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Arun Kawalkar

Service Delivery Manager / Program Manager / Transition Manager / Agile Coach / ITSM & ITIL Expert / Pre-Sales & Solutioning
Mumbai
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Arun Kawalkar

Summary

Agile, DevOps, ITIL 4 Expert and Prince2 Certified professional with 16+ years of progressive experience in Leadership, Operations and Project Management, Pre-Sales and Solutioning.

Excellent record of improving Overall Efficiency, Productivity and Cost optimization.

Outstanding Interpersonal, Analytical, Strategic and Presentation skills.

Expertise in Implementation and Management of IT Infrastructure Services and Application Development & Support Services

Major Roles Played: Service Delivery Manager, Program Manager, Project Manager, Transition Manager, Pre-Sales Lead, Business Analyst, IT Consultant

Worked on preparing End to End IT Solutions (Infrastructure / Application / Tools), IT Proposals, Statement Of Work (SOW)

Worked with the Pre-Sales and Center Of Excellence (COE) teams.

Overview

17
years of professional experience
10
Certificates
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai

IT Program Manager
04.2020 - Current

Job overview

Customer: National Railway Company, Belgium
Project Description: IT Infrastructure Support, Application Development and Maintenance, Data Center Services, SAP and Security Services
Team Size: 120+
Project Highlights:

  • Transitioned and transformed overall IT Landscape
  • Successfully Migrated over 200 Applications from On-Prem to Cloud Data Center
  • 27 % improved availability of Ticket booking Systems resulting in additional revenue of ~€ 36 MN yearly through online booking
  • 15 % Improved Customer Satisfaction
  • 60 % improved MTTR

Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai

Service Delivery Manager
02.2019 - 03.2020

Job overview

Customer: Large Banking Sector Customer, Switzerland

Project Description: Automation and Chat Bots / Application Development & Maintenance

Team Size: 84

Project Highlights:

  • Identified and Automated several Manual Process successfully.
  • Enhanced Existing Automation using AI & ML
  • Developed and implemented several AI ChatBots

Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai

Service Delivery Manager
01.2016 - 12.2018

Job overview

Customer: Retail Customer, USA/Canada
Project Description: IT Infrastructure Support / Datacenter Support / Application Development & Support
Team Size: 100+
Project Highlights:

  • Continuous Cost Optimization
  • Implemented several Shift Left and Automation Initiatives successfully
  • Improved MMTR, High Reduction in Application downtime

Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai

Transition Manager
06.2015 - 12.2015

Job overview

Customer: Largest Toys and Baby products retail chain in Canada

Project Description: IT Service Transition (L1 Service Desk and Microsoft Systems L2/L3)
Team Size: 30
Project Highlights: Completed the Transition without any Schedule delays or SLA/KPI misses. ZERO SLA/KPI Penalties.

Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai

Project Lead
04.2013 - 05.2015

Job overview

Customer: Large Retail Chain of stores in USA
Project Description: End to End IT Infrastructure Support including Datacenter Management
Team Size: 80
Project Highlights:

  • 100% Customer Satisfaction Index consistently for several Cycles
  • Significant improvements in Overall SLAs/KPIs consistently
  • Designed and Implemented various Transformational initiatives, leading to enhanced Productivity, Cost Reduction and Business benefits for both internal and external stakeholders
  • Continuous Cost Optimization

Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai

Team Lead
08.2008 - 03.2013

Job overview

Customer: Large Retail Chain of Stores in USA and Canada

Project Description: IT Infrastructure Support (L1 Helpdesk & Microsoft Systems L2/L3)

Team Size: 50

Project Highlights:

  • Implemented IT Service Management aligned with ITIL
  • Continuous improvement in overall efficiency in efforts and cost

Convergys
Mumbai

Team Lead
06.2006 - 07.2008

Job overview

Customer: One of the Largest ISP

Project Description: L1 Helpdesk

Project Highlights: Awarded Best Performer several times.

Education

R. D. National College
Mumbai

Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
03.2005 - 03.2006

Skills

    Client Relationship Management

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Certification

ITIL V4 Expert Certification

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Timeline

IT Program Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2020 - Current

Service Delivery Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2019 - 03.2020

Service Delivery Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
01.2016 - 12.2018

Transition Manager

Tata Consultancy Services
06.2015 - 12.2015

Project Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
04.2013 - 05.2015

Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services
08.2008 - 03.2013

Team Lead

Convergys
06.2006 - 07.2008

R. D. National College

Bachelor of Science from Computer Science
03.2005 - 03.2006
Arun KawalkarService Delivery Manager / Program Manager / Transition Manager / Agile Coach / ITSM & ITIL Expert / Pre-Sales & Solutioning