1. Vijay Bhandari
Mobile: +919886789667 E-Mail:
Bhandari_vijay@yahoo.com
ENTERPRISE PORFOLIO ARCHITECT
Presales, Enterprise Architecture Consulting, Solution Design & AMS Practice Management & Transformation
Professional Snapshot
 Over 20 Years of Technology, IT Strategy Consulting, Program Management, Presales & Technical Experience.
 Currently working with Persistent Systems Since Jan 16(1Year), Before Wipro Technologies since 2010(5.5 Yrs.) in
Past worked with Dell Services (7 Yrs.), Accenture etc.
 Worked in Canada, US, UK, Germany, Kazakhstan & Saudi Arabia with clients like Wells Fargo, Fidelity National
Finance, PHH Mortgage, EMC2, BP, Shell, Zurich Financials, Bank of Ireland, Daimler, Apria Healthcare, Ashland
Chemicals. In IT Planning & Strategy Execution, Providing Enterprise Architecture Consulting, Solution Design,
New target Operating Model design, IT Governance, Transformation Roadmap Design and Service Delivery
Optimization.
 Provided leadership, direction, strategy & vision and in framing architectural decisions for technology and product
development to facilitate / enable growth & business agility.
 Delivering Analysis Reports, Strategy Roadmaps, New Target Operating Models, Score Cards, Heath-Checks &
Improvements Recommendations
 Well Versed with Latest Technical and IT Business Trends
 Significant contributor and reviewer of Companywide P3MM based Transition Methodology, ITIL based Operations
methodology, Due Diligence, Quality Management and Application Management Estimation framework.
 Experience with IT General Controls (Change Management, Version Control, Access Control, Service Delivery,
Service Support, BCP/DR) & Application Controls (Quality Management Plan, Business Innovation, IT Business
Alignment, IT Agility)
 Well versed in IT Strategy Management Frameworks, IT Governance Framework CoBIT, multiple Software
Development Life Cycles (SDLC) methodologies and Frameworks for Enterprise Architecture (Zachman, FEAF,
TOGAF) & Service Management Frameworks i.e. ITIL V3.
 Ability to bring best people, practices, experience to solve complex multi-disciplinary problems
 Excellent communication, Presentation, Structured thinking and deep understanding of client pain points
 Speaker in iCMG Architecture World 2008 on Re-Usable Clustering Framework for IT Portfolio Optimization
Scholastics
 M.Tech (Computer Science & Technology), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
 B.S (Electronics and Communication Engg), National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra
Skill Set
Functional
 IT Vision and Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, IT Governance, Portfolio Rationalization, Business IT alignment
 Extensive experience in Services Delivery Program Design, Implementation, quality processes, best practices
adoption, Continuous Services Improvement, product architecture, planning and implementing organization
wide best practices, methodologies, processes and frameworks.
 IT Service Strategy, working with Steering committees in understanding business goals and aligning IT
Development and Service Delivery with organization business goals.

2.  Setting IT Objectives for an Organization with CoBIT and implementing IT Objectives aligned with Business Goals
with tools like BSC. Provide Leaders with SWOT, PESTEL Analysis taking inputs from the supporting origination.
 Mega Deal Solution Design, Enterprise Merger and Demerger, Transformation and Steady state solution design.
 Proven mentor and trainer, skilled at communicating with all organizational levels and cross-functional teams to
develop a shared vision and foster a culture of excellence.
 Well Versed in Structured Data Collection and Analysis of data from various stakeholders
 Well Versed with PMBOK for Project Management Guidelines, Quality Management
 Facilitation, Structured Questionnaire Administration, Management and IT Operations team engagement with
Reports, Review sessions and brainstorming sessions to establish and seek improvement areas for enterprise.
Career Recital
• Current Job: JAN 16 – WORKING CURRENTLY Persistent Systems as Portfolio Architect
(Principal Architect)
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
 Architecture and Design Responsibly for projects, Mentoring and couching of architects
 Presales Solution Design in BFSI in Digital, Analytics, Big data and Block chain Technologies
 Creating Service offerings, Proposal Defense
 Participating as Single Point of contact for various fortune 1000 accounts.
