Rajesh Phillips

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About Rajesh Phillips

Innovative technology leader with 25+ years of experience in building and leading global teams to develop/ incubate world class products and drive large transformative projects with deep understanding of the domain in Analytics, Security, DevOps, Agile and other leading technologies. Proven people leader with several awards for excellence as a People Manager focused on collaborative and result-oriented efforts. Truly believe in being a CEO (Chief Energy Officer) to be personally energized by impactful product initiatives that bring together ideas, people, teams, and goals. Express my vision on business and technical topics in discussions and at conferences, seminars and writing online. Key Accomplishments- Led development for a new product offering in threat management via PLG methodology and continuous development model. New licenses increased by 400% Y2Y in the first month of launch with existing customers migrated - Spearheaded development for a new user risk capability, launched as a Signature moment, and adopted by 150 customers within 2 months, also resulted in a patent- Hold nine patents across Analytics and Security - Propelled a 40% reduction in incoming customer tickets with analysis and restructuring resulting in quality improvement of the product and overall team productivity- Led the re-architecture of MetroPulse, an advanced analytics cloud platform for Retail & CPG industry. Built a scalable new product in 24 weeks to enhance the capabilities for site planning, demand forecasting and product assortment with a combination of hyper-local and enterprise data. This work resulted in 3 patents- Advocacy and support for a Telco client resulting in a $200K deal - Engaged with the Mayor, San Isidro Argentina and provided recommendations on renewable energy solutions as part of 3-week Smarter City Challenge - Lead the DevOps transformation journey which included reducing the code base from 40M-5M leading to faster cloud deployment and closer to zero downtime maintenance window - Worked with EDDS, Krasnodar in Russia on a 4-week CSC assignment providing inputs on video analytics for the city - Key role in setting up the first Agile workplace for IBM Labs - Mentored the 1st IBM Corporate Service Corps team to Uzbekistan Key Skills- Leading/building global teams - Strategic leadership & transformations - Incubation, Product development, Product Led growth(PLG)- Divestures, Outsourcing, Business Partnerships, Negotiations - Customer/Partner engagements, Market Intelligence - Analytics,Agile,Cloud,Security,Zero Trust,Mobile,POVs,UX