Shikhar Puri

About Shikhar Puri

Shikhar is a passionate Technology leader and extremely growth focused with extensive…

Experience

1. Vice President & Service Line Head - Quality and Automation Engineering

   Apexon

   Jun 2022 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Repositioned the portfolio as AI First Quality and automation Engineering – Introduced QE consulting for GenAI, AI & Data• Developed IPs in QE – GenAI powered TestCase creation, Automation, Test case optimization and Consulting.• Brining Innovations in QE Ecosystem - how AI and GenAI can improvise the entire QE ecosystem for better customer value• Matured Service portfolio and launched new services and offerings – Launched AI consulting & aggregator solutions in QE space, Synthetic Data for AI model, BFS RegTech Assurance, Healthcare V&V, Onboarded new partners / alliances for AI• Driving niche technologies driven offerings like GenAI, AI & machine learning, predictive & prescriptive analytics, experience• Growth Initiatives – Leading pre-sales; Driving C-level customer conversations - solutions in line with Business vision & IT strategies; Business Plans and Sales Strategies, Focused Sales campaigns for new offerings, Pro-active pitches along with niche partners for targeted accounts, RFP, RFI & Proposals – driving OB & Pipeline (increased 2.5X in 9 months)• Managing Operations and India Delivery, delivery excellence, automation, bench management, career and skill management, Demand management, Hiring and optimization initiatives, program delivery, Margin increase initiatives, Cost management, NPS• Driving Analyst interactions – NelsonHall & ISG recognized Apexon Leader for “AI-Based Analytics & Automation” & Testing

Education

• National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra

  B. Tech

Skills

• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Software Project Management
• High Performance Computing
• Infrastructure & Mobile Performance
• System Testing
• People/ Resource and Stakeholder Management
• Performance Analysis
• Leading & Managing Large Teams of Enthusiastic & High Performer Associates
• Program Management
• Application Performance Management
• QA & Qc and Test Automation
• Test Management
• Resource Management
• Performance Modeling
• Expectation and Crisis Management
• Large Account Mining & Anchoring
• Business
• Service Delivery
• Performance Engineering
• Requirements Analysis
• Consultancy
• Cloud Computing
• Application Performance Management & Tuning
• Database Performance Modeling & Tuning
• Architectures
• High Performance Teams
• Product Management
• Pre-Sales
• Business & Operational Planning
• Sql Tuning
• Statistical Modeling
• Virtualization
• Solution & Enterprise Architecture
• Performance Testing
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Strategic Leadership
• Testing
• Security Testing
• Soa
• Establish & Lead Practices / Coes