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Phoenix, Az, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

$80B+ company’s manufacturing Operations across 100+ manufacturing sites including external manufacturingOwn the global technology agenda, vision, strategy, and roadmap for digital transformation of manufacturing across Consumer goods, Pharma (Bio, Chemical), Medical Devices, and Vision (Contact lenses) operations. - Orchestrated digital transformation across manufacturing at 100+ factories. Shortened end-to-end cycle time 10-15%, grew incremental manufacturing capacity 25%, and improved overall equipment effectiveness 5-12%.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Transforming Janssen Supply Chain to meet our goal of being the best supply chain in the world to enable us to deliver transformational medical innovation to our customers around the world. My job is to implement innovative digital solutions to transform our business and acting in a bi-modal way to ensure that the day to day operations dependent on IT continue reliably with highest up-time.Beyond technology - developed and implemented manufacturing localization strategy globally - enabling incremental sales through preferred accessShaped the digital strategy for supply chain to accelerate business value - through improved patient / customer outcomes, agility, and cost competitiveness. Implemented sustainable business capabilities in end to end real time transparency, advanced predictive analytics, Industry 4.0, and automation. Delivered measurable business results in improved cycle time for new product launches, manufacturing up-time, reduction in inventory levels without impacting service levels, and productivity improvements.Co-chair of the Board of a Global Employee Resource Group– delivering on the diversity and inclusion goals of J&J. focusing on the key areas of talent management, talent retention, delivering business value from active engagement of affinity groups, and addressing healthcare disparities. Executive sponsor for recruiting at two top schools and People transformation pillar across Global Supply Chain IT organization supporting Pharma, Consumer, and Medical Devices organizations. Championed Employee Engagement actions resulting in year over year improvements.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Setting strategy and delivering on a prioritized portfolio of programs for Supply Chain (JSC) Quality and Lab Systems to drive both growth and efficiencies Implemented standardized capabilities across all three sectors - Pharmaceuticals, Consumer, and Medical DevicesResulting in improvement of quality and compliance through strategic use of information technology and improving the overall productivity of the Quality and Compliance organizationDrove the definition and implementation of architecture / standard application / business intelligence / data analytics framework for quality and compliance

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Responsible for establishing, and operating Global I/T risk management – ensuring quality, global regulatory compliance, information protection, and business continuity for 4000+ global I/T organization. Quality includes I/T products / projects and services. Regulatory Compliance covers – internal controls, segregation of duties, internal audits & assessments, GXP (Global Best Practices for FDA regulated industries), Data Privacy / Safe Harbor, Credit Card (PCI) compliance, Personal Information (HIPAA compliance), and Information SecurityEstablished Global I/T Risk Management framework – for I/T quality, Regulatory Compliance, Worldwide Information Security, and Business Continuity - to proactively identify and manage key I/T risks – for a complex global organization – covering 10,000+ applications / infrastructureTurned around the compliance and risk profile of the organization within 9 month period – through establishing strong leadership and organizational culture “police to physician”; driving a “culture of quality and compliance” with emphasis on simplification, standardizationResponsible for working with external industry groups to establish standards in regulatory activities such as validated cloud and vulnerability information sharingImproved employee engagement

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Responsible for setting up Global Services – providing application design, development, and support services for 200+ global Operating Company IT organizations inside J&J. Set up an organization to provide world class shared services delivering savings of $24M. Managing organizations delivering design, development, and support services for Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Operations, and Corporate services (Finance, HR, etc.) Responsible for delivering services spanning: multiple technologies – SAP, Web 2.0 Services, JDE, Data Services, BI Services, Infrastructure services.Standardized the development and support to deliver high quality IT products and reliable IT servicesScaled up the organization from scratch to $100M – delivering savings of $24M; Ramped up resources globally in India, China, Brazil, Japan, and US – scaled to 900 resources in 6 monthsEffectively integrated existing Global Centers of Excellence into the Global Services organization – including HR transition and transformationSet up world class organization with a matrix management – delivery & competency – and strong PMO and Operations capabilities; Established strong delivery / relationship management competencies to handle the organizational change management across 30+ key partner IT organizationsEstablished global vendor contracts in 3 months – driving 15% savings through vendor optimization and efficient negotiations

