud Deployment Automation standards including use of Configuration management tools such as Chef and Container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes.
• Led Vendor Selections for Various Cloud and Container Management Platforms including Cloud Management Platforms RightScale, HP Helion, Appcera, Pivotal CloudFoundry and Kubernetes.
• Led Cloud deployment for greenfield cloud applications including Bloomingdales Customer lifecycle value analysis on Azure and Merchandise Size Analytics on Oracle cloud platform.

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed an onsite team of business analysts, QA Testers and offshore development team including resources from Confidential India and a Global Systems Integrator.
• Delivered several key releases ahead of schedule and within budget.
• Provided Weekly Status Reports to IT Executive Management as well as Key Business Stakeholders.
• Proactively tracked issues/impediments/risks and ensured rapid resolution through effective collaboration with cross functional /cross - department team members.
• Facilitated Daily Stand up meetings, sprint planning sessions and backlog refinement sessions.
• Facilated System Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for multiple releases.
• Managed Agile Sprints and Defects using JIRA. Managed Waterfall Projects using Microsoft project. Tracked Project Metrics using Planview.
• Faciliated load testing and implementation of performance monitoring tools such as Keynote/AppDynamics and provided inputs to improve site performance.
• Managed Resource Outlooks and program budget.
• Migrated various Small/Mid-Tier Magento E-Commerce Sites to AWS Platform.
• Developed Cloud Architecture for E-Commerce Sites including design for High Availability, Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing.
• Leveraged Advanced AWS Services including Elasticache, CloudFront CDN, RDS etc.
• Led IT Transformation Strategy for various Clients including development of a Cloud Transformation Roadmap for Shoppers Drug Mart, Cloud Adoption Strategy for Planned Parenthood, Cloud Transformation Strategy for Communication and Collaboration Apps for Confidential (Large Grocery Chain), Cloud Adoption Strategy for Office Depot. Partnered with Senior IT Executives in Client Organization to gain Stakeholder support and
• Program Manager for several Cloud Migration projects for large clients involving migration of Collaboration, Communication, and Knowledge management/Search systems to Google Cloud Infrastructure.
• Program Manager for Java, Google Cloud Platform based custom application development projects comprised of teams of 4-5 team members comprised of Business Analysts, Programmers, Project managers, Solution Architects and Off Shore Development resources based in Manila, Philippines.
• Developed Marketing Strategy for Launching New Services including Leading Webinars, Developing Marketing Collateral, Developing Marketing Micro Sites leading to an increase in Services Revenue.
• Developed statement of work (SOW) documents for client projects, including estimates and staffing plans.
• Escalated scope concerns to client executives and developed change orders as required.
• Managed high levels of customer satisfaction by developing a customer first culture within the team and ensuring high quality of client deliverables. Proactively monitored customer engagements for any client dissatisfaction concerns and served as the customer escalation contact.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Professional Services Lead

Responsibilities:

• IT Transformation Advisory Lead for various Retail/Travel Customers focused on identifying opportunities for our clients to handle peak traffic, reduce d Confidential center footprint by migrating to Confidential Networking and Security Solutions.
• Led delivery of IT Transformation Strategy for various leading clients.
• Led a team of Technical Project Managers and Solutions architects across North America to integrate Confidential ’s Web Site Performance Optimization, DNS, Traffic Management, Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and DDoS. Primary focus on Delivery best practices, Project Management methodology, effort estimation/SOW and Contract reviews.
• Effectively managed resources across projects to ensure on-budget completion.
• Developed “Project Management” framework to help the team manage Confidential Professional Services Projects effectively for Confidential ’s customers.
• Provided the team with overall direction, best practices and oversight on quality of delivery, revenue recognition issues etc.
• Coached new technical project managers on project management, consulting and customer expectation management skills.
• Mentored each team member and closely monitored progress to ensure that quality of skills developed were consistent across the team.
• Communicated Project Status to Sales Leadership and Customer Executives.
• Managed Incidents escalations/change requests and coordinated with engineering as required.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Senior Project Manager/Lead Architect for custom application development/ systems integration projects for large clients such as BellSouth, Confidential - Confidential, Lowes and Confidential . Managed team of 25 technical resources.
• Developed Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Strategy for Confidential .
• Consistently Rated Top Performer in Telecom Media and Entertainment (TME) Practice
• Lead Designer and Project Manager for a J2EE based standardized court case management System for the State of California. Managed team of 10 technical resources.
• Development environment included SVN, Java, Spring, Maven.
• Consistently Rated Top Performer in Southern California Technology & Integration Practice.