Anil Chawla

About Anil Chawla

Anil Chawla is an Information Technology leader with over 25+ years of professional experience including large program leadership, enterprise resiliency, cloud transformation and operations. He is passionate about securely navigating his clients in their cloud strategy, cloud adoption, technology transformation, modern business continuity, DR and technology risk management initiatives His experience includes several years in the public and private cloud transformations, technology resiliency risk remediation programs, leading plans for IT mergers, divestitures, application portfolio analysis and rationalization, enterprise security, DR & business continuity management and leading complex data center migrations for consumer products and services, financial services, utilities and telecom industry. He also possesses a diverse set of industry leading certifications that makes him a well-rounded professional - Azure, AWS and Oracle Cloud Architecture Certifications - CGEIT® (Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT from ISACA)- PMP® (Project Management from PMI)- AI (Microsoft Certified AI and Machine Learning Fundamentals)- ITIL v3 (Service Management)- SAFe (Agile Delivery Frameworks)- Claude Code AI fundamentals Specialties: Cloud Transformation Solutions, Enterprise Technology Resiliency, Technology and Cyber Risk Management, IT Program Technical Leadership, Strategy, Roadmaps, Business cases, IT Mergers & Acquisitions Planning, Disaster Recovery & Business continuity, Data Center Infrastructure Migration, Service Delivery Management, Engagement Economics Management, Business Development

Experience

1. Director - Cloud Transformation and Resiliency Solutions

   PwC

   Feb 2014 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   As an Advisory Senior Director at PwC, I have led a wide array of client engagements from inception to benefits realization.• For top tier US healthcare providers, drove enterprise multi-year cloud migration programs to transform and modernize in the Azure / AWS (setup CoE, enhanced security, incorporated modern automation and IaC practice)• For one of the $80B global bank, led the planning, architecture and testing of a comprehensive resiliency program utilizing hybrid Cloud DR architecture and automation to ensure high quality observability of critical services and to ensure that their Tier 0 and Tier 1 application platforms met their RTO\'s and RPO\'s• For a national health insurance provider, developed a SaaS first cloud strategy, a governance model and a cloud decision framework by engaging C-level executives and leaders from IT and business; defined a mobilization plan, a multi-year roadmap and presented it to the top management and board members• Co-led an internal firm program to transition from a territory-oriented decentralized cloud infrastructure involving hundreds of Microsoft Azure accounts and on-premise data centers to an enterprise shared services model based on Azure and AWS products and services, and development of an MVP for a secure cloud foundation• Developed a multi-cloud hosting strategy, assessed application portfolio and developed a migration plan for a leading healthcare products organization including establishment of a hybrid cloud-based DR program. • For a large regional retailer, I developed an IT cost reduction strategy, analyzed IT portfolio, reviewed data center facilities, developed a hybrid cloud strategy, developed RFP for cloud services, facilitated cloud vendor selection from 12 providers, defined a detailed migration plan and onboarded an implementation partner

Education

• All India Management Association

  Post Graduate Diploma in Management

  1997 — 1998

• Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Telecommunication

  1991 — 1995

• Army School

  High School, Math, Physics, English, Chemistry

  1989 — 1991

Skills

• IT Infrastructure Management
• Information Technology
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Itil
• IT Strategy
• Governance
• IT Management
• Data Center
• Virtualization
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Consulting
• Strategy
• Pre-Sales
• Infrastructure
• Program Management
• High Performance Teams
• Business Case
• Cloud Computing
• Disaster Recovery
• Telecommunications