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ANISH KUNNATH

ANISH KUNNATH

Singapore

Summary

Innovative Professional around 15 years of experience in IT Infrastructure Management, Operations, Service delivery, Site reliability Engineering and Project Management Technocrat with specialization in end-to-end IT Infrastructure, dev-ops, directed the team’s operations through executive level planning and analysed delivery issues in a timely fashion Expertise in setting out delivery standards for various operational areas, implementing quality systems & procedures to facilitate a high-quality experience, while adhering to the SLA and business services Lead and participate in the architectural design of features early in the development cycle, influencing it to drive quality and adherence to the specification Administered delivery frameworks and new technology implementation programs for streamlining related activities as per quality standards An ambassador of change with the distinction of successful business process re-structuring, implementation of business solutions in organizations through thought leadership and technical expertise Expertise in Business Process Improvement & Operational Excellence through implementation of Six Sigma, Lean, PMP, ISO 2000, ISO 27000, IS0 19000 Appointed as a ISO leadership Team member for CTC Global Followed procedures, change management best practices, ensured network availability and maintenance of disaster recovery stance Acted as an escalation point for Incident Managers and ensured their bridging, including initiation of any necessary escalations and business impacting issues Provided technical support to global clients, gained a global exposure managing clients based out of APAC, India, Japan, UK and US region Improved customer service, reduced customer complaint through analysis of customer requirement on the calls and Root Cause Analysis of complaints to increase productivity & level of customer satisfaction Proven track record of resolving and reducing customer complaints and meeting customer service level agreements adhering to the SLA’s Experience in handling multi-cultural teams in regions not limited to SG, APAC, EMEA & US Excellence in coordinating with internal/ external stakeholders for running successful projects and experience of implementing procedures and service standards for business excellence

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manager – Compute Infrastructure- Data Center Operations and Applications Support

Singapore Telecommunications
12.2023 - Current

Technical Services Manager – IT Infrastructure

CTC Global Pte Ltd.
10.2015 - 12.2023
  • Company Overview: (Computer Sciences Corporation)
  • Handling a Technical Service Manager role (SPOC for dedicated accounts) along with managing internal team of Infra & Dev-Ops Engineers
  • Supervising teams of Service Engineers Unix/Linux/DB/Dev-ops/Desktop including their performance & roster management
  • Resolving and managing major incidents for critical customers and ensuring that incidents are resolved within stipulated SLA
  • Ensuring KPIs/SLAs are met and ensure timely service case closure
  • Fostering and maintaining customer relationships to ensure quality services are delivered within SLA
  • Acting as a Single Point of Contact for resolving customer escalations with urgency and determination, technical case study, preventive measures, preparing incident report, RCA as and when required for critical incidents
  • Working on Vendor/Partner management including Oracle/RedHat/IBM, Veritas/Symantec Software, Hitachi/EMC Storage, HP/Dell Hardware, Nutanix, Microsoft and so on
  • Achieving customer satisfaction, working closely with Sales Team, translating requirements in working instructions for Services Delivery
  • Extending services to multiple customers of various domains across the island including major local banks & govt
  • Coordinating with Sales team, coordinated ongoing team projects and resolved system, process and participant issues with cross functional team members within the organization
  • Providing service governance, coordinating with Sales Team in preparing tender assisting in quotations, service maintenance contracts & costing
  • Conducting Service Review Meeting, Performance reports and so on with critical customers on monthly basis
  • Playing a key role as a Leadership Team Member and ensuring quality services, working on process improvement for the internal organization including ISO certifications (ISO 20000, ISO 9000, ISO 27000)
  • Improving Process Workflow, proactive resource monitoring, working closely with internal sales team to maintain the business continuity
  • (Computer Sciences Corporation)

