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Engaging in ongoing professional development; pursuing certifications and courses in Cloud Governance and FinOps, IT Strategy and Governance, Vendor Management, ITIL, and other areas of interest to enhance my capabilities.

Management of overall scope, budget, resources, schedule, and governance processes for Global Technology Transformation project, with a primary focus on migrating to Azure Cloud. Supported WBA's strategies to digitize and transform the IT infrastructure and operating model.• Led global financial forecasting and resource allocation plans, partnering with various departments such as Finance, Accounting, Procurement, IT Planning & Analysis, PMO, and HR for program financial setup and management.• Developed and executed annual budgets for the Cloud organization, employing zbb, dbb, and 3YP methodologies.• Enhanced cloud financial maturity focusing on cost optimization and Cloud efficiency.• Drove visibility of cloud cost management across cross-functional leaders, presenting monthly and providing reporting, budgeting, and forecasting analyses of each of the pillars, including Cloud, Collab Tools, Data & Analytics, and NaaS.• Managed the reconciliation process and purchase orders of cloud invoices and consulting services.• Streamlined the global resource management process, overseeing contracts, contract amendments, invoices, and fostering collaboration with Procurement, HR, and Finance (T&M, Fixed Bid, Fixed Capacity, Managed Services).• Managed vendor relationships in areas including software development, IT services (consulting), and hardware / software / license management.• Negotiated and executed contracts, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.• Led cross-functional teams in the evaluation, selection, and onboarding of new vendors.

Deerfield, Il

Drove implementation of Service Virtualization function focused on eliminating system dependencies, reducing costs, increasing quality and improving time to market. • Delivered intelligent Software Virtualization solutions and series of continuous improvement projects.• Led strategic SV solutioning for major IT projects/initiatives, established standards and guiding principles.• Implemented various virtualization technologies (Service Virtualization, Device Virtualization, Database Virtualization, Java Virtualization, SAP Virtualization, Development of Custom Tools and Web utilities).

Deerfield, Il

Strategic and technical Service Virtualization aspects, defining and executing overall strategy for SV:• Architecting the Service Virtualization solution to meet the client's needs• Engineering Enterprise SV framework that covers multiple systems and projects• System needs and environment dependencies analysis• Leveraging the HP Service Virtualization product and J2EE technologies

Deerfield, Il 60089

Building and maturing Shared Services Performance Testing & Engineering CoE to manage demand, provide highest efficiency and productivity:• Delivered scalable, systematic, quantitative approach to constructing applications/systems that meet performance objectives and non-functional requirements• Evaluated non-functional characteristics of the system, identified performance gaps, lay out guidance/services for optimizing performance• Established performance tuning guidelines to solve performance problems for applications and systems under support • Measured, supported, and shared PE operational guiding principles across IT

3100 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Il, 60062

3100 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Il 60062

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