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Ashok Sharma

Plymouth,MN

Summary

Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Director of Strategic Project Management Office

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
05.2022 - Current
  • Managed $30 million budget for integration of Data Center
  • Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Implemented innovative solutions to solve complex problems, resulting in increased productivity and streamlined operations.
  • Improved project efficiency with strategic planning, resource allocation, and time management practices.

Sr. Principal Data Analyst

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
10.2019 - 05.2022
  • Spearheaded team focused on Data Analytics, delivering critical insights into Data Center Power utilization, capacity management, incident reporting, and strategic planning.
  • Lead effort to build dashboard for senior leadership using Tableau, React-UI and Python API services.
  • Lead effort to build Infrastructure Data as service: Consolidating Infrastructure data from various sources.
  • Lead effort to build dashboard for senior leadership using Tableau, React-UI and Python API services.

DIRECTOR - Enterprise Hosting Services Project Management

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
03.2014 - 10.2019
  • Implemented Agile methodology
  • Led IT technology project management office. consisting of 300 plus projects.
  • Provided strategic directions to PMO
  • Managed 35+ direct/indirect reports
  • Mentor project leaders/members to improve performance
  • Build process and system to identify project resource utilization and availability using concept of Project Points
  • Migrated storage program led savings of $4.5M in maintenance costs
  • Initiated and managed Windows 2003 remediation program, savings of $7.25 M per year in support cost
  • Automated ServiceNow Change Requests review process
  • Supported Optum IT Infrastructure Disaster Recovery test

Manager Project Management Office

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
05.2010 - 03.2014
  • Provided oversight of more than 150+ projects for Distributed Platform Services organization
  • Managed 17 direct and indirect resources, including global resources.
  • Responsible for Project Management and Product Lifecycle Management teams
  • Developed dashboard for executive reporting.
  • Build process to implement New Technology (Operational Readiness) in production environment
  • Awarded with Make IT Happen award for driving change in processes and collaboration in areas of Quality, Service, Technology, Simplification and providing value to customer.

Project MANAGER (WINTEL GROUP, INFRASTRUCTURE)

UNITED HEALTH GROUP
01.2006 - 03.2010
  • Managed infrastructure projects
  • Developed comprehensive Data Center project schedules and milestones, leveraging industry best practices ensure on-time completion and minimize budget overruns.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement implemented process that changed project delivery from 20% on time to 98% on time.
  • Managed cross organizational teams of 30+ team members.
  • Collaborated with international teams in Ireland and India to build datacenter infrastructure.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Mumbai
University Of Mumbai
05.1987

Skills

  • Program/Project Management
  • Agile Practitioner
  • Leadership reporting
  • Process change/improvement
  • Critical thinking
  • Performance management
  • Technology integration
  • Conflict management
  • Problem solving
  • Cross-functional team building/leadership
  • Coaching/mentoring
  • Data Science (Predictive Modeling/Recommendation System/CNN/Computer Vision/NLP)

Education Certification

  • B.Sc. , 1987, University of Mumbai
  • Leadership for Data Science Program - MIT, February 2022
  • Google IT Automation with Python, August 2021
  • Tableau Desktop Specialist, November 2020
  • U of MN Carlson School of Management - Optum Data Science University Leadership Program
  • Project Management Professional
  • Certified Scrum Master, 2015
  • Advance Diploma in Computer Applications, Systems Analysis & Design (1989)

Timeline

Director of Strategic Project Management Office

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
05.2022 - Current

Sr. Principal Data Analyst

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
10.2019 - 05.2022

DIRECTOR - Enterprise Hosting Services Project Management

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
03.2014 - 10.2019

Manager Project Management Office

OPTUM TECHNOLOGY
05.2010 - 03.2014

Project MANAGER (WINTEL GROUP, INFRASTRUCTURE)

UNITED HEALTH GROUP
01.2006 - 03.2010

Bachelor of Science -

Mumbai

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