Santosh Shinde
Engineering Director
Fremont,California
Summary
Seasoned Engineering Agile leader, Clear communicator, decision maker and problem solver. I’m passionate about being a technology enabler, planning strategic roadmap across across platforms (cloud/on-prem, Packaged/custom), visionary leader while optimizing the cost. I strongly demonstrate Expert level knowledge of the Portfolio & Program Management function and how it can best serve product and technical delivery teams in IT spanning Applications, Infrastructure, Data & Integration Architecture, and Security
Career Objective:
* Corporate Innovation
* Growth Acceleration
* Ops Excellence
* Partnerships
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Engineering Director
Gap Inc.
Pleasanton, CA
03.2012 - Current
- Set budgets for engineering tasks, tailoring financial limitations to business goals and optimizing return on investment (ROI) for completed deliverables.
- Managed resource allocation and utilization for my entire domain.
- Represented company within industry organizations and at industry events.
- Built strong teams through selective recruitment and post-hire mentorship of junior engineers.
- Reviewed and assessed architecture design, implementation, testing and deployment needs to identify project requirements and costs.
- Worked closely with Senior Leadership teams to plan, develop and execute technical short term and long term strategies aligned to the vision.
- Supported implementation of several Financial, Tax. Treasury, Strategic Sourcing, Real Estate, Loss Preventions and Corporate administration system software applications to enable centralized management of tasks.
- Implemented scorecard, managed vendor and software selection process and vendor relations for my domain
- Managed CapEx and Opex budgets
- Implemented Operational Excellence to constantly deliver maximum available Tier 1 and Tier 2 systems while meting SLA's and SLO to deliver smooth flow of daily business needs
- Successfully managed annual software support and consulting renewals with several vendors
- Oversaw my department operations and training.
- Wrote policy, procedure and manuals governing internal IT use.
- Communicated with leadership teams to maximize development efficiencies and resolve technology issues.
Sr. Manager
Accenture
El Segundo, CA
03.1999 - 03.2012
Sr. Systems Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
San Diego, CA
12.1997 - 12.1998
Sr. Systems Anakyst
Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
12.1995 - 12.1997
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering Technology
Walchand Institute of Technology
Maharashtra, India 08.1992 - 07.1995
Diploma in Engineering - Digital Electronics
S. B. M. Polytechnic
Maharashtra, India 08.1988 - 07.1992
Skills
Resource Allocation Optimization
Project Planning Oversight
System integration
Strategic planning
Budget creation
Training and mentoring
Team Building
Compliance understanding
Advanced problem solving
Project Management
Systems Installation, Configuration and Upgrading
Disaster Recovery Methodologies
Budget administration
Contract Management
Software Development Lifecycle
Mergers and acquisitions knowledge
Performance Evaluations
Computer Architecture
Program oversight
Management development
Leadership Competencies
Accomplishments
Career Highlights:
* Managed annual budget of $20+M in Project, Software, OpEx
* Delivered 24%+ saving annual savings by building global teams
* Delivered Operational Excellence by reducing incidents trend by 40% and problem tickets by 50% while maintaining SLA's and continued delivery of new and enhanced capabilities.
Career Objective
* Servant Leadership
* Corporate Innovation
* Growth Acceleration
* Ops Excellence
* Partnerships
Timeline
Engineering Director
Gap Inc.
03.2012 - Current
Sr. Manager
Accenture
03.1999 - 03.2012
Sr. Systems Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
12.1997 - 12.1998
Sr. Systems Anakyst
Tata Consultancy Services
12.1995 - 12.1997
Bachelor of Science - Computer Engineering Technology
Walchand Institute of Technology
08.1992 - 07.1995
Diploma in Engineering - Digital Electronics
S. B. M. Polytechnic
08.1988 - 07.1992