Anil Pattnaik

About Anil Pattnaik

Innovative IT leader and critical change agent with successful track record driving business innovation and process improvement, delivering bottom line results in multiple industries - financial, retail, Agriculture, insurance, Packaging, Manufacturing & Aerospace, IT services - in public and private companies, large and small. Global experience across large customer engagements in North America, Latin America, Europe, Japan and India, directly reporting to C-level executives (F500 companies).Proven track record of reducing operating expenses (TCO), by increasing efficiencies through automation, deep expertise in managing the cost and utilization of large-scale digital infrastructure, from on-prem physical data centers to commercial cloud providers.Extensive hands-on expertise in data applications, infrastructure & Cloud transformation (PaaS/IaaS/SaaS), GCP/AZURE/AWS, IT security & compliance, ERP (SAP) application development and support, DevOps/SRE. large scale transition and change management. Mobilized and managed global high performing engagement teams of varying size from 40 to >200+ with solution architects, application developers and integrators, server/storage/web engineers, data engineers & DBAs, risk/identity access managers, business relationship managers, business continuity specialists and performance engineers.Lead consulting/advisory assignments on cloud assessments & migration, cloud adoption strategy, cyber security, identity and access management and data strategy engaging with C-level executives.TOGAF certified enterprise architect. Kellogg executive MBA with specialization in Finance, Strategy and global initiative in Management (GIM).Specialties: Enterprise ArchitectureCloud TransformationMulti-year technology roadmap planningBusiness/IT alignment and strategic planning Data strategy and implementationSAP Platform Architecture & InfrastructureCyber security & Risk managementLarge scale outsourcing engagements & vendor management

Experience

1. Head of Infrastructure and Operations

   Altria

   Sep 2025 — Present · Richmond, VA, US

   Leading enterprise Infrastructure & Operations, reporting to the CIO. Responsible for technology platforms, hybrid cloud, networks, security operations, service desk, end-user platforms, and data center operations. Partnering with CISO, Enterprise Architecture, and managed service providers to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient technology services.

Education

• National Institute of Technology Rourkela

  Computer Science & Engineering

• Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

  MBA, Finance, Strategy, Marketing

Skills

• IT Service Management
• Change Management
• Service Delivery
• IT Strategy
• Telecommunications
• Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Cyber Security
• Management
• Infrastructure Architecture
• IT Outsourcing
• Strategic Planning
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Vendor Management
• Leadership
• Enterprise Architecture
• Business Process Management
• Software Development
• Data Center Management
• Strategy
• Program Management
• Data Encryption
• Cloud Computing
• IT Strategy and Integration
• Outsourcing