ALEX AGGARWAL
Cell: (586) 925-5600; PO Box 441244, Detroit MI 48244 Email: alex.aggarwal@yahoo.com
Senior IT Executive experience with Microsoft, IBM, Capgemini, Attachmate, GM, Meritor
TECHNICAL SKILLS | BUSINESS ACUMEN | MAXIMIZING ROI | COMMUNICATION
Results-oriented IT Executive with 10 years of consulting experience with Big 5, 8 years of Corporate IT experience as Sr Director Enterprise Architecture and Strategy, and with 7 years of Software product development experience at Attachmate and IBM Labs.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
" Recipient of Microsoft Top Contributor Award leading MCS for multi-million dollar software implementation projects Led teams through complete Consulting Cycle - pre-sales, feasibility studies, proposal, SOW, RFQ response, SLAs, design, and implement change management and knowledge transfer & client relationship management.
" Led engineering teams with diverse backgrounds (on & offshore) was responsible for People Management including hiring, work plan development, performance management, and people development.
" Responsible for team building and development including organization structure, recruiting, global team management. Compile and present Management Reports on team performance including metrics and deliverable status.
" PMP Certified IT Executive with problem-solving, fast and effective decision making, technical acumen, and project management skills - led the project work through SDLC lifecycle in order to deliver business value on Time within budgets with quality,
" TOGAF certified IT Executive with expertise in Enterprise, and Solution Architecture, IT Strategy, IT Management, IT Applications Rationalization, Aligning IT with Business Strategy, Technical Roadmaps, Application Portfolio Optimization, Future State Architecture (FSA) and Current State Architecture (CSA), Cost Reduction through vendor management, System design, implementation & deployment of fault-tolerant, scalable, highly available, large-scale systems.
" CISSP Security Certified IT Executive who has led developed and implemented a Cloud strategy for Fortune 500 multinational manufacturing companies to use IaaS, PaaS and SaaS-based on applications and host in public, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Gov Cloud or Private Cloud based on security requirements
" Led adoption of leading-edge technologies that provide the most cost-effective solutions and reduce Time to Market. Extensive experience in strategic planning and aligning Business with IT (data, systems, processes, and technologies) for improved efficiency and cost reduction, developing/implementing innovative strategic solutions to align IT with business, including efficiently merging disparate IT organizations.
" Certified in SAP ERP and supported Oracle eBusiness Suite, MFGPro, Net Dynamics, Sage CRM, Siebel CRM, and other Clouds ERPs, eCommerce, Cloud, Mobility implementation. Significant experience in leading globally distributed IT, teams. A proven innovator with an out-of-box thinking ability who is comfortable dealing with ambiguity. Collaborated with business and IT leaders from overseas units.
EDUCATION
MBA majoring in Finance, Booth School of Business, The University of Chicago, USA
MS Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada
Got the IEEE Best Paper Award for the paper published on FPGA research as a part of the Masters thesis.
BS Computers, Gujarat University, India, Distinction
CAREER HISTORY
GENERAL MOTORS, GREATER DETROIT AREA, MI, USA
2012 NOV- CURRENTLY
Enterprise Architecture Leader
Responsible for providing governance over the IT Standards, Roadmaps & Lifecycles, SAP environment, Open Source Software (OSS), and PCF Private Cloud for Microservices and for developing Mobile, Cloud, and SaaS solutions
" Reduced Software Costs by $30M by using OSS by increasing adoption at the same time balancing IP & Security risks. Designed, Open Source Software Policy to reduce Security & IP risk to GM and implemented the OSS process integrated with Agile development process and CI/CD - DevOps process by integrating Black Duck and Artifactory tools with Jenkins and MS Build process that led to the reduction of OSS software approval time from 6 months to 2 weeks. 1600+ OSS components got approved using this process which involves monthly meetings with Global CIO and GM Legal.
" 38/% Reduction of technology debt by providing governance over applications and regularly publishing Statement of Technology Direction (SoTD)
" Supervised and provided governance to the development teams supporting following development stacks
o Microsoft - .Net. C#. TFS, MS Build
o JavaScript - Angular, React.JS. Node.js
o Java JDK, Maven, Jenkins
o AI/ML platform based on Python, TensorFlow, Jupyter Notebooks
" Defined the GM IT Standards for suppliers and vendors to interface their systems with GM IT systems.
