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Managed network operations in SEA & SA (South Asia) regions, which included Regional contact centres, IT Help desk centres, Global Shared service centres in Chennai and KL, Network centre of excellence in KL and Chennai. Led a regional team of 120+ members including Managers, mid to Senior Level Network engineers, OSV Engineers. Aligning to banks centralisation strategy driven & executed complex global network projects working with diverse teams in regions. Delivered and integrated Gigabit… Show more Managed network operations in SEA & SA (South Asia) regions, which included Regional contact centres, IT Help desk centres, Global Shared service centres in Chennai and KL, Network centre of excellence in KL and Chennai. Led a regional team of 120+ members including Managers, mid to Senior Level Network engineers, OSV Engineers. Aligning to banks centralisation strategy driven & executed complex global network projects working with diverse teams in regions. Delivered and integrated Gigabit backbone network across 6xKey Markets SG/MY/IN/HK/UK/US future proofing bank’s network growth and protecting the investment with 40% cost reduction on network spends. • Managed incidence and change requests and ensured high availability of network services to business. Part of the Executive change review board reviewed high risk changes in network domain.• Managed Network budgets (USD 18 mil annual) and financial performance in these countries and achieved an overall cost reduction of over 780K USD • Stakeholder management with business and other technology teams• Delivered G3 services in Singapore• Fostered collaborative relationship with both internal & external customers to align delivery with business acumen providing high availability of services• Managed Telecom service providers, banks key suppliers, service managing them and negotiating contracts to derive max benefits for the business.• Ensured effective internal controls and risk management practices are implemented to achieve security, reliability, resiliency and recoverability to remain regulatory compliant (MAS, RBI, Bank Negara, HKMA..)• Managed risks, obsolescence, securing funds and remediating risks to ensure compliance• Deployed secured LAN access infra-NAC in SEA & SA regions Show less

Managed network operations in SEA region. Led a regional team of 50+ resources, includes managers, mid to Senior Level Network engineers, OSV Engineers and managed network planning, provisioning of infra and links, traffic & capacity management to ensure high availability of services to business.• Managed stakeholders both internal and external and ensured successful delivery of projects.• Delivered and managed -24 x 7 L2 and -L3 support engineers for regional/central operations… Show more Managed network operations in SEA region. Led a regional team of 50+ resources, includes managers, mid to Senior Level Network engineers, OSV Engineers and managed network planning, provisioning of infra and links, traffic & capacity management to ensure high availability of services to business.• Managed stakeholders both internal and external and ensured successful delivery of projects.• Delivered and managed -24 x 7 L2 and -L3 support engineers for regional/central operations teams• Delivered dual vendor diverse MPLS links for international WAN connectivity to 6 countries in SEA to increase resilience and UP time• Managed risks, obsolescence, securing funds and remediating risks to ensure audit & regulator compliant• Managed network budget of over 10 mil USD (annual) and achieved cost reduction of USD 400K year on year. Show less

Managed network operations in Singapore and Malaysia and ensured high availability of services to business• Managed stakeholders both internal and external and ensured successful delivery of projects.• Delivered Cisco VPN services for secured remote access of Bank’s network • Managed risks, obsolescence and remediating risks to ensure audit & regulator compliant• Managed delivery of new services roll out and ensured network is adequately capacitised

• Managed network delivery for Multi Business Processing programme, building network infra for centralised shared services centre for business in Chennai and Kuala Lumpur• Integrated Grind lays network to Standard Chartered, the bank’s biggest acquisition in India which had over 20 main offices and 80+ branches

Deployed and managed LAN/WAN/SNA network infra in SG, India and SEA region and ensured high availability of network services to hubbed countries Taiwan, Philippines, Brunei, Australia, UK, and India accessing Mainframe and Midrange systems hosted out of Singapore -data centre. • Implemented Y2K remediation and fixes for all network nodes -routers/muxes/LAN switches /hubs and network monitoring tools.

Responsible for planning and designing scalable campus LAN/WAN networks to Corporates, SMEs, factory sites, Hotels to solution intelligent networks. Presented technical and commercials proposals to clients (IT & Business heads) and closing high valued deals.

Responsible for LAN, WAN operations across multiple offices of Mahindra & Mahindra and their factories pan India.• Managed operations of multiple low speed leased data lines, voice services and AS400 terminals. User base of over 14500 users across 7 plants and 20+ offices in India.• Network planning & provisioning, capacity planning, testing & certification of new technologies.• Installation & acceptance of all network equipment, integration & deploying tools, maintenance… Show more Responsible for LAN, WAN operations across multiple offices of Mahindra & Mahindra and their factories pan India.• Managed operations of multiple low speed leased data lines, voice services and AS400 terminals. User base of over 14500 users across 7 plants and 20+ offices in India.• Network planning & provisioning, capacity planning, testing & certification of new technologies.• Installation & acceptance of all network equipment, integration & deploying tools, maintenance activities and change management. Show less

Responsible for installation and operational support of Transmission kits both copper and optical, telecom exchanges. Delivery of new Data circuits/leased line services (9.6K, 64K, 2M data circuits) using PCM systems, NEC Mux /Alcatel high order muxes. Provisioning Direct Exchange lines to both Home & Business users and ensuring its smooth service operations.