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Education
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Major Projects Delivered
Accomplishments
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Sanchit Khanna

Sanchit Khanna

Digital Transformation IT Project Manager
Noida

Summary

Experienced IT Project/Program Manager with over 10 years of expertise in driving digital transformation initiatives within Nokia's Digital Office. Proven track record of successfully leading cloud migration projects, optimizing costs, and modernizing IT infrastructure and applications. Expertise spans cloud computing, project management, business analysis, service delivery, and vendor management.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications

Work History

IT PROJECT MANAGER

Nokia
Noida
07.2022 - Current
  • Dealing with Large programs in Nokia Digital office such as Cost optimization, Cloud programs and Process Automation.
  • Led the migration of Citrix HVDs to Azure, establishing an in-house migration team and securing 1 million Euros in funding. This initiative resulted in annual cost savings of 600,000 Euros.
  • Successfully exited a major datacenter and transitioned applications to the cloud, leveraging lift-and-shift methodologies and hardware refresh. This project generated 2 million Euros in annual savings.
  • Participated in a significant RFP process with a partner vendor, driving major IT changes, datacenter consolidation, security remediation, and EOSL remediation/modernization of applications and infrastructure across the organization.
  • Project Management & Cost Optimization: Led projects, managed budgets, and optimized costs through outsourcing and business case development.
  • Stakeholder Management & Program Delivery: Managed program KPIs, drove steering committee meetings, and ensured successful delivery of projects across multiple business groups.
  • Process Improvement & Strategic Planning: Developed project scopes, monitored project effectiveness, and implemented strategic initiatives for security remediation and process improvement.

SME PROJECT LEAD

IBM
Noida
03.2016 - 07.2022
  • Led cross-functional teams in IT projects with business, technology, and financial components.
  • Managed compliance for 3 healthcare IT projects, developing improvement plans, reporting dashboards, and capacity planning.
  • Provided performance reporting and monitoring for service providers, ensuring compliance with SLAs and driving service improvements.
  • Experienced in technical architecture review, contributing to hardware, network, software, and security decisions.
  • Developed and implemented agile, cost-effective hosting solutions for high-performance, scalable environments.

ANALYST TRAINEE

HCL
Noida
06.2014 - 09.2015
  • Worked for VMWARE IT Infrastructure.
  • Worked on Identity management and Access control.
  • Implemented new or improved Incident, Problem, Change, Configuration and Continuous Improvement processes, procedures and systems.

Education

B. TECH - ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION

BBDNITM (UPTU)
Lucknow
01.2010 - 06.2014

Skills

IT Landscape Management

Budgeting & Cost Optimization

Vendor Management & Stakeholder Management

AI & Automation

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Certification

VMware vSphere 6.7(VCP6-DCV) certified.

Major Projects Delivered

Nokia

  • Led datacenter exit strategy, migrating and modernizing applications to cloud and on-premises environments, resulting in $2M savings.
  • Implemented a major program as a part of RFP to optimize the IT landscape, enhancing security, monitoring, and operational efficiency.
  • Automated processes on ServiceNow for new demands and IT project requests, establishing a factory model for in-house programs.

IBM

  • Successfully transitioned three healthcare projects from external vendors to IBM.
  • Conducted Proof of Concept (POC) on Blockchain for Business for IBM clients


Accomplishments

  • VMware vSphere 6.7 (VCP6-DCV) certified.
  • Agile Practitioner, PMP, and Safe Agile training.
  • Certified Blockchain Consultant.
  • Google Cloud Digital Leader training.
  • Azure Foundation training.

Timeline

IT PROJECT MANAGER

Nokia
07.2022 - Current

SME PROJECT LEAD

IBM
03.2016 - 07.2022

ANALYST TRAINEE

HCL
06.2014 - 09.2015

B. TECH - ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION

BBDNITM (UPTU)
01.2010 - 06.2014

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