Performance-driven Vice President with 19 years of experience aligning systems with business requirements, policies and regulatory requirements. Passionate about applying excellent organization and communication skills to manage and lead teams. Results-oriented individual well-versed in interfacing and consulting on business processes to drive results based on sound overall business judgment.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Vice President
Credit-Suisse
Mumbai
05.2021 - Current
Heading IT Site Operations and Data Centre Support for, Mumbai and Delhi Offices
Bank branch office includes supervising activities of RBI servers, IFTAS regulations and related activities
coordinating the submission of questions on IT cyber security and incidents to the RBI-regulated body Daksh
Managing IT infrastructure operations spanned between multiple sites, responsibility includes but is not limited to supervising VDI infrastructures for users hosted in APAC and EMEA, local end-user computing support, video, conferencing setup, and tab-to-print support, projects, and asset management
Data Center Operations: hands-and-feet support, which includes tape backups, tape inventories and retention, EOL device replacement, and audit compliance as per set Credit-Suisse standards
Asset and inventory management, FAR reconciliation, and asset audits Risk and compliance from IT perspective
Liaison between CS business operation users and various IT teams (app development, infrastructure, etc.) on all support-related queries Business stakeholder management and contribute to senior leadership meetings
Maintain effective communication with the internal and external clients to understand their application-related issues, questions, and problems
Driving initiatives to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of support processes
Handling of business/IT communication in case of a major events, & outage
Oversee active and open incidents to ensure a proper final resolution or workaround
Responsible for defining, measuring, reporting, and creating transparent mechanisms for visibility into programs and projects to stakeholders and executive management
Ensure regulatory compliance standards and processes are followed
Regional deployment Lead PAN India-managed projects: M365 apps and service deployment for more than 18k users and Workplace Modernization: Redesign EUC devices and refresh VC hardware
Part of "Community of Practice" core member for cross-skilling and up-skilling existing talent pool
Review and update business continuity and disaster recovery plan
Knowledge of reciprocal testing, managing actual events during site non-availability, tabletop exercises, and simulation exercises from IT Ops perspective
Manage budgets, oversee, and approve IT costs
Contribute to Opex and Capex
Oversee overall IT Site Ops activity with a "speak up, listen up, and act" style.
Vice President
Citi Bank
08.2018 - 04.2021
Pune
The management of IT infrastructure site operations spanned three buildings with sixteen floors
Site support includes, but is not limited to, EMEA, APAC, and NA virtual machine users, local end-user computing support, video, conferencing setup, and tab-to-print printing support
Profound knowledge and experience in managing and exceeding support KPIs and critical technical support metrics (CSAT, TTR, backlogs, etc.)
Manage major operational outages and communications
Deliver technical direction and solutions consistent with global IT strategy and direction
Manage regional budgets and drive long-term IT support cost-cutting initiatives while improving service levels
Manage Capex and Opex from the IT perspective
Facilitate the "Make a Difference" and IT-Xchange forums for IT branding, understanding business IT requirements, and continuous improvement
Part of the Senior Leadership Team and Committee is engaged in IT transformation and the workspace of the future
Interact with various vendors for procurement-related activities
This includes evaluating new vendors and onboarding them into the system
Ensure that the incidents and service requests related to desktops, server hardware, databases, telephony, networking, video conferencing, mobile devices, printers, and software applications are resolved and closed within the defined SLAs
Drive daily incident management success from detection to resolution and dissatisfaction issues for customer accounts, leading to ongoing enhanced customer experiences
Pivotal role in setting up end-to-end IT infrastructure at the Pune incubation site for 600+ users and the end-state permanent site for 2100+ users.
Vice President
Northern Trust Corporation
Bangalore
08.2008 - 08.2018
Managed the build-out and expansion of the Pune incubation site for 1200+ users
Worked with the project team to design and build a permanent site from an IT infrastructure perspective that includes projecting IT requirements, testing and managing SEZ and DoT compliance, and other site-related activities
Create IT policies and guidelines for the employees, and ensure they are regularly reviewed and updated accordingly
Also, ensure that these policies are in line with the financial and regulatory compliance standards at a global level
An expert in offshore-onsite service delivery, incident management, change management, and experience in setting KPIs, cause analysis, quality audits, SLAs, and reporting adhering to the service delivery standards
I am well versed in the formal ITIL methodology, Project Management, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Communications Management, and Risk Management
Ensure that the incidents and service requests related to desktop and server hardware, databases, telephony, networking, video conferencing, mobile devices, printers, and software applications are resolved and closed within the defined SLAs
Hiring, training, mentoring engineers, and resource estimations
Ensure the preparedness of business continuity planning
Provide support to BCP/DR from an IT perspective during the BCP stress tests
Performed and arranged reciprocity between two production sites
Identifying alternative recovery strategies, implementing business resilience, and working from home on projects for mission-critical users
MIS/Reporting Dashboard Project for all the teams in North America, EMEA, and APAC
Managed Desktop OS: Migration from XP to Windows 7 for 5000 virtual desktops allocated to users in EMEA, APAC, and North America
Managed the migration of 800 physical desktops into a virtual environment.
Assistant System Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
Bangalore
06.2006 - 08.2008
Worked as Assistant System Engineer for multiple clients in TCS
Technical Support Engineer
HP
Bangalore
05.2005 - 06.2006
Worked as Technical Support Engineer for HP products for Canada and North America business clients
Technical Support Officer
HCL Technologies
Noida
08.2004 - 03.2005
Worked as Technical Support Officer for SBC yahoo eDLS for North American business clients
Education
MBA - Project Management
Sikkim Manipal University
Bangalore
05.2013 - 08.2014
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Delhi University
New Delhi
06.1996 - 04.1999
Skills
IT operations management
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Additional Information
RAVE Gold Bar for partnership—Credit Suisse
Platinum award for the best performance—Citicorp
Silver award work as a partner—Citicorp
Bronze award for excellence in execution—Citicorp
Five Citi Gratitude awards—Citicorp Citi
Silver award for migration project – Northern Trust
Silver award for diversity and engagement—Northern Trust
SPOT award for excellence in execution—Northern Trust
Volume Oscar award for the best performance—Hewlett Packard