Walid Farha

About Walid Farha

Experienced technology leader with proven track record of delivering results in complex, transformational, large-scale Application Development and Management engagements. Skillful in balancing strategic thinking, enterprise architecture and rigorous portfolio management to any undertaking to build solid business cases and produce results. Expertise in business development including demand generation, solution and value creation, customer interaction, negotiation, transition, delivery and optimization. Led a team to support a sales pipeline of $600M Leadership in initiating innovative ideas and practices to bring products into next level of sophistication. Led a team to build a transformation framework and optimization app store utilizing analytics and machine learning capabilities for a Top 6 IT Services firm. Pioneered next gen managed services operating models such as App retirement as a service, DevOps as a service Strong C level advisory and communication skills on strategic planning, portfolio rationalization, sourcing strategies, service management and enterprise architecture. Proven track record in producing actionable plans Delivery executive experience with strong global delivery and program management on large-scale engagements Deep expertise in establishing and growing professional practices at the National and global level Diverse industry experience in financial services, healthcare, commercial and public sector and international experience working in 18 countries Skills. Application development and management outsourcing and optimization. Program management. Portfolio management. ITSM. Enterprise architecture. Machine learning. IT Strategy. Business development. Application modernization. People and team leadership. Automation and RPA

Experience

1. Practice Lead, Application Management and Transformation

   NTT DATA North America

   Dec 2009 — Present

   Managed services solutioning: concept and proposal to transition and steady state optimization. Led a team of solution architects to revamp leading offerings in managed services for application support and development. Developed a transformation framework that won information week 500 award and developed an \"optimization appstore\" with leading technologies including predictive analytics and machine learning. Product implemented globally and is a unique differentiator in incident prevention, prediction and self-healing

Education

• University of Ottawa

  Master of Science (MS)