Anil Rajapure

Associate Director - Infrastructure Delivery @Cognizant

Pune, IN

Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure: Led the design and implementation of a hybrid cloud infrastructure, enhancing systems availability and achieving a 20% reduction in operational costs.* Cost Savings: Achieved annual savings of $1.5 million by leveraging open-source technologies and optimizing license management processes.* Payroll Optimization: Decreased payroll and benefits administration costs by 20% through a strategic implementation of shared services and resource optimization initiatives.* Recognition: Honored in the \"Continual Service Improvement\" category for initiatives such as the “Pragmatic Approach to Licensing\" and \"ServiceNow Cost Optimization.\"* Generative AI Implementation: Led the deployment of Generative AI tools in infrastructure operations, leading to 20% reduction in incident resolution time and enhanced system reliability.IT Operations, Security and Risk management* Infrastructure operations (On premise and cloud), security, and risk management* Cloud Infrastructure management with SRE and DevOps ways of working* Ownership of VAPT and Cyber Security and IT audits* Financial Analysis and Optimization. Manage Scope, Cost, Schedule, and Quality* Portfolio and Program level Governance. Vendor and Contract managementLead ISMO Function (Integrated Service Management Office) and IT audits.* Lead process design, documentation and implementation for Major Incident Management* Complete management of KPIs, SLAs. Risk assessments and governance.* ITIL-based incident, problem, and change management.

University of Mumbai

Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics

PL Goverment Polytechnic Latur

Diploma in Industrial Electronics, Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Post Graduate Diploma in Management, Business Administration, Management and Operations