Director, Thought leader

ARAVIND THYAGARAJAN, PMP

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Cloud Solutions & Technology Advisory expert with 20+ years of technical/management consulting experience leading and delivering

• IT strategy and architecture engagements in both the Federal Government and Fortune 100 organizations. As a seasoned Management Consulting Expert, I have demonstrated proficiency in the following core areas

• Delivery: Successful track record of delivering numerous projects with an emphasis to lead effectively at the nexus of Business and IT. Consistent track record of customer satisfaction in the 90th percentile

• Practice Leadership: Co-led Gartner's Cloud Technology practice which generated $15M revenue over two years. Devised new ways to deliver value to clients, and optimize cost on delivery through partnering with cross-practice firm leaders

• Thought Leadership: Revitalized the Cloud Strategy offering based on industry trends and best practices as a cross-practice solution and enrolled all the practice leads. The Cloud Playbook (part of the offering and detailed cloud framework) has been used repeatedly to win work across numerous clients in several sectors and geographies (including Europe). Supported Gartner Research notes on topics such as digital transformation, cloud adoption & migration, and the business value of IT. Addressed impact on IT, business value chains, and financial results

• Business Development & Sales: Originated, sold and managed 40+ deals totaling $8 million over past four years. Maintained consistent follow-on engagements from clients, with a 90% retention rate SKILLS

• Cloud Strategies (Hybrid, Multi-Cloud etc.)

• IT Strategic Planning

• Enterprise Architecture Design & Assessment

• Digital Technology Strategies & Transformation

• Digital Solution Design

• IT Program and Portfolio Management

• Technology Sourcing Advisory

• Business Case Development / ROI Analysis

• Governance and Change Management

• Cost Optimization

• Architecture & Technical Assessments

• Application Portfolio Optimization Strategies

• Continuous Delivery & Process Improvements

• Engagement & Relationship Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GARTNER INC, Washington, DC 2015 - Present

Director, Thought Leader and Cloud Strategy Practice Lead Advising executive and senior IT leadership in the direction, adoption and risk management of today's most prominent amorphous and disruptive technology domains across both the Federal and Commercial organizations, including digital, cloud, and mobile, among others. Designed and led the Cloud Strategy key initiative within Gartner Consulting. Internal accomplishments include

• Created client relationship entry-point by developing Business Value of IT cost-optimization process/service that consistently enabled organizations to cut their annual IT CapEx and OpEx

• Extensive experience in technical pre-sales and in assisting marketing staff with sales presentations and solution offerings

• Wrote white papers and presented on topics including digital transformation, cloud adoption & migration, and the business value of IT. Addressed impact on IT, business value chains, and financial results. Crafted narratives/visuals for CIOs and non-technical, C-level executives

Sample client engagements

• For a large global manufacturing organization: Developed an Agile operating and governance model for a multi- platform/BU organization who was exploring Anything as a Service (XaaS). Designed high-level Cloud reference architectures and principles to be incorporated into the overall Cloud strategy and advised on implementing ServiceNow to manage digital workflows for ITSM (ITIL). Outcomes include achieving operational cost efficiencies and significant increase in customer subscriptions

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• For a quasi-government financial services organization: Proposed and designed a target state architecture, operating models and roadmap as part of a large modernization initiative, including incorporation of Cloud Native principles and an aim to be Cloud-First along with incorporating DevSecOps and Enterprise Agility. Outcomes include successful adoption of Cloud

• For a large multi-lateral financial services organization: Provided an Applications Ecosystem Rationalization Strategy by analyzing the organization's applications ecosystem and conducting alternatives analysis, which resulted in cost- savings and product normalization. The recommended option was also ensured to be aligned to business drivers of the organization

• For a DoD specialized agency: Managed and delivered components of multiple business case analyses (BCA), complete with recommendations and interactive cost models, to support funding from higher authorities. Of the numerous funding requests put forward by the client, funds were only awarded for issues supported by Gartner's BCAs. BCA topics included cloud migration, identity and access management, innovation, telephony, and privileged user monitoring. As an extended engagement, designed a reusable framework for determining cloud migration as a part of the leadership vision. Additionally, also supported 4th estate agencies in portfolio management and adherence to DoD CIO metrics

