Rajat Arora

About Rajat Arora

With over 23 years of experience, my focus is on transforming global technology…

Experience

1. Senior Director IT - Global Network Services

   PepsiCo

   Apr 2023 — Present

   Part of the GIS organization, responsible for PepsiCo’s Global Infrastructure Services, heading the Global Network Infrastructure and Services. • Provide Network WAN/LAN, Security and IP services and thought leadership throughout the organization. • Partner closely with other PepsiCo sector, functional, and supporting function teams. • Partner closely with PepsiCo’s Information Security organization to secure the PepsiCo ecosystem. • Drive PepsiCo’s security standards for Network WAN/LAN, Security and IP services on premise and in the public cloud globally. In such areas as Disaster Recovery, SOX compliance, PepsiCo compliance and security Standards. • End-to-End responsibility, governance and management of global Network Operations, Infrastructure Hardware providers, and WAN providers globally to meet or exceed agreed service level agreements across the globe. • Supporting over 2,300 PepsiCo locations globally. • Drive Continuous improvement in Services and service levels provided to PepsiCo\' CIO org and sectors, in partnership with peers in IT, and the Business, in order to deliver PepsiCo goals.

Education

• Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

  Executive -MBA, International Business (Major), Operations (Minor)

• Mayo College, Ajmer

  Primary Education, Primary Education

  1990 — 1997

• The Open Group ; Cisco Systems

  TOGAF # 117627 , CCIE # 21679

• Wharton Executive Education

  Digital Transformation, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

• Purdue University

  Postgraduate Program, Digital Transformation

• Mayo College, Ajmer

  High School Diploma, High School Education

• Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics & Communication

Skills

• Data Center
• Routing
• Enterprise Architecture
• Vlan
• Tcp/Ip
• Servers
• Network Services
• Troubleshooting
• Wan
• Bgp
• IT Leadership
• Networking
• Enterprise IT Infrastructure
• Togaf
• Ospf
• Network Design
• IT Infrastructure Operations
• Enterprise IT Strategy
• Internet Protocol Suite (Tcp/Ip)
• Pre-Sales
• Ccie R&S
• Wireless Mobility
• Routers
• Solution Architecture
• Open Shortest Path First (Ospf)
• Ipv6
• Telecommunications
• Ccdp
• Juniper Technologies
• Ip
• Prince Practitioner
• Mpls
• IT Service Management
• Business Strategy
• Itil
• Network Engineering
• Juniper
• Voip
• Fortinet
• Cisco Call Manager