Rakesh K.

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT RAKESH K.

Over 21+ years as technology and service delivery leader specializing in global enterprise level transition, transformation, cloud migration, service delivery management and project management. Accomplished operational excellence and augmented IT managed services for top fortune 500 companies namely Brookfield, Bank of Montreal [BMO], Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce [CIBC], PricewaterhouseCoopers, Honeywell, Morgan Stanley, Agilent Tech. across geographies in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia Pacific. Led large technology & operational teams, projects & programs including 3 enterprise IT transition, planning and embedding change, enterprise wide digital estate standardization, value assessment & rationalization, cloud migration & modernization, data engineering & architect data platforms running near real time analytics and data science on data streams and relational data. TCV 5M-200M My expertise is my proven ability to be a key differentiator, taking direct ownership and ability to get work done at and across all levels with amicable leadership courage. Key Strength -Large Client Portfolio Management: Owned P&L and delivery of diverse IT portfolio of $20M+, driving enterprise transition to managed services, cloud migration and modernization, digital transformations and process efficiencies-Led global team across multiple geographies. Team sizes of 125 and 18 direct reports, with emphasis on talent retention and development-Reliable Strategy Partner: Revamped technology portfolios and drove cost optimization models as managed service for 7+ clients with a user base across globally. Realizing 15% annual reduction in client service costs while improving margin-Strategic Transformation: Digital strategy, IoT, Cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Hybrid -Cloud, Security) using technologies like Azure, AWS, and Salesforce, AI, Application migration and large data conversion projects-Process Digitization Champion: Realized cost saving of $2+ M annually by implementing cloud transformations and automation-Strong Stakeholder Management: Served as key liaison between technology and business C-suite executives, ensuring smooth delivery of business critical projects and programs-Security & Compliance: Conform to Regulation and Audit Compliance for large systems & platforms including those catering daily financial transactions worth billions of US. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), SOD, MI, and SSAE 16.