Samrat Choudhury
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Grant Fromont
I worked with Samrat over a 3 year period in Microsoft New Zealand and worked with him on some very large programmes of work. Samrat undertook his Engagement Manager role with professionalism, dedication, with excellent interpersonal skills in managing stakeholders and team members. Samrat is very personable and brings some much valued humour into customer interaction. He would be an asset to any project and service delivery organisation, I would be very happy to work with Samrat again!
Vadim T.
I have been working with Samrat on numerous projects with a variety of customers. I would definitely recommend Samrat as a very experienced and knowledgeable project leader. His excellent communication skills make huge difference in the stakeholders ' level of engagement, he has strong ability to build new relationships as well as support and develop the existing ones. Samrat has strong business acumen, on several occasions he demonstrated his talent in converting early stage opportunities into solid deals.
Grant Fromont
I worked with Samrat over a 3 year period in Microsoft New Zealand and worked with him on some very large programmes of work. Samrat undertook his Engagement Manager role with professionalism, dedication, with excellent interpersonal skills in managing stakeholders and team members. Samrat is very personable and brings some much valued humour into customer interaction. He would be an asset to any project and service delivery organisation, I would be very happy to work with Samrat again!
Vadim T.
I have been working with Samrat on numerous projects with a variety of customers. I would definitely recommend Samrat as a very experienced and knowledgeable project leader. His excellent communication skills make huge difference in the stakeholders ' level of engagement, he has strong ability to build new relationships as well as support and develop the existing ones. Samrat has strong business acumen, on several occasions he demonstrated his talent in converting early stage opportunities into solid deals.
Grant Fromont
I worked with Samrat over a 3 year period in Microsoft New Zealand and worked with him on some very large programmes of work. Samrat undertook his Engagement Manager role with professionalism, dedication, with excellent interpersonal skills in managing stakeholders and team members. Samrat is very personable and brings some much valued humour into customer interaction. He would be an asset to any project and service delivery organisation, I would be very happy to work with Samrat again!
Vadim T.
I have been working with Samrat on numerous projects with a variety of customers. I would definitely recommend Samrat as a very experienced and knowledgeable project leader. His excellent communication skills make huge difference in the stakeholders ' level of engagement, he has strong ability to build new relationships as well as support and develop the existing ones. Samrat has strong business acumen, on several occasions he demonstrated his talent in converting early stage opportunities into solid deals.
Grant Fromont
I worked with Samrat over a 3 year period in Microsoft New Zealand and worked with him on some very large programmes of work. Samrat undertook his Engagement Manager role with professionalism, dedication, with excellent interpersonal skills in managing stakeholders and team members. Samrat is very personable and brings some much valued humour into customer interaction. He would be an asset to any project and service delivery organisation, I would be very happy to work with Samrat again!
Vadim T.
I have been working with Samrat on numerous projects with a variety of customers. I would definitely recommend Samrat as a very experienced and knowledgeable project leader. His excellent communication skills make huge difference in the stakeholders ' level of engagement, he has strong ability to build new relationships as well as support and develop the existing ones. Samrat has strong business acumen, on several occasions he demonstrated his talent in converting early stage opportunities into solid deals.
Credentials
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Prince 2 - Practitioner and Foundation
AXELOS Global Best Practice
Experience
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UNIFY Solutions
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Operating Officer, UNIFY Group and Head of NZ Region
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Jul 2020 - Present
As the Chief Operating Officer of the UNIFY Group, I'm responsible for overseeing the business operations and P&L for the Services (Consulting, Security and Compliance, IDaaS and Managed Security Services) of the Group. Reporting to the CEO and responsible for building a highly inclusive organisation culture while implementing business strategies, maintaining and building trusted relationship with customers, executive relationship management and driving Customer Success. In addition to my COO role, I'm also the Head of New Zealand Region for UNIFY and responsible for managing business operations (NZ Team, Business growth, Revenue, Partnerships) and providing strategic leadership.UNIFY Solutions is a global Identity, Access and Security organisation. UNIFY works with its customers to help them solve their most complex digital transformation and mobility challenges. UNIFY helps organizations provide their customers with secure and reliable access to services - from any location and from any device. UNIFY’s solutions deliver business, security, agility and productivity benefits. UNIFY also develops world class repeatable connectivity products and deliver training globally.Our solutions include Citizen Identity and Access Management (CIAM); Comprehensive Security Solutions (Identity and Access Management, Information Protection, Threat Protection and Security Management); Single sign-on; Enterprise Strategy; On-boarding, day-to-day management and off-boarding of employees, contractors and external entities; Password management; Compliance and attestation reporting; and Integration and management of disparate identity information repositories whether located on premises or within an internal or external cloud.Our services and products include Identity, Access and Security Services, Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS), Platform and Application Integration Products & Services, Enterprise Mobility Solutions, Managed Services and Cloud based Services.
