1. SHASHI SHEKHAR
Contact: 9899591913 E-Mail: sshekhar.cool@gmail.com
Management Professional
Service Delivery ~ Operations Management ~ Project Management ~ IT Strategy Planning ~
Infrastructure Management ~ Enterprise Solution
Location Preference: Delhi/ NCR
Career Snapshot
IT professional with around 10+ years’ of experience in the areas of Service Delivery, Operations
Management, IT Infrastructure Planning, Project Management and Team Management.
Strong Service Delivery skills
Operations Management skill
Project Management skills
Strong focus towards Automation & Value Add
Strong in developing PIP(Profit Improvement Plans), SIP(Service Improvement Plans), BCP(Business Continuity
Plans), KRA/KPA, CDP(Career Development Path)
Strong technical skills in Exchange, Blackberry and MDM
Expertise in planning IT strategies, incorporating, managing and driving start-up businesses during
associations with reputed business houses.
Possess broad competence in strategic management of technical matters with the distinction of launching and
driving new IT initiatives, re-designing IT infrastructures and achieving organizational objectives.
Adept in analysing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, custom designing solutions,
and troubleshooting any problems in the process.
Adept in IT Infrastructure Management, Technology Resource Administration with experience of establishing
vendor networks, forging strategic alliances and partnerships.
An ambassador of Change with the distinction of successful business process re-structuring, implementation of
business solutions in organizations within preset budgets and deadlines.
An enterprising leader with the ability to train and motivate cross-cultural teams in optimising their
performance levels.
Core Competencies
Managerial
- Strategy Planning - Financial Management - IT Plans / Models
- Policy Formulation - Operational Strategies - New Initiatives / Set Ups
- Change Management - Driving Automation/Value Adds - Developing BCP
- Profit Improvement Plans - Service Improvement Plans - Developing KRA/KPAs
Technical
- Exchange 2003/10, Office 365 - Blackberry 5.0.4 - MDM (Airwatch)
- Strategic Planning & Management - Infrastructure Planning & Execution - IT Consulting
- Project Management - System Administration/Networking - Migration / Transition
- Technology Management - System Implementation & Design - Application / Product Support
- Vendor Management - Requirement Mapping - Quality and Compliance
- Technology Upgradations - IT Roadmap Creation - Business Analysis
- Risk Management - Team Management - Managed Services
- Skype for Business - Voice Over IP - Sharepoint
2. Functional Expertise
o Steer Service Delivery for the given account, with smooth operations
o Steer the management of IT department with focus on achievement of organisational targets as per budgeted
parameters.
o Formulate and execute Strategy and Implementation Plans for Business and IT.
o Driving Automation & Value Add throughout Groups
o Formulate PIP (Profit Improvement Plans), SIP(Service Improvement Plans, BCP(Business Continuity Plans)
o Define KRA/KPA for teams/managers
o Drive Trend analysis of incident/service requests
o Develop Business Continuity Plans to anticipate risk and guards against business disruption in case of
unforeseen events.
o Implementation of IT project plans within pre-set budgets and designing the complete infrastructure.
o Oversee development and implementation of Business Application Packages.
o Develop Business Contingency, Disaster Recovery Plan and Procedures.
o Analyse business needs and executing initiatives for establishment of IT Infrastructure
o Managing the installation, configuration & maintenance of servers, workstations, printers, network services and
peripherals on multiple platforms.
o Supervise the resolution of queries regarding the Information System / Software / Hardware & extending
onsite support to the clients including maintenance of hardware/software support.
o Resolve support / operational issues in liaison with Project Teams & Business Group.
o Oversee manpower planning, recruitment, performance management & training.
o Conduct users training in all aspects related to IT.
Technical Purview
o Lead team managing below technologies:
• Exchange 2003,2010, 2013, Office 365
• Chime
• Sharepoint 2013
• Voice over IP
• PMDF
• MDM (Mobile Device Manager) Airwatch- Solution Provider
• Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0 and Blackberry 10
• Divide – 10 for Android Devices
• Skype for Business
• SQL 2000, 2005 and 2008
• Office Communicator Server 2007 R2
• Active-Sync
• Document Processing, Printing and Reporting
• MS-Project, Ms-Office
• Data Mining using Ms-Excel
• Adobe Reader, Flash Player
• BDR (Backup & Disaster Recovery) Zenith owned Product
Project Purview
o Lotus Notes to Exchange 2010 migration
o Exchange 2010 to Office 365 migration
o Skype for business Setup
o Sharepoint 2013
o Exchange 2003 to 2010 Migration, it included over 2,70,000 mailboxes
o New mergers
o Legacy server decomissioning
o Airwatch Project
o Blackberry 5.3 Migration Project
o Divide Project ‘Client Johnson & Johnson wants to bring in Android Device Support for End Users for which they
have selected Divide Application’
o Remedy Tool Launch ‘Zentih launched its own tool with pre-configured alerts and set of action to be trigerred
against them’
Career Highlights
Mar’10-Present: HCL, NOIDA
3. Assignments Handled:
Mar’10-Sep’12 Manager (IT) (HCL Comnet System)
Sep’12- Present Sr. Manager (IT) (HCL Technologies, IOMC)
Responsibilities:
o Ensuring Smooth Operations (Managed Services & T&M based projects/accounts)
o Ensuring SLAs are met as per contract
o Driving Value Add & Automation
o Meeting Service Delivery Excellence Parameters
o Developing PIP(Profit Improvement Plans)
o Developing SIP(Service Improvement Plans)
o Developing BCP (Business Continuity Plans)
o Developing and discussing CDP (Career Development Path) for individual resources/managers
o Defining KPA/KRA for managers & team members
o Drive Incident/Service Request trending & mitigating the recurring items
o Ensuring timely enhancement of skills for resources
o Handling group of multiple teams of 30 + members comprising of Managers, L2 and L3 resources for
Messaging, Sharepoint, Chime, Skype for Business, Lotus Notes, Voice over IP, MDM
o Working with the Technical teams to identify a solution
o Looking into incidents where service delivery does not match the highest standards.
