Sandeep Mohapatra

About Sandeep Mohapatra

With 23+ years of experience in the IT industry, I have been involved in building and leading delivery teams, leading large practice organizations and driving transformation with clients globally.An IIT-IIM alumnus, I am passionate about delivering business value to my clients through deployment of IT. I also derive great satisfaction in mentoring and coaching bright young talent. I currently lead IBM\'s QA practice for the GIC ( Globally Integrated Capability) with centres globally including India, China, Philippines, Egypt, LA, NA, Europe etc. As a part of this role, I am responsible for a) managing the Workforce and Talent Strategy, Talent Development, Operational health and delivery quality of the practice with targets on growth, profitability and quality.b) building, enhancing and managing offerings (with focus on new ones around exponential technologies) including sales collateral, delivery approaches, capabilities, methods and toolsc) managing the development and deployment of the IGNITE Quality platform including collaboration with IBM researchI also consult with clients on their Quality Engineering transformation journey as a consultant.Prior to this, I led the QA practice globally for ITC Infotech and was accountable for growth, profitability as well as drive “future readiness” in terms of new capabilities and differentiated delivery models In my first innings in IBM, I played multiple roles with the QA & Testing practice. I was involved in leading the different QA service areas with accountability for growth, capability and capacity development across all industries. I have personally owned and driven the sales, solution\'s, setup and delivery of multiple large managed testing engagements for some of IBM\'s top clients, which delivered significant business value to the clients. I setup IBM\'s Global Test Factory from the conceptual stage to design and deployment of the model worldwide that became a large testing shared services organization in IBM that delivered testing services across clients in an industrialized model. In previous roles, I have been engaged in large outsourcing deals from start-up to steady state delivery as well as consulting for package implementation and business process re-engineering.

Experience

1. Partner and Account Executive - Elevance Health

   IBM

   Jan 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

  Post Graduate Diploma in Management

  1995 — 1997

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering

  1991 — 1995

Skills

• Testing
• Sdlc
• Integration
• Solution Architecture
• Requirements Analysis
• Pmp
• IT Solutions
• IT Transformation
• Service Delivery
• Global Delivery
• IT Outsourcing
• Business Transformation
• Organizational Design
• IT Strategy
• Software Quality Assurance
• Outsourcing
• Software Project Management
• Pre-Sales