Mahesh Nair

Exceptional IT leader with core capability applied in Global100 enterprises, smaller and nimbler organisations. Specialist in driving productivity and profitability with incisive strategic perspective and energetic team leadership in diverse markets. Visionary and innovative architect of value creation and operational effectiveness, transforming existing BUs and establishing new operating units with a focus on commercial sustainability and continuous improvement. Strong technical background in application development on both legacy (Mainframe, AS/400) and modern digital(Java, Cloud Native) platforms.

FRESCHE SOLUTIONS INC. – Multinational IT product and services firm provides digital transformation enablement and application modernization solutions for IBM i series (AS/400) applications. Annual revenue US$60M with a workforce of 400. Director - IT Services and Operations, Lucknow, India 2017–Present Hand-picked to spearhead formation of a BU tasked with delivery of a new service capacity in a location challenged with limited infrastructure, and insufficient human capital/IT services. Oversight P&L of a US$10M budget and leadership of 110 staff responsible for application/product development. Define delivery framework, drive strategies to align products, tools, and people effectively with the focus of establishing a comprehensive transformation solution capability – fostering a more data-driven and outcome-driven culture. • Authored Innovation, Cost Control, Budgeting, Project Funding and Quality Assurance frameworks to establish and consolidate a robust Services portfolio growing to contribute 75% of India country revenue. Overachieved profitability targets for FY 2019 and 2020 and asserted >20% net operating profit after tax. • Galvanized cutting-edge strategy to restructure the company, integrating the Automated Transformation Tools, Transformation Delivery and Application Support verticals. Escalated utilisation levels from 68%–98% with related billability improvements from 48%–80%, reduced operational costs 16%, and uplifted service standards 30%. • Contributed substantial business expertise in the support of several significant multi-national and multi-million M&A initiatives as Evaluator and Post Merger Integration Strategist. • Planned the enhancement of strategic partnerships with services integrators and vendors across Europe and Asia, delivering US$18M of proposed value over a three-year period. • Displayed astute business development capability converting two short-term post-transformation support contracts to longterm agreements valued at US$2.4M. • Outstanding performance noted at Board/C-suite level. Instrumental in supporting Discovery, Pre-Sales, Sales & Marketing and SOW business units.

Project Manager | Service Delivery Manager, Bangalore, India 2005–2017 Supported IBM GBS’s rapid service delivery capability expansion in BFSI, SCM and S&D business sectors. Headed client projects up to US$24M working in a matrix team environment, delivering technical and people leadership, developing procedures and quality standards, and guiding program budgeting. • Service Delivery Leader / Program Manager, 2010-2017 Oversaw multiple end-to-end IT projects involving up to 45 FTEs across diverse technology platforms/functional domains (Retail & Institutional Banking) in projects valued up to US$4M. - Pivotal team member that oversaw acquisition of a 5-year contract with an Australian bank as SPOC of a 35-person development team. Subsequently negotiated an 18% service delivery cost base reduction by transitioning to a largely offshore model.

Bachelor of Engineering | Noorul Islam College of Engineering, MS University, Tamil Nadu, India, 2001 Executive Education INSEAD (Business Strategy and Financial Performance), Paris, France, 2020 Certification PRINCE2 Practitioner: Project Management and AGILE Project Management, AXELOS, 2016, 2017 Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Scrum Alliance, 2017 DevOps Foundation, DevOps Institute, 2016 Cloud Computing Foundation, EXIN, 2017 DB2 DBA for Z/OS, IBM, 2010