The work, and the thinking behind it
Each project covers the context, how I approached it, what changed and what I'd do again. Client names are withheld where the engagement is confidential.
Zero Trust for a workforce that went remote overnight
Replaced VPN with a Zero Trust exchange as remote work jumped from 10% to 95%, without adding security headcount.
Bringing 10,000+ identities, including the ones nobody could see, under control
Unified visibility across Active Directory, surfaced 100+ unmanaged service accounts and enforced MFA on 250 privileged accounts.
Privileged access and endpoint privilege at scale
Self-hosted PAM for ~4,200 users and endpoint privilege management for ~5,000 users across Windows, macOS and Linux.
One resilience platform across three clouds and 40 offices
Consolidated backup and recovery for AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises and Microsoft 365, with immutable copies and faster recovery.
Architecture guardrails and a review gate for the CIO function
Capability-tower guardrails, CIS/NIST baselines and an architecture review gate for new sites, ODCs, customer onboardings and applications.
Multi-cloud governance and FinOps guardrails, as code
Organisation-wide guardrails across AWS, Azure and GCP: identity federation, tagging, budgets, AI-service controls and automated joiner/leaver access.
M&A IT integration: Encora into Coforge
CIO-level tracking and executive reporting for the IT integration, including a single inventory of 14,000+ assets.
Zero Trust programme for a major US airline
Led the proposal and solution design for onboarding applications onto Zero Trust private access across a 130,000-device estate. Converted to a signed engagement.
Taking AI solutions live with finance teams in Europe and APAC
Change management and go-live for AI-driven collections prioritisation and remittance extraction at a global pharma company.
National telecom backbone: anti-DDoS and core refresh
Directed a ₹200 Cr network transformation portfolio, including a 500 Gbps anti-DDoS platform delivered in a record three months.
E-governance infrastructure for the Government of Punjab
Advised on ₹500+ Cr of State Wide Area Network and State Data Centre programmes; closed RFPs that had been re-floated four times.