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SUMIT KUMAR RAI

Technology Leader
Bengaluru

Summary

Dedicated technology leader with history of meeting company goals utilizing consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Deputy General Manager

HCL Tech
05.2021 - Current
  • Encourage utilization of the tools and implement strategies to increase their return on investment
  • Create and put into action use case success strategies to guide customers through the case study and reference-ability stages
  • P&L responsibility for the EUC Applications and tools deployed for North American customers of the company
  • Team-building and interpersonal skills, strategy and development, negotiation and conflict management, and leadership
  • Drive overall governance of EUC Applications and Tools with the customer stakeholders throughout the application lifecycle through Maturity Assessment, Use case, Business case study, ROI and Value realization
  • Participate in the governance of the customer projects through the implementation and support life cycle
  • Create and implement annual plans for business optimization and profit growth
  • Governance with Vendors and cross-functional teams for customer outcomes
  • Improve the knowledge and capability of the team on the functional and technical aspects of applications and tools
  • Overall people management responsibility for a team including 7 Service Excellence Managers reporting directly.

Associate Director

MetricStream Infotech
Bangalore
11.2015 - 04.2021

Successfully handled projects with $5 million in annual revenues.
Delivery of professional services to Enterprise clients after sales, including hyper care and support transition.
Lead multiple simultaneous high-stakes initiatives running concurrently while developing clear plans for their successful completion.
People management for 40-person management and software consulting team that covers hiring, performance reviews, and salary evaluation in addition to line and executive management

IT Solutions Manager

Applied Materials
Bangalore
04.2012 - 10.2015

IAM Messaging technologies such as FIM, Active Directory, PKI, Lotus Notes, Office 365, Iron Port, RSA, SSO, BOKS, Ping Identity, PGP, Fischer, and SunOne Directory Server were successfully managed by a team of 30 L3 System Analysts (LDAP).

Through strategic measures that included active participation, training, and development as a people manager, productivity and performance were increased.

IT Operations Lead

JDSU
Bangalore
02.2011 - 03.2013

Managed the provision of Oracle EBS services with a group of DBAs headquartered in Milpitas, California, and Hyderabad, India.
Managed the application repository & patch management procedure for application portfolio management.

Service Delivery Manager

DTZ International Property Advisors
Bangalore
08.2008 - 02.2011

Maintained relationships with senior management in India, including the India CEO, Finance director, Senior employees, group IT team, service and support providers, and outsourced IT vendors for India offices' (hardware, software, and services)
WIPRO was contracted to provide FM and AMC support for the DTZ offices in India.
Upgraded proxy servers, Exchange Migration from Lotus Notes, MS Office Upgrade from 2003 to 2007 and Implemented MPLS network

Lead Quality

HCL Comnet India
Bangalore
09.2005 - 07.2008

Lead the initiative to improve the project's value creation and improve the quality of the services provided.
created and evaluated process documentation, established a team member induction programme and a career growth plan tracker.
Several case studies for the client and HCL were prepared.

Agent Support Group

Hewlette Packard CCC
Bangalore
06.2004 - 09.2005

Provided technical & process related updates to support team of 15 to 20 agents for technical and process issues.
Efficiently handled escalated tech support call on pending and unresolved issues with HP Laptops.

BSD Sales Representative

Dell International Services
Bengaluru
09.2002 - 05.2004
  • Generated sales for company for ANZ segment, handling sales of Desktops, Laptops, Servers, Storage & Switches.
  • Skillfully resolved customer calls on technical issues related to Dell Dimension desktop for US queue.
  • Promoted to join the Support team for Dell XPS systems.

Marketing and Sales Executive

Shekhar Enterprises
Hyderabad
11.2000 - 08.2002
  • Generated sales orders from Government offices and ensured timely collections.
  • Involved in submitting tenders and marketing of new products.

Education

MBA - IT & Systems

ICFAI
Sikkim
02.2013 - 08.2015

BBA -

Chhattisgarh University
Chattisgarh
06.2001 - 12.2004

Skills

Software Services Managementundefined

Certification

Prince2 Practitioner

Timeline

Deputy General Manager

HCL Tech
05.2021 - Current

Associate Director

MetricStream Infotech
11.2015 - 04.2021

MBA - IT & Systems

ICFAI
02.2013 - 08.2015

IT Solutions Manager

Applied Materials
04.2012 - 10.2015

IT Operations Lead

JDSU
02.2011 - 03.2013

Service Delivery Manager

DTZ International Property Advisors
08.2008 - 02.2011

Lead Quality

HCL Comnet India
09.2005 - 07.2008

Agent Support Group

Hewlette Packard CCC
06.2004 - 09.2005

BSD Sales Representative

Dell International Services
09.2002 - 05.2004

BBA -

Chhattisgarh University
06.2001 - 12.2004

Marketing and Sales Executive

Shekhar Enterprises
11.2000 - 08.2002
SUMIT KUMAR RAITechnology Leader