An accomplished senior leader with a track record spanning 23 plus years of leadership experience in esteemed IT and Telecom leadership positions delivering multiple business changes, enabling business transformation, business integration and growth.
Domains of experience and expertise cover management of internal and external stakeholders from leadership, mgmt and delivery of IT infrastructure & enterprise applications portfolio/program/projects/services, digital IT user experience, automation of services / process / platforms / workflow / LCNC, AI automation, SAP integration, design/build/operate of datacenters, cloud adoption / optimization, Global service delivery and Oprations, FinOps, mgmt of vendors/contracts/ budget / business case, cyber security, data protection, audit, governance and compliance .
2016 - 2023: Head of Digital Office EA Automation platforms, Operations & AO Strategy & Planning @ Nokia Solutions & Networks
2012 - 2016: Head of Service automation platforms & Product owner for Global Services @ Alcatel Lucent
2005 - 2012: Director IT @ Alcatel Lucent
2000 - 2005: Manager IT @ Lucent Technologies
2023 - 2023: Enterprise IT services contract renegotiation
2023 - 2023: Cloud migration and workload optimization
2022 - 2023: Fin Ops rollout
2016 - 2023: Automation of ~100 business processes
2012 - 2016: Solution leader for a portfolio of telecom Services solutions
2005 - 2012: Merger of portfolios, rationalization, integration
2000 - 2005: GCC setup
2005 - 2007: X- MBA @ Edith Cowan University
2005 - 2007: X - MBA @ Bharathidasan University
1999 - 2001: MS @ BITS Pilani