As an Advisory Director at PwC, I have led a wide array of client engagements from inception to benefits realization.• For one of the $80B global bank, led the planning, architecture and testing of a comprehensive resiliency program utilizing hybrid Cloud DR architecture and automation to ensure high quality observability of critical services and to ensure that their Tier 0 and Tier 1 application platforms met their RTO's and RPO's• For a national health insurance provider, developed a SaaS first cloud strategy, a governance model and a cloud decision framework by engaging C-level executives and leaders from IT and business; defined a mobilization plan, a multi-year roadmap and presented it to the top management and board members• Co-led an internal firm program to transition from a territory-oriented decentralized cloud infrastructure involving hundreds of Microsoft Azure accounts and on-premise data centers to an enterprise shared services model based on Azure and AWS products and services, and development of an MVP for a secure cloud foundation• Developed a multi-cloud hosting strategy, assessed application portfolio and developed a migration plan for a leading healthcare products organization including establishment of a hybrid cloud-based DR program. • For a global pest control organization, led the strategy and implementation to transition their IT platform to 100% Cloud utilizing Microsoft Azure coupled with Office 365• To support the spin-off of a business of large utility service provider, I led a team to define a future state vision and long range transition plan for the IT Infrastructure Services Organization.• For a large regional retailer, I developed an IT cost reduction strategy, analyzed IT portfolio, reviewed data center facilities, developed a hybrid cloud strategy, developed RFP for cloud services, facilitated cloud vendor selection from 12 providers, defined a detailed migration plan and onboarded an implementation partner

Provided consulting and advisory support to senior leadership on enterprise data center transformation initiatives, developed growth and optimization strategies including roadmaps, and provided large program execution leadership to my clientsFocus areas:- IT transformation strategy- Data center rationalization, consolidation and optimization- Data center migration and cloud adoption strategies- Business case and delivery financials management- Running program management (PMO) for clients- Running transformation management (TMO) for clients- Selection of sourcing, hosting and cloud vendors- Application portfolio rationalization for cost optimization and improving business resiliency

- Served as a senior infrastructure manager/chief consultant for global clients- Led data center rollout engagement for a large canadian media and entertainment client- Strategized & rolled out IT Infrastructure separation in the demerger of two US based fortune 500 companies in the financial sector- Developed a business case for data center consolidation strategy for a global data storage systems manufacturer.- Led application analysis workstream across all business units of a fortune 100 bank for its $400M data center proximity risk initiative- As a chief consultant, anchored data center and network solutions for systems Integration practice within Infosys

As a manager data center - network operations center for Reliance IDC Bangalore,- Led the setup of multiple Reliance Internet Data Centers across country- Led design and engineering of network and security architecture - Managed team's efforts in accrediting data centers with ISO 270001 certification

In this role, Anil got involved in evaluation of new technology solutions within internet infrastructure world, pilots and rollout in production environment. He was a key solution architect for country wide remote access solutions, defining network quality of services, defining various architectural standards related to network and security technologies utilized in the delivery of nationwide ISP services

As a senior technical lead for delivery of services through microwave networks - Responsible for providing wholesale bandwidth to ISPs, managing customer relations and ensure service levels are being met - Managing a team of engineers supporting the operation of earth station & hub network locations

As a senior network engineer -- Established paging network operations for 3 locations in western India and handled provisioning of pagers in the technical infrastructure- Supported regional network operation teams as escalation engineer for critical outages impacting large consumers