Experience

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  Mphasis

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Lead Solution Architect

    • Aug 2012 - Present
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    • Made proactive pitches and conducted roadshows, design thinking workshops with customers accelerating opportunity generation and defining the transformation roadmap• Formulated win strategy, backed by competitive positioning and supported by offerings, accelerators, solution archetypes and success stories; had significant improvement on the no. of down selection and on the win rate (2X)• Developed GTM strategies with partner/alliance solutions on Microsoft platform• Innovative and aggressive pricing models, skin in the game(risk-reward) stance, closer ties with the customer• Offered a wide range of alternative solutions (BOT, Product sustenance, zero cost Transformation,• Cost optimization using AI/Chatbots, Integrated solutions etc), won multiple deals worth over$10M each• Designed solutions for cloud migration and native-cloud application development on AWS and Azure• Conceptualized and built solution design accelerator for yellow pad pricing• Designed solution for a large digital transformation program in a multi-vendor environment for a govt. customer in Australia. Participated in the ‘Initiation’ phase of the project in Melbourne and supported delivery afterwards.•Product engineering/sustenance solution and professional services for a product company in the UK•Designed carveout solution for a large customer in energy domain, for over 100 engineering applications and impacting 2000+ users

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  MPHASIS UK LIMITED

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Solution Lead-UK&I

    • Aug 2010 - Aug 2012
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Supported regional growth by leading pre-sales and solution activities in UK&I for 2 years. Conducted customer workshops and presentations, generating requirement and subsequent conversion for some important Govt. clients

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  Mphasis

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Delivery Lead, Program Manager

    • Jan 2004 - Jul 2010
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    • Built high performance team, conducted team building workshops and mentoring/coaching initiatives• Personally trained 2nd line on technical, soft-skill and project management (PMI) skill• Delivered support services under strict SLAs with YoY efficiency gains• Transitioned multiple outsourcing projects from US, Canada and Australia• Successfully delivered a crucial project on Application Integration, resulting from merger of two large banks in USA; challenge was high interdependencies, building unified interfaces and branding and migration of large and sensitive user data (>15M records)• Turned-around large accounts (red->amber->green) by working closely with stakeholders, delivery team, closely tracking risks and progress• Implemented HP PPM and institutionalized PPM practices across the organization. Performed PPM product evaluation and selection, Requirement analysis, process workflow modeling, project & account dashboard design• Change Management (for PPM rollout) activities including, orientation and culture training; created processes, templates & guidelines, performed project audits, conducted PM trainings and implemented best practices

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  Itreya Technologies

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Technical Project Manager

    • Apr 2002 - Jan 2004
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Successfully managed delivery of a white-labelled COTS product on Workflow Management; a product that was based on WFMC standard and was built on MVC architecture using Java, VB and SQL Server

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  CCE Software

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Project Manager

    • Apr 2001 - Dec 2001
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Delivered projects and services in Insurance and Engineering domain. I owned all delivery from offshore.

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  Polaris Software Labs Ltd.

  • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

  • Sr. Consultant (Project Lead)

    • Jul 2000 - Mar 2001
    • Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Delivered Branding applications for S1 corporation, working for HP in Atlanta, GA. Developed a POC for State Street Bank, Tokyo and later delivered the project from India. Managed testing project at offshore for NEC Japan

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  Oracle

  • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Project Lead

    • Aug 1999 - Jul 2000
    • Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

    Delivered application projects to Citibank, US. Technologies used – Sybase and PB

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  Hinditron Informatics Limited

  • Kolkata, West Bengal, India

  • Sr. Software Consultant

    • Feb 1998 - Jul 1999
    • Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Worked as an onsite consultant for a modernization project for K N Energy in Houston, Tx. Technologies used Sybase & PB

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  Duncans Software

  • Kolkata, India

  • Software Consultant

    • Jun 1995 - Jan 1998
    • Kolkata, India

    Developed a distributed sales and inventory system on Sybase and Powerbuilder for Duncan group; Maintained a Shares Management COTS product for multiple indian customers (CFCL, Shaw Wallace, Duncans, Triveni Sheet Glass).

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  Arkay Computers

  • Kolkata, India

  • Software Engineer

    • Apr 1992 - May 1995
    • Kolkata, India

    Developed a Cost Management application for an FMCG product company Reckitt & Colman; Supported and Modernized a Sales Management system for a large corporate. Technologies used – Ingres DB.