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Executive Summary Business Transformation / Large Scale Program Management

Samir is a result driven technology consulting executive with a proven record of leadership and success. He has more than 15 years of global experience

with top tier consulting firms and his clients include Fortune 50 corporations in Insurance, Automotive and Finance and Government Sectors

Senior IT Executive and Management Consultant

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Strategic results-oriented business transformation with impressive business acumen and a career distinguished by building stable global organizations, global

program management and operational successes. In depth exposure of offshore landscape - cost benefits, delivery issues and risks, processes, SLA management,

Lean-IT, best practices, etc. Able to provide a solution focused approach with experience of operating at "C" level day to day. Ability to manage corporate IT

management initiatives, deliver global services with a significant cost savings and manage large account client relationships. Skilled in determining correct courses of

actions, developing plans, building teams, and getting efforts and operations on track to generate immediate revenue growth. Adept at creating agile organization

structures, choosing the right people, assembling the best teams to execute efforts without daily supervision and clearly communicating objectives, tasks, and

timelines. Has ability to anticipate problems and proactively establish controls to move initiatives forward. His strength is in shaping information technology solutions

to serve business needs and to ensure that IT investments deliver promised value.

Samir’ expertise is in all aspects of information technology consulting and services in the areas of Application Development, Infrastructure Management and

Testing – Verification and Validation. He has a Computer Science degree from University of Houston and has Bachelors in Physics, Chemistry and

Mathematics from India.

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Core Skills

IT Strategy & Client Management IT Large Program and Project Management IT Planning and Execution

IT Governance / Budgeting and Cost IT Application design, development, integration, SLA based Engagements

implementation and support using Agile and

Containment & Portfolio Rationalization and Operational Excellence, Delivery Excellence,

Optimization Waterfall methodologies

Client Relationship, Business Development, P&L IT Infrastructure management and support Demand Management, Performance and People

Management including Data Center Migration Management

Change Management

Accomplishment includes:

2011 - Closed Testing engagement deal with a Total Contract Value of $19.2M 2011 with MetLife.

2010 – Yearly Revenue closed at $53M against a target of $49M USD with a profitability of 48%.

2009 - 2010 - Team Delivered 462 Plus Projects in Life, Annuities, A&H and Corporate LOB for the Insurance Client

o Transitioned Applications from Infosys, Birlasoft and Cognizant

o Moved MetLife engagement from a Resource to Effort based Model.

2009 H1 – Sold $2.1M Project for World Bank

2006-2008 – Was instrumental in Cognizant winning the Wave 1 with GMAC(Ally Bank) for ADM deal worth $12.5M deal for 5 years for US and UK.

o Transitioned Applications from EDS, Keane, Syntel

o Increased the initial revenue from $2.5 million to $17 million dollars Year over Year in a span of 2 years

2005 – Samir successfully managed Data Center Consolidation Project for GMAC while managing GMAC EDS and IBM Team.

1999-2005 - Samir and the Team won the Consumer Finance/Contract Acquisition (FICO Rule Based Engine) for GMAC (Ally Bank) Development

and Sustenance Project

Experience:

Client Services Principal – @ MetLife IGatePatni September 2009 - Present

• Managing $53M/Yr Application Development, Sustenance and Verification and Validation services as the North America Program

Delivery executive for a portfolio of over 100 applications (mainframe/web/client-server used within North America and globally) using

1000+ on-site and offshore resources for the MetLife Insurance account in multi-supplier engagement model.

• Responsible for Client Relationship and Business Development

• Responsible for Crafting Account Plan and growth strategies

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• 2011 – Responsible for Program Delivery of Large Transformational Life Replatform (OIPA), Annuities(Vitech), B2C Term Life

Insurance Portal (MMK), CSC’s wmA(Wealth Management Accelerator – Replacement of EV15)

Senior•IT Executive and ManagemenCognizant andnt

Transitioned Applications from Infosys,

t Consulta Birlasoft using Patni’s Transition Methodology

Managing Stakeholder expectations within MetLife Business, Application Development and Quality Assurance group.

• Managing client relationships to ensure a high level of satisfaction with the delivery of application services and ensuring the technical

solutions are meeting the contract specifications within associated service level agreements (SLA).

