Altaf Kagalwalla

Background

About Altaf Kagalwalla

Over 20 years of experience as a Senior Technology Professional with a diversified background in IT Project and Program Management, Technical Planning and Design. In-depth experience leading, directing, and managing global projects, valued up to $75M for Enterprise Infrastructure and Applications deployment for data centers, cloud, storage, data security, migrations, transformations, modernizations and upgrades. Extensive experience leading and managing all aspects of complex Technology Projects at IBM, AT & T Bell Labs, and Lucent. Successfully completed projects in variety of industries and companies that include Coca-Cola, CenturyLink, American Express, Florida Power & Light, Smart Meter Texas. and Spirit AeroSystems. Accomplished leader, communicator and team builder with comprehensive conflict resolution, and negotiation skills. Received a Master’s Degree in Computer Information & Network Security from DePaul University, a Master of Science in Computer Science from Wayne State University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Bombay University. Earned the designations of a Certified Scrum Master, Certified SAFe 5 Practitioner, AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate 2020, PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner) – Project Management Institute 2020 and PMP (Project Management Professional. Key Management Skills • Global Enterprise Infrastructure, Applications and Deployments • Enterprise Level IT Architectures • Leadership, Communication, and Management skills • Hiring, Training and Team Building • Data Centers, Cloud, Security • Project and Program Management • Data Analytics • Budgeting and Financial Management • PMP, SCRUM, AGILE & AWS