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SUMMARY

  • Confidential is a seasoned professional with over 17 years of experience in Consulting, Program and Project Management in Oil and Gas, Utility, Banking and Hi - tech Industries. Confidential has lead several product and engineering teams to execute large scale, complex digital programs and projects for clients in these industries.
  • Confidential is focused on execution of strategic business projects and digital transformation programs in the areas of operations, supply chain and business intelligence associated with optimization, process transformation and digitization to drive improved product quality by identifying bottlenecks and issues, developing simplified process solutions, and overseeing successful implementation into production.
  • Confidential has been responsible for key digital transformation programs- strategic planning including business cases and requirements definition to roadmap planning, solution design and architecture, and implementation for several large programs.
  • Confidential has significant experience working with latest digital technologies including IIOT & Big Data platforms, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning and Blockchain etc.
  • Well versed with PMBOK principles, ITIL, SDLC and Software development methodologies - Agile-SCRUM, waterfall, test driven development and Iterative etc.
  • Experienced in setting up PMO, managing IT vendors, contract negotiations, IT offshoring, setting up offshore delivery team and processes, managing knowledge transition, infrastructure setup, KPI and metrics identification & SLA definition for program success, BCP/DR planning.
  • Confidential has worked in various geographical locations including USA, Europe and India managing outsourced software development programs and projects in multi-vendor environment and matrix organizations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Technology Skills /Knowledge: SAP HANA, Hortonworks

Data Visualization: SAP Business Objects Cloud & On-premise, SAP Lumira, Tableau

Data Sciences: Concepts in & use of Machine learning algorithms (Classification, Regression, Clustering, Recommendation, Dimensionality Reduction), Natural Language processing.

Toolsets- PythonBI: SAP HANA, SAP BW, SPARK

Enterprise Artificial Intelligence: Conversational AI Platform - Kore Bots

Transactional Systems: SAP ECC (WM, PP), S/4HANA

Cloud: AWS, HANA Cloud Platform, HANA Enterprise Cloud

Databases: SAP HANA, NoSQL - MongoDB

IOT: HADOOP HDFS, Thingworx, GE Predix

Blockchain: Knowledge of Blockchain architecture, applicable use cases in Oil and Gas

Marketing & Commerce : Marketing analytics- S&OP, NPI, Marketing ROI, conjoint analysis, campaign analytics, recommendation, segmentation, pricing analytics, demand & supply curve, etc.

PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Principal Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

  • Solution development: Designed and Architected Key industry solutions for Capgemini Energy Business. Created reference architectures for Analytics and IOT solutions including industry standard platforms like, Predix, OSIsoft, Hortonworks, Cloudera, SAP HANA etc. Currently leading a team of E&U industry consultants, technical architects and developers to develop arrowhead solutions in the areas of Digital Oilfields, field workforce enablement, data driven optimization- advanced analytics,Mobility, IOT & Connected Operations in Oil and Gas, Power generation, T&D and in Retail utility industry. Some of the Key solutions developed so far:
  • Digital Energy Platform: Technology platform architecture that help build technical solutions to streamline operations, enable field workers, transform supply chain and enhance customer experience leveraging Cloud, Mobility, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language processing, analytics and collaboration powered by a digital technologies like SAP S/4 HANA,HANA Cloud Platform, Hortonworks, integrated with Leading IOT platforms like GE Predix, OSIsoft, and Artificial Intelligence platforms like Kore
  • Artificial Lift Optimization: real time operations management and predictive maintenance for Electrical submersible pumps
  • Drilling Monitor: real time monitoring of drilling monitoring for optimized operations
  • Integrated Rig Maintenance Management Solution: Proactive maintenance management and scheduling
  • Field Maintenance Buddy: Artificial intelligence enabled virtual assistant Bot for Oil and Gas field worker to assist in executing field
  • Business development: Supporting Capgemini’s growth in E&U space- Actively looking for cross selling of business opportunities within the existing relationship using consultative selling and pursuing business growth opportunities with potential new customers. RFP bid management, Deal Management activities like leading the entire deal process including solution design, pricing, contract negotiations.
  • Alliances development: Forging and nurturing key alliances that are strategic to the growth of Capgemini Energy and Utilities Practice. Currently leading key innovation solutions in partnership with OSIsoft, Rockwell, Docusign and Kore
  • Mentoring & White papers: mentoring the consulting team to create new solution offerings and providing guidance in writing white papers
  • Program managed a strategic large digital transformation program (budget: $6+ Million) for Motor Center of Excellence for Baker Hughes. The program objective is to establish a complete light outs digital factory and includes setting up of the entire digital technology infrastructure including SCADA systems, Plant Automation, Warehouse management using Automated guided vehicles, PLM, MES and Manufacturing analytics with seamless information flow from shop floor to top floor.
  • Technology landscape: Ignition SCADA and Historian, SAP Warehouse management, Production Planning, SAP Me MII, Seimens Team center, Dematic Automated Guided Vehicles, Plant Historian

Confidential

R&D Product Development Portfolio Leader

Responsibilities:

  • Overall responsibility of the successful delivery of the R&D software product development programs for key Invensys business lines: Advanced Applications (ProII, Dynsim, Romeo, Avantis etc), Controls Platforms and Field devices (Foxboro, SCADA, Eurotherm) etc.
  • Setting up of the PMO to manage the operations of the entire Portfolio. Activities included setting up the governance structure, standard operating procedures, setting up processes, identification of KPIs and SLAs for the smooth functioning of the PMO
  • Negotiating contractual terms including rewards and penalties for the statement of works, establishing KPIs, SLAs and metrics at the project, program and portfolio level to measure and monitor the health of the outsourced portfolio of Projects
  • Setting up and execution of the continuous improvement culture by launching multiple initiatives including Knowledge management initiative, Attrition monitoring, Defect monitoring and improvement initiatives for both agile and waterfall projects, monitoring rework and cost of poor quality.
  • Preparing and reviewing the statement of works (SOWs) and liaising with Invensys outsourcing office for contract management and financial management activities including legal and audit compliances, payment terms including invoicing and collecting payments.
  • Establishing reporting structure, governance and cadence to measure the overall health of the portfolio like Monthly Balanced Score Card Report, Management Performance Report, status reporting for entire engagement and demonstrating continuous improvements in key metrics to client executives.
  • Working in matrix organization with multiple stakeholders including client IT and Business stakeholders, other IT vendor teams to prepare and execute project plans, identify and manage dependencies across the program
  • Delivering projects within cost and schedule and monitoring the projects health using EVA and proactive issue and risk management.

Plant Operations Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

  • Managed operations of the 4, 00,000 MTA Ethylene & 80,000 MTA Propylene, Gas Cracker Plant covering the following aspects:
  • Managed shift operations and capacity planning and product portfolio optimization to achieve production target as well as achieving optimum utilization of resources and labor productivity in compliance with Quality Policy.
  • Process monitoring on various systems and devices including SCADA, Distributed Control System (DCS), data collection & analysis
  • Project management for pre-commissioning & commissioning of Confidential Plant
  • Execution of the commissioning tasks like plant construction, pre-commissioning and commissioning of various unit operations like Ethylene and Propylene Refrigeration Compression and Steam Turbine units, reactor engineering, Cryogenic/ cold fractionation and distillation and water utilities
  • Liaising with various vendors like Plant Construction Engineering Companies, Industrial automation and Controls companies to complete the commissioning activities
  • Fine tuning of DCS, PLCs, Field Devices like controllers, actuators, pumps, flow control, pressure and temperature control units.
  • Stabilized and fine-tuned various unit operations like distillation, heat exchangers, reactor engineering, refrigeration etc.

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