Experience

Pivot Bio

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director IT Operations & Business Systems

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Pivot Bio is an Ag Biotech company trying make a huge difference in the ag world. Quick highlights of my 2 year journey are 1. Being the first hire on IT & reporting into the CFO/CIO - expanding the org is an ongoing effort. current IT org is about 23 of us. I have hired, retained and have built a high performing Org 2. Provided 2 years roadmap for IT operations, applications while continuously building trust & relationship with the business to drive strategic goals 3. Implemented… Show more Pivot Bio is an Ag Biotech company trying make a huge difference in the ag world. Quick highlights of my 2 year journey are 1. Being the first hire on IT & reporting into the CFO/CIO - expanding the org is an ongoing effort. current IT org is about 23 of us. I have hired, retained and have built a high performing Org 2. Provided 2 years roadmap for IT operations, applications while continuously building trust & relationship with the business to drive strategic goals 3. Implemented NetSuite in 5 months to get the CFO org running on GL, AR, AP, P2P, FA and currently implementing WMS module. Integrated NetSuite with Adaptive Insights, Expensify, Paystand, NVoicepay & Simple legal . Decommissioned Quick books and Bill.com 4.Rolled out Boomi as Enterprise Integration platform and Zendesk as IT ticketing system 5. Implemented SalesForce CRM for sales, service, experience cloud, mobile app migrating it from HubSpot. This project will be delivered in multiple phases & phase 1 was launched in 4 months as MVP 6. Secured AWS infrastructure and revamped the network which was very fundamental 7. Cybersecurity initiatives are prioritized and on track Show less



Zymergen

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Enterprise Business Applications

  • Oct 2019 - Oct 2021

  Zymergen is a fast paced company in Biotech Space. In my current role, 1. Responsible for building IT business applications road map for the organization 2. Building trust & relationship with the business & drive strategic goals 3. Mentoring and managing highly skilled IT applications team 4. Managing major applications like WorkDay, NetSuite, SalesForce, Coupa, Mulesoft, Workato, ServiceNow, Oracle fusion planning cloud 5. Leading cross functional projects as a IT project… Show more Zymergen is a fast paced company in Biotech Space. In my current role, 1. Responsible for building IT business applications road map for the organization 2. Building trust & relationship with the business & drive strategic goals 3. Mentoring and managing highly skilled IT applications team 4. Managing major applications like WorkDay, NetSuite, SalesForce, Coupa, Mulesoft, Workato, ServiceNow, Oracle fusion planning cloud 5. Leading cross functional projects as a IT project manager & architect the solutions 6. Managing Vendors/consultants 7. Steering Business and IT team towards SDLC processes 8. Building and getting the IT systems ready for entire lead to cash initiatives as Zymergen gets into product market Show less



Extreme Networks

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director Business Systems

  • Aug 2019 - Oct 2019

  At Extreme Networks, my responsibilities included, 1. Participate in M&A kickoff and strategic meetings from infrastructure & applications side 2. Provide tribal knowledge and expertise on Aerohive processes and systems 3. Ensure that Aerohive IT team is focused and motivated to meet M&A deadlines 4. Support and manage Aerohive applications during M&A activities



Aerohive Networks

• United States
• Computer Networking Products
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Global IT

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  Aerohive journey has been great over 5 years. It was acquired by Extreme NetWorks. I feel proud to have received 3 killer bee CEO awards for going above and beyond during my tenure at Aerohive. As a head of IT, my responsibilities included, 1. Lead and represent Global IT department for all business Applications and Infrastructure needs 2. Ensure that large company goals are met within budget for the CFO organization 3. Formulate ITGC SOX compliance processes & successful yearly audits… Show more Aerohive journey has been great over 5 years. It was acquired by Extreme NetWorks. I feel proud to have received 3 killer bee CEO awards for going above and beyond during my tenure at Aerohive. As a head of IT, my responsibilities included, 1. Lead and represent Global IT department for all business Applications and Infrastructure needs 2. Ensure that large company goals are met within budget for the CFO organization 3. Formulate ITGC SOX compliance processes & successful yearly audits for IT organization 4. Manage steering committee meetings with stakeholders and prioritization of IT initiatives 5. Support and manage NetSuite ERP, SalesForce CRM, Boomi Middleware, Homegrown Software licensing application, RevPro, Arena, Nexonia. OKTA, Solarwinds etc. 6. Lead & mentor a highly skilled Global IT team 7. Vendor/Consultant Management 8. Provide IT applications road maps & architect systems solutions 9. Some of the large initiatives included RevPro 605, 606 implementation, Dell OEM program launch, Supply chain automation with 3PL , Customer & Partner community launch, Steelbrick CPQ launch 10. Built robust engagement model with business for effective change management process

• Sr. Manager IT

  • Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

  Milpitas My responsibilities in this role included, 1. Support and manage NetSuite ERP, Boomi Middleware, Nexonia, Homegrown Software licensing application, Revpro 2. Lead & mentor developers 3. Design and Architect system solutions 4. Actively engage with business stakeholders 5. Project management for IT projects 6. Implement ITGC processes for SOX compliance 7. Manage vendors /consultants

• IT Manager

  • Jan 2016 - Jan 2018

  As an ERP Manager, 1. Was responsible for NetSuite, Boomi & RevPro applications 2. Was leading a team of developers 3. Design & architect system solutions

• Sr. IT Business Analyst

  • Apr 2014 - Dec 2015

  San Francisco Bay Area As in individual contributor, 1. Was part of RevPro 605 implementation 2. Supported NetSuite, Boomi, RevPro applications, quarter/year end processes 3. Heavily engaged with Finance, Supply Chain, PLM organization 3. Started forming SDLC process 4. Collaborating with business on change management initiatives



Leeyo Software (Acquired by Zuora)

• Sr. Support Analyst

  • Jan 2010 - Mar 2014

  San Francisco Bay Area I joined Leeyo early on and played almost all the roles. Some of the immediate responsibilities included, 1. Product development & testing 2. Implementing RepPro solution for several customers 3. Provide professional services as a project manager for RevPro implementation 4. Played an instrumental role in building Leeyo's offshore support model 5. Constantly mentoring the PS, support teams on RepPro functionality 6. Involved closely with finance teams on financial close… Show more I joined Leeyo early on and played almost all the roles. Some of the immediate responsibilities included, 1. Product development & testing 2. Implementing RepPro solution for several customers 3. Provide professional services as a project manager for RevPro implementation 4. Played an instrumental role in building Leeyo's offshore support model 5. Constantly mentoring the PS, support teams on RepPro functionality 6. Involved closely with finance teams on financial close processes 7. Key customers I implemented / supported RevPro are Aerohive NetWorks, A10 NetWorks, FireEye, Extreme NetWorks, Blue Coat Systems, NetApp, Genband, Mcafee, Sonus Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Trimble, PopSugar etc. 8. Primarily involved with customer on Oracle & NetSuite Show less



Kyphon Inc ( Medtronic )

• Applications Analyst ( Consultant )

  • 2006 - 2008

  San Francisco Bay Area



ECbridges, Inc.

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer

  • Jan 2000 - Jun 2005

  San Francisco Bay Area