Shankar Desai
- Role
- Director at Caterpillar Inc.
- Location
- Peoria, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Shankar Desai
As an innovative and goal-oriented IT and business leader, I leverage emerging…
Experience
Director
Jan 2018 — Present
Oversee a portfolio of global enterprise IT applications services, including data integration and database management, IT applications security, cybersecurity, and leveraging new technology to drive innovation. Drive IT data-lake strategy across multiple business units by utilizing Snowflake and business intelligence (BI) tools to influence strategic decision-making. • Delivered millions of dollars in cost savings through strategic contract negotiations with key partners. • Led transition from Teradata to Snowflake, generating million-dollar cost savings.
Education
Bradley University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Executive MBA
Bradley University
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical Engineering
Skills
- Erp
- IT Service Management
- Networking
- IT Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Global
- Business Process Improvement
- Leadership
- Network
- Strategy
- Infrastructure
- Program Management
- Enterprise Architecture
- Management
- Enterprise Software
- Business Intelligence
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- IT Strategy
- Business Process
- E-Commerce
- Innovation
- Process Improvement
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