Mark is a seasoned IT professional with 25+ years of diverse experience (Consulting and Industry) in four continents (NA, AP, EU, LA). He has several industry standard certifications (BE, MBA, PMP, CSSBB, CISSP, ITIL, OCP, AGILE, SAFe DevOps) and worked for several Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, he served as Program Manager/Leader for Bayer Pharma in Costa Rica and Director of Enterprise Transformation in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) performing advisory services to global clients. Prior to this, he worked for Ernst & Young (EY), Merck and HDFC Ltd. He has led several organizations in various capacities and worked across multiple industry verticals. Mark has MBA with dual concentration (Finance and Global business strategy) and Engineering degree in Computer Science with distinct accolades throughout his career and is looking for an exciting opportunity in any of the following functional area.Select Functional Experience: (See Resume for details)• Program/Project leadership • Cloud strategy and AWS essentials • Agile and Waterfall project management • PMO setup, operation, and improvements • Business development and proposals • Service management and optimization • Process improvements using six sigma • Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery through SAFe DevOps • IT strategy and target operating model • Strategic program portfolio analytics • Application portfolio rationalization • Phase-gate reviews/risk assessment (ERP) • Organizational maturity assessments (CMMI) • IT security risk audits and go-live readiness • IT service delivery (SDLC) • Program and IT health analysis • Predictive risk diagnosticsAwards:• Received prestigious "One Merck Diversity & Inclusion award" from Merck CEO for exemplary leadership in achieving business success through diversity integration (One in 105,000 employees globally receives this accolade once in two years). • Received Morris Schoenwald Memorial Award for being the best and brightest student in Financial Management in Rutgers Business School, NJ.• Received Distinguished Toastmasters Award – The highest award a member can receive from Toastmasters International in leadership/communication.
Listed skills include Vendor Management, Resource Management, Service Delivery, Business Strategy, and 31 others.