N Jayantha Prabhu

About N Jayantha Prabhu

Top India CIO\'s Published Profile: http://live.icmgworld.com/premium-listing/architects/india-cios/jayantha-prabhu.htmlBrought up in a family of Entrepreneurs, I started my professional life by starting a Startup of people movement based in my hometown Mangalore. Having a liking for IT, which was just starting to have an impact in India at that time, I took an early call to move into the domain that has fascinated me.In Essar, where I have lived through Essar’s journey from a small organization with revenues of USD 4 billion to USD 37 billion & from an organization focusing on Shipping & Steel industry to becoming an Globally recognized Conglomerate with diversification into multiple verticals. My Present role as Group CIO Essar, my responsibilities are Business Transformation enablement by IT, IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, Project delivery, Enterprise License Agreements, Green IT & Sustainability, IT Center of Excellence etc. I represent IT on various Function Boards of Business verticals, HR, Finance, M&A, Learning, Audit Committee, etc.I am also responsible for playing the role as a CIO for multiple verticals of Essar Businesses. I also a mentoring to Head IT representatives of a few verticals of Essar.A recipient of many awards like CIO 100, Top 10 CIO of India, Global CIO, CIO Power List etc. I have several published articles in leading magazines as well as in various International media like Case Studies, Technical papers, etc. to my credit. I have been invited by the Govt. of India & prestigious institutions like Nasscom as an expert on various panels like Govt. of India interaction with the Bhutan, etc. I have participated in National & International forums on various topics & under various roles like Jury, Speaker, Expert Panelist & Advisory Council member.Involved in mentoring activities to the upcoming CIO’s of various organizations for building the next generation of leaders in the IT.

Experience

1. Chief Information Officer

   Essar

   Dec 2015 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Managing team of 150+ members and 200+ outsourced staff for around user base for 98 location and 5 datacenters across the Globe.Responsible for establishing the company’s technical vision and leading all aspects of the company’s technology development across all areas of Information Technology. Has been the company top technology executive, playing an integral role in the company’s strategic direction, development, and future growth. Independently collaborates with vertical-specific CIOs and CEOs at Essar Vital member of EGAM constitutes a senior management committee directly interfacing with Promoters & Directors.Principal owner of ESSAR Group Enterprise Architecture Board – IT Infrastructure & Technology and acting as Chairman –Global Information Technology Committee. In charge of Vendor Alliance, New Innovation, IT Procurement, New technology evaluation / Architecture, & COERole & Key strategic rollouts:1. Rebuild IT organisation across the group and align with changing business environment2. Driving group level digitisation initiatives for business transformation and standardization3. Digital Transformation including IOT, Mobility, Cloud, Social Media, Analytics, Dashboard reports & Collaboration Solution.4. Major M&A exercises across global5. Group wide consensus building for 63 Essar Group cos for implementation of SAP solution6. Enterprise wide Information Security landscape implementation & Consolidations7. Significant improvement in IT governance and collaboration8. Brought in very clear “Cloud 1st” and “Mobile 1st” focus9. Optimize resources and work with business for maximizing value out of IT Investments.11. Defined enterprise wide IT Process and Policies closely aligned with business goals12. Providing direction and mentoring to multiple IT teams across several businesses 13. Established the link between strategy, business-as-usual while focusing on change projects thereby helping organizations

Education

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• Telecommunications
• Leadership
• Architectures
• Business Process Management
• Business Process
• Wan
• Project Planning
• Consulting
• Information Technology
• Networking
• Business Intelligence
• Outsourcing
• Microsoft Technologies
• Architecture
• Security
• Iso 27001
• IT Service Management
• Sap
• Exceptional Relationship Building Skills
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Management
• Service Delivery
• Network Administration
• Erp
• IT Management
• Windows Server
• Information Security
• Eai
• Vendor Management
• Solution Architecture
• Process Optimization
• IT Transformation
• Team Management
• Requirements Analysis
• IT Strategy
• Pre-Sales
• Infrastructure
• Data Center
• Disaster Recovery