Vaskar Das

*** ***** ********* ******, *********, IL 60423

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaskar-das-9268792

Phone: (Cell) +1-925-***-****; (Home) +1-815-***-**** acvm1w@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

An experienced executive with over 20 years of experience managing consulting services. Has successfully launched and delivered consulting programs that include Cloud Strategy and Architecture, IT Strategy and Transformation, large ERP Implementations, Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, Infrastructure Upgrades, Systems Design/Development and Global Delivery. Managed and oversaw consulting programs with P/L responsibility of $25 M annually and a reporting structure of upto 100 consultants. Proven leader in consulting practice development, business development and new consulting offering development. Experienced leader in Strategy through Execution.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Cloud Strategy and Planning

Cloud Solutions (AWS, Azure, VCE, VMware, EMC, IBM, Cisco, HPE, NetApp, IaaS, PaaS)

Data Center Consolidation and Virtualization

Enterprise Architecture

Financial Modeling

Business Case Development

Large Program Management

Global Delivery (Americas, EMEA, APJ)

Infrastructure Technologies (all major OEMs)

M&A, Divestitures, and Restructuring

IT Operating Models

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP/ERM)

Software Development (SDLC)

Systems Integration

Vendor Management

Proposal Development

Deal Sizing, Pricing and Review

EXPERIENCE

PwC Strategy& (Formerly Booz & Co), Chicago, IL May, 2014 – Present

Manager, Technology Strategy

Technology Strategist

Advised business and technology executives across industry (Financial Services, Consumer, Utility) industries on Next Generation IT and Cloud strategies

Performed Strategy, Architecture, Roadmap development, Program Framing and assisted client executives launch large (over $100M) business and technology transformation programs

Designed target state Cloud architecture with AWS as IaaS and PaaS for infrastructure and analytics applications

Prepared approach and roadmap for migration of current applications to AWS, Azure, HPE Cloud

Prepared business case for AWS Cloud IaaS adoption, consumption model, and a framework for value realization

EMC Consulting/Accenture, Chicago, IL March, 2006 – April, 2014

Senior Practice Manager, Cloud and Virtual Data Center Services Practice

Cloud/IT Strategist

Advised C-level level executives and staff in Fortune 100 clients (Financial Services, Health Care, and Manufacturing) industries on Cloud solution strategies (EMC, AWS, Azure, Managed Services)

Developed Financial (TCO, ROI) Model, Business Case, Strategy, Architecture and Roadmap

Prepared approach and roadmap for migration of current applications to EMC, VMware, VCE Cloud

Vaskar Das Page Two

EMC Consulting/Accenture (Continued)

Program Manager

Managed multi-year Data Center Consolidation, Virtualization, and Optimization programs. Reported to executive steering committee comprised of client business and IT executives

Managed programs with size varying from $4 Million to $38 Million in consulting services revenue

Delivered programs on-budget and ahead of schedule with successful consolidation of North American and European data centers resulting in client realizing higher than expected ROI

Led the successful recovery of several troubled programs and projects

Developed key performance metrics and delivered continuous improvement quarter over quarter

Developed Statement of Work and Requests for Proposal

Staffed and managed a team of upto hundred consultants, technical SMEs, and vendor contractors

Managed 6 hardware and software vendors for provisioning and ongoing support of services

Directed technical experts in resolving numerous technical challenges faced by the team and managed escalations

Practice and Business Development Lead

Led the development of new and innovative consulting offerings in Cloud and IT Transformation

Led scoping, sizing and proposal development efforts (consulting deal sizes of upto $40 Million)

Partnered with core sales and marketing teams to go-to-market with new service offerings

Hired, managed and developed staff to grow consulting practice

Oversaw projects and performed Quality Assurance reviews and deal reviews

KPMG CONSULTING / BEARINGPOINT, Chicago, IL July, 1999 – Feb, 2006

Manager, Consulting

Cross Industry Solutions Group

For a clients in Financial Services, Health Care and Telecommunications industries, delivered several Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Systems Integration and Software Development projects

Project Manager/Technical manager

Managed a $4M ERP systems upgrade and business process re-design project for a health care provider leading to a 30% TCO reduction

Managed a global team of 45 software developers distributed in US, India and Australia to develop and rollout 11 mission critical systems to support the divestiture of a large telecommunications company

Managed the $7M technical infrastructure and systems integration to support the rollout of a $40M ERP implementation project for a global bank

Enterprise Architect

Designed and developed a $6M B2B interconnect system for telecommunications providers (ILECs, CLECs) to support a multi-year consulting program with gross revenue $750 Million

Led the technical designed and upgrade (to PeopleSoft 8.8) of 5 HRMS applications (Payroll, Time & Labor, Human Resources, Benefits) with web-based self-service capabilities for 100,000 users. Implemented enterprise integration, fail-over redundancy, disaster recovery, single sign-on identity management and web integration

Led a system upgrade (to PeopleSoft 8.8) of 11 Financials applications (Purchasing, eProcurement, Accounts Payable, General Ledger, Billing, Accounts Receivable, Project Costing, Asset Management, Travel Expenses, Grants and Contracts) performed on a rapid 4-month

Vaskar Das Page Three

IBM CORPORATION (INFORMIX SOFTWARE INC), Menlo Park, CA May, 1998 – June, 1999

Senior Consultant/Lead Engineer Level 4, Elite VAR (SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan)

Performed platform engineering, developed platform certification and product integration procedures and created joint support procedures for global support centers.

Assisted in managing Value Added Reseller (VAR) contracts ($2 Million) which included supporting over 200 global customers (Elite VARs – SAP USA, SAP Germany, BAAN and Plexus) .

Presented a unified VAR support strategy at SAP users conference (Sapphire ’99 in Nice, France).

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS (GTE DATA SERVICES), Tampa, FL Oct, 1996 – May, 1998

Senior Applications Development Specialist

Designed and developed a Data Warehouse data model for GTE’s national residential and business customers. Performed configuration and release management for three parallel software versions under development and maintenance. Performed fixed priced ($1 Million) maintenance and system enhancements.

INFOSYS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Bangalore, India June, 1994 – Aug, 1995

Software Engineer

Assisted in the Project Management of outsourcing engagements for General Electric (GE)

Right sized an IBM–mainframe based (DB2, Cobol, CICS) financial accounting monolithic system to a Unix based client-server (Oracle, Cobol/C) open system architecture for GE Supplies.

EDUCATION

MBA, Finance, Andrew Jackson University, Birmingham, AL

MS, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

BS, Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS/ACHIEVEMENTS

Authored “Cloud Operating Model for faster realization of Mergers & Acquisitions”

Inventor of Patented methodology on IT Optimization (Heuristic Optimizer – US Patent # 8,296,329 B1)

Authored and published white paper on “Hidden Challenges in Data Center Consolidation”

Co-authored guide book, “Optimizing the Database environment for ERP/PeopleSoft”)

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE

US Citizen with work experience in US, Canada, France, Scotland, Germany, India, Brazil

Additional foreign client experience includes Mexico, Singapore, Hong Kong, Turkey, Belgium, Italy, United Kingdom, Sweden, Russia, Australia

Communicated (as program manager) with clients, users and stakeholders in all six continents (and over hundred countries)

Fluent in four languages from Indian subcontinent

Contact this candidate