• Experience in Large Programs Delivery using Agile and waterfall methodologies

• Internal and External quality assurance reviews with all aspects of projects/program(weekly, monthly quarterly frequency)

• Responsible for scope, cost, time, issue, risk, resource/demand management and communication

• Reports on variances to the approved program/project baseline, effective Change Management

• Develop Risk and Issues Management Plan and Proactively identify/monitor risks and issues on programs/projects

• Proactively monitor committed deliverables schedule; create and mitigate strategy for missed deliverables

• Develop Root Cause Analysis to address escalations resulting from missed deliverables or Production fall outs.

• Drive and align team around overall strategy and mission to achieve MetLife Business Objectives.

• Track and report on delivery of key business capabilities, KPI, metrics, IT interdependencies and milestones across multiple project

initiatives for management reporting

• Coordinated and monitoring the work of the service delivery service lines located across several cities in, Mumbai, Chennai, Gandhi

Nagar & Pune in a 7x24x365 environment. Optimized delivery of resources using the global delivery model and maintaining 15/95

onshore/offshore ratio in a multi-time zone with a multi-cultural support team

Vice President Datamatics Corporation February 2009 - September 2009

Responsible America’s ADM and F&A BPO Delivery

• Delivered Knowledge Management engagement to World Bank

• Responsible for Developing senior client relationships and serves as a trusted advisor to clients

• Responsible for customer's business and industry to assess findings and shape solution by leveraging the appropriate resource

• Responsible for sourcing consulting sales with specific annual targets

• Supporting presales activities for business development pipelines

Practice Development

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• Identifying opportunities to refine existing or develop new intellectual property and methodology, frameworks and tools

People Development / Leadership

• Responsible for Managing direct reports project team and supports professional development

AVP Business Development HTC Global Services March 2008 January 2009

Responsible for New Business Development

• Managing P&L for Delphi $3.5 Million

• New Target Accounts:

o Chrysler ($45 million Dollar short listed in second round – lost to TCS due to company size, capabilities and scalabilities)

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Comerica Bank (lost to Cognizant Lost due to Company size, capabilities and scalabilities)

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Account & Delivery Manager – GM/GMAC Cognizant Technology Solutions May 2005 January 2008

Responsible for managing $17M engagement using the global delivery model with teams located Dearborn, MI, Chennai and Bangalore India,

London UK delivery centers with over 170+ resources for Dealer and Consumer Portal and Dealer Cash Management and Vehicle Auctions

sites for GMAC (Ally Bank)

• Responsible for Budgeting, Forecasting, and P&L for the Account.

• Manage RFI, RFP SOW’s, Schedule and Pricing Negotiation for new development project

• Delivered multiple new development projects: Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Portal and Content Management & J2EE.

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• Transitioned 32 Applications from Syntel, EDS and Keane using Cognizant Transition Methodology

• Established the Cognizant ADM & Remote Infrastructure Management – Sustain Engagement for GMAC.

• Responsible and oversee Resource Loading, Induction, on boarding and rotation between Onsite and Offshore

• Balanced Program resources (People, Budget, Material and Time) to optimize Account Objectives.

• Track and report on delivery of key business capabilities, KPI, metrics, IT interdependencies and milestones across multiple project

initiatives for management reporting

Delivery Manager @ GMAC Keane October 1999 May 2005

Responsible for managing $14M OSCAR engagement which was executed using a global delivery model with teams located onsite and at near shore delivery

center in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Key accomplishments include:

• Executed and Implemented OSCAR project from Inception to US and Canada Rollout.

• Managed Executive Relationship with PM, Director and VP of NA.

• Grew the team size from 5 onsite resources to 28 onsite over the course of 3 yrs.

• Provided leadership to the application sustain and development teams.

• Performance and People Management.

• Defined Application Server Sizing for HP Superdome and Network requirements.

• Defined requirements for Application Performance V&V labs.

• Defined Application Performance Management Parameters using Mercury interactive tools.

• Implemented Citrix Solution for GMAC’s Business Users.

• Implemented MQ Series v5.1 between HP Superdome and Mainframe Servers.

• Implemented the Data Center at IBM’s facility.

