Rahul Naik Email & Phone Number

Hayward, Ca, Us

I lead the Digital Transformation initiatives that allow the business to grow in scale by using Industry 4.0 technologies as a lever to elevate business processes so that every functionary at every level is enabled and empowered with actionable data insights. In addition to implementing global MES (Manufacturing Execution System), I am responsible for the interlacing it with various smart-factory technologies so that the whole is larger than the sum of its parts.

Driving Business Transformation by empowering business with technology solutions that offer transactional efficiencies and facilitate data-driven business decisions. I serve on the President's Executive Leadership Team and provide cross-functional leadership across the enterprise. I have conceived and led a comprehensive business transformation project that covered business-functions ranging from Sales, Order-processing, Engineering, Plant-Operations, Billing and Forecasting. I oversee the Digital Infrastructure needs as well as the Business Applications that facilitate the business. Role characteristics:* Serve on the Executive Leadership Team as an advisor and partner to the office of the CEO* Serve as “Technology Advisor” (and evangelist) to executive management.* Provide strategic and tactical leadership to the IT team.* Transform business goals into technology plans and roadmaps.* Overall responsibility for all Infrastructure and Applications.* Implementation of on-prem and cloud-apps (O365, Ultipro(HR), Quality, Lab Info Systems)* Collaborative engagement with other departments (internal customers).* Vendor Management - to monitor SLA and price-to-performance ratio.* Ensuring regulatory (SOX) and security compliance. See less

Advantest America is the US subsidiary of the Japanese semiconductor test giant, Advantest Corporation ($2.8B). I have had a fruitful career since 2001 - starting as the Applications Manager for the US subsidiary and gradually growing to be the Global Director of Applications & Infrastructure.I develop application roadmaps that are aligned with business objectives and manage project execution in accordance with targets, budgets and policies. I manage over 30 professionals in different geographies covering areas as diverse as Oracle ERP, web-applications, messaging, Networking, data-center operations and security. Key Function / Characteristics:* Provide strategic and tactical leadership to the IT team.* Serve as “Technology Advisor” (and evangelist) to executive management.* Understand business goals and develop technology plans to meet them.* Deep technical knowledge and hands-on experience (and attitude)* Overall responsibility for unifying core ERP (Oracle), CRM, boundary apps & BI. * Deployment and rollout of cloud-based (SaaS) apps : CRM, Gsuite, O365, JIRA* Ensuring a high operational standards through best practices in SDLC.* Collaborative engagement with other departments (internal customers).* Vendor Management - to monitor SLA and price-to-performance ratio.* Advocacy and migration of select services to the Cloud (Office 365, Oracle).* Ensuring regulatory (SOX) and security compliance.

I joined the company as an Oracle Financials (technical) consultant and was assigned to numerous clients for various durations and functions. I worked on Oracle and PeopleSoft applications at clients ranging from Silicon Graphics Inc (SGI), NEC Electronics, Cisco, Tivolo.com and Advantest.I performed technical leadership roles for application development, deployment, data-conversion, training and support. I built healthy relationships within my team and also with clients to foster a conducive work atmosphere.I am proud of the fact that I continue to count many of those individuals as my personal friends although the work engagement has ceased.Accomplishments* Deployment & support of Oracle Purchasing, AP and Financials at SGI.* Led a team for legacy data-conversion for PeopleSoft deployment at NEC Electronics.* Deployment of Oracle iExpenses and iProcurement at Advantest.* Led a team for Oracle implementation at Tivolo.com (internet start-up)* Led a team for re-design and re-deployment of EDI module and AP interfacing at Cisco.

Strongsville, Oh, Us

I was a technology consultant for various overseas clients of the company. I led a team for the development of a Finance package for banking clients (Keppel Bank and UOB in Singapore). I also led the team that developed add-on modules for Oracle Financials for Urban Redevelopment Authority - Singapore.Accomplishments* Managed a team of technology consultants to serve customers.* Performed analysis, design, development, test and deployment functions.* Executed on-shore and off-shore projects for clients.

Edison, New Jersey, Us

I was a software engineer and participated various teams for various projects in service of the overseas clients of the company. I developed software for insurance and banking customers in the middle-east.Accomplishments* Developed software on mainframe systems for Arab Insurance Group.* Designed and developed software in Oracle for a ForEx application for the National Bank of Dubai.

Diploma In Computer Studies, Computer Science

B.Com, Business Managememt