Key Accomplishments:

• Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) Platform: As the Head of Big Data Practice at CenturyLink Technology Solutions (formerly Savvis Inc), I led the delivery of strategy, implementation, and managed services. The Big Data platform solutions that my team provided were instrumental in driving business growth for a leading financial services company and a leading omnichannel retailer.
• Cloud Computing Evangelist: Delivered keynote on Best Practices for Developing and Deploying SaaS at SaaSCon; created Cloud Adoption Strategy framework for Enterprise Hybrid IT Strategies.
  
• Site Reliability Engineering: At Aol, I deployed a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), led the implementation of DevSecOps for the Core Access Operations Apps portfolio for business agility, and authored the book Getting Started with Oracle SOA BPEL Process Manager.

Core Competencies:

• Leadership: Global Management, Profit & Loss (P&L), Financial Engineering, Coaching & Mentoring, Enterprise Architecture, and Analytical Problem Solving
• Data & Cloud: Data Ecosystem, Data Democratization, Data Platform Architectures, Data Stores(Warehouse, Lake, LakeHouse, DataMart, DataMesh), Data Security, Data Hub, and Data Fabric; Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Container as a Service (CaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Serverless & Cloud-Native Architectures with Azure, AWS, GCP, OCI, IBM Cloud, VMWare, and OpenShift
• Apps & Automation: Apps, Software, System, and Infrastructure Implementation, Rationalization, and Migration & Modernization; Release Automation (Continuous Integration/Delivery/Deployments and Testing Automation), CI/CD Pipelines, DevSecOps, Service Automation, Resource Provisioning Automation, and Infrastructure as a Code (IaaC)

IBM / Kyndryl, Inc
Jun 2018 - Present
Client Technology Leader @US Financial Services

• Responsible for CTO advisory initiatives to Kyndryl & Client C-Level executives for co-creating integrated solutions from idea to go-live to deliver enterprise excellence
• Provided mentoring and thought leadership for Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture, Apps & Cloud Migration & Modernization, DevSecOps, and Information Technology Outsourcing and Insourcing Initiatives plan and execution. It has produced over $225M in revenue
• Created a framework for assessing app portfolios to develop cloud disposition plans, roadmaps, and business opportunities.
• Onboarded new logo-integrated client in the insurance industry to adopt Hybrid Cloud, DevSecOps, and API-driven managed services to deliver on-demand one-click Guidewire application environment (US Largest Implementation). The solution reduced the environment delivery timeline from 45Days to 8Hours
• Designed enterprise security and compliance mandates solution to deploy Corporate Apps in the Azure Cloud for a strategic outsourcing client in the fintech industry
• Architected Cyber Resiliency and Disaster Recovery solution that delivered 20% TCO savings and enabled an application-based disaster recovery for a strategic outsourcing client in the insurance industry

CenturyLink Inc / Lumen Technologies
Oct 2011 - May 2018
Senior Director - Global Advanced Services Solution Center

• Directed large cross-organization matrix teams for multi-million-dollar complex solutions design and implementations in Apps, Data, Cloud, DevSecOps, SAP, Big Data, Apps & Infrastructure Rationalization, Data Center Migration, Consolidations & Modernization, Integration, and Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
• Managed and built high performing team of pre-sales and post-sales solutions architects delivering Digital Transformation across global enterprises strategic initiatives plan and execution that produced over $600M in revenue
• Created Cloud Readiness Assessment and Big Data Practice that brought opportunities in Digital Transformation
• Strategic Large Deal Pursuits (LDPs) and Onboarding go-to-person that produced 100% success rates

SRA International / General Dynamics Information Technology, Inc
Mar 2010 - Sep 2011
Chief Architect – Cloud and SOA Center of Excellence

• Cloud and SOA Center of Excellence Leader to provide thought leadership for conceptualizing, creating, and implementing optimized IT solutions in response to the SOWs, RFPs, and RFIs of over $15M that involved technology strategy, rationalization, modernization, integration, development, and operations strategic initiatives plan and execution that produced over $315M in revenue
• Developed Enterprise Cloud vision & strategy and provided technical leadership to engineering and operations stakeholders
• Designed & Delivered the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (World’s Largest Program) Apps modernization roadmap that enabled self-service and green initiatives to support paperless reporting and remote office

Previous Professional Experience
Before Feb 2010

• Operations Architect @{America Online (Aol Inc)}
• Software Architect@{United States National Library of Medicine, Lockheed Martin Management Systems Designers (MSD) Inc}
• Co-Founder@{StrategiesTool, Suchna!, Baghel Corporation}
• Senior Software Engineer@{AT&T, IBM Global Services}
• Research Scientist@{Founding Member@Mumbai Educational Trust’s Institute of Software Development & Research, and Artificial Intelligence Research Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay}

• Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies & Design Study Group, Cloud Migration & Modernization Solution Design Options, and Industry Leading Practices, Presented at IBM Your Learning
• Getting Started with Oracle SOA BPEL Process Manager, ISBN 978-1-84968-898-7, Packt Publishing
• Web Application Security Implementation and Industry Best Practices Handbook, Presented at SRA University
• Best Practices for Developing & Deploying SaaS, White Paper, Presented at SaaSCon, Santa Clara, California

• United States Federal CIO University
  Certified Chief Information Officer
• George Mason University
  Master of Science degree in Technology Management
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  Master of Science degree in Mathematics, Specialization in Operations Research and Statistics

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