To be a part of and lead a professional and competitive team dedicated to the implementation, operation and maintenance of mission-critical infrastructure.
Over 25 years of extensive experience in managing various aspects of Project-Operations management, asset management, including project co-ordination with design/engineering, and interaction with suppliers & provisioning to customers. Proven ability to swiftly ramp up projects with competent cross-functional skills & special delivery mechanism. Effective communicator with proficiency in communicating with professionals at all levels; analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Lumina Cloud Infra
07.2024 - Current
Develop and implement project schedules and resource plans.
Manage all phases of MEP projects from pre-construction planning to project closeout.
Coordinate with design teams, subcontractors, and vendors to ensure seamless integration of MEP systems.
Monitor project progress and performance against established milestones and objectives.
Conduct regular site visits and inspections to ensure compliance with plans, specifications, and regulatory requirements.
Proactively identify and resolve technical and logistical challenges related to MEP systems.
Provide leadership and mentorship to project teams, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment.
Communicate effectively with clients, stakeholders, and internal teams to provide updates and address concerns.
Ensure strict adherence to safety protocols and quality control standards throughout the project lifecycle.
Senior Program Manager
CtrlS Data Centres Limited
12.2019 - 05.2024
Company Overview: Mumbai.
Oversee all new Datacenter projects, from implementation to operations, ensuring smooth execution and addressing any issues.
Lead the construction of a new Datacenter infrastructure nationwide for the client.
Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for all stakeholders involved.
Install and manage the Hyperscale customer, overseeing both construction and operational support.
Leading the Program Management team for this Customer.
Take full ownership of programs from implementation to 24/7 operations.
Conduct regular operational and project review meetings, resolving issues with the infrastructure team.
Handle customer escalations and ensure compliance with MSA and SLAs.
Support business team by meeting customer requirements, initiating billing upon sign-off, and ensuring satisfaction.
Mumbai.
Operations Manager
UROOJ Technical
06.2018 - 12.2019
Company Overview: Sharjah (UAE). Trading Business.
Responsible for the Business Operations.
Providing the Solutions to the Sales team, Logistic Team, and Operations Team.
Supporting the Customer for all their issues and follow up for the due payments.
Supporting the Business Development Team in regards to the pricing and quotation problems.
Sharjah (UAE). Trading Business.
Lead Service Manager
Reliance Communications, ADA Group
09.2007 - 05.2018
Company Overview: Mumbai- India. Data-Centre.
Responsible for the timely service delivery of any new order booked by any of the customers.
Overseeing the service assurance functions of all customers of Reliance IDC.
To ensure timely delivery of projects with complete coordination for entire IDC cluster.
To maintain the end to end coordination during the project execution starting from PR raising to testing and healthy handover to IDC Operations team.
Act as the named point of contact for all projects under execution.
Developing project plans and sending it to customer, calling kick-off meetings, understanding and defining product delivery expectation.
Overseeing the day to day operations of the Project Executives.
Taking escalations of customer issues, if any related to delivery of the service.
Preparing weekly reports (internal) and sending it to the MIS team for analysis and sharing same with management.
Sending out the project status report of each project to the customer’s.
Post provision of service, receiving project acceptance from the customers.
Initiating Project Handover to the customer after completion of service delivery.
Documenting the project details and formal handover to service assurance and 24 x 7 support teams.
Assisting the ICO cluster Head in analysing the feedback by the customer and implementing improvement actions identified.
Addressing complaints of the customers IDC cluster, resolution and closure of the same.
Escalation & discussion of issues with IDC cluster Head, if required.
To maintain healthy and profitable business relationship with all the customers.
Work towards achievement of improved customer satisfaction of their respective cluster customers.
Controlling issues, doing follow up with customers and domains for resolution of active calls as recorded at the helpdesk.
Catering to III level escalation calls of the customers.
Managing the day to day operations of the reporting Project Executives.
Conducting Service Reviews with the customers as an when requested by the customer.
Conducting Tech–Checks of the customer & Satisfaction survey.
Arranging / doing Planned Events coordination, organizing approval/ clearance as required during the planned event, providing proactive communication to the customer.
Customer SLA/ Service deliverables tracking (the concerned premium SLAs) Monitoring and tracking performance against SLAs.
Mumbai- India. Data-Centre.
Key Project’s – DOP (Department of POST) Government’s Primary Datacenter and Disaster Recovery Datacenter Build at Mumbai and Mysore respectively.
Manipur State Datacenter Implementation.
Internal Expansion of Server Hall in Bangalore and Mumbai IDC.
Operations Manager
Hewlett-Packard
05.2005 - 09.2007
Company Overview: Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Mumbai- India.
Responsible for handling complete IT Setup: System/ Network/ database implementation and administration and Operations management.
Handling IT Vendor management.
Responsible for IT procurement and Negotiations.
Identifying suitable suppliers of technology goods and services through structured assessment.
Executing agreement appropriate support contracts for requirements such as hardware maintenance backed by service level agreements.
Monitoring supplier relationships and holding them to account against agreed service levels.
Negotiation for best value.
To produce user and system guides and technical documentation for new systems when required.
Responsible for the implementation of IT projects in all regional & branch offices.
Promoting agreed policy and best practice through example and education.
Contribution to the development of local procedures.
Promoting and participation in cooperative working with sister agencies.
Liaising with local support channels for the replacement/repair of faulty equipment.
Liaising with 3rd party suppliers for procurement of technology goods and services.
Recommending equipment purchases for company centers.
Responding to support calls/enquiries, determining appropriate solutions and implementation of them, working within agreed procedures and IT principles.
To undertake support of PC software and hardware systems.
To undertake systems administration tasks for reporting team.
To undertake support tasks on the network and other systems as required.
To undertake the timely response and resolution of user support requests in line with IT procedures and service level agreements.
To escalate calls when required to local third party suppliers or to mainline management.
To undertake visits to regional offices within the designated region as required.
To maintain an awareness of current and emerging business applications developments, to undertake training and to apply knowledge appropriately.
Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Mumbai- India.
Technical Support – Team lead
PCS India Ltd
06.1999 - 05.2005
Company Overview: Mumbai- India.
Responsible for the uptime of the various client projects being managed / monitored.
Work on the change request and new Installations.
Ensure Setup are properly tested and handed over to Customers.
Conduct audits of the setups done by the fellow engineers to make sure that the setup being handed over to the customer is done to the customer’s satisfaction.
Following up with Vendors for hardware & software whenever required & resolving issues by minimizing downtimes.
Guiding all other branches for configuration & troubleshooting software and networking problems.
Carrying out Problem Management activity for customer.
Improve the quality of the tools and putting innovative ideas to enhance the operations performance.
To ensure that all technical documentation is kept up-to-date and agreed standards and procedures are adhered to.
To maintain accurate configuration and asset details.
To Track calls, log actions and to keeping users, and where appropriate members of the IT department, informed of progress in resolving problems.
To keep company’s hardware and software inventory up-to-date and accurate.
To manage equipment allocation for the local office teams.
Configure local offices as required including workgroups, AD, printing, cabling, and connectivity as appropriate.
To undertake the timely set-up and upgrading of PC equipment, including Desktops, laptops, printers and peripherals, and to install software to agreed standards.