TARUN CHAUDHARY
Sr. Solution Architect
Dubai,DU
Summary
Highly Motivated, team-driven professional with 15+ years of International Experience in IT / ICT Industry with strong and decisive technical & management skills. Working as Sr. Solution Architect / Pre-Sales Lead and led several Integrated Solution & Services programs across IT & Telecommunication domain.
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Solution Architect
Wipro Limited
Dubai, UAE
02.2019 - Current
- Responsible for identifying new opportunities, qualifying and mapping it with right technical & commercial solutions (domain & non-domain) for ME accounts.
- Work closely with GAE's to lead, articulate & define E2E Solutions by working closely with domain, service lines, practices to come up with a Winning Preposition.
- Driving deal qualification / business case considering market dynamics, partner alignment, competition analysis to ensure High WINNIABILITY followed by smooth delivery handover.
- Solid knowledge of IT & Network Solutions to optimize current & define Future IT roadmap, technologies incl. OSS / BSS (solution deployment, App Development, AMS), Cloud, Analytics, Network Virtualization (Telco Cloud offerings), 5G, Network Assurance.
- Multi Cloud Management Solutions e.g., BLE / BLDC (Wipro IP), Cloud Studio (Wipro), RedHat (Cloud Forms), AWS Hybrid Cloud with fair understanding of Dockers, Kubernetes, Containers etc.
- Internet of Things (IoT) – good knowledge of IoT solutions, network protocols, solution components like IOT Gateways, Sensors, Application & Platforms (Wipro Smart i-Connect and other leading OEM solutions) to deliver (Smart “X”) use cases for Industrial & Residential segments.
Consultant / Pre-sales Lead
Tech Mahindra Limited
Dubai, UAE
04.2012 - 02.2019
- Contributed to success of client's organization by improving solution approach, team inter-locking, focusing on large transformation deals and working proactively with practices / CoE's etc.
- Entrusted with the responsibility of building, managing and delivering of Network Technology Solutions and Services to customers in MEA region.
- Developing winning solutions, bidding documents by responding to RFP’s or through pro-active proposals and creating business case.
- Instrumental in converting various multi-million network opportunities across India, Europe & Africa into real business by closely working at different levels within the company as well as at the customer end.
- In depth analysis of efforts (in terms of level, location, skills, duration etc.) to align to customer budget and ensure competitive edge over competition.
- Collaborated with clients to jointly develop and align solutions to support new business, processes, strategies over next few years.
Telecom Solution Specialist
Nokia Networks Private Limited
Gurgaon, India
08.2008 - 04.2012
- Delivered solution across Network Planning, Design & Implementation, OSS & BSS Platform; Pre-Sales Functions Support; Strategy and Action Planning; Service Offer Documentation; Preparation of Best Practice Documentation Modules.
- Delivered strong technical & competitive solutions to address customer problem & meet their business demands.
- Generated techno-commercial proposals including end to end service solutions as per RFP / Customer requirements.
- Meticulously drafted and coordinated preparation of offer documentation depicting complete service solution & capabilities, service proposal, SOW’s, Customer Presentations & Commercial Proposals.
Radio / OSS / BSS Expert & Pre-Sales Assistant
ZTE Telecom Ltd.
Global
01.2005 - 07.2008
- Responsible for 2G & 3G Network Deployment, Operations, SLA’s Compliance, Reports & Overall system uptime.
- Preparation of technical proposal for customers including pre-project planning, network planning & design proposal for various telecom projects; Technical Presentations And Demonstrations to Customers.
- Customer Relationship Management; Identifying & Interacting with Sub-Vendors for all infrastructure requirements as per Project schedule & customer requirement; Customer Liaison for Government Approvals
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
Education
Cloud Computing - Cloud Technologies & Hyperscalers
Great Lakes Institute of Management
04.2020 - 10.2020
Post Graduate Diploma - Mobile & Optical Technology
Amity Institute of Telecom, Technology & Managemen
India 08.2003 - 07.2004
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Comm.) -
MDU University Rohtak
India 08.1999 - 07.2003
Skills
IT Solutions (OSS & BSS)
Network Solutions (NFV/SDN, Telco Cloud, 5G, Network Assurance)
Cloud Transformation (Certified Solution Architect)
Cloud Native Architectures (Microservices, Dockers, Kubernetes, Containers)
Multi Cloud Management Solutions
Digital Tranformation
System Integration
Enterprise Solution Architecting & Certification
IT Application Development (SDLC Cycle) incl App Dev, Testing, DevOps, CI/CD etc
IT Delivery framework like Agile, SCRUM, Lighthouse / Core Flex etc
ICT Solutions for Enterprises
Timeline
Cloud Computing - Cloud Technologies & Hyperscalers
Great Lakes Institute of Management
04.2020 - 10.2020
Sr. Solution Architect
Wipro Limited
02.2019 - Current
Consultant / Pre-sales Lead
Tech Mahindra Limited
04.2012 - 02.2019
Telecom Solution Specialist
Nokia Networks Private Limited
08.2008 - 04.2012
Radio / OSS / BSS Expert & Pre-Sales Assistant
ZTE Telecom Ltd.
01.2005 - 07.2008
Post Graduate Diploma - Mobile & Optical Technology
Amity Institute of Telecom, Technology & Managemen
08.2003 - 07.2004
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Comm.) -
MDU University Rohtak
08.1999 - 07.2003