Deepak Kala

Manager @Deloitte

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US

Multiple Clients (36 months)Led and delivered diverse projects for 8+ clients, specializing in network assessment, M&A integration, and IT strategy• Collaborated with engineering leaders to scope and track program deliverables, achieving a 95% on-time completion rate• Conducted vendor performance assessments, enhancing partnership quality and yielding a 10% efficiency gain• Managed Divesture of a manufacturing firm, enabling independent IT infrastructure• Spearheaded the adoption of resiliency engineering practices (including SLOs, FMEA)across 100+ teams, resulting in a 15% reduction in service-impacting incidents.Client WAB: Data Center Migration (12 months)• Defined requirements for data center migration, managed programs, and developed infrastructure strategy in collaboration with the CTO and SMA. Conducted workshops to formulate migration and implementation plans.• Successfully migrated the entire Data Center, transitioning from on-premises infrastructure.Client Verizon: Strategy and Operation (24 months)Project 1: Managed virtual network solution enabling platform to provide one click deployment of network functions• Assessed the maturity, vision, and needs of shared services with leadership.• Prioritize feature adoption based on feasibility, time of deployment and revenue impact and achieved 50% YoY GrowthProject 2: Define Spend Taxonomy Covering revenue of $100B• Defined requirement for cross functional team across engineering, accounting & Tax• Conducted workshops to build consensus with 150 stakeholders to develop and implement leading telecom spend taxonomy which covered $50B in total spendClient Facebook: Data Center Optimization (6 months)Leading social media company engaged Deloitte to optimize the hardware lifecycle present in their datacenter and consumer products• Ensured quality delivery of the hardware optimization platform