Aarti Bansal
Senior Program Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Program manager with 21 years of expertise in successfully leading complex technical programs, ensuring alignment with business objective & Utilizing strong leadership and risk management skills to guide cross-functional teams. Recognized for strong collaboration skills and adaptability in dynamic environments. Committed to staying updated on changing technologies and organizational transformation. Firm believer in the power of servant leadership to enable and empower teams.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
Work History
Technical Senior Program Manager
Cisco
Bengaluru
11.2023 - Current
- Worked across 50+ stakeholders in Sales, Strategy and Engineering team to build a strategy for double revenue growth in 3 years
- Evaluated emerging industry trends to identify potential growth opportunities for the organization.
- Implementing Build Environment security across Cisco to achieve Federal certification. 105 Build environment with 8 Security criteria in 2 months
- Common Operating System across DataCenter, Service providers and Enterprise market segment. Engineering Efficiency improvement - 2 times
- Key rotation Policy across common HW for effective utilization of Assembly Line - Engineering & CAPEX improvement - 3 times
- Drove innovation within the company by fostering a culture of collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning.
LEADER PMO
Cisco
Bengaluru
07.2018 - 11.2023
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve company-wide goals, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
- Overcame challenging deadlines and resource limitations by reallocating personnel and focusing on priority tasks.
- Access & Aggregation Portfolio Management with 30+ programs spanning across releases, New product introductions and customer escalations
- Multiple initiatives to smoothen and automate process framework using Dashboards
- Expanding technical understanding in ASIC development, Enterprise portfolio and data centres
- Oversaw day-to-day activities of 10+ employees in framework establishment, fostering inspiring atmosphere to optimize employee experiences.
- Thought Leadership events and revenue model programs to understand customer perspective and working with product management team to define and set priorities
- Steered Audits across BU by working with Audit partners and engineering teams
- Evaluated customer needs and feedback to drive product and service improvements.
- Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets
IT PROGRAM MANAGER
Ericsson India
Bengaluru
07.2014 - 07.2018
- Deployed IaaS for It datacenter in West Africa region
- Designed and developed programs and projects for dissemination to personnel throughout life cycle
- Selecting and managing vendors who provide company with IT services
- Negotiate use of resources in matrix management environment
- Program Manager for Edge Router
Software Engineer
Hughes
Gurgaon
11.2003 - 07.2014
- SW Engineer - >Tech Lead->Development Manger
- Developed scalable and maintainable code, ensuring long-term stability of the software.
- Integrated new technologies into existing systems, increasing capabilities and improving overall performance.
- Consistently met project deadlines by effectively managing time and prioritizing tasks according to importance.
- Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
- Improved software performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in the code.
- Fastest Bug resolver
Education
MCA - Master of Computer Applications
Mohan Lal Sukhadia University
India 07.2020 - 11.2003
Skills
Strategic planning
Staff Management
Networking – Transport (Access/Agg/Peering/Edge/Core)
Problem-Solving
Excellent Communication
Flexible and Adaptable
undefinedTools
Rally
JIRA
Confluence/Wiki/sharepoint
MS Office
Microsoft Project
Certification
GenAI for Project Managers
Timeline
Technical Senior Program Manager
Cisco
11.2023 - Current
MCA - Master of Computer Applications
Mohan Lal Sukhadia University
07.2020 - 11.2003
LEADER PMO
Cisco
07.2018 - 11.2023
IT PROGRAM MANAGER
Ericsson India
07.2014 - 07.2018
Software Engineer
Hughes
11.2003 - 07.2014
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