Akhilesh Tiwari

Vision driven IT Professional with more than two decades of IT experience including working abroad for 7 years+ in USA, UK, Vietnam & Saudi Arabia. Proven track record in global IT program & delivery Management. Expertise in heading various software engineering teams in India & Abroad. Managed services (IT Operations) across Retail, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Telecom, Insurance, Banking & Finance domains. Ramp up three IT organizations from scratch while setting up Offshore Software Development Centers / Captives in India & Vietnam. Created, built & led large software engineering IT teams across technologies

❖ A Technology Leader and vision driven IT Professional with more than two decades of IT experience including working abroad for 7 years in UK, USA, Vietnam & Saudi Arabia. Expertise in heading various software engineering teams in India & Abroad. Managed services (IT Operations) across Retail, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Telecom, Insurance, Banking & Finance domains

❖ Managed 40+ international IT Projects / Programs execution delivery with quality across Retail, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Telecom, Insurance, Banking & Finance domain using waterfall, Agile ~ Scrum Methodologies for clients across 5 continents

❖ Handled 25+ client’s accounts includes WayFair USA, HCCTNS (ADGP-Haryana Police Headquarter) Govt. of India, Connect2Clinic (C2C)@Alkem Laboratories, India, Census (Home Ministry, Govt. of India), Oracle (Dubai & UK), Lindex (Sweden), DeFacto, Soobe, Derimod & Hummel (Turkey), Chicco (Italy), Ford (India), Trafigura - Puma Energy (Geneva, Switzerland & Johannesburg, South Africa), ICF International (USA) , ICF Interactive (Formerly known as ECA-Ecommerce Accelerator), Angus & Robertson (Australia), Wurth (USA), Media Markt Shanghai (China), Harry Rosen (Canada), Target (Australia), UnitedHealthcare (USA), Ingenix (USA), British Telecom (UK), California Air Resources Board (USA), CitiFinancial (Citi Bank) & Max New York Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 

❖ 15 Years of experience in IT Operational Excellence, Technologies. Managed IT Projects in various leadership roles as a Director IT Program Management - Asia Pacific, Delivery Director IT (Vietnam and India), Group IT Head (Saudi Arabia), Delivery Manager - Global IT Program Management in USA, Europe (Spain, Switzerland, Germany and Sweden), Australia, Canada, Vietnam, South Africa, Turkey, Saudi Arabia & UK

❖ Experienced of setting up two large Offshore Development Center (ODC’s) / Captives- 1st in India & 2nd International. Ramp up IT organizations while managing & leading a large IT team from 0 to 177 billable resources in UnitedHealth Group (Optum)

❖ Build 2nd IT Organization in abroad. Created 28 resources to 200+ Software Engineering global IT team from scratch 

❖ Created, built & led large software engineering IT team across technologies while heading entire IT / Software Development business vertical as a SPOC representing USA, UK, Australia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Europe (Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Sweden & Turkey) 

❖ Managed global IT Operations - Leading a global workforce responsible for application development leveraging various SDLC methodologies like waterfall, iterative, agile scrum etc.❖ A Technology Leader and vision driven IT Professional with more than two decades of IT experience including working abroad for 7 years in UK, USA, Vietnam & Saudi Arabia. Expertise in heading various software engineering teams in India & Abroad. Managed services (IT Operations) across Retail, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Telecom, Insurance, Banking & Finance domains ❖ Managed 40+ international IT Projects / Programs execution delivery with quality across Retail, E-Commerce, Healthcare, Telecom, Insurance, Banking & Finance domain using waterfall, Agile ~ Scrum Methodologies for clients across 5 continents ❖ Handled 25+ client’s accounts includes WayFair USA, HCCTNS (ADGP-Haryana Police Headquarter) Govt. of India, Connect2Clinic (C2C)@Alkem Laboratories, India, Census (Home Ministry, Govt. of India), Oracle (Dubai & UK), Lindex (Sweden), DeFacto, Soobe, Derimod & Hummel (Turkey), Chicco (Italy), Ford (India), Trafigura - Puma Energy (Geneva, Switzerland & Johannesburg, South Africa), ICF International (USA) , ICF Interactive (Formerly known as ECA-Ecommerce Accelerator), Angus & Robertson (Australia), Wurth (USA), Media Markt Shanghai (China), Harry Rosen (Canada), Target (Australia), UnitedHealthcare (USA), Ingenix (USA), British Telecom (UK), California Air Resources Board (USA), CitiFinancial (Citi Bank) & Max New York Life Insurance Co. Ltd. ❖ 15 Years of experience in IT Operational Excellence, Technologies. Managed IT Projects in various leadership roles as a Director IT Program Management - Asia Pacific, Delivery Director IT (Vietnam and India), Group IT Head (Saudi Arabia), Delivery Manager - Global IT Program Management in USA, Europe (Spain, Switzerland, Germany and Sweden), Australia, Canada, Vietnam, South Africa, Turkey, Saudi Arabia & UK ❖ Experienced of setting up two large Offshore Development Center (ODC’s) / Captives- 1st in India & 2nd International. Ramp up IT organizations while managing & leading a large IT team from 0 to 177 billable resources in UnitedHealth Group (Optum) ❖ Build 2nd IT Organization in abroad. Created 28 resources to 200+ Software Engineering global IT team from scratch ❖ Created, built & led large software engineering IT team across technologies while heading entire IT / Software Development business vertical as a SPOC representing USA, UK, Australia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Europe (Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Sweden & Turkey) ❖ Managed global IT Operations - Leading a global workforce responsible for application development leveraging various SDLC methodologies like waterfall, iterative, agile scrum etc.

Activity

- B.A. (English) from University Of Delhi                        

- Master Diploma in Information Technology [3 Years] from Tata Infotech Ltd ( Formerly known as Tata Unisys )    
Technologies & Project Management Certifications:

1.  Certified in Business Computing from Brilliant’s Computer Centre  

2.  Certified in Database Management System from India Education Center  

3.  Certified in Basics of C# Programming 

4.  Microsoft Certified Professional (Code: 2565) “Developing Microsoft Visual Basic .Net Application” 

5.  Microsoft Certified Professional (Code: 2310) “Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications”  

6.  Six Sigma Green Belt - R Systems International Limited

7.  Completed PMI Certified 35 Hours PDU’s Project Management Training Program  

8.  Microsoft Project (MSP) Certified from Acelentia Consulting in  

9.  PAHM Certified (HealthCare Basics) from Academy for Healthcare Management USA  

10. Certified from British Council Division (British High Commission) in English Language for Business Communication Level 5  

11. Certified in GPP3A General English Language course by inlingua  

12. Certified in "Speaking for Business" from British Council Division (British High Commission)