** Winner of prestigious "'India's Future CIO" award by IT NEXT magazine (http://www.itnext.in/next100/web/)Close to 21 years of strong experience in IT Strategy, Service Delivery, Service Management, IT Security, Program Management, Account Management, IT Operations, IT Consulting, Infrastructure Management with exposure to various sectors (such as Banking, Manufacturing, Telecom, Media) in roles such as Chief Information Officer, Chief Digital Officer, VP-IT, General Manager, IT Head, Practice Area leader, Program Manager, trainer and more. ** A Self Starter & Ability to operate independently * Managed relationships at CXO level with both Indian and MNC clientsResponsibilities held included: * Manage complete IT Strategy & Operations of $1B organization * Driving digital initiatives * Acquisition of new accounts * Devise go‐to‐market plan for the Solutions & Services * Drive leads generated by business development team towards closure. * Techno-commercial evaluation and selection of IT Products, Vendor and Delivery partners * Global deployment of mission-critical IT programs in HR, Finance and KM areas * Account Planning and Governance: responsible for oversight of all Client Management processes including planning, selling, delivery and management * Managed organizational KRAs (1500+ employees) – employee engagement, CSR initiatives, event management and people developmentSKILLS & COMPETENCIES * Strategic orientation * Relationship Management * Negotiation * Program management * IT Strategy * Change Management