Experience Summary
25+ Years Global IT Delivery Experience across India | USA | Australia | Singapore
Eligible under UGC's Professor of Practice Guidelines (15+ Yrs Industry Experience Norm)
Global Engagements
- Assistant Vice President — JPMorgan Chase
- Senior Manager, Projects — Cognizant
- Technical Project Manager — Capgemini
- Project Manager — Caterpillar Inc. (USA)
- Mainframe Developer — National Australia Bank (Australia)
Roles & Titles: Professor of Practice | Director of Industry Partnership | Lecturer | Visiting Faculty | Corporate Trainer — Teaching Since 1994 (S.G.S.I.T.S., Indore)
Executive Academic Profile
Industry veteran and IT delivery leader with 25+ years of global technology delivery, project management, and quality leadership experience across the USA, Australia, Singapore, and India — well above the 15-year experience norm under UGC's Professor of Practice guidelines, which enable institutions to appoint distinguished industry experts to faculty roles without a mandatory PhD or NET.
Positioning
Rajkot-based and uniquely positioned to serve engineering, MCA, and BCA institutions as a primary anchor for campus placement transformation, student mentorship, and industry-ready skill building — backed by complete teaching versatility from core computer science fundamentals (C, OOP, DBMS) to advanced enterprise data architectures (DataStage, Informatica, Test Data Management, and Data Warehousing).
Institutional Impact
Directly addresses the core institutional challenge of low interview conversion rates by upgrading lab assignments to enterprise standards and closing the gaps that cause capable students to underperform in interviews. Delivers this through a structured Student Success Service Catalogue — turning fresh graduates into confident, job-ready professionals, strengthening tier-1 recruiter engagement, and supporting the institution's NAAC/NBA accreditation and Faculty Development Program (FDP) goals.
Years Global IT Experience
Countries of On-Site Delivery
India, USA, Australia, Singapore
Tier-1 Global Employers
JPMorgan Chase, Cognizant, Capgemini, Caterpillar, NAB
Teaching Since
S.G.S.I.T.S., Indore
Student Success Service Catalogue — Delivered In-House
Structured, ongoing services delivered directly to students on campus — the same offerings students today pay private career-coaching platforms to access, made available in-house as part of the institution's own program:
- ATS-compliant resume & project portfolio building
- LinkedIn profile & recruiter-lens review
Goal: help every student clear ATS filters and recruiter screening, backed by 25+ years of global IT hiring and delivery experience
- Technical and HR interview preparation
- Coding round practice and strategy
- Individualized placement strategy per student
Goal: close the exact gaps that get capable students rejected at industry interviews
- Individual skill-gap analysis
- Career direction guidance
- Personalized, ongoing mentoring — not a one-time session
Goal: give each student a clear, realistic roadmap grounded in real-world global IT leadership experience
Subjects I Teach — Industry-Used, Not Just Textbook-Taught
Every subject below, I have personally delivered on live enterprise projects at JPMorgan Chase, Cognizant, Capgemini, and Caterpillar — not learned from a textbook. Students don't just learn academic theory; they learn how code, databases, testing, and delivery workflows actually operate in production environments.
C, C++, Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts
DBMS, SQL, DB2, Data Modeling — as used in live enterprise data platforms
SDLC, STLC, Software Testing & Quality Assurance — real defect-management and release discipline, not simulated exercises
Agile & Scrum, IT Project Management, PMP-aligned project management concepts — taught the way global delivery teams actually run sprints
IBM DataStage, Informatica PowerCenter (Test Data Management exposure), Data Warehousing concepts, ETL fundamentals — tools most graduates never touch until their first job
IT Service Management, Process Automation (MS Power Automate), Six Sigma / Process Improvement
▶ Open to teaching any additional Computer Science, IT, or Management course as per institutional requirements.
Institutional Growth, Accreditation & FDP Contribution
Beyond teaching and placement outcomes, I bring direct value to the institution's accreditation profile and faculty capability — the metrics university leadership is measured on:
Audit-ready documentation of industry engagement — guest sessions, live projects, MoUs — leveraging an established global corporate network to support accreditation criteria assessors specifically score.
