Suhas M. Kharad

About Suhas M. Kharad

Executive Summary & Key Achievement: Driving Enterprise Transformation Through Technology Leadership. “Leadership is not about being in-charge. It is about taking care of those in your charge.” – Simon SinekA visionary IT strategist with over 30 years of experience leading mission-critical, multimillion-dollar programs across Smart Cities, Banking, Utilities, and Law Enforcement. Known for transforming complex challenges into scalable solutions, aligning technology with business goals, and driving innovation through high-performing teams in leadership roles such as Delivery Head, Test Director, and Portfolio Manager. Demonstrated excellence in people leadership, reflected in a company-wide ‘Manager Scorecard Rating’ of 4.6 out of 5 and an overall percentile of 95, as assessed by Great Place To Work® — highlighting strong team engagement and trust across the organization.Published author and recipient of multiple national awards for excellence in technology and quality standards. Holds three master’s degrees, is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt, and has completed executive leadership training from Chicago Booth (USA) & Great Lakes (India). A passionate mentor and educator — rated “Outstanding Mentor” for two consecutive years under the “Foundation For Excellence” (FFE) program for IIT students, and a committed remote educator with eVidyaloka Trust, empowering rural learners through digital classrooms.• Delivered high-impact digital programs including the $100M MahaCyber Command Centre and $154M AMI Smart Meter rollout.• Established global delivery centre in South Africa, scaling operations to support 13 countries and generating $38M in annual revenue.• Built Testing Centres of Excellence for Barclays Africa (250+ test analysts) and Standard Bank (200+test analysts).• Pioneered the SAP Customer Competency Centre now (CCoE) for LTI SAP BU• Championed business excellence through ISO & CMMI Level 5 certifications and capability building.• Recognized for thought leadership with over 13 published research papers and as a key contributor to a GIS-based solution adopted by Telangana Police to monitor Ganesh Pandals across the state. The solution was honoured with the prestigious Digital Engineering Award 2024 (Chicago, USA), conferred to the client for its transformative impact on public safety, citizen engagement, and data-driven governance.

Experience

1. Mahacyber Bu Delivery Head, Business Process & Testing Head

   L&T Technology Services

   Apr 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Background: After the pandemic spawned an era of digitalization across sectors. As part of digital revolution, Governments has taken several steps and initiatives on digitalisation. However this has led to cyber threats, which increased exponentially. The World Economic Forum (WEF) has listed cybersecurity as one of the greatest threats to businesses around the world in its Global Risks Report. Cybersecurity appeared as a top area of concern.The Maharashtra Cyber Department is the nodal agency, responsible for supporting investigations of website hacking, cyber stalking, cyber pornography, e-mail, credit card crime, software piracy, on-line fraud and internet crime etc. in Maharashtra. With incidences of cybercrime on the rise, the Maharashtra Cyber Department would like to facilitate and fast-track investigations, build capacity within the Police Force to handle and manage cases of digital crimes, and raise awareness of citizens regarding cybercrimes and digital fraud. Scope of Work:LTTS is awarded this prestigious project and as part of the scope, The MH Cyber Department of Home Department, intends to achieve its objective by building integrated capabilities by having functionalities such as: Reporting of Cyber Crime using Command Control Center, Technology Assisted Investigation (TAI), Computer Emergency Response Team – Maharashtra (CERT-M), CoE, SOC, Cloud hosted applications. This needs to be enhanced by deploying machine learning and artificial intelligence tools and applications as integral part of each of the above components. As part of the project +100 sophisticate tools is deployed and +50 District Labs will be setup across Maharashtra with main centre being at Navi Mumbai Mahape where Command and Control Center will be presentRole: Understanding of Current Business Process and prepare To-Be process, Managing the Development, Integration and Testing of various application in scope, go-live and O & Mhttps://youtu.be/ybf7QcuvBho?si=xtFEL1QbtDS9seZM

Education

• Vikram University

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), M.Sc. Tech., M.Phil., Applied Geology, Remote Sensing & Sedimentology

  1989 — 1992

• Bharatiya Mahavidyalaya, Amravati

  Bachelor's degree in Geology, Geology/Earth Science, General

  1986 — 1988

• Vidarbha Maha Vidyalaya (VMV) Amravati

  12th Class

  1984 — 1985