" Led Data Architecture for data-warehouse and reducing data replication time from 3-6 hrs. to 15 minutes by replicating only change-data at near real-time instead of nightly batch Defined new ETL, Business Continuity, Data Analytics tools standards
o IBM Infosphere Data Replication (IIDR) from Mainframe to Mid-range communicating changes instead of legacy flat-file format.
o Oracle Golden-Gate for replication data from operational relational databases to enterprise data-warehouse.
o IBM Cognos for Data Analytics and Reporting
o Oracle Data-Guard to replicate data to failover datacenter for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
AGILE PARTNERS INC, USA
2012 FEB - CURRENTLY
IT Cloud and Mobile Services Company providing Amazon Cloud Services, Google Cloud and Azul Technologies solutions
Principal & Chief Technology Officer
" Developed Mobile and Cloud solutions filed two Patents on Mobile Apps
" Developed Service Offerings such as IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, Cloud and Mobile Services, Remote Infrastructure Management, Remote Help Desk, and Custom Application Development
" Provided business strategy to penetrate USA and Canadian Market for a 2000+ person Indian IT Services company
MERITOR, TROY, MI, USA
2008 OCT -2012 JAN
Meritor, Inc. is a $6B premier global supplier of a broad range of integrated systems, modules and components
Senior IT Director of Enterprise Architecture and Strategy
Responsible for IT Strategy, Application Standards & Portfolio Optimization, Emerging Technologies such as Cloud Computing, Mobile technologies, SOA, Web 2.0, Knowledge Management, Technology Roadmap aligned with business strategy and implementation & governance of Enterprise Architecture Standards. Develop strategies for the adoption of new technologies to increase business value.
" Worked as a change agent to reinvigorate IT systems, processes and people
" Rescued troubled IT projects. As part of the Executive team, shored projects in distress and provided guidance to teams on technical and process challenges. Utilized Architectural reviews, Project Management & SDLC processes.
" Conducted Aftermarket and OEM - Sales and Marketing Business Workshops to align IS with business and to prepare a roadmap to increase Sales, Productivity and Effectiveness of the sales team by business capability mapping.
" Designed and led IT Strategy. Defined Enterprise standards and developed technical roadmap to insure IT investments made in proper technology and skills.
" Chaired Enterprise Architectural Governance process, leading to a 23% reduction in the applications portfolio through standardization, globalization, and retirement.
" Directed selection, evaluation, and approval of new global software for North America, Europe, Asia and South America operations that reduced the total IT budget by 15%. Negotiated software contracts with Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM saving $4M.
" Increased solution quality with tools such as Oracle RAT and VS Test, and also implemented Problem Solving tools and processes, reducing Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) by 37%.
" Led IT implementation of numerous initiatives that included:
- New eCommerce site based on the Websphere commerce server. Increased Aftermarket sales by $34M.
- Mobile Devices for executives & Sales & Marketing App on iPad on Apples AppStore. full ROI in less than 12 months.
- CRM solution in Oracle EBS 11.5.10.2 to provide a 360 view of the customer
- Oracle Fusion Middleware (SOA) interfacing with multiple applications such as Red Prairie Warehouse Management System (WMS), Apriso MES, Windchill PLM with Oracle 11.5.10 EBS system.
" Developed a 5-year Technology roadmap, aligning IT investments with business strategy to achieve maximum ROI.
- Manufacturing & Product Quality Roadmap:
§ Global Windchill Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system linking engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and suppliers together through one system for product specification; and a Common Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM/MES) system to 19 plants to improve product quality.
- Datacenter Roadmap:
§ Cloud Technology using Amazon cloud services & Google Apps. Reduced hosting cost by 64% ($10.5M) with better Time to Market, SLA and leading to a hybrid cloud model.
§ A global WAN strategy that included WAN Accelerators, Packet Shapers, MPLS and site-to-site VPNs
§ Leveraged EMC NAS capability for de-duplication and compression, database compression, data archiving and purging processes, saving $300K /yr in storage costs
- Line of Business Applications Roadmap:
§ ERP consolidation to one Oracle EBS instance from 8 different ERP systems such as AS/400, BPCS, MFGPro.
§ Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and 2 applications integrated using Oracle Fusion Middleware.
§ Consolidation of 14 BI & Reporting environments, with new organizational structure & processes for timely Business Intelligence reports using existing SQL Server Analysis Services, Hyperion Enterprise Manager, Web Focus & Neotrix software.
§ End-User Computing, Smart Device Mobility and BYOD Roadmap operationalized by implementing iPad public app in shoestring budget with ROI of less than a year.