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Responsible for managing build to order systems for all manufacturing locations globally; Decision support systems across all regions – focusing on improving product quality and reducing warranty costs; Test automation tools to reduce the product development cycle times. Responsible for providing IT support for Engineering Design Centers globally – to improve the engineering productivity and reducing the product development cycle time; Responsible for ensuring that the factory throughput in the software burn process is sustained and improved – across all manufacturing locations globallyResponsible for IT for product design centers in Bangalore, India; Shanghai, China; Taipei, Taiwan; and Singapore – supporting a total of 1200+ engineers

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Responsible for ramping up distributed development centers; Implementing and institutionalizing processes (including CMM), metrics in global development centers; managing global vendor relationships; establishing development capabilities in all application segments - Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing & Logistics, Corporate Services, Product Group, Data Warehousing: Driving culture change and organizational change in onshore locations for successfully global distributed development centerDoubled the team capacity from 290 – 470 in India while cutting the attrition by 50%Implemented processes & metrics for an organization of 1300+ people in India, Brazil, and RussiaRamped up new center in record 3-month period in RussiaSuccessfully implemented a process improvement initiative resulting in savings of $1.7millionsManaged global vendor relationships with approximate billing of $7.5 millions annually

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Responsible for developing and deploying global human resources, corporate, and internal IT applications; implementing CMM Level II processes to improve the productivity;Delivered annualized benefits of $26 millionRolled out the systems globally in all regions Americas, Europe and Asia PacificLeveraged offshore facilities in India and Brazil to reduce development costs by 65%Managed a team of 60+ people with an annual budget of $5million

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Proposed and created infrastructure portfolio management team focusing on integration of infrastructure planning and execution with application development planning and execution; Supported 150+ application development team; 300+ Product development team; Developed and implemented application architecture and technology architecture cycle plans.Managed the overall hardware planning / forecast that resulted in 20% reduction of capital Improved production uptime by 10% - through effective integration of planning and focused testing / verification for scalability, compatibility, disaster recovery, and availabilityImproved the support efficiency by 30% through process improvements and preventive actionsImproved uptime by 20% through effective planning and active capacity monitoring

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Manager, Environment & Safety Engineering SystemsResponsible for establishing first web presence for the company’s environmental image; implementing global rule based systems for reducing total cost of regulatory compliance.Implemented data mining tools to help reduce warranty costs by 20%Managed a team of 35 people – matrix reporting to both IT and VP of Environmental EngineeringSupervisor ITResponsible for rolling out manufacturing, scheduling, and forecasting systems, in support of vehicle prototypes – globally in US, Europe, Latin America, and joint ventures with Japanese automakersDelivered $300 million annual savings in acting capacity as the manager of the team of 90+Reduced Y2K compliance costs by 90% through automationReduced global roll out time by 6-months through parallel pilot approachDelivered $2 million in direct savings through communizing processes across three global entitiesSystems Analyst / Process Improvement LeadActive participation in the reorganization of the IT organization to become a strategic functionLed collocated, cross-functional team to implement Product Information Management strategy and solutions for a vehicle program – resulting in reduction of product development time by 5%Led cross-functional process re-engineering team across IT and product developmentDesigned and developed computer aided engineering tool to reduce product development costsDesigned and developed marketing systems to increase profitability of fleet sales

Systems Consultant at Ford Motor CompanyDesigned, developed, and supported UNIX based CAE applications – resulting in reduced component design costs. Developed mainframe Sales and Marketing application – completed the project with 50% of resources

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Systems Analysis, Design, Development, and Deployment to deliver IT capabilities to our clients - with high quality, optimal cost, and at a faster pace.

Nanodegree, Ai Product Management

M.B.A., Corporate Strategy

M.S., Computer Science

B. Tech., Electronics & Communication Engineering

11-12 Grade, Mpc

6-10 Grade, High School - Composite Math

Elementary School, Elementary Education

Elementary School, Elementary Education