 Technical Leadership and roadmap design
• May 2010- DEC- 15 Consulting Partner / Enterprise Architect with Wipro Technologies
(Managing Consultant)
KEY Highlights
 Solution Architecture, Presale, Enterprise Architecture, Transition/Transformation Execution, Bid Management
and Solution Integration
 Lead Architect in Multi-Practice Solution Architecture Group in Wipro Enterprise Architecture Group. Few Key
Assignments:-
o Working as a Deal Maker/ IT Strategy Consult to Large RFP Responses to evolving Differentiating and
Winning Solutions to client to achieve multiple Strategy, Sourcing and Solution Objective as a Deal
Architect and Customer facing consulting Roles. Won multiple > 15M USD Deal in Energy Vertical.
o Aligning Venture IT Strategy with Shell Portfolio Strategy Covering, Portfolio Assessment, Delivery
Framework, IT Risk Assessment & Portfolio Modernization for NCPOC Shell Kazakhstan covering 3
independent entities merged under NCPOC Banner.
 Worked as Architect Lead (Team size 4, Over 400+ IT Staff, 300 Services) NCPOC Shell
Kazakhstan Services Alignment with IT Strategy and Setting up Governance and control
Structure to measure and align merged entities with the Shell IT Strategy, Governance and
Enterprise Architecture Guidelines. Created Services Assessment Framework and conducted
data collection, Services Analysis and Provided Short, Mid Term and Long Term
recommendations. Created various projects/programs with Scope/schedule to transform IT
Landscape aligning with Shell Enterprise IT Strategy Standards, technology direction. This
exercise involved Service Maturity, Risk analysis and Gap Analysis in terms of EA and
Sustainability of services. This exercise used Cobit Best Practices, TOGAF based EA
framework, Shell Program Delivery Framework (PMBOK Based) & ITIL based Service Delivery
Framework. Other Methods used to evaluate PEST for evaluating external threats for the JV,
SWOT to evaluate current JV Portfolio services strengths and weaknesses. End deliverables
also included re-usable assessment framework to conduct similar exercises in future.
o Provided Consultancy to achieve Alignment of Business Run IT with Corporate IT to achieve flexibility
for quicker turn-around time for marketing organization & Proving framework for running business

3. run IT Operations and reliability of release management when services to business IT have to be
owned by corporate IT. Also provided a mechanism for measuring IT w.r.t. Business Goals.
o Provided quick assessment to move out of current locked in Vendor as a part of proactive proposal.
Lead Enterprise Architect (team of 3, 200 Applications in) for Zurich Financial Service General
Insurance UK Scope of work included finding the areas of technical deficit and removing expensive
legacy applications with new technologies were investment was justified. Method used was
structured Questionnaire administration.
o Lead a Winning Team for over >50M USD deal in Carving out Nexeo Solution from Ashland Chemical.
 Lead 11 Architects and Domain Experts team to help define new IT Strategy, Governance &
Transformation Roadmap for Nexeo Solution Carving out existing portfolio of Ashland
Chemical USA from 3 different locations. Excise was to evaluate SAP + 80 Add-ons, Bolt-Ons
and Stand Alone applications to define new streamlined IT Landscape for Nexeo Solution.
Exercise include checking current application hosting w.r.t. Movement to cloud platform,
removing/replacing applications where business use was limited compared cost of services,
Re-hosting applications, SaaS, PaaS based product solutions options w.r.t in house products,
Legacy Modernization & end of life solutions of obsolete data only applications solutions.
This exercise ended with defining new IT Operating model and Transformation road maps.
o Leading Multi Practice Solution Design team in defining IT Governance, Service Delivery and
Architecture Building Blocks for Large RFP Responses.
o Lead BP GDM Transformation Implementing Global Delivery for BP covering 7 Locations and over 55
Experts for BP GDM implementing Global Delivery Model. This Services Transformation was from
Stand-alone Location based model to global delivery model to reduce risk, provide standard SLA, KPI
and improve delivery of service and provide agility to service delivery. This included created new
Governance Structure, RACI, Escalation metrics, Demand Management, Measurement and control
mechanisms, Business Continuity, setting up continuous Service improvement, Left Shift mechanisms
and Balanced Score Card for Service Quality.
