Gaurav Minhas

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ABOUT GAURAV MINHAS

A result-oriented, accountable & driven technology manager with 15+ years of experience, specializing in delivering complex enterprise applications & data solutions for diversified financial services companies Executed over 12 large scale digital technology & strategic IT programs with over hours of Project Management practice. Led cross-functional & global teams spread across Canada, US, Manila, & India in a weak matrix & functional organizational setup. Project management expertise in delivering end-to-end projects (initiation-to-closure) in emerging digital technologies, enterprise data & content management, and infrastructure & application modernization initiativesExperience in effective business partner & stakeholder management & strong C-level interactions, focused on maintaining strategic relationships, effective decision making & managing ambiguity. Improved business partner’s satisfaction index by 18%, by sound Risk management & Governance, and by eliminating in-efficiencies & overrunsExperience in waterfall & agile methodologies (scrum framework); Successfully managed enterprise application portfolio through the complete Dev-Ops/Continues Integration adoption journey i.e. from version control & branching strategy, to packaging libraries & repository management, and build & deployment pipelines.Effectively partnered with several Business and Technology Functions, acting as a PM intermediary, driving synergy, consensus & business-IT alignment, and bridging any strategic gaps or breaking down cross-functional information silosSuccessfully project managed and executed BMO\'s largest enterprise data transformation program- Customer360 (in US & Canada) aggregating all customer information across BMO, driving personalization, loyalty & growthSuccessfully delivered enterprise content management solution & digital infrastructure for Investment Banking. Delivered award-winning Wells Fargo’s Commercial Electronic Office for Wholesale - Treasury management Leveraged Enterprise Project Management Office methodologies, standards, best practices and innovative tools to deliver outstanding business value for LOBs, thereby achieving organizational CAGR of 30%(7 years)Independently managed diverse projects with order of magnitude over USD 12.5 million & over 40 team members