• For a large global hi-tech industry leader: Validated current state applications ecosystem (inventory) and defined the functionality those applications deliver, along with the business capabilities they enable. Reviewed future state required capabilities across their business, operating, and technology models. Results are driving executive IT decision- making for supporting very aggressive revenue growth with market leading customer experiences

• At a top 5 financial services organization: Developed an enterprise architecture and integration strategy for aligning core banking & servicing capabilities with long-term NextGen objectives. Work included functional capability assessment, product selection, cloud migration approaches, enterprise architecture assessment, EA best practices definition, EA governance, and defining DevOps standards (e.g., configuration & release management, development best practices)

• For a leading national mortgage lender and servicer: Led strategy assessment and recommendations for a legacy servicer platform, including an assessment of the proposed architecture and recommendations based on industry best practices. Recommendations included designing reference architectures for areas such as Service-Orientated Architecture (SOA), Microservices, Development Architectures (Agile, Coding best practices), Mobility, User Experience

(UX), Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Integration Platform as a Service (IPaaS.) TATA AMERICAS INC (DIVISION OF TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES (TCS)), New York, NY 2010 - 2015 Practice Lead

• Spearheaded the Business & IT Architecture Consulting practice of TCS in North America. Provided advisory services to customers in the field of Business Design and Architecture, Enterprise Architecture and Solutions Architecture. Transformed and built-up the EA (Business & IT Architecture) Consulting Practice at TCS by focusing on business outcome-oriented EA vs. traditional 'IT ' view

• Responsible for managing 40+ clients. Internal accomplishments include

• Achieved $12 million+ revenues annually, with 90+% customer retention

• Coordinated teams and cultivated collaboration from disparate locations (off-shore multi-sites and onsite)

• Trained and mentored junior level staff in design methodologies, architecture standards and process methodologies Sample client engagements

• At a top 5 life sciences company: Successfully designed, managed and implemented a digital multi-channel marketing solution definition & oversight to accelerate adherence to development standards (Agile, DevOps) while evangelizing best practices. Results included a global campaign that increased sales by 15% for a consumer product, harmonized standards and processes, reduced cycle time with Go-To-Market strategies, and attained cost efficiencies by adopting a POD model for development

• For a $68 million logistics organization: Designed cloud reference architectures across the service models of IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS to guide future cloud deployments. In addition, analyzed business imperatives and technical architecture dependencies and constraints to determine the appropriate target-state Cloud Management Platform and Brokerage model

• For a leading energy/utilities provider: Defined a forward-looking EA strategy to support business imperatives of agility, risk reduction, emerging capabilities incubation and cost sustainability ARAVIND THYAGARAJAN, PMP PAGE 3

TEK SYSTEMS, Washington, DC 2010 - 2010

Enterprise & Solution Architect

Provide technology advisory services to US Federal Civilian clients GENERAL DYNAMICS IT, Washington, DC 2009 - 2010

Senior Project Manager

Responsible for business development, account management, thought leadership and task delivery. Accomplishments included securing $15M+ in recompete contract space and serving as interim advisor to the DCIO & CIO in technology strategy adoption.

ACCENTURE, Reston, VA 2007 - 2009

Manager (Consulting)

Sample Engagements

• For a California State Benefits Administration Agency: Designed and implemented strategies for modernizing the agency's legacy environment

• For a Top Five Retail Bank: Led a strategic planning, architecture and delivery initiative for a Fortune 500 Financial Services client crafting a roadmap for data center move and application/service virtualization strategies FURTHER EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AVAILABLE ON REQUEST 1997 - 2007 EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Master of Engineering (Software Systems), BITS, Pilani, India Master of Science (Computer Science), Bharathidasan University, India Bachelor of Science (Computer Science), Bharathidasan University, India Certified PMP

Certified Master Technology Architect (Accenture)

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