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MILIND AMBEKAR

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Address: A 21 Dwarka Sai Paradise, Pimple Saudagar, Shiv Sai Road, Pune (411027), India.

Senior Level Assignment – IT Management, Business Management.

Aspire to embark on a journey with the senior management leadership position in an infrastructure Development, Strategic planning and Operations in a value driven organization.

Career Summary

An seasoned leader with 27 years of IT experience with enormous international exposure wherein setting up and heading IT operations entailing budgeting, IT infrastructure, Data Center operations, Technology Resource Administration, Vendor management,in the field of Banking, Manufacturing, shipping, education and BPO industries . Innovative and exceptionally creative to foster ideas that impel the organization towards a vison oriented direction. Adroit of facilitating the top management in planning IT strategies, compliance & Risk, ITSM, incorporating them and driving startup business across the globe.

My major career achievements have come from positions with responsibility for delivering successful Technology Operational units leveraging on decision making skills, analysis of data, evaluation of alternative solutions & selection of the optimal approach,. Possess strong strategic & analytical aptitude, interpersonal & communication skills and am result-oriented. Accomplishments in all positions are substantiated by rapid growth. The ability to communicate well with stake holders at all levels and seize the opportunities to introduce feasible solutions has been a winning attribute.

Skills Set

Project Management Data center & Asset Management

Compliance & Risk ITIL & ITSM

Service Delivery Management Transformation

Budget & PL management Capacity Management

Vendor & ODC Management Re-engineering Business Process

Key Achievements

Managed and developed from scratch the basic platform and development teams. And lead many lean transformation programs.

Developed and managed a 2000 seat capacity premise, 2 well-planned Data Centre with virtualization and also proper allocation of disk space in Standard Charted to conduct their IT operations that led to the desired ROI, maximum utilization of hardware, reduction in maintenance cost and a well IT secured environment

Historic turnaround of the IT Infrastructure and facilitated a new face of leadership in Paharpur Cooling Towers wherein I created an implemented new ERP, Communication and MIS Reporting system that led to an excellent production planning resulting in consistent customer satisfaction with very high profitability

Analyzed and examined currently underutilized packaging system in Paharpur, implemented well-improved ideas and educated the team that brought the company back in business.

In-depth analysis of applications and systems that were all facing the Y2K problem, under my leadership we created an instant solution and implemented within our own organization, this not only saved our company a great amount of money and effort but also gave financial institutions the confidence and built trust that has and is going a long way

Successfully conceptualized and implemented the IT automation in Holland based shipping outsourcing company named Portlog within few months period and produced around $ 3 M per year for the company.

Manifested first ATM and Data Centre in eastern India for Citi bank that was designed to maintain the mainframe systems that led to the disbursement of faster auto and consumer loan and the basic banking system. This has benefited the consumers.

Career Contour

MIT World Peace University Director IT since January 17

Streamlining the IT operations and implementing the IT best practices. Digitizing of Academics process and Digital Campus.

Implementation of ERP across the Group.

Implementing the best Practices at the Examination Department.

Wipro Director Delivery Head April 15 December 16

Analysing various operational process, of Banking and financial institutions (BFSI) and re- engineering them as per the business requirement..

Barclays Technology Centre India Vice President Global Technology Infrastructure Services Oct 08 April 14

Wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Bank UK.

Accountabilities:

Managing the IT Development & Operations team of around 50 individuals and managing the Global Infrastructure development across the globe for the Retail / Commercial / Barclays Cards and emerging markets business.

Handling the team and meeting all the critical timelines and SLA.

Major Projects Handled:

Project management for various bank products such as Absa integration, Credit Card Migration worth 10-30 Million GBP

Successfully managed the global infrastructure & Platform team (Consisting of Unix, Database, Storage, and Middleware Technologies) and achieved 99% availability of services.

Designed & implemented the BCM plan for GISD India.

Re-defined and fine-tuned various processes to improve the SLA.

Build Various Platforms Teams from scratch such as UNIX, Middleware, database and storage.