Designing and delivering FDPs on Agile/Scrum, STLC, Test Data Management, and enterprise tools (JIRA, ServiceNow) to raise faculty industry-readiness institution-wide.
Redesigning routine coding and database assignments into real-world engineering exercises — code reviews, test plans, defect logging.
Aligning syllabus and course outcomes with current employer expectations, supporting NBA's outcome-based accreditation requirements.
Two decades of delivery experience across the USA, Australia, and Singapore brings an international quality benchmark into the classroom, supporting NBA's global-outlook criteria.
Global Industry Footprint & Operational Excellence
25+ years driving tier-1 enterprise software delivery, SDLC governance, and Agile transformations across global on-site engagements including Caterpillar Inc. (USA), National Australia Bank (Australia), and Syntel (Singapore), with Assistant Vice President-level governance at JPMorgan Chase (India).
Translating real-world global compliance, multi-country delivery discipline, and Six Sigma quality controls directly into student lab projects and mentorship — bringing the benchmark of global enterprise delivery into every classroom session.
Teaching, Training & Academic Experience
Taught foundational computer engineering to undergraduates at S.G.S.I.T.S. and management-focused IT/project management modules to postgraduate business students across Indore.
Delivered structured training on mainframe technologies, C, OOP, database concepts, and enterprise architectures across multiple institutes in Hyderabad, alongside independent mainframe project work.
Mentored 10+ team members and junior managers into senior delivery roles (Cognizant); ran Agile ceremonies as a continuous, informal trainer for cross-functional and onshore-offshore teams.
Authored reusable technical assets and onboarding frameworks that cut ramp-up time for new hires; certified Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belt, with internal PMP and Supply Chain Management training at Caterpillar (USA).
Professional and Industry Experience
Designing HR policies, KRA frameworks, and performance appraisal structures for pan-India project teams; leading ERP requirement mapping and Microsoft automation tool adoption.
Owned end-to-end delivery of enterprise applications from design through deployment within Agile sprints; conducted structured testing and validated data flows.
Mentored, onboarded, and trained cross-functional engineering teams in Agile ceremonies, software testing discipline, and structured database design.
Conducted root-cause analysis training and code quality evaluations to maintain production stability across global client deployments.
Directed enterprise data integration project delivery end-to-end; facilitated Agile ceremonies and mentored team members on technical competency.
Professional and Industry Experience (Continued)
Managed multi-project delivery portfolios across banking, insurance, and manufacturing clients; mentored project teams and junior managers over a 5+ year tenure.
Provided technical delivery governance and operational risk management within a Tier-1 global investment banking environment.
Built foundational expertise in software engineering, mainframe technologies (COBOL, DB2, JCL), and data warehousing across global assignments in the USA and Australia.
Certifications and Professional Development
Certifications Earned
IBM Certified: WebSphere DataStage v8.0 / IIS DataStage v7.5
Issued by: IBM
Six Sigma DMAIC Green Belt
Issued by: Caterpillar Inc. — Caterpillar Certified
PMP Project Management Methodology
Internal Training — Caterpillar (USA)
Supply Chain Management
Internal Training — Caterpillar (USA)
Scrum Master Certification (CSM/PSM)
Core Competencies
Core Competencies
Domains
🎓 Academic & Teaching
- Curriculum-to-Industry Alignment
- Placement & Interview Readiness
- Industry-Standard Lab & Project Design
- Coaching
- Team Mentoring
⚙️ Delivery & Quality
- Quality Assurance & Testing
- Process Automation (SDLC/STLC)
- Agile/Scrum Delivery & Coaching
🏛️ Institutional
- HR Policy & KRA Design
- Industry-Institute Partnership Building
Education
Bachelor of Engineering
G.S.I.T.S., Indore, MP, India
Graduated: 1994
Somesh H. Saxena • +91-8978575953 • SHPSaxena@Hotmail.Com • Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Professor of Practice | Director of Industry Partnership | Lecturer & Visiting Faculty — Computer Science, IT & Management
25+ Years Global IT Delivery Experience — India | USA | Australia | Singapore — Eligible under UGC's Professor of Practice Guidelines (15+ Yrs Industry Experience Norm)
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