Nitin Uplekar

About Nitin Uplekar

Seasoned IT executive with global experience in business transformation and operations across multiple industries (healthcare, telecom, manufacturing, engineering, biotech/pharma). Nitin is a strategic partner focused on building and delivering IT strategies and solutions aligned with business goals. He uses his global leadership experience, process improvement, project management, technology roadmaps, enterprise solutions delivery, and M&A experience to create enterprise value. Nitin is a recognized leader in executing major transformational IT change initiatives and organizational change management.Excels in building dynamic multi-dimensional and cross functional teams that successfully exceed company objectives. Effectively communicates both business goals and highly technical concepts in a way that motivate others. Champion of effective and efficient governance processes to achieve corporate missions with predictable costs and exemplary quality.Advances bottom-line goals by empowering employees and deepening relationships with clients and vendors. Encourages healthy, meaningful competition essential to the development of new ideas and new thinking. Specialties: Executive Leadership Mergers & AcquisitionsOperational Excellence Cloud ComputingTechnology Vision and StrategyEnterprise Data ManagementSystems Lifecycle Management Strategic Businesses TransformationGlobal IT Service Delivery Budgeting & PlanningIT GovernanceTeam Empowerment

Experience

1. Chief Information Officer

   Advarra

   Nov 2017 — Present

   As CIO, Mr. Uplekar directs the Information Technology strategy and performance and capacity management of Advarra\'s cloud-based IRB Management platform.

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

  B.Tech., Mechnical Engineering

  1973 — 1978

• Syracuse University

  M.S., Mechnical Engineering

  1978 — 1980

• The Johns Hopkins University

  M.S., Computer Science

  1984 — 1986

Skills

• Healthcare and Telecommunication
• Agile/Scrum
• Executive Leadership and Communication
• Program/Project Management
• Data Center Consolidation/Virtualization
• Enterprise System Planning and Integration
• Infrastructure Planning and Implementation
• Team Development and Mentoring