Chintan Savjani
Senior Director Technology @Fifty5Blue
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Director Technology @Fifty5Blue
Define and execute an Architecture & Cloud strategy that stabilizes existing products and projects and provides a scalable foundation to evolve in line with projected business growth.• Manage Architecture and Cloud talent pool to maximize its value to the business in delivering high quality solutions.• Work across the organization to develop a sophisticated, hands-on understanding of our existing product lines, capabilities, and technology challenges to stabilize delivery, more effectively drive innovation and grow our capabilities.• Build a Cloud COE capability for development teams to leverage best practices, setting cloud policy, guiding key partners relationships and support, and assisting with solution architecture with the goals of improving outcomes and managing risks whilst governing existing estates in compliance with global policies.• Drive the maturity of Software development practices with thought leadership in DevOps culture, agile ways of working and principles & practical applications to mature Software Engineering Practices across the organisation.• Influence & motivate teams towards establishment of a modern software development framework using most recent methodologies and tools.• Work together with key technology leaders to create a software architecture and cloud strategy and practice aligned to the business strategy and agile / dev-ops software delivery• Act as a Cloud evangelist, helping people understand the benefits, challenges, and implications of adopting cloud and helping their teams move to cloud.• Champion best architectural and software development practices and re-use• Assume leadership, coordination, and management of cloud budget responsibility including cloud cost optimization initiatives / targets.
EDUCATION
Kingston University
BSc, Computing with Business Management
Bayes Business School
MSc, Management and Internal Auditing
Merton Sixth Form College
A-Levels, Computer Science, Business Studies, Accounts, Maths
SKILLS
ABOUT CHINTAN SAVJANI
An experienced and versatile Technology leader with a proven track record of managing in-house, and off-shore technology teams within the financial & media sectors. Ran large scale transformation programmes as a technology leader across Cloud, Architecture, Programme/Project Delivery & managed teams across the entire software development lifecycle. C-Level engagement and accountability. Ownership of budgets and management of senior talent across organization. Communication: Clear, open, and inclusive approach at all business levels. Experience in presenting to C-Level, budget reviews, and other stakeholder / client engagements. Leadership: Successfully led several teams on transformation projects and volunteering work. Exposure managing teams on multiple projects and costing, budgeting where required. Programme managed software teams’ engagement and leading on-site and offshore teams. Lead transformation initiatives across the organisation during divestitures and acquisitions as well as platform modernization. Excellent business and customer focus: Consistently driving business objectives and meeting deadlines under pressure while working on projects / programmes with large budgets. Energy: Dedicated in achieving goals, objectives and receptive to stretch opportunities for self-development.Professional Approach: Attention to detail for deliverables at all phases of projects, constantly pushing for quality and process rigor and Lean methodology.
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