Ravi Venkatasubbaiah

About Ravi Venkatasubbaiah

Working with technology excites me – not because of what technology can do, but because of how it can serve the end-user and deliver results to the business.As a global IT visionary with over two decades of experience, I’ve led multiple initiatives to generate cost savings with improved SLAs to deliver higher business value. By combining my hands-on technology expertise with business and management skills, I have scaled and transformed IT organizations from early-stage to mature production service operations and built matrix-managed global teams to consistently deliver on time and under budget.I enjoy writing about Cloud Computing, Enterprise Datacenters, and IT transformation, and have established expertise and thought leadership based on my experience implementing these initiatives. I have always been a proponent of standards and best practices within IT, with a long-term focus. I enjoy consulting with vendors and customers to stay in tune with the latest technologies and products being developed by technology startups, as well as adoption trends for emerging technologies. Specialities: Cloud Infrastructure Design, SaaS, Big Data, IT & Business Strategy, Network Security, IT Transformation, IT Governance, Management, PMO, Budgeting and Forecasting, Compliance

Experience

1. Sr Manager, Global Infrastructure and Services

   Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

   Jan 2009 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   In this role I manage operations in 17 countries to drive adoption of new technologies from POC to Production that deliver increases in IT effectiveness and efficiency while reducing costs. I lead local administrator and end user support teams (supplemented by remote resources) to define, drive and deliver IT / business unit consolidation, scalable infrastructures, and simplified customer-facing operations and processes.• Provide leadership on IT strategy and roadmap, and direction to architecture team on systems and network design. Conduct periodic reviews to ensure alignment with organizational business goals • Deliver program management on Global and Business Unit IT initiatives from conception, design, planning, pilot, quality assurance, and implementation • Provide self-service solutions at every opportunity to increase business agility and reduce costs • Oversee 24x7 Global Support for Tier 1 applications at 8 Global Wafer Fabs for users. Manage entire SDLC lifecycle including planning, testing, deployment, customization, and delivery • Deliver end-to-end IT services for 200 person site, and Level 2 support for 18 divisions in NA region. • Leverage vendor relationships to maximize value and ensure success of key business initiatives • Drive upgrade projects for LAN, WAN, and Telecom to improve performance and reduce downtime • Led team to drive consolidation of legacy systems, generating comprehensive documentation. Implemented Change Management to increase availability from 62% to 99.6% • Achieved reduction in annual printing expenses by leading team to completely redesign campus printing environment, deploying multi-function printers, and eliminating local printers • Consolidated many large-footprint applications from local storage to network storage, realizing 50% savings from a scalable platform

Education

• Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business

  MBA, Finance, Marketing, and International Business

  2005 — 2008

• University of Mysore

  Bachelor of Science, Electronics

Skills

• Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Budgets
• Vmware
• Financial Analysis
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Itil
• Virtualization
• Program Management
• IT Operations
• Disaster Recovery
• Acquisition Integration
• Service Delivery
• Business Analysis
• Vmware Infrastructure
• IT Management
• Risk Management
• Storage Area Networks
• Databases
• Management Consulting
• Outsourcing
• IT Strategy
• Storage Consolidation
• Data Analytics
• Strategic Planning
• Business Management
• Process Improvement
• Data Center
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Compliance
• Storage
• Enterprise Storage
• Storage Virtualization
• Budgeting
• Microsoft Azure
• Business Transformation
• Solution Design
• Infrastructure
• Linux
• Saas