SHEKHAR NIGAM

[Client: for Top Credit Rating Agency]

Solution Enablement and Product Deployment, Product Compliance - PCI and SOC2 Audits, Tableau To Superset Dashboard Migrations, Stakeholder Management, Scrum Teams, Executive Summary, Client Engagement

• Led large scale initiatives independently managing sub-program components, project plans.
• Managed cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products within scope and budget constraints.
• Collaborated and consulted project coordinators, business partners, project staff, stakeholders, and project leads in times of highly unusual or complex ambiguity and achieve project goals and established timelines
• Analyzed resource requirements, project dependencies, planning, status reporting, effective communications, ongoing risk adaptation, appropriate escalation strategies and implementation while leading team to meet objective.
• Conducted risk assessments to identify potential issues early in the project lifecycle, mitigating potential delays or setbacks
• Ensured compliance with industry regulations and organizational policies throughout the program lifecycle, mitigating potential risks or liabilities for the company.
• Mentored junior team members, contributing to their professional growth and fostering a positive work environment.

IT Consulting and Business Development, Startup Hatch, End to End Solutions, Process Design, Project Delivery, Budgeting and Cost Management, Advisor to Leadership

• Optimized IT infrastructure through strategic planning, evaluating emerging technologies and industry trends to provide informed recommendations.
• Served as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on technology strategy decisions, aligning IT initiatives with overall business objectives.
• Conformed to quality, performance and inter-operability standards for implementation of solutions and process standardization
• Managed infrastructure/Products upgrades, analysis and resolution of end user hardware and software issues
• Client engagement, Team building, Coaching and Mentoring

Program management, iteration deliverables, driving prioritization discussions, Application Migration and On boarding, Stakeholder management, Automation and Workflow management, Process streamlining, Product development and training, Executive summary and reporting

• Responsible for SOPHIA implementation (Asia, America, Europe) - Migration of 10000+ Accounts and 500+ Business Applications for Corporate and Investment Bank - Banking Division
• Established criteria for each milestone within product roadmap as means to measure developmental progress
• Successfully migrated and on boarded users for most critical applications supporting business transaction and trading systems to new authenticating platform with no major issues
• Facilitate continuous inputs, objectives, milestones, business context in planning readiness with, Product Owner and agile team
• Lead support forums, assist with managing risks, impediments, and cross-team dependencies and alignment, retrospectives and enable continuous improvement, cross functional team collaboration
• Played key role in fast tracking Application Adoption Programs
• Communicated effectively with team members to deliver updates on project milestones and deadlines
• Resolved workflow issues and roadblocks to optimize team productivity and improve delivery time to meet business requirements

Product Management (non-IT), Scalability, Marketing, Automation, Business Analysis, Consulting

• Negotiated terms of business acquisitions to increase business base and solidify market presence.
• Studied market to determine optimal pricing of goods and capitalize on emerging opportunities.
• Cultivated forward-thinking, inclusive and performance-driven company culture to lead industry innovations.
• Defined company roles and responsibilities to establish and enhance processes.

Project governance, Datacenter Migrations, Building Powerdowns, Application BCP’s, Infra and App modernization initiatives, Resource Management, Change Management, Regulatory, compliance and Infosec fulfillments, Risk mitigation, Team building and coaching, Process development and improvements, Executive reporting

• Led and Migrated Regional datacenter from Hong Kong to Singapore. (Teams involved: Unix, Windows, Database, Networks, Storage, Backup Teams, Applications, AD)
• Developed and led large-scale technology initiatives for long-term strategic plans and solutions.
• Collaborated with team to define and explore business challenges, creating technical roadmaps based on findings
• Led and managed Application BCP's, Powerdown events, Data recovery, Baremetal to Cloud and Firms Most Critical Network changes – Firewall/Router Upgrades & Migrations successfully
• Process Development and Automation of BCP’s and Global Building Powerdowns events registration to execution to Application checkouts
• Application/Tool development, testing and performance reporting

[Deputy Project Manager - CSS Corp - May 2008 - Mar 2016, Deputed to Goldman Sachs fulltime]

[Data Center Lead - Nov 2004 - May 2008, Worked (~4 years) for various organizations in tech support roles]

Worked (~4 years) for various organizations in tech support roles