Dnyanesh Samant

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Jan 2000 - Jun 2006

  Project Manager for GE-Energy – Hungry (Budapest)• Customer requirement gathering & use case creation• Team co-ordination and work allocation• MPLS design as per the GE Network guidelines & site-specific test plans for quick migrations • Schedule, resource and stakeholder management• MPLS setup for 4 DC in Europe and two DCs in EMEA• MPLS based connectivity implementation and recommendation of standards for MPLS deployment for remote sites (70 sites) without downtime and incidents Project Manager for GE-HC – BUC (France)• Responsible for implementation of Internet gateways in BUC and Budapest Datacenter• Preparation of standards and implementation of MCI and GC MPLS based connectivity for 45 sites• Involved in QoS implementation initiative, preparing configuration template for configurations of the routers• OSPF implementation at BUC LAN and Server Farm• WAN design for load balancing for MPLS sites at the 3 GE Healthcare datacenters at Paris, Budapest and Helsinki Show less

  • Project Manager

    Oct 1999 - Jun 2006

  • Network engineer

    Jan 2000 - Jan 2003
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  AT&T

  Aug 2007 - Sept 2008

  Project and Incident Manager

  Responsible for Implement and manage Date and Voice for General Motors green field Project at Telegaon.• Manage onsite network incidents for Data and Voice.• Manage Voice & Data infrastructure projects for all GM sites in Asia• Schedule, Resource & Budget management for all the projects in Asia• Setup Test Plans for all Voice & Data Projects• Work allocation and team coordination• Customer Communication & Weekly Operating rhythms• Successful implementation of Voice & Data Projects lead to a follow on award of a 1million USD project to AT&T Show less

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  GE

  Oct 2008 - Jul 2012

  Sr. Network Architect

  Led ASPAC Architect team for WAN/LAN design and support Led IT Operations for GE Capital HQ sites in US & EMEA for ~1000+ users & datacenter operations hosting 400+ servers for GE Money EMEA. Transformed IT Processes using Six Sigma & Lean methodologies. • Working with IT process leaders for process reengineering, gap analysis and continuous improvement• Implemented quality control processes which resulted in 90% increase FTR & reduced customer escalations by 50% (Green Belt Project).• Achieved 30% productivity savings by introduction on-boarding program for new hires and ITLPs that makes them production ready in a month from an earlier cycle of 8 -10 weeks.• Introduce new network infrastructure in the tech stack by running NTI (New Technology Introduction Projects) & POC with partners like Avaya & Cisco• Redesigned Network Routing for Reliability, Resiliency, Redundancy and high P&A• Introduced HP switching gears in GE tech stack for less cost (10% more savings on CAPEX with zero Opex) Show less

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  GE Power

  Jul 2012 - Feb 2015

  India Infrastructure Leader

  Responsible for managing Shared IT infrastructure for 65+ locations in India supporting 9000+ end users across 4 businesses Corporate, Power & Water, Oil & Gas and Energy Management for GE India. Supervised a highly motivated team of 9 professionals and accountable for LAN, WAN, Voice, Video, Compute and End user support. Responsible for 6 million annual IT spend and vendor relationship.

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  GE Digital

  Sept 2015 - May 2018

  GE Digital- Global Operation Manager

  Responsible for managing IT Strategy roadmap for Region, Operational Excellence, Global Connectivity, Cost Out opportunities, Review with Internal GE customers.Managed ASPAC Region with two Global hubs and two Regional hubs and delivered various IT Simplification initiatives by optimizing IT spend by USD $4.5mm. Managing Shared Service Delivery for IT Infrastructure in the ASPAC region. Leading Global teams of size 30 engineers to provide Build and operational support for all regional network hubs, ~10,000 remotes sites and ~25,000 end devices. Solution Architect of GE SAND (Secured Architect Network Design) initiative consist of six Global Hubs, two in- country hubs, fully redundant & secured network with total bandwidth provisioned 1.5tb and approximately 1500 Core devices. Responsible for strategic routing, security policies, encryption standards by building enterprise standard network.  Escalation point for P0 incidents across globe.  Owning Capacity Management for SAND network considering upcoming requirement and budgeting. Led the consolidation & migration of 25+ regional DC(s) to 4 Strategic DC(s). Reduced cost by $2M/yr. Championed the Network Migration from legacy to next gen standard Globally. Ensure 100% compliance of meeting SLA's and KPI's in accordance with MSA. Designed and build ~1600 Seater State of Art GE Digital hub with build cost of $3MM.  Quarterly review of QMI & Financial metrics with GE Businesses (Internal customers) Improved operational excellence by introducing failover testing for remote sites and Global hubs ensuring 99%+ uptime to business. Show less

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  Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

  Jan 2020 - now

  Director – Digital Transformation

  Responsible for managing IT Strategy Roadmap for ALE network and security, Operational excellence, Infrastructure simplification and cost optimization opportunities to ALE. • Evaluated, designed and rolled out SDWAN technology to overcome challenges for ALE cloud strategy defined for 2020 with self-funded project and cost saving of 35% Y-Y along with 5 times more bandwidth• Rolled out Zscaler – Cloud based solution across ALE for secured internet and remote access.• Streamlined and enhanced operational process within ITIL framework to control Incident/problem and changes in infrastructure domain. Reduced incident age time by 32% and improve resolution time by 15%.• Simplified DNS architecture with 20 % cost savings.• Evaluated existing vendor strategy and introduce new vendors to sustain future growth with better efficiency.• Designed efficient org structure and build squad team for hyper care and faster resolution for critical incidents/problems. Show less

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  Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise

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  Director – Digital Transformation