CIO / CTO

Career Focus: CIO/CTO/VP/ Director - To provide direction and leadership for excelling your IT and other Organizations performance to help drive up the revenue.

Executive Summary: Seasoned Leader, Strategic Thinker and Go getter IT Industry executive and manager, PMI certified Senior IT Project Manager, technology and outsourcing expert with 15+ years of experience

Industry Verticals: Industry Experience · Outsourcing – 15 years of experience in outsourced delivery management environment· Insurance - 10 years – new development, product customization, client server, web, application management, migration· Utilities - 2 years - application modernization, technology change, legacy development, testing· Manufacturing – 2 years - year 2000 conversion for core manufacturing control system application· Distribution – 1 year - application modernization, system limits expansion· Human resources - 2 years – Talent acquisition, Global sourcing, RPO, BPO· Retail – 1 year – system limits expansion, development· RFID, Nanotechnology – 1 year

Areas ofExpertise: Key Expertise and Value Addition· Entrepreneur, CIO, VP and Executive - Marketing, IT Delivery, Operations, Finance, Strategy · Account management, customer relationship management and sales support· Resource and workload management· Software development, software testing· Organizational planning and process improvement· Offshorization – setup and execution· CMM Level 5 and organizational processes improvement· Turnkey project management, delivery management· International work culture experience· Leadership, team building and performance management· Strategic Planning – Vision and Roadmap, Initiative Planning, Program planning

ProfessionalAchievements:ProfessionalAchievements…cont’d: Achievements at Delonti Inc 2008 - Current· Operational Setup, Customer Account Partner, IT Delivery and Capabilities management· Strategy and Product and Solutions · Lead and Direct Onsite and offshore Staff and management · Setup Offshore operations· Account building, business Development, New Business and portfolio management· Web content, Enterprise architecture, Information ManagementContributions to Employers and CustomersDedicated Technologies (DTI) 2006 - 2008· Managed large internet project (1.2M) involving multiple business units, multiple customers and stakeholders· Largest team managed – 44 resources· Lead the leadership group for DTI, provided mentorship for new DTI employees· Defined and implemented buddy system to improve employee communication processes· Conducted DTI employee performance reviews, conducted candidate technical interviews for project managers· Facilitated roadmap planning, strategic initiative planning meetings for enterprise internet program· Streamlined offshore resource usage processes resulting in gained efficiencies and cost savings· Contributed to initial program setup activities for Nationwide Ins. by tailoring methodology as an early adopter· Piloted the deliverables, provided feedback for the program office on the methodology· Provided and implemented recommendations for managing small projects /enhancements for nw.com portfolio· Managed (concurrently) up to 4 small internet projects / 2 medium internet technology projects · Implemented Information security risk management, technology evaluation & contract management processes· Reported dash board progress updates to VP and AVP level stakeholders / steering committee membersHTC Global Services 2002 - 2006· Co-managed $13M dollars /250K hrs mega project in an enterprise program environment· Largest onsite team managed – 20 resources; largest offshore team managed – 30 resources· Implemented processes for financial management and project performance measurements· Acted as planning, scheduling and facilitation expert· Mentorship for junior project managers on planning and scheduling tools (e.g. Ms-project and Primavera)· Managed multiple concurrent projects for State Farm Insurance· Implemented pilot program for managing projects by dollars and hours using primavera· Lead efforts for establishing program processes for inter/intra program dependency managementCGI / Formerly Known as IMR global, IMR 1993 - 2002· Managed John Hancock and Progressive Ins. accounts (Annual revenue - $7M dollars) from offshore center· Largest onsite team managed – 15 resources; largest offshore team managed – 60 resources· Turned around projects using creative delivery and workload management initiatives · Represented organization at public conferences· Contributed towards preparing the organization for CMM level5 certification· Orchestrated the Global Insurance Open Solutions (GIOS) practice setup in development center in India· Demonstrated corporate capabilities to the visiting customers and prospects· Implemented CMM level 4 and level 5 processes across all projects under control· Managed multiple concurrent engagements from onsite and offshore· Focused efforts for process improvements for onsite-offshore communication, quality & defect management · Established independent testing team for mega projects to ensure quality solutions from CGI offshore centers· Established test team for GIOS product group for CGI, UK· Implemented business knowledge management processes for insurance sector· Provided technical and implementation leadership for Whirlpool’s year2000 remediation effort· Streamlined deliveries for an insurance customer by setting up delivery parameter management process· Regained customer confidence by implementing the metrics management and service level agreements· Lead steering committee conferences, implemented management review practice for projects under control· Contributed towards enrichment of organizational goal setting, performance, appraisal processes · Interviewed, mentored and groomed project managers and project leaders· Performed various technical & non-technical roles in delivering dozen plus turnkey projects

Roles &Responsibilities: Roles, Customers and Durations CIO, VP and Delivery Executive – Corporate – 01/08 – current· CIO, Operations, Leadership, Strategy, Technology, IT Outsourcing, Delivery managementSenior Project Manager – Nationwide Insurance - 08/06 – 01/08· Program management, business alignment, initiative roadmap planning, delivery managementProject Manager – State Farm - 11/02 – 07//06· Program management, planning, scheduling, delivery, offshore managementProduct Testing Manager – VHI - 03/02 – 011/02· Product test management, customization, customer user communications, test organization setupAccount Manager – John Hancock and Progressive Insurance - 05/00 – 03/02· Delivery, customer expectation management, customer satisfaction, accounts managementProject Manager – Arrow Elect - 11/99 – 05/00· Portfolio analysis, technology solutions, application development, offshorizationProject Manager – Salt River Project - 10/98 – 11/99· Project management, application development, technology migration Project Manager – Whirlpool Corp - 01/97 – 10/98· Project Management, delivery management, customer communicationTechnical Roles – South California Edison, Discover Card, Target Corp, Carrier Corp - 03/93 – 01/97· Project leadership, onsite leadership, technology solutions, architecture, planning, customization, testing, development, coordination, coding, program specs, design, develop, implementations

Methodologies& Technologies: Project Development Methodologies· AM, AMF, SFPM, SDM, ESDmProject Management Tool· MS-Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, Word, Excel, Primavera’s project and portfolio manager, Plainview, Clarity, Niku, WorkbenchClient Server and Web Technologies· Java, J2EE, Web sphere, Ajax, Documentum, VB, Java, Developer 2000, Oracle, mySQL, Netexpress, JavaScript, Web sphere, XML, UML, CSS, PHP, DHTML, CRM Concepts, Web sphere, IVR/CTIMainframe Technologies· Cobol, MF-Cobol, CICS, DB2, CSP, Telon, Rexx, UDB, IMS, IDMS, VSAM, DYL-280, ASM, MVS, OS390

Education: Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science)· Government college of engineering, aurangabad, India – 1992

Awards, Certifications,Memberships & Affiliations: Awards · Project manager excellence award –2001 by IMR Global· Long service awards by IMR,· Service excellence award by Salt River Project (SRP)Certifications · Project management professional (PMP) by Project Management Institute (PMI)· Software project management by American Management Association (AMA)· Advanced project management by PrimaveraMemberships· Project Management Institute (PMI)· American Management Association (AMA)Affiliations· Nanotechmarketplace yahoo forum administrator

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Legal Status US permanent resident (Green card)

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