Umesh Manathkar

Business-driven transformative CIO for $6B+ High-tech company. Leading large IT teams with sizable budgets. Author: "Perfect Imbalance: The Key to Enabling Business Centric IT". Recipient of several prestigious CIO of the year awards.CIO at 4 large scale public companies in various industries - IT Products & Services, Cloud, Semiconductors, LED & manufacturing.■ Managing global teams of 1000+ and budgets over $200+M ■ Repeatedly demonstrated a continuous increase in real business value while reducing costs up to 30% and even wrote a book about the framework I developedDigital transformation: Leading edge technologies for driving hardcore business results (revenue, gross margin, cash flow, product & service quality, throughput, and asset utilization) ■ Technology adoption tied to a real business problems and documented business results ■ Cloud for SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS, AI with Machine Learning-based Image Analytics, Big Data Analytics, Augmented Reality for remote field service, Industrial IoT, factory robots with CIM technologies, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Business Intelligence with data science ■ Traditional technologies like ERP (SAP HANA, Oracle), CRM, PLM, MES, CIM, SCM, APS, and similar enterprise applicationsCybersecurity expertise for designing and implementing the right protection, detection, and response technologies. Experienced incident response manager for advanced persistent threat (APT) and similar high-risk incidents.Management credentials: Turnaround specialist who can transform IT & business to drive profitable growth while lowering IT costs ■ Turned IT from cost to a revenue center ■ Experienced in collaborating with CxO peers and Board of Directors ■ Hands-on business problem solver with attention to details and expertise in developing, communicating, and executing a technology vision aligned with business strategy & goals. Education: BS ME, MS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA in Technology ■ Recipient of several prestigious CIO of the year awards: 2005 Austin CIO of the year, 2013 Triangle CIO of the Year, 2014 TTEC IT Executive of the year, and 2020 & 2021 Arizona CIO of the Year Finalist. Technical skills: Strategic Planning for business-driven IT transformation, Leadership, Business Alignment, Smart Mfg. a.k.a. Industry 4.0, Big Data Analytics, Industrial IoT, Cybersecurity, AI- Machine Learning, IT Cost Optimization, Budget Administration, Team Development, Board Presentations, Compliance & Audits, Project & program Management, Business Process Automation, ERP and CRM, SCM, APS, Data Center virtualization.