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Boston, Ma, Us

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Provide innovation thought leadership to C-suite leaders to drive revenue growth. Enable ability to pivot at speed using cutting-edge and emerging technologies, identifying in-depth real-time business insights and executing best next actions. Leverage expertise in enterprise architecture, operating models, and systems thinking to deliver maximum ROI. Advise client executives on business transformation, hyper-growth, operational transformation, emerging tech, and M&A to drive scalability and efficiency.Client Industries: Financial Services, Insurance, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Manufacturing, Global Technology, EV, AdTech, FinTech, Industry 4.0, Energy, Transportation, Telecom, CPG➤ Expanded Wipro revenue by providing CIO/CTO Advisory services to clients to redefine strategic priorities, leveraging emerging technologies to accelerate speed-to-market of sustainable, scalable solutions.➤ Improved CX and customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and revenue for clients by driving design-led transformation focused on customer journey, data analytics and insights combined with value to the business.➤ Drive large digital transformation and AI/ML programs for clients; apply NLP, ML, and social listening to complex problems in eCommerce and customer experience.➤ Directed technology and platform strategy and roadmaps to integrate newly acquired Blockchain Analytics Provider with financial services firm using Yugabyte DB, GCP, blockchain wallets, and cybersecurity.➤ Designed generative AI solution for medical affairs for a global Life Sciences client; developed state-of-the-art platform modernization and process approach using AI and LLMs.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Global Fortune 500 Company in Manufacturing/EV➤ Drove development of reference architecture and roadmaps for data strategy, master data management, IoT, digital twins for manufacturing, ML, integrations, ERP, MES, and Salesforce CRM. ➤ Directed value stream analysis and implementation to leverage automation for cost optimization and ensure company EV Company scalability and sustainability. EV company secured $376M+ USD in additional funding. ➤ Enhanced vision, business goals, and business strategy based on emerging technologies and industry trends; partnered with Client C-suite to redefine future-state vision and innovations to drive competitive advantage.Major Telecom Client➤ Drove $13M digital transformation initiative to improve customer satisfaction by analyzing customer insights from client eCommerce sites and applications; managed team of 125.➤ Reduced support costs by 45% using AIOps with NLP to accelerate defect analysis and remediation.Major North American Metropolitan Transportation Agency Client➤ Developed vision and 5-year strategy to transform client IT organization (staff: 400) into adaptable technology organization, accelerating speed of innovation by 10X.➤ Enabled IT as innovation partner supporting sustainable, scalable smart city initiatives; collaborated with CIO, Executive Director of Innovation and Sustainability, and Head of Analytics. ➤ Developed and delivered strategy and roadmap to increase speed to value, improve customer experience, reduce cost, and improve employee experience with increased retention. ➤ Revamped operating model and organizational structure to promote a product-centric structure focused on value streams to deliver business value faster; included ITSM, SOC, and ML/Analytics organizations.

Salem, Ma, Us

Innovator and thought leader with a vision and strategy to leverage cutting-edge and emerging technology to identify in-depth real-time business insights and drive best next actions for maximum ROI. Provide long-view and short-view vision, strategy, and thought leadership to Client C-suites, to drive revenue and ROI. Deliver solutions with deep-dive expert assessments of technology and architecture mixed with Big Data and analytics and expertise in emerging tech and architecture (ML, AI, NLP, neural networks, AIOps) to drive revenue, ROI while ensuring business continuity and mitigating risks. Built and led team of 15 (FTEs and contractors) for company and customer projects.Client Industries: Consumer Packaged Goods, Technology, Financial Services, Major Healthcare, MarTechKEY ACHIEVEMENTS➤ Developed strategy and scalable architecture to enable MLaaS platform to deliver 10X-20X data throughput for client companies distributed across multiple industries.➤ Envisioned, architected, and delivered innovative cutting-edge (MLaaS) platform to provide analytics and insights in real-time at scale, leveraging natural language processing (NLP), industry data, and text analytics.➤ Engineered advanced AI- and NLP-driven models for influencer analytics, achieving insights through psychographic segmentation for faster time to marketing insight.Formed relationships with VCs and investors and developed partnerships with industry advisors.KEY CLIENT PROJECTS➤ Drove solution to enable scalability, speed, and reliability for Major European Insurance Industry Software Client; increased revenue by 45% and decreased support costs by 30% in year 1.Directed redesign of core architecture, enabling rapid expansion into new markets.➤ Created and delivered innovative marketing analytics approach (vision/strategy through implementation) for Major Global CPG Client using emerging AI tech (GANs) to deepen and accelerate customer insights.

