ANKUR DHARIA

Senior Implementation Project/Program

Manager – IT Infrastructure

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Experienced IT professional with top-notch implementation and (91) 9987043757
project/program management abilities. Highly organized,
methodical and skilled at overseeing daily milestones across high- ankurdharia@gmail.com
performance teams. Well-versed in areas of IT infrastructure Mumbai suburban
project planning and deployment. Excellent team player with good
communication skills and leadership abilities. Linkedin.com/in/ankur-
dharia

E D UC A T I O N S K I LLS CERTIFICAT IO N
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DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL IT Infrastructure project VMWare certified professional
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING management 5.1 (VCP)
M.H. Saboo Siddik College of IT Project/Program 2015
engineering. Management
IT Service Delivery LA N G UA G E S
1997, Mumbai
Leadership
Hindi
Secondary school certificate Client relationship English
St. Francis D’Assisi high management
Project deployment and Marathi
school 1994, Mumbai support Gujarati
Stake holder management

Sep 2019 - Present Senior IT infrastructure Project Manager / Softcell Technologies pvt ltd, Mumbai/IN

 Managing BFSI PSU sector as a senior implementation Program/Project

manager IT infrastructure for South as well as West India.
 Responsible for managing projects right from initiation to sign off.
 Responsibilities include creation of Project charter, Project kick off meetings
with clients, Project plan creation, Project tracking and reporting,
Weekly/Monthly review meetings with clients, stake holder management, Risk
management, Dashboard reporting to senior client management teams, client
meetings and escalation management, material delivery to client DC etc.
 Managing large infrastructure implementation projects above 100 crores for
PSU banks like SBI, Bank of Maharashtra, South India bank etc. and for
corporate customers like Adani enterprises, JSW steel etc.
Apr 2009 – Dec 2016 Datacenter Manager / Mumbai International airport pvt ltd, Mumbai/IN

 Developed and implemented policies, procedures, training and development

for server and storage resource administration, appropriate use and disaster
recovery.
 Created service level agreement for IT operational functions including help
desk operations.
 Conducted research on products, services, protocols and standards for servers
and storage procurement and deployment efforts.
 Demonstrated familiarity with latest hardware, software and networking
technology, as well as industry trends.
 Implemented and managed operating systems and software, security systems
and intrusion detection systems.

Apr 2005 – Feb 2008 IT Consultant / Datamatics Ltd, Mumbai/IN

 Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications

for project plans.
 Discussed project progress with customers, collected feedback on different
stages and directly addressed concerns.

Jun 2001 – Sep 2003 Senior Software engineer/ NSEiT Ltd, Mumbai/IN

 Evaluated project requirements and specifications and developed software

applications that surpassed client expectations.
 Led team for software engineering services and supported key clients in
development efforts, establishing standards, determining specifications and
creating Service and Operational Level Agreements (SLA) and (OLA).

Oct 2000 – Jun 2001 Software consultant/ TNM Consultants, Mumbai/IN

 Oversaw installation of software programs and hardware systems to meet

customer requirements.

Dec 1998 – Aug 2000 Software engineer/ Boston education and software technologies, Mumbai/IN

 Orchestrated efficient large-scale software deployments, including testing

features and correcting code.