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Morristown, NJ, US

Morristown, NJ, US

Responsible for implementing Majesco’s Life and Annuities Policy Administration, Billing System and Distribution Management for Insurance Carriers. Responsible for Client management, client communication, stakeholder expectation and all aspects of Client relationship. Ensuring process and controls are in place to deliver quality solution from.

New York City, NY, US

Program Manager for implementing Pivotal Cloud Foundary (PCF) a Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Serverless Computing, this involves managing Engineering and providing consulting to Application Development teams to onboard on to PCF- Led the migration of applications to PCF by allocating the required org/space quotas, providing consulting to transform.

New York, NY, US

• Created the Knowledge Management Strategy and specification to collect, manage, recertify and distribute high knowledge sensitive for developing Multinational programs.
• Led the Knowledge Management approach Cost-Benefit analysis of “Buy vs Build” that resulted in savings of USD 3M over a 5 year
• Led the cross functional team including business, engineering, architecture, infrastructure, security and performance testing in successfully launching the Knowledge Management solution for more than 2500 end users.
• Successfully transitioned the implementation methodology from Waterfall to Agile methodology.
• Led the UX team and to build a unified look and feel across all Multinational Application
• Reengineered the Multinational End-to-End business process - Pre-screening to Implementation. Performed a detailed as-is analysis of the technologies and defined the to-be state.

Orlando, Florida, US

• Lead the IT Connectivity Vertical, a profit center that brings close to 1 Billion USD per annum (out of the 1.4 Billion USD) for WHG.
• Provide leadership, guidance and direction to WHG Engineering team
• Key representative from the Engineering team to evaluate Cloud service provider, carryout PoC, select the candidate application and support Technical Services team in successfully migrating all the websites from.
• Primary contact for all the Connectivity based IT solution for OTA partners (Expedia, Kayak, Travelocity, Priceline, Orbit, Hotel.com, Booking.com, Derbysoft, Pegasus and others). The services include Content.
• Set Goals and Objectives for IT Connectivity, built a highly motivated team, established processes and procedures - to meet & exceed the partner SLA and increase revenue & profitability for WHG.
• Led the IT Connectivity annual technology roadmap, budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, architecture, design and implementation.

Boston, MA, US

• SapientNitro is a new breed of agency redefining storytelling for an always-on world. As program lead for a client it is critical to manage multiple streams comprising of UX, Strategic consulting and Technology.
• Responsible for overall account, delivery and process management including but not limited to planning, budgeting, estimation, resource allocations, resource selection, client presentations.
• Primary Client partner managing the P/L for the relationship.
• Responsible for managing the program which includes estimation, staffing, project planning, monitoring & tracking, maintaining the actual vs budget, project scope management, client presentations, identify risks and.
• Led the strategic initiative to draw up a 3 year technology road map, product evaluation, vendor selection, proof of concept and initial rollout for a Telecom client.
• Led a UXM initiative for the Telecom major.

US

• Led a team of Engineers and played a key role in one of the most successful program called “Program Interaction” which was later emulated in other Wyndham Business Units.
• Successfully completed several multimillion worldwide rollout by leading a team of Engineers to deliver the following projects end to end - Digital Asset Management using MediaBin, Recommendation Engine using Gravity.
• Responsible for managing all aspects of the delivery which includes Engineering estimation, Delivery planning, execution, tracking, tracking against budget, Joint Application Design, Development till Warranty as per.
• Lead a team of WER Engineers in a project/program and work closely with cross functional team comprising of business sponsors, business analysts, architects, QA representatives and PMO.
• Ensure customer satisfaction by providing technology solutions that meet the customer needs and align with the IT strategy.
• Proactive communication regarding project solutions and plans to customers, staff and Peers

Pune, Maharashtra, IN

• As a Principal consultant provided strategic IS consulting for CES clients in ECM and managed client relationships growing the account from small projects to multimillion long term programs.
• Client Partner for Consulting and Enterprise Solutions (CES) practice - North America East Coast clients. CES specialized in the ECM, CRM and SCM solutions.
• Played a critical role in growing the NYSE account 9 week project to a 9 year long term relationship earning close to 7M USD a year.
• Account/Relationship Director managing the P/L for the relationship.
• Responsible for project/program delivery, pre-sales support, preparing proposal for prospects, client presentations, support during negotiations, hand hold the implementation team and client till steady state is.
• Developed and documented SDLC process & procedures for Satyam’s SSAD and OOAD projects to meet the ISO 9000 and SEI CMM Level 5 requirements. Key member incharge for set KPAs during the BVQI SEI CMM Level 5 compliance..

• Head of “Center for Business Transformation”, a profit center comprising of a team of process consultants and marketing executive. Administered the profit center budget, provided consulting in business process.
• Reengineered the Order Fulfillment and New Product Development Process for a leading Electronics Component Assembly unit in Bangalore.
• Redesigned the Work order generation to dispatch to marketing process for an Auto Ancillary manufacturer in the northern part of India.
• Implemented quality systems and procedures to meet the ISO 9000 standards for accreditation for more than 20 organizations in the following service/manufacturing sectors – Automobile, Aviation Fuel, Lubricants.

Master In Management Studies, Operations Research

Bachelor In Engineering, Mechanical Engineering