Naived Merchant

Current

Director at Accenture

Past

GI NG AP RDES Lead at Shell
Operations Leader at GE Corporate
Site Connectivity Leader - Asia & ME at GE Infrastructure

IT Asset Management Lead at GE Infrastructure
Lead Content Writer at Tata Interactive Systems
IS Manager - ASPAC at Frost & Sullivan
Content Head at IFCON Net Services
Copy Writer at Maa Bozell
IT Technician and Instructor at Informatics Computer Institute

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Education

La Trobe University
K.C. College of Management Studies
Mumbai University

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500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Naived Merchant’s Summary

naived@gmail.com | +91-99-8000-3000

An Information Management specialist with over 13 years of diverse domain experience in strategic technology project and program management, leading high performance teams for service delivery, migrating and transitioning for cost effectiveness of information systems management, and supplier and vendor management for information technology services.

Naived Merchant’s Specialties:

Vast and varied experience in Technology Management, People Management, Project Management, Program Management, Technology and Process Transitioning, Offshoring, Migrations, Supplier and Vendor Management, Operations and Delivery Management, IT Compliance and Controllership Management

Naived Merchant’s Experience

Director

Accenture

(Public Company; ACN; Management Consulting industry)

August 2007 — Present (2 years)
GI NG AP RDES Lead

Shell

(Information Technology and Services industry)

June 2008 — December 2008 (7 months)

An IT transformation project for Shell involving global rollout of customized MS Vista OS and Office 2007.

As AP Regional Deployment and Execution Support Lead, managing deployments across the AP region (consisting of 1/3rd of the organization work force). Working with multiple business leaders and stakeholders for schedule management of the program for the region. Liaising with multiple teams including engineering, operations, businesses, ISPs, etc for seamless deployment management and issue management.
Operations Leader

GE Corporate

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 7 months)

SDLC Project Management, Operational Simplification, Uptime and Availability of Production-Live Enterprise Applications, Vendor Selection and Management, Reduction in Total Cost of Operations
Site Connectivity Leader - Asia & ME

GE Infrastructure

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ge; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2004 — February 2006 (1 year 5 months)

Strategic consulting, advisory, and project management for GE Infrastructure sub-businesses for IT Infrastructure projects
IT Asset Management Lead

GE Infrastructure

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Information Technology and Services industry)

January 2004 — October 2004 (10 months)

Auditing IT asset compliance and executive reporting standards and exceptions for controllership of IT. Testing new ITAM applications implementing the selected applications across all geographies and sub-businesses.
Lead Content Writer

Tata Interactive Systems

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; E-Learning industry)

May 2003 — December 2003 (8 months)

Creating e-learning modules for enterprise wide application adoption for Fortune 500 organizations. Training teams on usage of authoring tools for creation of documentation and learning modules for Oracle application systems. Subject matter expert on Oracle Documentum.
IS Manager - ASPAC

Frost & Sullivan

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Research industry)

February 2000 — April 2003 (3 years 3 months)

Strategizing, adopting, implementing, and managing the IS function for the Pan-Asia geography. Working within global IS management function for technology homogenity across geographies keeping to IT international trends.
Content Head

IFCON Net Services

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

January 1999 — February 2000 (1 year 2 months)

Strategizing and managing content financial sub-portal for a dotcom
Copy Writer

Maa Bozell

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

1998 — 1998 (less than a year)

Product Documentation and creation of Advertising copy for products and services across industries including IT, BFSI, Pharma, FMCG, etc. Ensuring proper blend of visual and textual elements in any marketing/advertising product including print media, radio, TVC, outdoor, personalized, or business communication.
IT Technician and Instructor

Informatics Computer Institute

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Education Management industry)

November 1994 — February 1997 (2 years 4 months)

Managed IT infrastructure and trained classrooms on software applications and programming languages

Additional Information

Naived Merchant’s Interests:

New Technology Innovations, Technology Management, Ancient History

Naived Merchant’s Groups:

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - www.acm.org,
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP),
Association for Information Systems (AIS) - www.aisnet.org,
Internet Society (ISOC) - www.isoc.org,, MyLinkedinPowerForum, LinkedInnovators, LION, 6 Degrees, Linking India member, GE, LinkedInSpin

CyberSleuths
Lean Six Sigma Brazil
The Personal MBA Community
Global Project Management
TakingITGlobal
Link to Your World™
GE (General Electric)
OpenNetworkers.info < 50.000+ members across 60 social networks >
The Association for Project Management
International Network of Social Entrepreneurs
theMeatBall / GE Alumni
OpenNetworker.com
Software Engineering Institute Virtual SPIN
Six Sigma Professionals ( SSP )
Lean Six Sigma
IT Governance
Six Sigma for Business
Friends of / Amis du Québec
Recruiting Professionals Network
TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
GoSecure
Non Resident Indians
Accenture
Leading International Open Networkers (LION)
BlackBerry User Group
General Electric Alumni
FastTrack 100 (6,500+ members!)
ACM Members
LIONS LUG
Business LUG
Pride LUG
IT MOBILE WORKING, working anytime anyplace
Marketing With Books
eProcurement and procurement
Green
iPhone Developers - www.iPhoneintouch.com
Top Strategy Networkers
Shell Information Technology International
Excel and VBA Users
Spend Analysis
Master Data Management
Low Cost Country Sourcing
Desktop Support Professionals
IT Asset Management - Global
LION500.com (Open Networkers)
! NRI (NON RESIDENT INDIANs) - Largest and Earliest Platform to Reunite NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs
Shell
Frost & Sullivan Alumni Network
CIO Decisions
SuperGroup Founders