• Implemented the Disaster Recovery Compliance Policies and Procedures for OSCAR, RouteOne and Creditapp.com application.

• Implemented the IT SOX Compliance Audit for the application.

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Responsible for the application maintenance, development, network infrastructure and availability of the GMAC’s portal of www.gmaccreditapp.com, RouteOne and

OSCAR application(consumer lending nagement Consultant

Senior IT Executive and Ma application)

Senior IT Executive and Management Consultant

Implemented ITIL Standards per GMAC’s requirements.

• Implemented GM’s SDP-21 Project Management methodology across multiple projects

Principal Consultant/Project Manager - Ford Ciber February 1997 - October 1999

• Developed implementation and rollout strategies for the deployment

Key accomplishments include:

• Managed Peoplesoft 7.0 implementation project

• Managed OLAP-Essbase 5.0 implementation for Ford Credit US and UK business users.

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• Managed WinNT 4.0 Servers deployment project for US.

• Managed the Win 95 migration project for 1700 business users

Partner Trends and Technologies June 1990 - January 1997

• Started a company based in Alexandria, Virginia; primary focus of the company was assembling personal computers and high-end

custom-built servers for the consumers, small to medium sized businesses and federal government market

• Clientele – AOL, NASA, CSC, Depart of Park and Recreations, Dept of Justice

Senior IT Executive and Management Consultant

Professional Development

Patni - Global Consulting Patni Plus Methodology

APQC - Applying Benchmarking to your organization

Cognizant - New Senior Manager Training

Keane - Managing Global Complex Programs

GM SDP 21 - Systems Life Cycle Development Methodology

Education

Bachelors in Physics Chemistry and Mathematics from M S University of Baroda, India

Bachelors in Computer Science from University of Houston, TX.

Nationality

• niorUS Citizenutive

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Leadership Values and Behaviors – (Direct quotes from 360 degree feedback)

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PASSION: Has terrific energy and enthusiasm for his work; Is very passionate about making a difference and helping o thers succeed; Passionate about

delivering on comm itments; Has Great work ethics and does everything in a quality manner.

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LEADERSHIP: His leadership style is more collaborative and which is well received within the organization and is very successful; Delega tes very effectively; Is inclusive and

participative. Rapidly builds trusts and credibility with all stakeholders. Is a self starter; works very proactively.

Senior IT Executive and Management Consultant

Senior IT Executive and Management Consultant

BUSINESS ACUMEN: Has solid grasp of IT and is technically very strong. He is able t o take complexity and break it into digestible pieces yet keeping intact how various components

fit s together. Always seeks to understand the issue from the opposite side, Challenges those around him to think broader.

DECISION MAKING: Remains principle centered at all times. Seek to understand the problems before making a decision which are fact based.

DRIVE FOR RESULTS & Recognition: Very organized and effective in managing priorities; Very good at focusing on the important tasks and filtering out the

noi se (unimportant tasks) to keep team focused on delivery. He celebr ates small team successes to motivate and inspire teams to deliver great results.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT: Has built strong lasting relationship with his business partners, teams and managers. Very collaborative, team player

always wants to do the right thing for the company.

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COMMUNICATION: Active listener; Always very open, positive and progressive; Excellent at comm unicating information to his team at the right level and

right time; Fosters open door policy. C onducts group huddles as appropriate for the situation to drive a sense of urgency. Delegation of assignments is

done on a very timely basis with very clear instructions.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT / PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Very detailed oriented; Very effective in following up. Your knowledge of PMO helps the

delivery of programs and projects to customers on a timely basis and under budget; Very detailed with forecasts and financial s. Always does his

homework to stay on top of issues. Does not micro manage the teams but is always available to help the teams out when they need his expertise;

Always willing to stand behind the teams to ensure success; Accepts accountability.

BUDGET / COST CONTAINMENT: Very effectively manages large budgets - Personnel, Capital, Expense (Projects, vendor contracts) Travel, Training

etc.

COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT: Provides very balanced a nd objective feedback to team members; Acts with complete integrity. Empowers team

members to make decisions and grow; Spends time on c oaching and mentoring staff; successfully promoted people on his team; Successfully rotated staff

for their personal growth.

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