Director - Program & Project Management | Cloud & Infra Management, with 16+ years in IT infrastructure, cloud operations, and program delivery, leading global-scale initiatives for Microsoft Azure capacity and data center services. Proven track record in orchestrating cross-functional teams (50–100+), driving automation, and ensuring SLA excellence for mission-critical programs. Skilled in stakeholder engagement, risk management, and process transformation, with certifications in ITIL, Azure, and Microsoft technologies.
• Managed Azure capacity operations (compute, storage, Exchange) across global data centers, managing a 70–100+ member team.
• Led Automations, Process Initiatives & proactive validation, reducing Cycle time delays by 30% and improving quality.
• Established governance frameworks, KPI dashboards, and SLA reporting via Power BI—improving stakeholder transparency.
• Acted as primary escalation point for executive stakeholders, driving systemic fixes through RCA and cross-team alignment.
• Mentored and upskilled 50+ engineers on Azure fundamentals, Power BI, and automation, improving team delivery and reducing dependencies.
Key Achievements:
✓ Successfully delivered global Azure cluster buildouts ensuring high availability and scalability.
✓ Achieved measurable improvements in growth cluster performance by reducing P50 and P75 targets through effective problem management.
✓ Designed and deployed dashboards, automations cutting manual effort by ~20%.
✓ Initiated & delivered customer-focused sub-projects (e.g., GSS rebranding, DC ticketing modernization).
• Led L3 support for Microsoft Retail & Online Store operations, ensuring global uptime and SLA adherence.
• Managed incident response, root cause analysis, and compliance across Azure, SCCM, Hyper-V, IIS, and SQL.
• Spearheaded patching automation and monitoring improvements for global services.
• Delivered end-to-end support for ISBU (CA Security Suite) and CDM (Data Management).
Key Achievements:
✓ Led the design and implementation of automated workflows for store openings and closures, streamlining operations
✓ Improved incident triage & RCA efficiency, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 15%.
✓ Standardized SOPs and knowledge transfers, scaling operations across multiple teams.
Program & Portfolio Management Global Data Center Operations Azure Capacity Planning
Stakeholder & Executive Engagement Risk & Compliance Mgmt Service Delivery Excellence
Cloud and infrastructure operations (Azure, Windows Server, storage)
Automation & Reporting (Power BI, Kusto, Power Automate) Incident & Problem Mgmt
Team Leadership, Mentorship & Training
• ITIL® Foundation in ITSM
• Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist: Azure Infrastructure Solutions & Windows Server
• ISO 20000:2018 Upgrade Training
• (Additional: Power BI, Kusto, Azure Fundamentals)