Leading a regional enterprise architecture team in sales enablement and technology risk management of transformation initiatives on large accounts focusing on convergence-led Telco IT transformations – initiatives driven by CTIOs & CFOs. Responsibilities include bringing together Cognizant Service Lines, Technology Partners, and industry-thought-leadership to create winning sales solutions and delivering them. The role includes Identifying opportunities, applying solutions to pressing… Show more Leading a regional enterprise architecture team in sales enablement and technology risk management of transformation initiatives on large accounts focusing on convergence-led Telco IT transformations – initiatives driven by CTIOs & CFOs. Responsibilities include bringing together Cognizant Service Lines, Technology Partners, and industry-thought-leadership to create winning sales solutions and delivering them. The role includes Identifying opportunities, applying solutions to pressing business challenges affecting C-level (Business, IT & Networks), building trust by demonstrating experience in business-IT-network transformations wins/fails, coach clients to create business case for change and to shape their sourcing strategy in RFXs, Coach client to foster change, anchor client executive presentations and to close opportunities. Show less

Led solution sales, roadmapping and setting up black-belt/lead-engineers team and delivery for cloud migration of BSS & Channels Systems, setup of NFVi common network/IT hybrid cloud based on product-thinking principles - leading Cognizant's efforts in three focused telecom accounts in their cloud journey that includes workload mass migration, infrastructure consolidation b/w network and IT and application re-write.Bringing to bear multiple architecture domains, including cloud… Show more Led solution sales, roadmapping and setting up black-belt/lead-engineers team and delivery for cloud migration of BSS & Channels Systems, setup of NFVi common network/IT hybrid cloud based on product-thinking principles - leading Cognizant's efforts in three focused telecom accounts in their cloud journey that includes workload mass migration, infrastructure consolidation b/w network and IT and application re-write.Bringing to bear multiple architecture domains, including cloud platforms services, distributed data management, hybrid-cloud integrations, technology governance processes, network-IT convergence, data location impediments, application security etc.The cross-functional role involved working with multiple service lines and technology partners.Telecom Domains : Channels, BSS Systems, OSS Systems and Integration Show less

One year of consultative sales – won outsourcing deal. End-to-end sales cycle responsibilities, including commercial & win strategy, negotiations, case-interviews, executive presentations and contract structuring, negotiations and signing.One and a half years of business-driven transformation advisory as a visiting member at IT steerco (Post-merger IT Simplification, FMC-led convergence, B2B Sales, ERP and integration strategy) and coaching client to create business case and road… Show more One year of consultative sales – won outsourcing deal. End-to-end sales cycle responsibilities, including commercial & win strategy, negotiations, case-interviews, executive presentations and contract structuring, negotiations and signing.One and a half years of business-driven transformation advisory as a visiting member at IT steerco (Post-merger IT Simplification, FMC-led convergence, B2B Sales, ERP and integration strategy) and coaching client to create business case and road mapping. Results include, budget approval and execution for Brownfield BSS transformation, new brand launched using a Greenfield digital BSS IT over NetOps business architecture and B2B sales initiatives launched. Show less

Charted digital transformation strategy of Telco's customer relationship and revenue management business capabilities, sponsored at C-Level - Technology strategy and technology cost optimizations.

Led a team of analysts in identifying and qualifying synergies using a pre-merger framework. Focusing on transformational opportunities in business process/IT system synergies of the entities, aimed at creating value using cost and capital levers

Managed the delivery of a team of architecture and BA consultants responsible for the design and roll-out of Network & IT changes for new product introductions and feature updates - won leadership award for the business unit that year

Managed technology strategy and roll-out of resilient, in-memory and task-parallelbusiness rule engine that validates invoices and prevents bill-shocks - turning around a failing application modernisation program

Program Architect, from System Integrator side, responsible for e2e technical and functional architecture for large-scale multi-country CRM, Order Management green-field Program - involving design, build, and migration from legacy

Responsible for roadmap, specifications, delivery and customer uptake of OSS cartridges for mobile, fixed, TV network elements - deployed in seven group countries and running for more than a decade with zero maintenance

Responsible for designing high performance TCP based protocol adaptors that served multi-country Service Configuration & Activation systems - Sophisticated multi-threaded software handled 35000 transactions per second; Turned around failing transformation program by using complex-problem-solving techniques in distributed computing

Developed and rolled-out hand-held devices for energy billing & collection across Karnataka’s electricity companies - the pioneering product significantly increased revenues from rural locations