Currently, i am part of EY Parthenon and supporting Transaction Strategy and Execution practice Office to sell, manage and deliver IT Transaction Services engagements including IT Due Diligence, IT Post Merger Integration, IT Carve-outs/ Separation, etc.My work includes: 1. IT Due diligence and red flag reports2. IT Costing3. TSA Costing and Analysis 4. Contracts Evaluation and Analysis5. IT Operating Model Development6. IT Project Management / PMO SupportI have an expertise on carve-out readiness and support, operational due diligence, synergy assessment and delivery, day-one readiness assessment, 100 - day planning, integration process support, carve-out/stand-alone costs assessment and risks, and cost reduction.

I worked within Digital department where I liaised with Technology, Product, Sales, and Client Services teams to Modernize/Transform the existing Infrastructure and Build & Enhance Forecasting and Advisory based products from existing ideas, industry research, and the needs of customer and prospects.Things i have worked on during my stint in The Economist Group: 1. Led the Procurement (RFI and RFP) of the potential (AI/ML/Content Management) solutions required by TEG2. Product Delivery Management for Forecasting & Advisory Products3. AWS Cloud Migrations4. AWS Data Lake Solutions (Custom Build) for Forecasting & Advisory Products5. Digital Transformation (Impacting People, Processes and Tools)6. Sustainability (Overall Carbon Footprint Tracking and Strategy Implementation for TEG worldwide)7. Lead & Manage Business Continuity Planning, IT Audits and Asset Protection Policy 8. Implemented Jira (Org level) and Built Agile Framework & Scrum practices for the Project & Operations Teams

Primary responsibility as a Big Data Program Manager included Delivering Big Data Infrastructure across the Global HSBC Datacenters while acknowledging constraints like Datacenter space, Realistic Demand from Global Business & functions. Lead the team of Project Managers spread across Hong Kong, India and UK ensuring Program/Initiative completion within agreed time frame. This includes overall planning and execution of the project/initiative which involves defining scope, plan, schedules, resource estimates, status updates, project communication, leading the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and ensuring project/initiative completion within agreed time frame1. Drive POC to use best server kits in datacenter, to reduce datacenter space2. Delivered core Big Data Infrastructure across Global datacenters3. Build dedicated ring fenced supply team for Big Data4. Handle Global Business and Functions escalation related to Big Data Program5. Negotiate Demand with Business users based on current capacity utilization to make sure infrastructure is delivered in optimized way6. Capacity planning and forecasting of Big Data environments7. Owner and Implement best Project/Program practices along with Governance

Primary responsibility included conducting cross-functional team meetings to develop complex, mid-scale, and strategic business solutions, coordinating impact analysis of new requests, systems, upgrades, and business processes for feasibility, cost & process improvements/changes for HSBC Global Business/Functional areas, and implementation of the same utilizing the Agile (Scrum) methodologies which involves defining scope, plan, schedules, resource estimates, status updates, project communication, leading the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and ensuring project/initiative completion within the agreed time frameThis program involved the multiple agile project delivery for the Global Business & Functions of HSBC includes viz. Systems Upgrades, Integrations, Improvements, Tool Automations, etc. aimed towards Cost & Process improvements/optimizations across the organization1. Upgrade/Optimization of existing legacy Infrastructure of business-critical applications2. Service Now ITOM Implementation in managing the availability of infrastructure and services. As a part of this project I implemented the following modules Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, and Orchestration across the HSBC Infrastructure3. Automation at various other Infrastructure Management Products like BMC-Patrol Infrastructure Monitor & related KMs, IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler – z series, BMC Control-M etc.4. Other process improvements and automation at Incident, Problem and Change Management Level5. Building Agile framework/inculcating Scrum practices as and when required from various Global Business for the operations & delivery model in place for various technology teams

Short stint with HPE as an offshore account Project Manager for a reputed Canadian Banking customer where i managed Data Center upgrade & migrations on Windows/Citrix, Unix/AIX/Linux/Solaris, Exadata platforms and Business Critical Applications upgrade (MIMIX, iTERA etc.) projects with respect to scope, cost, resource deployment, time over-runs and quality compliance

Managed/Co-ordinated Transition & Transformation as well as various cost and process improvements (service delivery operations) initiative/projects for geographically dispersed clients in the area of IT Infrastructure viz. Systems Integration, Data Center Technologies -Storage, UNIX, Windows, Backup (upgrade/migration/builds/cost improvement projects), Service Desk Transition, End User Computing (Windows 10 Deployments and Migrations, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager, Citrix suite of products), Onsite Support Services, Asset & Procurement Management

I started my career with TCS and immediately got an opportunity to work as a Project Analyst with one of the premier client (Ministry Of Corporate Affairs) of the company, which enabled me to learn and showcase my capabilities in project management. My responsibilities included analyzing and assigning Change and Help Tickets related to new development requests and implementations. Reporting, tracking and communication of status and issues, based on project defined reporting templates