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Management Consulting - M&A, Portfolio management and oversight, PMO methodology and governance maturation, process improvement, digital transformation

TM Forum is a global think tank comprised of over 900 member companies and 81,000 member professionals. The charter of TM Forum is to develop standards, establish best practices, create reference models and be a pathfinder for nextgen technologies. These include Digital Transformation, Internet of Everything, Network Virtualization, DevOps, OTT Services, Big Data Analytics, Customer Experience Management and SmartX initiatives (Smart City, Smart Car, Smart Health, Smart Home).Successfully led several projects under one program for development of assets (white papers, position papers, standards, reference papers), and proof-of-concept and proof-of-value projects. Some of the initiatives led include:• Big Data Reference Architecture and agile data lake definitions• Defining and measuring customer experience and customer journeys with metrics• Predictive analytics for customer sentiment• Omni channel reference architecture, maturity, channel definitions• Disruptive models in IoT value fabric• Digital Transformation Maturity Model• Metrics for business, regulatory/compliance. operations, NFV/VNF functions

Management Consulting to Fortune 500 companies providing Program Management, PMO support, Functional & Technical Project Management, Transformation, Process Improvement, establishing best practices & processes• Verizon : PMO Governance, Program Management, Process re-engineering, methodology development, project management competency improvement, customization of Agile methods, template & checklist development, management of Clarity customization & Sharepoint setup . Project Management for Cloud Services - SaaS, PaaS, IaaS.• Metlife : Program Management of enterprise-wide initiatives using Clarity in the areas of M&A, divestiture and business improvements. • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ : Program Management for building foundation of a re-factored IT using Planview• ADP Insurance Services : Program Management for national health care initiative involving setting up PMO & processes, creating master plans, project management, vendor management and coordination of legal & compliance activities, reporting to Steering Committee for delivery of new service offering• Medco (now ExpressScript) : Created and vetted PMO artifacts during major re-factoring phase for project tracking, quality, time and budget compliance . Artifacts included budgeting & tracking tools and reporting & gating templates for Steering Committee• JPMorgan Chase : Streamlined application and data consolidation for merger with BankOne.