Strategy & Governance & Acting Head - Infrastructure Operations
Aspire Zone Foundation
Total years of experience :13 years, 6 Months
Business ValueOffered
Developed innovative, fact-based and achievable Information Technology (IT) strategies and operating models to enable business growth. Identified and structured key issues and analyzed activities that generate insight to drive IT strategy as well as performance improvement. Proposed technical architecture and associated roadmaps as well as guided investment plans and solution designs. Monitored the implementation of architectural framework the protect AZF’s interests for services provided in-house and via third parties. Defined effective procedures to provide appropriate control and assurance of IT activities and achieve planned outcomes. Lead IT strategy initiatives and provided commercialization strategies and business development plans.Drove continuous professional services process improvement and efficiency while establishing high standards for engagement quality and delivery.
IT Implementations: Delivery&Architectural Framework for Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure and Transformation Roadmap for Cloud Adoption
IT Strategy DevelopmentStrategic IT EffectivenessCorporate IT GovernanceDelivery Management Performance Management& Reporting Program ManagementTechnology as a Service Portfolio Planning & Enterprise Architecture Cost Management Auditing Service Delivery ManagementRoot cause Analysis
Key Initiatives
Created overall Technology strategy and roadmap for the foundation to achieve its strategic vision of becoming a Centre of excellence in Sports globally by 2020
Core team member for IT consolidation and transformation. Formulated commercialization strategies and business development plans; enhanced & improvedstrategic partnerships, joint ventures and commercial applications for local and international clients with the potential to deliver profitable results
Core team member in establishing the Aspire Zone Centre of Excellence in Sports Technology in line with the Foundation’s strategic vision to become global reference in Sports Technology best practices
Re architected the IPTV - Digital Signage solution for the entire Sports City with CISCO DMS solution enabling multi tenancy and future scalability
Introducedstandardized processes and procedures; establishedquality benchmark and reduced risks, controlled costs as well as managed stakeholders’ expectations
Used TOGAF enterprise architecture methodology to build long term portfolio plans for various departments. Identified two departments with similarities in process and defined common systems for both, thus increased efficiency and produced better quality and more integrated information
Business Value Offered
Implementedprocess to identify and exploit opportunities to improve performance and sustainability of IT and the organization. Identified IT architecture development with a clear line of sight to business goals; formulated strategies to align IT framework with business objectives.Provided a technical vision and ensured the effective, efficient integration and up-gradation of all systems ensuring alignment of disparate platforms and various middleware components.
Regulatory Compliance IT Change ManagementDemand ManagementIT Risk ManagementIT Architecture Cost Control
Key Initiatives
Led and designed governance activities and ensured compliance with application and enterprise architecture
Anticipated problems and provided an architectural visionat an enterprise level
Introduced new technologies, integration models, conceptual & logical application, infrastructure patterns and services
Created awareness of maturity at governance level. Monitored and managed IT risks registers
Implemented technical standards and procedures.Recommended appropriate course of action to developers and management on technical structure issues
Defined system, technical and application architectures and business system architecture for major areas of developments