Anoop Pappully

About Anoop Pappully

Senior IT Professional with a career spanning 2 decades. Data centre operations and cloud transformation program leader, managing mission-critical environments where uptime, performance, and security are non-negotiable. Experience spans running 24x7 data center operations, leading transformation and transition programs, and driving modernization initiatives across colocation, on-premises, and cloud infrastructure.Work focuses on designing and executing programs that improve availability, optimize capacity and energy usage, and transition workloads seamlessly to cloud or new data center platforms. This includes managing large-scale migrations, DC consolidations, and infrastructure upgrades while maintaining SLAs, compliance, and stakeholder confidence.Core skills include data center operations management, service delivery, colocation and hyperscale environments, cloud transformation and migration, capacity planning, DCIM, ITIL- and PMP-based governance, SLA and KPI management, vendor and partner management, business continuity and disaster recovery, and change and risk management. Passion lies in building reliable, efficient, and scalable infrastructure that supports business growth and AI-ready workloads.

Experience

1. Data Centre Operations and Dc Transformation

   Wipro

   Dec 2016 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Led Data Centre Operations and Hosting Services, responsible for the 24 7 operation and maintenance of 3 in house colocation data centres, with 10 MW capacity and the oversight of 5 partner facilitiesSOP Development Implementation, EOP Development Execution, MOP Management Managed all aspects of datacenter maintenance, including preventative, predictive, and corrective maintenance activitiesOversaw all aspects of compliance and certification management, including audits (ISO 27001 SOC 2 documentation, and remediation effortsDeveloped and managed budgets for data centre operations, ensuring cost effectiveness and alignment with business objectivesSuccessfully executed the strategic decision to close 3 in house colocation data centres, leading a cross functional team in the seamless migration of all customers to partner facilitiesDeveloped and implemented a comprehensive transition plan that minimized downtime and maintained customer satisfaction throughout the data centre closure processManaged all aspects of the data centre closures, including contract negotiations, vendor management, asset disposal, and regulatory compliance

Education

• Sikkim Manipal University of Health, Medical and Technological Sciences

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

• University of Calicut

  Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)

Skills

• IT Infrastructure Management
• Mcsa + Messaging
• Data Center
• Infrastructure
• Disaster Recovery
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• IT Operations
• IT Service Management
• Team Management
• Itil
• Ccna
• Data Centre Design Awareness Cert ( Data Centre Dynamics)
• Vendor Management
• Management
• Solution Architecture
• Microsoft Exchange