Vivek V R

Experience

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  IBM

  Mar 2007 - Apr 2013

  • Worked in external customer facing projects for Automobile industry client based out of France, and Telecommunication client based out of Australia.• Worked with customers across different European geography (France, UK, Romania, Italy, Sweden, and Germany), and Australian geography• The projects are in IT-Infra domain, and involve overall delivery various environments (Production & non-Production) based on ESX Vmware and Windows, Unix platform, with Database, Backup and other Applicative components as stated in the requirement from the customer• Driving the training/Coaching/Mentoring piece for new joiner’s on board, continuously emphasizing the importance and need to maintain high quality standards and sharing the best practices/success stories and the tips and methodologies to achieve the culminating peak of quality within the organization• Adaptive to ensure projects passes through milestones on timely basis. Good co-ordination with project team and value-added updates to customer and shareholders• To make sure the project needs are fulfilled and deliverable are met with ref. to SOW Show less

  • Project Manager

    Mar 2010 - Apr 2013

  • System Operations Lead Specialist

    Mar 2007 - Mar 2010
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  EY

  Apr 2013 - Jun 2015

  Project Manager

  - Performed the role of Project Manager on IT Infrastructure projects, managing all aspects of the project life cycle and works with IT partners to oversee all phases of a project- Key projects – Office setup project, build Data Center, Hub room, provisioning of Cisco Core and Access switch, Telephony, and other IT provisioning for Office Go live. Migration from Lotus Notes mail client to Microsoft Outlook for entire India employee base.- Rigorously managing scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters with focus on delivering the business benefits, by acquiring and utilizing necessary resources and skills- Manage risks and issues impacting project deliverable, and escalate relevant issues and risks in accordance to Project issue and risk management procedure/process Show less

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  BT Group

  Jun 2015 - Dec 2016

  Portfolio Lead - Mobility Portfolio

  Portfolio Lead (Technical Integration Lead) – Mobility Portfolio- Accountable for delivering products / services within Mobility portfolio, with building of applications for OSS & BSS systems.- Interface between Business / Product Line and Delivery Managers. Accomplish strategic objectives by overseeing multiple project activities- Meet financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions- Ensure In-life issues within the portfolio are addressed, by partnering with Product Line/Business and technical teams - architects, designers, developers, testers, and delivery managers Show less

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  IBM

  Dec 2016 - Oct 2021

  - Global Offering Manager for Security, Regulatory and Risk Management Offering.In a synopsis: As an Offering Manager, I'm responsible for development and launch of the Offering to market, so that Sellers can provide solutions to customers requirements. The role is responsible for Offering Development that involves working with multiple cross-functional that includes Technical Development, Finance (Costing and Pricing), Legal (Contract development), Marketing, Solutioning, Sales, Technical-Sales, Delivery, PMO, Security teams.Post Offering launch, responsible for Offering performance in market, in the context of Revenue and Signings. Help the Sales the Solutioning team in deals.- The Offering has a wide spectrum of services that ranges from providing customer with an Information Security Advisor, responsible for managing and maintaining Security and Compliance Status of the account.- Development and Deployment of Customer Security Document- Facilitate customer in complying to various regulations. Show less - Strategic transformation to lead the efforts at the program level for Resiliency Services across the Advise, Build, Move and Manage portfolios in Journey to Cloud program.Responsible for driving the end to end program from initial offering definition and commitment, through announce and customer delivery.- Assemble and coordinate a cross functional team spanning disciplines from offering to delivery, solutioning to sales enablement.- Oversee aspects from mapping of existing L30 offerings, to offering taxonomy, to delivery planning and execution.- Drive the offering to market ensuring that the end result aligns with the program objectives of the ‘14 in 4’. Show less

  • Global Offering Manager - Global Technology Services

    Dec 2016 - Oct 2021

  • Offering Manager - Senior Program Manager: Multicloud Services

    May 2019 - Feb 2021

  • Offering Project Manager

    Dec 2016 - May 2019
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  Kyndryl

  Oct 2021 - May 2023

  - Responsible for full lifecycle of the offerings, from validating need to offering development to launch and performance- Key Offerings: Resiliency Backup as a Service (BaaS), Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), Cyber Recovery as a Service (CRaaS), Security Regulatory and Risk Management (SR&RM), Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC), Cyber Vault, Data Center Facilities as a Service, Cloud Resliency Orchestration- Vendor technologies – IBM Spectrum Protect, Commvault, Veeam, Veritas Netbackup, Cyber Sense, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery- Cloud platforms – Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud- Develop GTM (Go-To-Market) strategy- Alliance Management- Drive GDPR and other privacy laws compliance as part of offering development- Accountable for driving financial results for offering based on key outcome metrics – Revenue, Signings, New Logo, Contract extensions- Work through Market Insights and Intelligence, Competitive Battlecards and analysis key competitors from a capability, client value, pricing, consumability, and go-to-market perspective.- Drive cross-functional, cross-division or cross-unit collaborative efforts to define offerings and meet offering schedule commitments, and actively manage plan. - Develop Offering Roadmap to define phased approach of new launches, enhancement. Show less

  • Associate Director, Security Consulting - Privacy & Regulatory Consultant

    Nov 2022 - May 2023

  • Global Offering Manager

    Oct 2021 - Oct 2022
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  Pythian

  Jun 2023 - now

  Director - CloudOps Offerings