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Newark, California, Us

• Built OKRs aligned multi-year IT strategy, target operating model, org-design, governance structure and roadmap.• Oversight $125M IT budget, 500 member IT execution capacity, encompassing projects, resources, & investments.• Led the creation of the strategic virtual delivery center (VDC) fostering operational efficiency, $15M cost-savings, 24x7 productivity. • Implemented Clarity PPM for strategic portfolio management, optimized resourcing and elevated project success rates by 35%.• Thought partner to the CIO, IT leadership, empowering seamless execution of strategic initiatives and foster cohesive alignment.

Stamford, Ct, Us

• Developed and maintained relationships with senior executives, understanding their business needs and challenges.• Shifted executive focus to emerging trends and strategies, offering research-based insights and actionable recommendations.• Delivered insights based on Gartner's extensive research and personal expertise, contributing to organization's strategic planning, decision-making processes, technology capabilities enhancements in achieving business objectives.• Led transformational workshops, empowering teams with design-thinking techniques to boost organizational capabilities.• Identified opportunities to expand Gartner's services within existing accounts and works to bring in new business.

California, 94086, Us

• Successfully directed a $48M diverse IT portfolio, optimizing resource allocation and achieving substantial cost efficiencies• Instilled robust annual planning processes to align projects with strategic goals and ensure financial oversight.• Implemented ServiceNow PPM with Meisterplan integrations to raise portfolio visibility across the enterprise.• Implemented strategic project governance framework, enhancing project delivery accuracy and aligning outcomes with goals.• Architected business aligned portfolio management function focusing on idea creation, prioritization, and project sequencing.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Applied program governance framework & oversighted complex Oracle Utilities CC&B suite implementation for multiple clients.• Provided strategic leadership in elevating customers from their existing legacy footprint to leading Oracle Cloud implementation. • Orchestrated complex Go-Live via strong deployment strategy, iterative planning, multiple mock conversions & dress rehearsals.• Effectively managed Key Opinion Leaders, perceptions & other human factors influencing the success of the project.

Santa Clara, California, Us

• Defined winning business strategy, processes & framework for scalable Ecosystems and delivering compelling and consistent UX.• Awed the customers by launching superior UX pilots, smoothened the ecosystem and increased NPS by 30%.• Executed flawless global program launch, collaborating with Product, ODMs, OEMs, Marketing & Sales, Finance, UX Design teams.• Worked with industry-leaders, legal, marketing teams on appropriate messaging; dos-don'ts for new product introduction.• Promoted org-wide Innovation & Design Thinking Culture; secured funding by promoting ideas to monetization models.• Led the idea-funnel process to generate, evaluate, prioritize and incubate new ideas; track and report on idea dispositions.• Stage-gated the innovation pipeline with clear entry/exit criteria; Work with legal team in securing IP and patent filing process.• Put together the annual Global Innovation Summit; connect brightest of innovators with best of ideas to boost next-gen Innovations.

London, Gb

Program Management evangelist - providing top-class Program Management consultative services to halo industry leaders• Part of the Crisis Management PMO for a multi-billion dollar global Entertainment brand. Post an unprecedented cyber-attack, provided thought-leadership in systematic recovery and standing up of 15 business critical functions which were crippled by the cyber-crime.• Part of the Global PMO maturity assessment; identified gaps & opportunities and doctored the re-architecting of Global PMO standards for a Fortune-500 Construction Machinery & Equipment giant.• PMO Manager for a $32M ERP Global Transformation involving P2P, R2R, O2C, I2P cycles for a leading Manufacturing company.• Successfully managed to set business development MBOs; wrote Winning Deals, participated in Customer Orals which resulted in Landing of new revenue streams & Expansion of existing account footprint

Austin, Texas, Us

Portfolio Manager - JDE & PSFT staff-augmentation projects with $6M accountability. Managed concurrent delivery of multiple projects, provided project management guidance, oversight and analyzed operational metrics for performance. Identified opportunities for business expansion, for continuous improvement in people and process.North America Consulting PMO Lead - Built the ‘Best-In-Class’ client-serving PMO from grounds-up with $8M P&L accountability. Managed, mentored and inspired 45 professionals. Authored the optimum shore strategies and led the global delivery center focused on value-creation & profit maximization. Led the “Project Management Consulting” business supporting various Oracle solutions implementations globally. Led the critical enterprise Quality & Compliance practice, providing continuous insight on project health, early detection & remediation of issues. Led the quality transformation strategy for Oracle’s GSD Centers in complying with software industry’s highest maturity & optimizing CMMI LV5.Global PMO lead - 5 large $180M end-to-end Application implementations, design of Supply Chain, Project Costing, Project Billing, Time and Labor, Expense & Financials. Global PMO representation for process, template, methodology standardization. Established Program Governance model and framework for effective deliveryExposure to multiple cultures while working onsite at global client locations in US, UK, Canada, Spain, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and India

Santa Clara, California, Us

Accountability for project delivery, orchestrating the integration of key ingredients and successful management of project life-cycle from inception to product roll-out. Effectively collaborated with Engineering Managers and vendors to drive multiple milestones, coordinated cross-functional activities through all phases of project delivery.Successfully applied Intel’s Program Management technique TOC-EV and managed Integrated Project Plan with Microsoft Project and ProChain to manage key deliverables. In the capacity of Agile Program Master, facilitated MAP-Day for new processor design & development. Worked persuasively with diverse project teams to identify the gaps, risks and created detailed project plan & tracking methodology. Built & managed the cadence of complex Program schedules and used leading indicators to provide schedule transparency. Successfully managed, escalated and mitigated Risks, Issues on-time. Built predictable program models via Rolling-Wave-Plans and created the Best Case & Commit based schedules.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Managed 2 Product lines. Responsible for creation of SOW, Project Management Plans (PMP). As a part of project Management office, overseeing the development and tracking of integrated project plans. Had overall performance responsibility for managing scope, schedule, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management

London, London, Gb

Managed 6 Product lines. Handled culturally diverse, geographically distributed matrix project team of more than 60 members. Responsible for creation and ownership of all project documentation including SOW, Risk Management plans and Project Management Plans (PMP). As a part of project Management office, overseeing the development and tracking of integrated project plansEstablished and maintained processes to manage scope throughout the project life-cycle and usage of best practices from previous projects. Responsible for managing scope, schedule, which includes applying techniques for planning, tracking, change control, and risk management. Define risk, determine risk mitigation strategies, and monitor status. Manage project close and transition to maintenance. Monitor compliance with technical and methodology processes and standards in line with CMM level 3 standards. Monitor quality of deliverables & timely fixes. Participate in metrics workshops. Single handedly created and reported Software Quality and Productivity Metrics. As a key member of the CCB, QA & SEPG groups, performed the role of a reviewer to ensure quality deliverable

Digital Business Strategy: Harnessing Our Digital Future

Certified Safe® 4 Agilist, Scaling Enterprise Agile

Pmp, Project Management

Scrum Master Certified, Agile Scrum

Bachelors Of Science, Computer Science

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