CAPGEMINI, OUTSOURCING, SOUTHFIELD, USA 2006 MAY -2008 SEPT
Senior Consulting Executive/Senior Manager
Led team of 10 onsite architects and coordinated efforts of 480 people offsite at General Motors Corporation as part of a $500M third-generation outsourcing contract.
" Supported SAP systems for Spare Parts Organization warranty processing, and SAP in India and China.
" Managed and enhanced IT architecture for the Global Sales Service and Marketing domain, one of GMs largest process areas.
" Played a key role in the transition of work from EDS to Capgemini; the most difficult and complex part of the contract.
" Achieved 100% compliance to the Contract SLA, with Zero penalties.
" Supported General Motors Asia-Pacific (GMAP), traveling globally to Melbourne, Australia, and Shanghai, China facilities.
" Reviewed architecture, design, and performance results of the IT development projects currently in flight implemented by Capgemini and other GM vendors including Wipro, EDS, HP & IBM.
" Assisted GM in developing the future Domain IT landscape, and 3- and 5-year roadmaps for Future State Architecture (FSA).
" Supported SAP systems for Spare Parts Organization warranty processing, and SAP in India and China.
" Organized two Accelerated Solutions Environment (ASE) workshops to align the business and IT for the globalization of dealer and reporting systems, leading to consolidation and significant savings of $14M.
MICROSOFT, USA
1999 SEPT-2006 APRIL
Consulting Executive Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS)
" Recipient of Microsoft Top Contributor Award for helping the Consulting Practice develop complete enterprise solutions integrated with enterprise back-end systems, leading MCS to bid for multi-million dollar IT implementation projects.
" Recommended to clients C-level management, strategies to reduce costs, improve ROI and increase the impact of IT investments.
" Led teams through complete Consulting Cycle, through pre-sales, feasibility studies, proposal, design and implementation, change management and knowledge transfer including Statement of Work (SOW), RFQ responses, SLAs & client relationship.
" Successfully directed consulting teams completing 9 large, complex programs within budget and 5% to 10% ahead of schedule. Managed customer expectations and interface with the clients business and technical teams.
" Provided strong hands-on technical leadership, where required, in Microsoft technologies such as VS.Net, SQL Server, BizTalk Server, and SharePoint, integrating with ERP systems such as SAP, PeopleSoft, and Oracle Applications.
" Worked on projects: Clientside integration for Desktop apps for Call Center Apps, Configurable workflow using SOA/BPEL for Financial Institution, WebServices and XML, integrating systems with SAP using RFCs & BAPIs for SD, MM, HR, and FICO modules.
" Co-managed the sales, promotion, and growth of professional services revenue for multi-million dollar opportunities. Helped in establishing Enterprise Consulting Practice in Microsoft
" Led consultants, business analysts, and testers to deliver SOA-based solutions for Fortune 500 clients. Reported status to CIOs.
IBM, TORONTO, CANADA 1995 JUNE-1999 APRIL
Consulting Executive e-Business & ERP Practice (IBM Global Service)
Staff IBM Toronto Lab
Led 14-member team doing feasibility studies, architecture and design, process re-engineering, effort estimation, and SAP implementation.
" Received IBM Appreciation Award for Excellence for successfully leading a back-end integration product for WebSphere Commerce Server from conception to timely release of the product.
" As Development Manager, led cross-functional teams comprised of business and technology professionals and subject matter experts in establishing & translating functional requirements into Project initiatives.
" As Senior Technical Architect, instrumental in the successful handling of the largest & the most difficult part of quality control and multi-vendor integration of SAP ERP application projects.
" Successfully completed multiple million-dollar projects for large clients in the Telecom and Retail industries.
" Led design and IT implementation of network-centric applications using Java, Web, Lotus Notes and back-end SAP systems.
ATTACHMATE, TORONTO, CANADA 1993 JUNE -1995 JUNE
Team Lead
" Managed design and development of Client-Server based software using C/C++ and Modula languages such as VIM interface to access e-mail databases and GUI interface for an administration program to configure e-mail server using MFC and installation program using Install Shield.
" Managed Lotus Notes e-mail and meeting scheduling engine. Led development of a library of functions to read magnetic stripe card reader.
CERTIFICATIONS
1. CISSP Certified Professional
2. Security - ISO/IEC 27002 Foundation Certification
3. ITIL Essential Certification
4. TOGAF Certified Architect
5. SAP Certified Sales & Distribution Consultant and SAP Certified ABAP/4 Consultant
6. PMP Certified Project Manager
7. Microsoft Certified Professional
8. Six Sigma Green Belt Certified |