• From 2003-May 2010 Dell Services Formerly Perot Systems (Lead Architect)
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Technical Manager, Project Manager, Presales Solution Architect, Portfolio Management, Transition Program Manager,
ASM CoE Lead and Client facing consulting work.
Key Highlights of Assignments
• Travelex Enterprise Assessment, UK
Description: Travelex Application Portfolio and Infrastructure supporting got fragmented due to building multiple
tactical systems for local needs. The scope of the engagement was to do current IT landscape assessment and
provide a framework for taking a rationalization roadmap based on common understanding and with least effort,
time and cost.
 Enterprise Architecture Consultant involved in Landscape Assessment and Portfolio Rationalization roadmap
covering 120 applications/suites spread across 3 regions.
 Validation of initial roadmap and validate prior to final presentation and implementation client.
 Technology used – TOGEF Framework, Landscape Assessment, Excel, PowerPoint
 Daimler Financial Services, Germany
Description: Project Charter was to Run DCIT as Service Oriented Supply Function and Provide a Re-usable
Clustering Framework to handle IT Demand and Govern IT in More Structured way. This started with Assessment
of current application services portfolios for application of common set of principles to enable the client to have a
broad picture of its IT/ Business Processes. They wanted to use this information as starting point for the Enterprise
wide portfolio rationalization exercise. This would have delivered them a future IT organization that will function
as a business driven supply function.
 Lead Consultant involved in Landscape Assessment and Service Delivery Optimization for detection of early
indicators for rationalization.

4.  Technology used – Questionnaire Based Landscape assessment with focus on Services Portfolio
Rationalization, Quick application health check, ROI/TCO computation besides identification of early indicators
for outsourcing / offshoring.
 Transition & Transformation Manager for PHH Mortgage, New Jersey, USA/ Bangalore India
 Transition and Transformation Manager for Apria Healthcare US for 250m USD Total Out Sourcing deal.
Program Description: Complete ITO deal involving Development, Testing, and Helpdesk and IS Services with
services being transitioned from multiple client locations to service delivery locations in US, India and Mexico.
 Due Diligence, Pre Transition, People Transition & Services Transition Program Manager assigned charge of
the Application Service Portfolio from multiple client teams to offshore, onshore and near shore locations
spanning development and management of transition planning, scheduling, reporting and tracking involving
175 resources.
 Involving a complex application landscape with Legacy & Contemporary technologies
 Development and implementation of program level strategy and knowledge acquisition plan with
implementation of structured transition framework.
 Technology used – P3MM, Transition Program Management, Application Portfolio Assessment, Right shoring,
Stakeholder Matrix, Assessment on ITO Deal Transition with MF/Mid-Range, Data warehousing, ERP (SAP),
Testing, Production Support, Helpdesk and Development Services.
 Yellow Roadways Corporation, USA
 Scope of work – Defining Merger Strategy for two large transport majors in US. Defining Strategy based on
Data and Application based merger approaches and defining high level building blocks to target state business
entity
• From Dec 1999- 2002 Lead Consultant with Saudi Aramco
 Bulk Plant and Air fueling Operations system support and change over to SAP R/3, Saudi Aramco Oil Co,
Saudi Arabia (Dec 1999 – July 2002)
Other Experiences: -
• Accenture India as Tech Lead from April 2003 – June 2003
• EDS at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (Aug 1999 - Dec 1999)/ Programmer
Analyst Project Involving Modernization of the legacy product to new Client Server system Technology Used-
Oracle PL/SQL, Unix, PowerBuilder, Java
• Andersen Consulting Toronto Canada Specialist Now Accenture working with Bell Mobility Canada
(May 1998 - Aug 1999) Telephone Activation monitoring application, Labor Tracking and Project Tracking
System, Dealer Adjustment System, Flexible Invoicing, Activation Gateway Application, Intranet Applications
for Bell Mobility, Toronto, Canada (May 1998 – Jul 1999).
• QUAD INFOTECH Scarborough Canada Programmer Steel Mill Production, Planning and Operations
Management System Greenfield Development (1996 - 1998)
Nationality
Canadian / Indian OCI