Vidya Nagaraj

Portfolio Overview: Shell Trading and Supply plays a crucial role in the global energy market, helping to ensure the efficient supply of energy products to consumers around the world

• Role: Global IT Portfolio Manager
• Overseeing IT strategy and delivery to maintain a compliant trading system
• Successfully simplified the portfolio for improved operational efficiency, including cloud cost optimization and management of over 500 applications
• Implemented a strategic portfolio management framework that optimized IT service delivery, achieving a 20% improvement in project completion time and a 15% reduction in costs
• Champions building high-performing teams that includes Project Managers, Portfolio Analysts, IT Advisors, SMEs, PMOs, Solution and Data Architects, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, Security and Compliance specialists, Business Support Operations to ensure successful IT delivery across the entire portfolio, strategically aligned with business goals
• Weekly Steering committee boards and monthly decision review boards on strategy, execution, decisions with senior stakeholders

Portfolio Overview: Shell’s World Class Treasury Operations facilitates approx $4 trillion in annual transactions for the entire Shell group of companies.

Role: Treasury IT Delivery Lead

• Led the development and execution of a diverse portfolio, including infrastructure upgrades, regulatory and compliance initiatives and enterprise application deployments
• Responsible for defining IT roadmaps, conducting risk assessments, and audit assessments and resolution
• Developed and delivered comprehensive reports tailored for C-level executives, summarizing project health and outcomes
• Led the development and implementation of a comprehensive cyber resilience solution, safeguarding the entire Treasury and finance ecosystem against cyber attacks.
• Managed a global network of 15+ vendors, building partnerships to optimize portfolio performance
• Collaborates with partners and the procurement team for contracts and negotiation strategies
• Champions building high-performing teams that includes Project Managers, IT Advisors, SMEs, PMOs, Solution and Data Architects, Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, Security and Compliance specialists, Business Support Operations to ensure successful IT delivery across the entire portfolio, strategically aligned with business goals
• Weekly Steering committee boards and monthly decision review boards on strategy, execution, decisions with senior finance stakeholders

• Role: Program Manager
• Achieved seamless migration of Shell Treasury's critical IT systems to a new data center platform, avoiding potential disruptions and associated costs of $150 million per hour
• Built new Treasury IT landscape by upgrading Treasury Management System (Quantum) to latest version, which has over 15+ interfaces including Salesforce, 800 reports, 90+ analytics queries, over 300+ scheduler jobs working closely with Treasury Business Operations team across Singapore, Chennai, Krakow and London operation hubs
• Built banking infrastructure for new companies acquired in Japan using Trax, EDI Hub and its integration to various ERPs such as GSAP, Blueprint etc.
• Weekly Steering committee boards and monthly decision review boards on strategy, execution, decisions with VPs, Head of Global Cash Management, Head of Liquidity Management and other senior finance stakeholders

• Delivered a critical real estate program (meeting room & desk booking) during the challenging COVID-19 return-to-office transition for 120K employees and contractors base in over 70+ countries
• Performed a comprehensive market analysis (RFI/RFP), and recommended Planon for comprehensive space planning and Condeco for efficient room & desk booking functionalities
• Data-focused approach to understand end user needs, translate strategic objectives, and prioritize to improve business value for Real Estate Business Operations
• Implemented an API-based system that provides real-time data of about 7000 rooms availability across 70 countries
• Weekly Steerco boards and monthly decision review board on strategy, execution, decisions with senior stakeholders

• Co-founded a startup that got selected for an entrepreneurship program at NSRCEL IIM Bangalore
• Defined lean business model, product vision, strategy, market fitment, go to market strategy, customer relations and post launch support

• Accountable for overseeing the successful delivery of a portfolio of projects within the context of U.S Federal healthcare
• Secured additional business opportunities, even though they were not directly under my purview
• Needs Analysis: Conducted in-depth needs assessments to identify customer pain points and develop tailored solutions
• Solution Presentations: Delivered compelling presentations to C-suite executives and technical staff, highlighting the benefits of proposed solutions – Secure 360
• RFP/RFI Responses: Led the development of winning RFP/RFI responses, ensuring that the company's capabilities were effectively communicated
• Customer Relationship Management: Built strong relationships with clients, acting as a trusted advisor and advocate for their needs
• Sales Enablement: Provided training and support to sales teams, enabling them to effectively sell IT solutions

• Responsible for delivering a portfolio of projects worldwide including data center migration, UHG’s insurance member portal, nurse line apps, reporting dashboard etc
• Delivering to agreed scope, budget, duration and stakeholder satisfaction

• Responsible for UI/UX design, build and test of mobile phones to Japan, Americas and Latin American markets
• Worked extensively with Qualcomm on multimedia chipsets verification before integrating into the phone base code

• Responsible for build, test and support of hardware and Software Products such as switches, electric meters, and enterprise product suites such as Doors
• Designed and prototyped a high efficiency electric meter