Ajit Khadilkar

About Ajit Khadilkar

I offer an award-winning record of achievement overseeing information technology operations for billion-dollar organizations. I have a consistent history of improving security, capabilities, and availability while reducing costs and streamlining workflows, with special expertise in infrastructure design and implementation, cybersecurity, automation, cloud services, and software as a service/infrastructure as a service (SaaS/IaaS). I excel at delivering innovative solutions to meet rapidly changing industry and business needs, building profitable relationships, and reducing risk. In addition, I’m highly adept at building and leading top-performing, multi-function, multi-location teams, administering large budgets, and guiding process improvements. Some examples of the results I deliver are:• Saved millions of dollars per year at CareFirst by outsourcing mainframe services, consolidating support contracts, negotiating new licensing deals, and eliminating several vendors/service providers.• Improved cybersecurity efficiency at CareFirst by upgrading end user services, collaboration tools, servers, infrastructure, security services, disaster recovery, and more.• Increased efficiency at CareFirst by migrating applications, including call center software, to the cloud (AWS).• Maximized software development quality and efficiency by introducing DevOps processes at Freddie Mac.• Streamlined speed to market by instituting a dedicated support service model for Freddie Mac’s ICM division.• Lowered IT overhead and reduced delivery times from 4 months to 3 weeks at Freddie Mac by implementing IT shared services in multiple areas and automating several critical processes.• Planned and led a $20M infrastructure securitization platform design and implementation project that migrated multiple applications to the cloud for Freddie Mac.

Experience

1. Director of Information Technology

   CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

   Sep 2019 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   I currently oversee all technology operations for this $10B health insurance provider serving 2 states and Washington, DC, with 2 locations and 1,200 employees, where I’m responsible for Program Management Office (PMO), Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Asset Inventory, Hardware, Software, Help Desk, Datacenters, Cloud Services, Call Center Technology, and more. I control the IT budget and supervise 60-plus employees and contractors.Selected Accomplishments:• Planned and led the consolidation from 2 datacenter providers to 1.• Enabled major cost savings through effective negotiations with vendors and service providers.• Facilitated greater transparency by improving stakeholder communications, budget monitoring, and reporting.• Reduced risk profile and increased security by enabling data encryption and protection, threat intelligence analysis, automation of provisioning, ransomware detection/protection, and SIEM centralization/monitoring.• Currently leading a maturity framework initiative, with a goal of achieving NIST maturity of 3.06 in 2 years.• Presently directing an IT sustainability project to replace/refresh outdated technologies and lower support costs.