Vishwanath Nair, Head of IT Continuity Management

Vishwanath Nair

Head of IT Continuity Management

Emirates

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Diploma, Diploma of Security Investigation
Experience
26 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :26 years, 0 Months

Head of IT Continuity Management at Emirates
  • United Arab Emirates
  • My current job since June 2007

:- Program manage end - to - end implementation of Business Continuity Plans for different Emirates Group departments including Employee Services, Payroll, dnata Travel Centre and Chauffeur Drive Services (Airlines Services)
:- Manage Business Impact Assessment (BIA) exercises for multiple business units of Emirates Group to identify critical functions and their dependencies
:- Instrumental in identifying and performing ongoing measurement of IT Service Management metrics and KPIs to be included as a part of the balanced score card of the IT organization
:- Aligning IT Continuity & IT Service Management processes to overall Risk Management & Quality framework
:- Introduced the concept of Business Services and Led Service Design and implementation of the same in the Organization
:- Key influencer in vendor selection project of outsourcing organization critical reservation and departure control business processes

Manager IT General Controls at ArcelorMittal
  • United Arab Emirates
  • August 2006 to March 2007

" Core member of the Corporate SOX Coordination team entrusted with the implementation of SOX IT General Controls in the various entities of Arcelor Mittal Steel.
" Planning and managing implementation of SOX related IT General Controls for a critical manufacturing unit of Mittal Steel.

Information Security Consultant at Wipro Technologies
  • India
  • November 2003 to July 2006

" Core member and Subject Matter Expert in undertaking regulatory certifications like ISO 27001, SOX, SAS 70 and ISO 20000.
" Responsible for providing consultancy services on Information Risk Management to Wipro's internal Information Security Management team.
" Accountable for reviewing risks involved in customer offshore setups and other business needs;
" Providing and managing frameworks in areas of risk management;
" Own and implement Security Incident Management
" Promote BCP (Business Continuity Planning), DRP (Disaster Recovery Planning) and application & system security management.

Technical Analyst at Infosys Technologies Ltd
  • India
  • March 2002 to October 2003

Consulting in information security for IT Outsourcing assignments, involving architecting solutions for specific client requirements in areas including risk management, business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning, application and system security management.

Sr. Consultant at Fortuna Technologies
  • United States
  • August 2000 to October 2001

Professional Service Consultant subcontracted to Netegrity, Inc to architect and implement Identity Management solutions based on their e-commerce security product - SiteMinder at customer locations.

Major Assignments handled include Internal Identity Management Solution Consulting for a Major telecom service provider in Atlanta and bank in New York city.

as Associate Systems Engineer at Novell
  • United States
  • February 2000 to July 2000

Pre-sales consultancy for all Novell products including with a focus on Novell Directory Services (NDS), Performance Testing and guiding Novell Development Partners. And technical consultancy to current and new clients for technology solutions like Identity Management and Network Management.

Sr. Systems Engineer at Manipal Control Data
  • India - Mumbai
  • December 1997 to January 2000

Systems engineer responsible for implementing messaging solutions for FMCG giant in Middle East

Education

Diploma, Diploma of Security Investigation
  • at Edith Cowan University
  • January 2010

Diploma of Security Investigation by Edith Cowan University

Bachelor's degree, Electronics
  • at University of Pune
  • January 1996

Specialties & Skills

Business Continuity
IT Service Management
IT Risk
Information Security Management
Information Security Management
IT Governance
IT Service Management
ISO 27001
BS25999
Compliance Management
Business Resilience
IT Service Continuity
Risk Management

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

ISACA UAE
  • Director (Government Relations)
  • June 2007

Training and Certifications

Member of Business Continuity Institute (MBCI) (Certificate)
ITIL v3.0 Service Design (Certificate)