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Copenhagen, DK

Supply Chain Management, Process Improvement, Data Analysis. Ensuring fast, accurate, and efficient delivery of components worldwide in partnership with Microsoft.

Redmond, Washington, US

Redmond, Washington, US

Redmond, Washington, US

• Collaborate with global Deployment and Delivery teams to ensure seamless and efficient rollout of Cloud technology.
• Facilitate in-depth collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders in Process and Service Engineering, Development, and Datacenter to drive technical advancements and process improvements.
• Conduct assessments of current technology and processes to identify opportunities for improvement and recommend optimizations.
• Prioritize focus on Service, Incident, and Problem Management as well as Process design.
• Plan and execute pilot and proof of concept projects with innovative technology and processes to drive continuous improvement.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Lead a team of 8 Deployment Managers to successfully execute large-scale cloud infrastructure deployments, incorporating both new and existing technology, on a global scale.
• Drive process creation, analysis, improvement, and documentation across teams to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Conduct gap analysis to identify areas for process optimization and implement improvements to drive technical advancements and process efficiencies.
• Ensure the maintenance of accurate and up-to-date documentation of processes and procedures for reference and continuous improvement.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Led a team of 10 Operations Managers to provide support to over 1200 users across 70 locations, managing incident escalations and operations projects.
• Streamlined daily incident management processes to align with ITIL best practices and standards, improving organizational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Developed and implemented a ticket and communications management toolset used by the broader organization, facilitating daily incident management including high priority and disaster triage/recovery scenarios.
• Provided ongoing management of service coordination between helpdesk and L2/L3 teams to support best business practices while driving effective and scalable policies.
• Implemented a repeatable technology event preparation process to ensure customer satisfaction and a knowledge base review process to increase helpdesk efficiency and reduce incident duration.
• Designed a major incident recovery model for store technology services based on OSI, created an incident and request dashboard in ASP.Net and SQL, and implemented a support workflow to streamline vendor support.

• Major Contributions:
• Established a robust and scalable IT infrastructure and operations from the ground up.
• Designed and managed high-performing IIS and SQL-based systems that powered 4 successful ecommerce sites.
• Implemented a cost-saving initiative that eliminated 25% of connectivity and management overhead costs by efficiently relocating all datacenter sites with minimal downtime and optimized system performance.
• Ensured the seamless operations, data management, and security of all sites, including PCI compliance, by collaborating closely with senior development, marketing, and executive teams, as well as 3rd party datacenters.
• Achieved an outstanding 99.99% annual uptime, leveraging proven Waterfall SDLC methodologies.Key Projects:

US

• Major Contributions:
• Transformed IT department from a state of chaos to a high-performing organization within a period of three months through in-depth needs analysis and implementation of a strategic turnaround plan. Improved system.
• Achieved monthly savings of 30% through elimination of third-party contractors and vendors.
• Streamlined IT development overhead and reallocated departmental budgets with CFO.
• Reduced external costs by 30% and improved SLA and incident response times through consolidation of equipment and personnel.
• Realized yearly savings of $100K through analysis of depreciation write-off to reduce software purchase costs.Key Projects:

• Highlights:
• Delivered reliable and secure technology infrastructure, facilitating company acquisition and growth.
• Improved ecommerce system stability and performance by 500%, ensuring 24x7 availability with 99.9% uptime.
• Expertly managed and trained solutions-oriented support team, handling on-call response, systems support, maintenance, disaster recovery, and security.
• Minimized management overhead by improving internet connectivity and managing increased traffic.
• Seamlessly integrated technology and merged 2 datacenters, completing data integration and hardware migrations with the acquiring company.

Bellevue, Washington, US

• Led successful technology restructuring, earning recognition for exceptional service and leadership.
• Managed a portfolio of 100 corporate and 250 global servers, interfacing with 4,500 employees across 160 offices.
• Implemented Windows NT Systems throughout corporate and international offices, converting from Novell Netware and Lotus Notes.
• Achieved significant milestone in Windows NT deployment, rolling out 150 systems in 120 days.
• Expertly managed systems capacity planning and communications, overseeing Windows NT EDI processing with UNIX and MPE systems environments.