Associate Operations Manager – IT Managed Services

UBS (Swiss Bank)
10.2012 - 10.2015
  • Company Overview: Cognizant Technology Solution
  • Managed Datacenter Operations which support global customers (US, UK & APAC) by remote access of Oracle SUN, Fujitsu, IBM and HP servers running with Unix and Linux Operating systems which includes customer escalation, Hardware maintenance tasks, Infrastructure change, Implementation & support for UBS Infrastructure operations
  • Maintained 15000+ Assets across the Globe
  • Resolved production incidents, scheduled changes and server service requests
  • Worked for quarterly Infra weekend activities such as firmware upgrades & patching
  • Achieved the SLAs for HW repairs, managed installations, and other maintenance tasks
  • Attended Sev1 Incident calls with customer and driven until issue resolution
  • Conducted hardware upgrades, server building & configuration in production, dev and test environments
  • Led Server Hardware /Firmware Upgrades on Oracle/SUN, HP, IBM/ and Fujitsu servers
  • Ensured high availability on Production servers running in VERITAS and SUN clusters
  • Played a key role in managing Enterprise Storage Activities including new File system Creation, Expansion & Deletion
  • Cognizant Technology Solution

Distributed Unix Administrator L3 – Data Center Operations and Support

IBM
01.2012 - 10.2012
  • Company Overview: Infinite Computer Solutions
  • Projects Undertaken: IHIS, NHG, DB Schenker
  • Infinite Computer Solutions

Technical Specialist (Shift Lead – UNIX/Linux)

HCL Technologies Ltd.
09.2009 - 12.2011
  • Projects Undertaken: SanDisk, EFH-Oncor, Cummins etc
  • (US/UK projects)

Engineer CS/Sun Support Engineer

Accel Frontline Ltd.
07.2008 - 08.2009
  • Company Overview: (Sun/Oracle Partner)
  • Projects Undertaken: Alcatel lucent, Ericsson, Bharati Airtel etc
  • (Sun/Oracle Partner)

Technical Support Engineer: GE Operations Management

Microland India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2007 - 03.2008

Education

Engineering - Electronics & Tele-Communication

University of Calicut
12.2006

Skills

  • IT Infrastructure Management
  • IT Service Delivery
  • Escalation management
  • Complaint Resolution
  • Client Relationship Management
  • Global Operations support
  • Business Process transition
  • Profit & Loss Management
  • Technical Account Management
  • Customer Success skills
  • Vendor management
  • Cultural awareness
  • Managed diverse teams
  • Datacenter Support
  • Professional Services consulting
  • Collaborator
  • Communicator
  • Negotiator
  • Logical
  • Analytical
  • Motivator
  • Team Leader

Languages

English
Hindi
Malayalam
German (A2)
Tamil

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 01/09/84

Notableaccomplishments

  • Achieved increase in Gross profit from 9% to 25% within 2 years for a Healthcare Govt. Project
  • Led the development of business continuity plans and implementation of disaster recovery infrastructure in GIC project
  • Championed implementation of Disaster Recovery procedures to reduce downtime
  • Supervised high-severity incidents to ensure service availability with minimal delay and impact towards ensuring smooth operations of an infrastructure environment; acted as a Single Point of Contact for customers and reviewing escalation
  • Consistently improved processes & operational metrics by initiating special projects and by driving best practices such as Six Sigma
  • Ensured 100% SLA are achieved; received appreciations from customers for planning DR and managing resources and downtime planning of transactions.
  • Create technical design documentation & implementation strategies towards addressing single points of failure in IT services used in the delivery of core business applications
  • Grew team size from 0 to 42 person, P&L management for external project including Senior Technical Engineers & Team Leads

Timeline

Senior Manager – Compute Infrastructure- Data Center Operations and Applications Support

Singapore Telecommunications
12.2023 - Current

Technical Services Manager – IT Infrastructure

CTC Global Pte Ltd.
10.2015 - 12.2023

Associate Operations Manager – IT Managed Services

UBS (Swiss Bank)
10.2012 - 10.2015

Distributed Unix Administrator L3 – Data Center Operations and Support

IBM
01.2012 - 10.2012

Technical Specialist (Shift Lead – UNIX/Linux)

HCL Technologies Ltd.
09.2009 - 12.2011

Engineer CS/Sun Support Engineer

Accel Frontline Ltd.
07.2008 - 08.2009

Technical Support Engineer: GE Operations Management

Microland India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2007 - 03.2008

Engineering - Electronics & Tele-Communication

University of Calicut
ANISH KUNNATH