SHASHIKANT JOSHI

Bangalore, India Mobile: +91-953******* E-Mail: adfzs8@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashikant-joshi-5891a91/ Skype Id: 919*********

Summary

Highly Accomplished and decisive Consulting Cloud Director with over 23 years of progressive experience in IT Leadership, Project Management, Delivery Management, Strategic Planning, Presales, Performance Evaluation, Staff Development and Managing Project Financials. Demonstrated great success in delivering large and complex Oracle Cloud projects. Results Driven and Resourceful leader with proven track record of delivering successful Cloud implementations

Core Skills re Ski

Professional Experience

Oracle Corporation – Oct 2010 to Present

Consulting Cloud Director

Accountable for supervising Oracle Fusion Cloud Projects which include Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM and Oracle Fusion Cloud CX Sales Cloud projects

Proven track record of Successful implementation of more than 50 complex Global Cloud projects

Close collaboration with global Cloud consulting & leadership team

People management responsibilities including performance reviews and career development

Develop strategic plans to provide accelerators required for Delivery optimization

Manages process of scoping, planning, costing, and pricing new projects

Participated in successful completion of ISO 27001 certification improving Information security practices in the organization

Demonstrating thought leadership through webinars, Brown bag sessions and articles. Developed Reuse Strategy for the offshore delivery Process

Manages relationships with client stakeholders, seeking to build strong client relationships and build pipeline of future work

Ensures proper internal management systems are adhered to, including time, to facilitate accurate reporting

Coach and Mentor Project Managers Technical Leads and Consultants as required

Creates demand for consulting services in new areas of client organization through business development efforts, focused on business outcomes

Key Accomplishments

Received “Global services Division Portfolio Consultant of the Year Award” in 2015

Received “Oracle North America Consulting Excellence Award”in 2014 for exceptional performance

IBM Corporation – Jan 2008 to Oct 2010

Senior Delivery Manager

Worked as second line manager leading a team of 250+ offshore resources across various streams

Effectively manage and develop team including work assignment, personal development and career planning

Establish effective relationships across multiple business and technology partners, program and project managers

Interface with business professionals, application developers and technical staff working in an agile process and environment

Meet regularly with enterprise account managers to provide status, plan and manage new project risks and delivery timelines

People management responsibilities including performance reviews and career development

Develop and maintain a high performing team through effective hiring, vendor partner management, coaching and performance management

Work with Project Managers to create project schedules, scope changes, and execute project hand-off to customer support

Key Accomplishments

Received the ‘IBM Spot Award’ for contribution towards recruitment of 120 Siebel consultants for AT&T Eagle Project in a span of 2 months in2009

Effectively closed 800 production tickets in Vodafone Greece account in a span of 3 weeks

Cognizant Technology Solutions – Jul 2007 – Dec 2007

Onsite Project Manager

Played a pivotal role in delivering of batch interfaces for 27 EU countries and retrofitting batch interfaces for 7 EU countries

Supervised an onsite-offshore team of 20 people working in delivery of data interfaces based on Wave 4 implementation for 19 EU markets

Managed effort estimation & release scoping of e-exercises, delivery of retrofit objects to seven European markets and onsite deliveries

Wipro Technologies Ltd – Sep 2003 – Jul 2007

Project Manager

Spearheaded the delivery of Sales Force Automation project for the Glaxo Smith line using Siebel ePharma Application

Successfully led the designing of complex technical solutions, implementation of Marsh Siebel service and Siebel Financial services application for US Trust

Key Accomplishments

Received the “Feather in my Cap” Award 2007

Tech Mahindra Ltd., Pune – Apr 2003 – Sep 2003

Software Design Engineer

ICES Ltd., Bangalore – Sep 2001 – Mar 2003

Siebel Technical Consultant

Waltech Inc., USA – Aug 2000 – Sep 2001

Software Consultant

ICES Ltd., Bangalore – Jan 1997 – Jul 2000

Software Engineer

Education

MTech Software Systems – Birla Institute of Technology Pilani Rajasthan in 2020

Bachelor of Engineering. in Electronics & Communications Engineering from Karnataka University in 1996

Professional Accreditation

Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI (2009) – Valid till Oct 2021

IRCA Certified ISO 27001:2013 lead Auditor

Oracle 2019 Oracle HCM Cloud (Core HR) Certified

Oracle Certified Level 4 Project Manager

Oracle 2018 Oracle Sales Cloud certified

Oracle 2018 Oracle HCM Cloud (Core HR) Certified

People Management

Project management

Strategic Planning

Customer Satisfaction

Revenue Growth and Profitability

Business Planning and Analysis

Leadership and Team Building

Large Cloud Implementations

Thought Leadership

Business Planning and Analysis

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