Jit Singh
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Project and Portfolio Management
Stanford University
BS
Engineering
Delhi College of Engineering
MBA
(CIS & Finance)
Southern New Hampshire University
2018 : Present
Merritt College Cybersecurity Program
Cybersecurity Career Advisor
Providing broad CIO and executive charter services. Helping multiple High-tech, Health services, and AI/ML stealth companies with the executive charter for growth initiatives, VC ready, IT strategy, PMO governance, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, and M&A integrations.
• Assessed systems, business capabilities, and process maturity levels to achieve desired state architecture.
• Developed reference architectural principles, and policies while keeping security as a top priority.
• Analyzed current model of Joint ventures, M&A, and Divestitures for company's growth and scale of IT.
• Established business engagement models with a focused IT playbook for JV, M&A, and Divestiture.
• Forged alliances between IT, marketing, and PSO through whitepapers with a 30% license renewal rate.
• Developed and improved business processes and SOPs to scale and increase SDLC maturity with KPIs.
• Developed multi-cloud strategy resulting in a $500K annual saving and improved responsiveness.
2017 : 2023
Independent Consultant and Advisor
Management Consultant to Global Enterprises and Startups
Reported to VP, Enterprise Applications & Transformation. Recruited — based on recognized subject-matter expertise and success with VMware — to serve as acting director for the internal Center of Excellence and establish India-based development and support CoE as a key supporter to drive the growth of ITSM flagship product.
Developed a strategic plan to address 2 main challenges—lack of India-based resources and no local facilities. Led build-out of operations and support for initial Indian facility with a plan for final acquisition by ServiceNow. Built team of 14—including 2 managers and 12 very senior support/development resources.
• Within 90 days, built a fully operational facility. Achieved 400% faster agile product code review cycle.
• Directed seamless transition from Bangalore to Hyderabad facility with 100% talent and IP transfer.
2015 : 2017
ServiceNow
Management Consultant : IT Operations
Reported to VP, IT Strategy and Planning. Led the establishment of IT strategy & PMO governance function — encompassing Enterprise Architecture, PMO, and Vendor Management in partnership with the office of the CIO and cross-functional business leaders. Enabled IT scalability globally to support VMware’s hyper-growth from $2.3B in revenue to $6.7B.
IT was faced with 4 major challenges : Scalability of solutions deployed, PMO maturity level, Systems reliability due to lack of capacity planning, and Security compliance. Initiated architecture review board (ARB) and projects streamlined processes. Evangelized transition from traditional PMO to integrated DevOps and micro-cycled Enterprise Architecture to minimize technical debt, and run IT-as-a-service with security and privacy as a top priority
• Defined multi-year technology enterprise architecture with business capabilities & cloud strategies.
• Built a highly functional agile PMO to improve visibility into demand & speedy DevOps delivery securely.
• Led portfolio prioritization based on financial, strategy, and operational analysis for data-driven decisions.
• Conducted QBR with KPIs to influence catalysts for changes and gain stakeholders’ buy-in to sunset apps.
• Leveraged NIST frameworks to refine a 3-year Information Security strategy in partnership with the CISO.
• Managed complex capacity planning program to optimize performance, and justify ROI for business growth.
𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 :
- Achieved 95% architecture compliance to standards and technology roadmaps with a waiver report to CIO.
- Drove 99.95% SLA for mission-critical applications through virtualization and high availability.
- Achieved 40% + improvement in M&A integration time and streamlined operational support.
- Saved $2M by embedding SOX activities into daily operations, and eliminating highly paid auditors.
- Saved $8M annually by migrating 70+ applications to the hybrid cloud and streamlining SaaS proliferation.
2009 : 2015
VMware
Chief Enterprise Architect
Reported to Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). Led information security program, ISO27001 certification, and enterprise-wide identity management strategy.
• Enabled ISO27001 certification, minimized risk, and ensured policy, and regulatory SOX compliance.
• Ensured SAP CRM operational security through integrated M&A, and ITSM business processes.
• Managed data center migration program with scalable Computing, Storage, and Networking failover.
2007 : 2009
NetApp
Information Security Program Director
Skills
Agile Methodologies, AI ops, Budgeting, Business Process Improvement, Cloud Computing, Coaching & Mentoring, Communication, Computer Science, Computer Security, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Generative AI, Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership, Global Teams, Information Security Management, Information Technology, Integration, IT Governance, IT Management, IT Portfolio, IT Service Management, IT Strategy, Leadership, Managed SD-WAN and SASE, Management, Management Consulting, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Negotiation, Network Security, Outsourcing, PMO transformation, Presentations, Product Management, Program Management, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management, SDLC, Security, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Strategic Planning, Strategy, Team Building, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), Vendor Management
About
Recognized leader scaling global organizations in hyper-growth, leveraging PMO governance, infrastructure, security, and cloud platforms to accelerate 40+ M&A and divestiture journeys. Leading teams of up to 140 and budgets of $180M. Key focus on Strategy and Architecture to drive Digital transformation for efficiently scaling Business Technology at Fortune 500 companies like ServiceNow, VMware, and Applied Materials.
▪ Global strategic planning and operations
▪ C-level partnership and decision making
▪ Enterprise Architecture
▪ Portfolio, program, and project management
▪ M&A Integration
▪ Global InfoSec and compliance operations
▪ Leading global teams
▪ Budgeting and P&L management
▪ Outsourcing management
𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀-𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀' 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
• Build concurrence with c-suite executives and influence catalysts for changes based on metrics facilitating data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborator with resolute integrity - as comfortable speaking to executives in open forums as discussing a burndown chart with a team member.
𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵-𝗦𝗮𝘃𝘃𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
• Simplified technology landscape with the interlocking framework of Enterprise Architecture C3 strategy (Cloud, Consolidate, Converge), and Business Process Management (BPM).
• Facilitated cross-domain architects through standards built around core pillars of architecture – Business, Data, Applications, Infrastructure, Security, and Cloud.
• Defined multi-year technology architecture roadmap with business capabilities & cloud strategy.
• Successfully deployed business solutions: SAP, Oracle EBS, SFDC, Workday, ServiceNow, CPQ, Procurement, HRIS, and multiple SaaS business solutions.
𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
• Developed a hybrid-cloud strategy. Migrated data center and applications resulting in an $8M saving with streamlined SaaS proliferation.
• Established international offices and development support centers reducing IT operational costs.
𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
• Leveraged NIST frameworks to perform initial due diligence and in building a 3-year InfoSec strategy.
• Saved $2M by embedding SOX activities into daily operations, and eliminating highly paid auditors.
𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
• Managed 40+ M&A and divestiture journeys with offices in Israel, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, India, and the USA.
• Directed IT and business aspects of multiple M&A deals with 2-3 occurring simultaneously.
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