Aditya Dada Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

I focus on: * Cost optimization, including Vendor negotiations, Outsourcing, Offshoring, BPO, ITO, IT stranded cost reduction, Procurement optimization* Building capabilities: Setup partner ecosystem, operating model optimization, technology modernization roadmaps* Business strategy, including war-gaming exercises, managing risk with third-party relationships

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GROWTH AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY• Advised CIO on global technology strategy across IT and analytics for a large global insurance company with an IT spend of over $1B, touching on areas of IT architecture, Data architecture, Agile development, Talent and sourcing strategy• Developed strategy for datacenter consolidation (from ~100 to <10) and cloud, for Deputy CIO of a US government agency• Defined growth strategy with aim to exceed $500M revenue in 10 years for a large conglomerate in the Middle-East for its portfolio companies covering technology services, oil refining and chemicals distribution• Led org design for a large Pharmaco’s IT function - developed options and key guiding principles that CIO could deployPROCUREMENT OPTIMIZATION• Led capture of $2B+ in savings with procurement transformations for 10+ clients in the past 24 months; addressing collectively over $30B+ in spend; across indirect categories like Technology (hardware, software, services and Telecom), as well as Real estate, Professional Services, Market Data, Print, Supplies, Travel, Marketing• Leveraged comprehensive set of levers like negotiations, contract optimization, Spec rationalization, demand forecasting, location strategy, as well as process redesign, digital procurement and financial improvements to drive savingsOPERATIONS AND ORGANIZATION• Identified $55M+ savings for technology service delivery for a US government agency, through ‘Lean’ process transformation and optimizing contract labor practices• Identified $50M+ in savings for a large technology manufacturer by optimizing IT organization (spans and layers, re-organization), IT services (optimizing contracts) and streamlining processes (deploying ‘Lean’ principles)• Helped a large Pharmaco develop a detailed business case and design for implementing next-gen ‘track-and-trace’ in its drug supply-chain and reduce counterfeits, using technologies like 2-D bar codes, RFID, scratch-off labels etc.

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London, Gb

* Analyzed and modeled UK’s geographic, demographic and cost data to provide regional risk assessments for BT’s £200M bid for UK Government’s “Digital Britain” plan. Model is currently being used for additional ‘live’ bids worth £50M each* Identified key growth opportunities of £3.5M per year for Superfast broadband rollout and developed supply-side shortfall estimates that enabled BT to provide concrete responses to Local Authorities demanding internet in rural areas* Presented recommendations to CEO BT Innovate & Design Group, COO BT Global Services Group and MD Strategy Group

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

• Pre-sales for top tier telecom companies • Open source community management on Sun's Glassfish product• Managed team of 8 engineers on critical deployment issues • Guest speaker at Adobe Systems and San Jose State University. • Speaker at multiple technical conferences including JavaONE – the most prestigious Java conference globally• Published articles in trade journals and magazines such as JavaPro, Software Test & Performance• Highlighted as “Featured java.net blog” on all O’Reilly publisher websites• Architected test automation system that improved efficiency on enterprise systems by over 85%• Earned US Patent # 7353225 for an algorithm that defines a mechanism to compare content in data structures• Won “Hero of the month” award (2007, for top 5% contributor in department), “Superior performer” (2007, 2006, 2005 – for the top team contributor)

Mba, Management

M.Eng, Computer Science

Be, Computer Science And Engineering