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Work History
Education
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Honors Awards
Speaking Engagements
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ASH KANAGAT

Technology Leader
Boston,Massachusetts

Summary

Highly effective technology people leader with diverse global experience. Led Enterprise Architecture in BCG, Bain and Verizon. Led delivery and support for highly available, mission-critical applications. Proven delivery of large-scale multi-channel technology functions in a highly complex organization. Proven ability to build, inspire, motivate and manage high performance technology teams.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief Enterprise Architect

Bain & Company
11.2020 - Current
  • Leading Enterprise Architecture
  • Enabling Generative AI technology transformation
  • Responsible for strategic roadmap for technology
  • In this role, interact with technology and business leadership/C-level team, providing advice and guidance on short and long-term technology decisions.

Senior Program Director (contract)

Bain & Company
01.2020 - 10.2020
  • Led development of next generation Knowledge Management platform
  • Diverse team engagement across US, Poland and India teams
  • Introduced Cloud first approach and Azure DevOps
  • Built and deployed platform that was competitive advantage in record 9 months at half projected cost
  • Currently, continue to be advisor to Bain Knowledge Management systems team.

Global IT Director of Architecture

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
01.2018 - 10.2019
  • Member, Enterprise Architecture steering committee
  • Global architecture lead for Knowledge Management and multiple consultant support applications
  • Led development teams across US, Germany, and India

Director Of Information Technology

Verizon
01.2010 - 01.2018
  • As technology executive, supported frontline Sales and Customer Service organizations to increase performance, effectiveness and revenue
  • Led 120+ global technology organization
  • Supported mission-critical applications used by 60k frontline associates and 120m+ customers.
  • Multiple platforms supported
  • Customer Service - Knowledge management
  • Intranet & Enterprise Search
  • Call center and Point-of -Sale Analytics and Reporting
  • Performance management
  • IoT onboarding and certification
  • RPA for agent desktop
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Net Promoter Score (NPS)

Associate Director of Information Technology

Verizon Wireless
01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Created Next Generation Enterprise Intranet for 240k employees
  • Saved $6m/year in vendor cost by creating in-house media distribution platform
  • Created "Search as a Service" with Machine Learning for Enterprise Search
  • Advised Area CIO and Leadership on all technology solutions
  • Created self-service micro-site provisioning platform for device launches
  • Created company wide wiki for all applications
  • Led GIS systems team supporting countrywide wireless coverage platform
  • Assisted senior leadership in managing all aspects of operations

Principal Member of Technical Staff

Verizon Wireless
01.2007 - 01.2009
  • Technology advisor to Area CIO and Area President
  • Led migration to virtualization platforms
  • Developed unified Area wide metrics reporting platform
  • Supported applications for Area Sales Engineering, Legal, and Customer service
  • Created platform for employee engagement and collaboration

Senior Manager

Verizon Wireless
01.2000 - 01.2007
  • Technology advisor to Executive Director for Broadband
  • Led Broadband and Wholesale Enterprise Architecture
  • Recognized with Verizon Excellence award for leadership in Enterprise Architecture.
  • Created architecture for bundling of telecom services to over 40 U.markets
  • Received commendation for technical leadership.

Consultant

GTE Wireless
01.1995 - 01.2000
  • Implemented first industry-wide wireless ordering and provisioning platform
  • Created Data Mart for Direct Marketing organization supporting 3.5m customers
  • Implemented processes to achieve SEI CMM Level-2 for Software development
  • Business analyst/Requirements engineer for ordering platform

Partner and CEO

ASI Custom Software
01.1988 - 01.1995
  • Entrepreneur, Partner, and co-CEO for Technology consultancy firm
  • 1st to fully automate largest laboratory in Asia
  • 1st Product for Car dealership warranty claim system in India
  • 1st Product for Leasing services management in India
  • Financial Accounting product with >250 SMB installations
  • Established 105% YoY growth rate over 7 years
  • Provided outstanding service to all individuals, promoting effective, and lasting business relationships
  • Sold business to VC

Education

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Dibrugarh University
India

Certificate - Computer Science And Programming

National Institute of Information Technology
New Delhi

Skills

Supervision and Leadership

Honors Awards

  • Verizon Excellence Award
  • Verizon Credo Award
  • Verizon Architecture Award
  • GTE Top Consultant Award
  • NIIT Excellence Award

Speaking Engagements

  • Oracle Inc
  • IBM
  • Coveo
  • Avanade

Timeline

Chief Enterprise Architect

Bain & Company
11.2020 - Current

Senior Program Director (contract)

Bain & Company
01.2020 - 10.2020

Global IT Director of Architecture

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
01.2018 - 10.2019

Director Of Information Technology

Verizon
01.2010 - 01.2018

Associate Director of Information Technology

Verizon Wireless
01.2009 - 01.2010

Principal Member of Technical Staff

Verizon Wireless
01.2007 - 01.2009

Senior Manager

Verizon Wireless
01.2000 - 01.2007

Consultant

GTE Wireless
01.1995 - 01.2000

Partner and CEO

ASI Custom Software
01.1988 - 01.1995

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Dibrugarh University

Certificate - Computer Science And Programming

National Institute of Information Technology
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