Scope International, Chennai Sr. Manager May-07- Oct08

(Standard Chartered Bank) Country Technology Management

(Wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered Bank based)

Accountabilities:

Managing the IT Business Relationship, Vendor Relationship and overall IT operations involved in the Wholesale Banking.

Major Projects Handled:

Process Reengineering for different operations in Consumer Banking and Wholesale Banking.

Build the 2000 Seat Infrastructure at Chennai along with key India Projects.

Redesigned data center having 550 servers, converted them to 100 servers and incorporated the green concept of data center.

Work @ Home Project: Enabled all the bank employees to work from home. Developed the architecture in conjunction with Network/data center/development team.

BCP & DR Drill

Value Manage FZ LLC, Dubai General Manager Jan’06 – Mar’07

(Outsourcing company providing customized business process solutions which focus mainly on Finance Sector)

Accountabilities:

Overseeing overall IT Operations including Remote & Local Data Centre Management, Team Management and Vendor Management

Major Projects Handled:

Implementation of projects with different banks.

Port log FZE LLC, Germany / Dubai General Manager IS Sep’01 – Dec’05

($ 40 million German Base Shipping BPO providing services to ship owners in Europe and Agents across world)

Accountabilities:

Managing Group IT Operations including Budgeting & Vendor Management.

Major Projects Handled:

Implementation of ISO and BS 7799 procedures for network security.

Remote & Local Data Centre Management with Multiple Servers.

Designing and implementing Disaster & Data Recovery System.

Established the entire data centre in Sharjah and Amsterdam having 50 servers. Established whole development /networking team and installed the 24 x 7 support desk using the ITIL methods.

Instrumental in driving the entire IT operations and was handling a team of 200 people.

Successfully set gateway and designed architecture, which has interlinked with various courier companies. This has helped the shipping agent companies to communicate with various courier companies for collection of their documents.

Recognised as Best Manger of the year for three consecutive years for implementing the best practices of ITIL for the smooth function of the process.

Owens Brockway (India) Ltd., General Manager Sep’00 – Aug’01

New Delhi

($ 75million Glass Manufacturing Company)

Accountabilities

Heading IT operations at Head Office and Factories all over the country.

Major Projects Handled:

Implementing ERP across the factories and streamlining the IT Process.

Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd., Chief Information System May’94 – Aug 00

Kolkata

($ 150 million Indian Company, manufacturing Cooling Towers)

Accountabilities

Heading IT operations at Head Office and Factories all over the country.

Major Projects Handled:

Implementing ERP across the company and ISO procedures for manufacturing process.

Managing Y2K issue through the company.

Implementing OHIO System on Sun Solaris with Mac Machines.

Re engineering legacy systems operational within factories.

Implemented the Oracle ERP

The Accounting system/and the inventory system were reengineered which helped accounts department to reduce the work force strengths from 98 people to 35.

Awarded as the best manager and team leader for 2 years.

Previous Assignments

P.T. Bumi Laut Shipping Co., Indonesia Manager – IT May’91 – Mar’94

Designing and developing a Bill of Lading System.

Implementing Email System for faster and cost effective operations.

Citibank N.A., India Data Center Manager Jan’89 – Apr’91

Projects Handled:

Establishing Data Centre in Kolkata and installation of LAN / WAN connection.

Managing the day-to-day operations of the data center with the help of the virtual teams.

Installation of ATMs and their connectivity with Prime System.

Installation of network for the CPA across the eastern part of India.

MIS Crunching for the purpose of division reporting.

Highlights:

Received Service Excellence Award and Star of the Year Award in Citibank.

Scholastics / Certifications

Diploma in Business Management from IIMS, Delhi

Bachelor of Commerce from Ranchi University

Electronic Data interchange program organizes by U.N.O. at Jakarta

OOAD Training organized by N.I.I.T.

Primavera Project Management System Training at Singapore

ORACLE 7 DBA Course from Oracle India

Certified Auditor of ISO

Cisco Certified Network Administrator

Project Management Professional (In process)

ITIL

Personal Dossier

Date of Birth : 31 August 1963

Reference

Mr. Stuart Hall Director Barclays UK

Ms. Carole Miller Director Barclays UK

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