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General Manager, Cloud Services
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Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
Driving the Cloud Services initiative at UNIFY. In this role, I am accountable for managing the P&L of the Cloud Services Division through Customer Success, Executive Relationship Management, Business development and Customer engagement across the following Business Units -- Security Practice (Consulting and MSSP);- Consulting Services for Cloud Engagements;- UNIFYAdvantage (Complete Suite - UNIFYTrust, UNIFYHost, UNIFYOperate); and- Managed Services and Support.
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Group Manager, Services and UNIFYAdvantage
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Jul 2018 - Jul 2019
Driving consulting business for the following Business Units -- Consulting Services for UNIFY New Zealand;- Managed Services for UNIFY Solutions Group; and- Global Service Owner - UNIFYAdvantage for UNIFY Solutions Group.
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Services Lead, UNIFY New Zealand
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May 2016 - Jun 2018
Services Lead (Consulting and Managed Services) for UNIFY New Zealand.Responsible for managing P&L, business management, portfolio management , pre-sales and delivery management of services for all Identity and Access Management engagements across UNIFY New Zealand. Managing team of Architects, Integration specialists, Project/Program & Service Delivery Manager's with the objective of driving business growth through customer success.
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Senior Manager (Projects/Program)
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Feb 2015 - Apr 2016
@ Optimation: 10 monthsProject Management, Program Management, Bid/RFP/RFQ Management@ Datacom: 4 monthsApplication portfolio management role in which was responsible for managing a program of work which was provided as-a-service to a Public sector department. @ Optimation: 10 monthsProject Management, Program Management, Bid/RFP/RFQ Management@ Datacom: 4 monthsApplication portfolio management role in which was responsible for managing a program of work which was provided as-a-service to a Public sector department.
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Microsoft
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United States
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Software Development
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200 - 300 Employee
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Principal Engagement Manager
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Dec 2013 - Jan 2015
This role is a blend of business management, account/portfolio management and delivery management.Probably the most challenging role in Microsoft Consulting as the breadth of this role ranges from active participation in business development (presales) process to managing the delivery of the engagements and all along acting as a conduit between customer executives and Microsoft leadership. The responsibilities for this role encompasses Program Management, Engagement Management, Project Management, Bid Management, Pre-Sales and Delivery of projects or large program of work.7+ years across 3 subsidiaries - India (2007-11), NZ (2011-13) and South East Asia (2014-15) and this role required me to manage visibility across Leadership levels (C Levels) both externally and internally across the region.In this role, I've been entrusted to manage programs of work which were strategic and impactful for both customer and Microsoft. Few examples are enterprise rollout of eCommerce for a FMCG multinational, Business Intelligence application rollout for a major BPO, Infrastructure consolidation and migration to cloud for a Oil and Gas major, large scale Integration for a multinational, driving cloud initiatives across public sector across India and APAC.Over these 7+ years at work, have evolved from EM to Senior EM and then to Principal EM.
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Senior Engagement Manager
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Nov 2011 - Nov 2013
Working with Public Sector and Enterprise customers to solve their complex IT and business challenges on the Microsoft platform
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Senior Engagement Manager
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Dec 2007 - Oct 2011
Working with Public Sector, SMSP and Enterprise customers across Northern Region of India to solve their complex IT and business challenges by leveraging the Microsoft platform.
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Birlasoft
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India
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Project Manager / Program Manager
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Aug 2005 - Dec 2007
Project management, Program and Portfolio delivery managementIn this role, started with managing critical projects and gradually over a period of time entrusted to manage the portfolios.
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Project Lead
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Nov 2000 - Aug 2005
Started in 2000 as Senior SW Engineer and then promoted across to System Analyst, Project and Onsite Lead roles. Responsible for development, solution architecture and delivery of projects to customers based at US and UK.
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Systems Plus
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Canada
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Sep 1997 - Nov 2000
Developer and Programmer Analyst on MS technologiesImplementation Consultant for MRP II Software - Fourth Shift, across customer locations Developer and Programmer Analyst on MS technologiesImplementation Consultant for MRP II Software - Fourth Shift, across customer locations
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Education
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1992 - 1996
National Institute of Technology Silchar
Engineer’s Degree, First Class
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