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As a Senior Technology consultant and a Business executive, Raj has been instrumental in the design and delivery of high-performance information technology solutions at major Fortune 500 corporations. He has led complex and global IT initiatives - projects with multi-million $ annual budgets which have resulted in significant ROI at client companies, by leveraging leading edge technologies, providing technical and project leadership and transforming business practices, that have resulted in significant operational efficiencies.Vertical markets served have included : Aerospace/Defense, IT services, OEM/Channel distribution, Air Transportation, and Research and Development.Selected Accomplishments:1. Re-engineered mission critical systems software for NASA's $2 billion Cassini Spacecraft, which is operating flawlessly on its mission to explore Saturn.2. Performed mission assurance and engineering analysis for NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers. Both Mars Rovers have completed their science objectives and grossly exceeded their operations life-cycle by 1000 percent.3. Managed and executed IT strategy for Flight operations at Continental Airlines. This included design and development of critical flight operations systems (multiple distributed systems) that handled over 4000 flight arrival/departures per day world-wide. As a result of this re-engineering effort, Continental Airlines is saving more than $5 million annually, and has been voted "Airline of the Year" for 6 consecutive years by J.D. Power and associates.4. Automated network management software, and developed complex networking driver software to provide multi-host connectivity to EDS's global network with 1.5 million workstations. Net savings to EDS - $2 million per year.5 Part of a core team, that successfully planned and executed a $800 million Data Center migration with zero downtime.Specialties: Enterprise architecture/Systems development,Data Networking - LAN/WAN,Data Center Planning and Migration,Project Management,Strategic Alignment,Business Process re-engineering,Quality Assurance/Risk Mitigation,Governance and Compliance,Technology evaluation,Customer/Vendor Relationship Management,Sales/Marketing/Business operations

Listed skills include Project Management, It Strategy, Consulting, Management, and 28 others.