Prateek Sharma

CEO

Chandigarh, India15 yrs 6 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Proven track record in managing premium accounts.
  • Expertise in network security and cloud computing.
  • Strong leadership in transformational projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Senior Technology Leader in Telecommunications and Cloud Computing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Account ManagementNetwork SecurityOperations ManagementTransformational ProjectsNetwork PlanningIncident ManagementService DeliveryTechnical SupportNetwork TroubleshootingNetwork Management

Other Skills

Cloud ComputingTeam ManagementCustomer ExperienceGlobal Operations ManagementCoachingCapacity ForecastingVendor ManagementResource UtilizationImplementationStakeholder ManagementPerformance MetricsTechnical TroubleshootingCustomer CommunicationChange ManagementProblem Management

About

Young Energetic Professional with 13 Years Professional Journey in IT/ ITES Industry . | Ex Ericsson , Vodafone,BT | Currently Associated with Zscaler as part of Technical Leadership, Account Management ( U.S ) Qualification & Profession | Engineer ( ECE ),M.B.A Certified - CCNA,ITIL Intermediate( SO,ST,CSI ) ZIA,ZPA Trainings & Participation - AWS,Prince 2,PMP,Leadership / Management Essentials . Goal of Professional Career - Continuous learning & delver value for business !! Way Forward - Stay connected with Technology ,People & Customers !!

Experience

15 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Zscaler

Technical Leadership , TAM | Network security & Cloud Computing |

Mar 2021Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Mohali

  • Manage Top 100 premium account across US market.
  • Managing Team of Highly Skilled TAM “s, Supporting Network Security & Cloud Computing domain .
  • Be the Top Escalation Point of Contact for Top Premium Accounts
  • Drive Account Management, Priority Cases, Customer Experience,Transformational Projects for CX
  • Measure Team success & Act as driving force in order to drive business goals & CX expectations .
  • Hiring Skill, Coaching & Mentorship as a People Manager
  • Defining Short Term & Long term goals for TAM “s
  • Define vision & Way forward in lined with business goals
  • Handle Conflict Management, Situation handling & Prioritization of Incidents / Problem / Change / CM
  • Handle Technical Concerns of Zscaler Products ensuring solution is offered to CX within timelines.
  • Work with Product,Cross functional Teams in order to drive ongoing Projects ensuring as a team we bring success in together .
  • Participate in Weekly / Monthly Connect with CX in order to Understand Customer expectation & need of hour .
  • Participate in QBR with CX,Closely work with Customer Success,Engineering,Professional Services .
  • Reviews success and failures, Proactive to capture and create difference in existing model
Account ManagementNetwork SecurityCloud ComputingTeam ManagementCustomer Experience

Openreach

2 roles

Head of Global Operations | Senior Ops M |

Promoted

Jun 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Networks Planning & Optimisation, Pre Commissioning !!
  • Overall Manage Global Account of 300+ Engineers, Leads & Team Managers !!
  • E2E responsible, accountable for managing people, process and product .
  • Customer Handling,Experience, NPS .
  • Driven Transformational & Experience Projects
  • Capacity Forecasting, Resource Utilisation, Scheduling, Financials, Account Management.
  • Coaching Mentoring & Creating robotic teams delivering business outcomes .
  • Managing Defined SLA, Escalations, Change Management, In depth RCA ,Defining Solution, Partner Management, Vendor Management .
  • Business Expansion - Futuristic Vision, Defining Goals, Possible Expansions,Pricing, Transitions, Deployments .
Global Operations ManagementTransformational ProjectsCoachingCapacity ForecastingVendor ManagementOperations Management

Technology Manager | Network Planning & Optimization|

Sep 2015Jun 2019 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Working as Operations Owner with E2E responsibilities of Operations.
  • Closely working with transition to set up live operations in India.
  • Actively participating with Stakeholder in terms of understanding operational ask.
  • Chairing Operational Review calls with stakeholders & Customer .
  • Actively liased with operation Excellence ,Trainings , & support Functions.
  • Mentoring & Managing team of skilled Transmission Planners.
  • Currently handling team size of 40 engineers & support functions.
  • Core job responsibility liased with Planning & Implementation of New sites , Providing E2E connectivity by FTTP network .
  • Close interaction with Continuous Service Improvement domain in order to define robotic operations.
  • Contribute to strategic planning with management on key initiatives, services growth& budget planning.
  • Ongoing development, analysis and reporting of performance metrics and resource utilization data.
  • To own and manage the FTTP Networks , including ongoing review of process efficiency, recommending and implementing any necessary changes.
  • Be key focal on the technical resource needs, and deployment decisions for multiple projects.
  • Excellent customer focus and adaptability.
  • Consistent record of accomplishment of delivering project milestones on time and within budget.
  • Demonstrate solid grasp of system integration, scope definition and control, activity estimation, time and quality management, organizational planning.
  • Significant experience in a mixture of networking, network applications and major account development
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience leading large complex projects and working with global teams.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate and influence Executive management within customer and own organization.
Network PlanningImplementationStakeholder ManagementPerformance Metrics

