Experience

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  Atria Convergence Technologies

  • Bengaluru Area, India

  • Chief Information Officer

    • Jun 2013 - Present
    • Bengaluru Area, India

    Responsible for Information Technology at ACT & its group companies across the business verticals spanning over High Speed Broadband over FTTH, Triple play, Analog/Digital Cable TV, IPTV and Studio/ Content Production/transmission.

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  TataSky Ltd

  • Bengaluru Area, India

  • VP-IT Operations, Sr VP-IT Ops & Stategy, Sr VP - IT Delivery

    • Aug 2006 - Jun 2013
    • Bengaluru Area, India

    • Responsible for strategization & delivery of IT internal & Business facing projects.• Strategize the IT roadmap for the organization in alignment with 3-year vision of the business, finalize the technology architecture and lead the architecture review board• Lead business-critical projects like PRM, Self-care, Hosted BI and Analytics• Lead national operations in IT applications and infrastructure : team of 28 in-house & 160 outsourced IT professionals• Manage the IT budget and procurement• Lead the strategy & implementation around cutting edge Technology & upcoming IT management models(eg. IaaS,PaaS & SaaS)

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  airtel

  • Gurgaon, India

  • Manager-IT, Sr.Manager-IT, DGM-IT, GM-IT

    • Apr 2001 - Aug 2006
    • Gurgaon, India

    • Implemented Kenan-Fx group-wide, Metasolve for Long Distance and other data products and a convergent order management & work flow solution over an EAI framework.• Managed programs : Kenan Fx ,Oracle CRM (11.5.9), Self-care and EAI• Managed Post-paid Billing and CRM Ops nationally• Member of core IT-Strategy group (Led by CIO) to support Bharti Vision• Led development of 5-year blue print for Billing & CRM Architecture• Managed billing and IT operations of AP circle

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  Reliance Telecommunications Limited

  • Bhubaneshwar Area, India

  • Asst Manager-IT,Dy Manager-IT

    • Apr 1997 - Mar 2001
    • Bhubaneshwar Area, India

    • Part of the core Project team for GSM launch in Circle• Implemented and maintained Intebis Billing Software, Mediation system, Prepaid billing server & other IT applications.• Responsible for operation & maintenance of Circle IT assets.

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  Reliance Industries Ltd.

  • Mumbai Area, India

  • Associate, GET, Asst Manager - Projects

    • Aug 1992 - Mar 1997
    • Mumbai Area, India

    • Part of the core project team of prestigious Hazira Petro Chemical & Jamnagar Refinery Project.• Review of Technical Specification & Purchase Requisitions.• Enquiry Floating and Bid Evaluation ( Technical & Commercial) & Vendor evaluation.• Freezing of Rate Contract Documents.• Co-ordination between Projects team, construction team and Vendors for Project implementation.