IT Strategy

Aakash Joshi

IT Strategy Consultant

******.*****@*****.*** +1 – 973 – 906 - 4702 Wharton, New Jersey Career Précis

Management consultant with 7 years of multi-geography experience in IT Strategy, IT Transformation and IT Risk Management. Led and managed advisory assignments for clients across industries delivering quantifiable results and subsequently growing accounts through cross selling and up selling. Professional Experience

Education

Certifications

IBM Certified Solution Advisor - Cloud Computing V1

ITIL V3 Foundation Certification

ISO 27001:2005 Information Security Management Systems

ISO 22301:2012 Business Continuity Management Systems

Six Sigma Green Belt Training

Key Projects

Support Operating Model for International European bank: Designed new support operating model for a data & analytics unit of the bank resulting in 95% cost reduction compared to previous year. Harvested the account to win follow up consulting assignments for £75m strategic bank initiatives, extending the 3 month initial assignment to more than a year of advisory work with constant billing for 4 consulting resources.

IT and HR Process Transformation for a Global Mining and Resources Company: Transformed the local HR and IT processes followed by each Business Unit into an unified process resulting in a single integrated system eliminating waste: New joiner IT setup lead time reduced from 15 days to 1 day; automated IT access changes for Promotions / Transfers; immediate IT deactivation for employee terminations.

IT Strategy and Cost Optimization for a UK Legal Processing Organization: Aligned the IT Strategy with the Business Strategy focused on optimization and cost reduction. Devised the IT Transformation plan, changing the application maintenance landscape there by reducing cost by 40%.

Post Merger IT Operating Model of 2 Natural Resources Organizations: Analyzed the pre-merger IT landscape and proposed a post-merger IT operating model harnessing the IT synergies between the organizations.

IT Service Management tools benchmarking for a UK Client: Helped the client in finalizing the best IT Serv ice Management Tool for their requirement. Negotiated £150k deal on client’s behalf for transition from standard helpdesk solution (Support Force) to BMC Remedy-on-Demand SaaS tool.

IT Process Optimization for a PAN India Telecom Operator: Standardized the IT processes for telecom systems supported by different vendors resulting in an organization wide standardize process for managing all the critical systems: IN Systems, BSCS, Ability System, Mediation System.

Research Publications

Dynamic Program Update in Wireless Sensor Networks IEEE Communications Letters, Vol. 12, No. 6, June 2008

Author of a chapter in the book “Security in Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks”, July 2009

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2009 Post Graduate Diploma in System Management

S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research,

Mumbai

Grade: 3.63/4.0

2008 Master of Information Technology

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

(Virginia Tech), USA

Grade: 3.87/4.0

2007 Bachelor of Technology

Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information &

Communication Technology, Gandhinagar

Grade: 3.54/4.0

2014 Accenture (Jul’ 14 – Mar’ 16)

Business & Tech Delivery Specialist / Team Lead

Led consulting teams on IT Strategy and

Transformation advisory assignments

Identified and realized new opportunities

through consultative selling

Contributed towards thought leadership

2011 Deloitte (Jan’ 11 – Jul’ 14)

Assistant Manager

Led team of consultants on IT Service

Management, IT Risk Assessment (GAAP

and SoX) and Business Process Mapping

assignments

Mentored and trained resources to ensure

availability of strong consultants and

analysts pool

2009 Mphasis, an HP Company (May’ 09 – Dec’ 10)

Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Prov ided ITIL based serv ice management

consulting to clients

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