New York, Ny, Us

Provided strategic advice and counsel to executive leadership on advanced analytics, machine learning, automation, and core data platforms to drive revenue growth and reduce client onboard time for AI-powered social intelligence firm.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Advised client CIOs/CTOs ($100M+ accounts) on business and technology strategies for insurance and financial services firms. Provided strategy, oversight, and guidance for global technology staff of 2200. Managed enterprise architects. Developed innovation strategies and direction for AI/ML/NLP, emerging technologies, and cloud-native development.➤ Saved $15M and accelerated development 35% with strategy, roadmap, and customization framework for commercial policy administration system; increased code release frequency 8X with automated builds.➤ Achieved forecasted Client ROI of $4M in 1st-year cost savings by delivering transformational cloud strategy and roadmap to move 65 applications to Azure cloud.➤ Led API Strategy Initiative for Major Insurance Company to modernize 80 legacy services (SOA); redesigned data architecture and achieved forecasted savings of $2.5M and 40% increase in development speed.➤ Served as CIO/CTO Advisor to Asian Division of Global Insurance Company; drove technology strategy and roadmap to measurably improve customer experience across 13 countries.➤ Performed business and technology due diligence for M&A targets for CIO/CTO (Cognizant).➤ Directed H3 (3 Horizon) innovation lab for clients to pilot emerging technology and develop POCs to assess viability and forecast ROI for emerging and future business opportunities.➤ Advised and directed clients on emerging and enterprise technologies to solve complex business problems using AI, NLP, blockchain, and other emerging technologies.

Houston, Texas, Us

Directed Digital Strategy Practice serving Fortune 500 businesses. Led digital transformation and strategy for financial services clients. Directed cross-functional team of 25 consultants. Client Industries: Financial Services, BankingKEY ACHIEVEMENTS➤ Led digital transformation for Regional Bank by improving target operating model, creating new corporate data strategy, establishing KPIs and OKRs, and implementing an Agile delivery approach. ➤ Increased scalability by 4X with redesign of distributed mortgage and loan processing system. Oversaw system architecture, data models, data pipelines, and database configuration best practices.

New York, Ny, Us

Drove global strategy, enterprise architecture, and implementation of technology solutions for Investment Management Division (Sales, Marketing, Hedge Funds, Cash Management, and Data). Directed portfolio optimization of 25 enterprise applications and 70 integration services. Managed and led a global, cross-functional team of 75 associates. Worked directly with CIO as strategic advisor. Created and managed budgets of $6M+. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS➤ Increased cross-sell revenue by 40% with creation of sales forecasting system using AI and NLP to analyze customer journey, and create insights, predictive analytics, and product recommendations. ➤ Drove initiative to define and execute global data strategy and governance model; directed cross-functional team of developers, project managers, and business analysts to create integrated set of APIs and services for applications to access asset, fund, fund performance, and other data. ➤ Decreased time to onboard hedge fund investors by 80%, leading effort for process redesign and automate hedge fund investor onboarding process.

New York, Ny, Us

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Designed architecture for major healthcare client’s Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) initiative; directed integration to enterprise medical systems.Designed software architecture for a major healthcare organization’s electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medical records (EMR) initiatives. Member of Fujitsu’s Global Architecture Advisory Board.

Bachelor Of Science, Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing And Engineering Systems

Master Of Arts, Quantum Chemistry