o Providing accurate and timely service activity information to management.
o Acting as the central point of communication within the Service Delivery team.
o Constantly reviewing the company’s current service activities and processes.
o Performing root cause analysis to find out what is not working and why not.
o Coordinating, implementing and managing the delivery of services to key customers.
o Interacting with customers at a senior level to gain feedback and build relationships.
o Using the latest service management tools, techniques and trends to deliver services.
o Coming up with service improvement plans that are proven, practical and effective.
o Keeping accurate and appropriate administrative records, files and documentation.
o Producing management information and reports as required by Senior Management.
o Drive Capacity management,
o Planning future roadmaps with the upcoming technologies
o Responsible for generating reports on monthly and weekly basis as well as accomplishing Stack Ranking for
resources
o Ensuring team is following ITIL based Process, Change & Problem Management as well as SLAs of Incidents,
Tasks, Change
o Accountable for rating Annual Performance of resources as well as exploring training requirements for the team
and getting them allocated by the PMO
o Interviewing and recruiting new resources as well as planning for resource rotation and sharing KPAs and
Career Path with resources
Highlights:
o Efficiently:
• Migrated 2,50,000 mailboxes from exchange 2003 to 2010
• Migrated 21000 users from BES 4.1 to 5.0.1 (Johnson & Johnson)
• Launched Airwatch support (Johnson & Johnson)
• Transferred 24000 non-managed iPhone users to MDM
• Migrated of 13000 non managed IOS users to Managed Users
o Attained 100 % SLA, Customer Satisfaction as well as Accolades from Partner
o Honoured with:
• Awarded for driving team to come up with Value Add & Automations worth 3 Million $ in just 5
months.
• OInfinity “Hall of Fame” Member, 6th
year consecutively
• Comnet Jewel Award 6 time (Silver) for monthly and 12 time (Gold) quarterly performance
• Effectively executed:
• Enterprise solution with Airwatch for giving a better control on the mobility infrastructure to the end
user and administrators
• BES 5.0.1 migration from BES 4.1 with over 21000 users globally (16 BES)
• Migration of non-managed iPhone users to MDM (24000 Users)
o Actively participated in all phases of architecture design for MDM
o Provided inputs for better vendor management in the meeting organized by the PMOs
4. o Coordinated with the Desktop Team so as to resolve Outlook issues causing problem for BlackBerry
Synchronization
Oct’08-Mar’10: Zenith Infotech Ltd., Mumbai as Server Engineer
Responsibilities:
o Involved in planning of installation/ up-gradation / migration of BES 5.0 with Exchange 2003/ 2010
o Effectively supported the RTM (Real Time Monitoring) team in analysing the critical events
o Generated documents and assisted the engineering team in the development of real time monitoring software
for BES
o Efficiently resolved reported errors as well as analysed the Server Logs
o Managed and delivered Service Support for BES (4.0/4.1/5.0)
o Trained:
• L1 & L2 Tech's on BES software and firmware
• New recruits on the Disaster Recovery Tools
o Developed new tool and deployed it on the BES so as to handle and prevent the errors
o Significantly handled Virtualization and Disaster Recovery Cases
o Provided Zenith’s Own Product NAS and ARCA Support to the Clients through Chat and Phone Support
o Resolved performance related issues of the servers
o Served as a part of the team responsible for the newly Developed Product “Cloud Computing”
Highlights:
o Efficiently trained L2 team for blackberry support
o Developed tool for incident creation and solution visioning as a part of project team
o Recognized as best in the business for blackberry solution by the Managers
o Significantly managed the technical project
Previous Assignments
Oct’07-Sep’08: Indiabulls Financial Services Ltd., Gurgaon as System Administrator
Apr’06-Sep’07: Wipro Infotech Ltd., New Delhi as Desktop Engineer
Highlight:
o Awarded as Best FME Engineer
Education & Certifications
o MCA from Shobhit University, 2016 (Final result awaited)
o PGDBA in Operations from , Symbiosis University Pune in 2010
o Bachelors in Information Technology from IGNOU, Patna in 2004
Other Credentials:
o Certifications:
• ITIL v3 Foundation in 2010
• MCP/MCSE/MCSA (Microsoft) in 2005
Trainings
o Trainings:
• OCS 2007 R2 Internal Training conducted by HCL
• MDM-Airwatch Internal Training conducted by Partner Johnson & Johnson
Other Credentials:
o 35 contact hours classes completed for PMP
Extramural Engagements
o Actively involved in donating blood in ‘Blood Camps’ organized in the company (Lion, Red+, Novelty)
o Served as a Member of ‘Power of 1’; contributed Re1 every day, since last 7 years
Personal Vitae
o Date of Birth: 26th
January 1985
5. o Permanent Address: I-1303, J M Orchid, Sector 76, Noida 201301
o Languages Known: English and Hindi
6. o Permanent Address: I-1303, J M Orchid, Sector 76, Noida 201301
o Languages Known: English and Hindi