Gladwin Rao

Over 20 years of experience in information technologies and business driven transformation Consistently deliver mission-critical results by enabling process improvements using innovative approaches and various information technologies to achieve the goals of the enterprise. Lead development of program and solution architectures. Chief/Lead Architect defined, designed, and developed enterprise solutions to support business led transformation initiatives with large Public Sector Clients across multi-disciplinary teams and technologies using agile and iterative methods. Apply Design Thinking to frame the solution - Identifying opportunities and responding quickly Demonstrated leadership Recruited, trained, supervised, motivated and evaluated a combination of employees, client staff and teams of subcontractors in support of: Development of co-operative team structures and rigorous architectural and development practices that enabled predictive solution delivery. Lead a team of architects and technology specialists to deliver solutions across all tiers of n-tier architecture and multiple business domains. Effective communicator Delivered sessions on Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) at several public conferences at the provincial, national and international levels related to different aspects of SOA. Facilitated workshops, delivered presentations to senior level executives and stakeholders on SOA principles and best practices. Cross Functional Stakeholders Engagement Excellent skills in building bridges across a diverse set of stakeholders from both business and IT enabling organizations. Effective stakeholder management by ensuring consistent and sustained engagement on initiatives. Entrepreneurial experience Established a reputation for development of additional value to the client business by identifying gaps and working with the client and extended organizational teams to fill the gaps.