Vodafone

Technical Service Manager- Networks ( IP / MPLS / Fiber )

Sep 2014Aug 2015 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Prioritize high priority incidents when liasing with client.
  • Setting up Business ready calls & progression reports.
  • Identifying delays & digressions within technical troubleshooting .
  • Managing Network , MPLS Circuits , MUX devices , IP devices.
  • Active participant of Technical & Management bridge.
  • Closely worked with 200 high valued U.K & U.S customers.
  • Expertise on transmission level protocols & equipment deployed in field.
  • E2E coordination with L3 onshore support till resolution
  • Drafting Service Incident reports worldwide for all Major incidents.
  • Track & address issues pertaining to SLA & KPI of team.
  • Identify & highlight service level failures in network across world.
  • E2E Ownership &Support to Live network across world.
  • A technical understanding and ability to translate technical details into easily understood business concepts
  • An understanding of the Customer’s business and how Technology contributes to the delivery with products/services
  • Oversee Service Restoration plans formulated by technical teams and track progress of actions
  • Oversee Service Restoration plans formulated by technical teams and track progress of actions
  • Ensure support teams engage promptly to resolve the incident and restore service.
  • Provide leadership, resolve potential conflicts and drive decisions / outcomes.
  • Ensure the incident is communicated to the business areas promptly and provide regular progress updates
  • Escalate to and communicate with Risk & Oversight teams and Technology Management.
  • Interface with Change Management function to ensure that any production and emergency fixes are applied.
  • Ensure that a Post Incident Report is published for all outages.
  • Work with Problem & Change Management to ensure that technology teams take ownership of any outstanding actions and root cause analysis
Incident ManagementTechnical TroubleshootingCustomer Communication

Ericsson

3 roles

Manager - Service Delivery & Tools

Promoted

Jan 2014Sep 2014 · 8 mos · Noida Area, India

  • Worked as Service Manager ( Incident / Problem / Change ) with Service Delivery & Tools
  • Closely worked with Service Desk , Problem management , Change management , Product / Application teams in order to look forward for permanent fix.
  • E2E coordination with Technical teams & Management in order to Fix high priority incidents within SLA"
  • Ensuring all Priority tasks are fixed within SLA.
  • Active Participation in CAB meetings .
  • Exposure of Report writing capturing RCA for priority Incidents .
  • Active participation in driving technical & Management Bridge ensuring impacted teams & users are well informed
  • E2E Ownership of incidents till resolution .
Service DeliveryChange ManagementProblem Management

Senior Technical Lead

Promoted

Oct 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr · Gurgaon, India

  • Worked as E2E support for Bharti Airtel.
  • Handled L1 Support for Bharti Airtel , Monitored BSS , NSS , 3G Network .
  • Handled team of 20 RAN engineers.
  • Handled all Network Parameters & ensured minimal outages trigger during Peak hours .
  • Handled Reporting Structure for business.
  • Closely worked on Transmission Outages & fix with SLA.
  • Handled network Outages & key engagement in Change / Configuration management.
Technical SupportNetwork MonitoringConfiguration Management

Network Engineer L2 - Fault Management

Jul 2010Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Gurgaon, India

  • Worked as Engineer with Bharti Airtel .
  • Actively engaged in troubleshooting technical faults related to Transmission issues .
  • Engaged with Field engineers in order to fix .
  • Resolving P1/2/3 Incidents within SLA .
  • In depth understanding of 2G/3G / 4 G Network .
  • Planning of sites .
  • Configuration of existing sites following defined mechanism.
TroubleshootingNetwork ConfigurationNetwork Troubleshooting

Tata tele business services

Network Engineer L1

Jan 2010Jun 2010 · 5 mos · Mohali

  • Engineer - Transmission Networks
  • Worked on core Transmission framework.
  • Managed live Fibre network .
  • Handled live network failures , Rerouting .
  • Outage Reports
  • Rerouting of Network during failures .
Transmission NetworksNetwork Management

Education

Punjab University- Chandigarh

Master's degree

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Punjab Technical University

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) — Electronics and Communications Engineering

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