Harish Balakrishna, Pmp, Sfc Email & Phone Number

A highly experienced Senior IT professional. Currently a Board Advisor to Ziksan Consulting Services heading the research wing which is doing research on cyber security, IOT, AI and cloud security. Previously worked with Principal India, part of a global financial conglomerate (The Principal Financial Group) headquartered in USA (Des Moines, Iowa). While at Principal India, I headed IT for multiple businesses including Asset Management and Financial Advisory Businesses. I was part of a global leadership team comprising of the international CIO’s of different countries. I have over 30 years of IT experience in large organizations having managed team sizes of over 100 members. I was a core team member for Digital Transformation and IT Innovation Strategies. I was responsible for process optimization and Information Security. I was also responsible for achieving benefits realization of BU-IT operational excellence. As the Sr. Vice President and Head of IT at OfficeTiger (An R R Donelley company), I managed a team of 100+ IT professionals spread across diverse geographies. As Vice President – IT at Morgan Stanley, I helped set up the Investment Banking Business and Fixed Income IT infrastructure for Morgan Stanley in India. Helped set up multi-locational offices for the Retail business for Morgan Stanley in India. I was part of the international project management team for setting up a captive BPO operation in India. Participated in global efforts in the "Knowledge Centre" project design of global data centers in India involving interaction with law and compliance, tax and various external regulatory bodies like Software Technology Park of India. Excellent team player with fine people skills. Skilled hands-on team leader who takes a day-to-day interest in reviewing workloads; measuring and improving the teams' performance; looking closely at complex issues and helping staff find solutions; looking for ways to improve on service delivery to clients.Specialties: Senior IT Management

Listed skills include Vendor Management, Team Management, Service Delivery, It Management, and 25 others.