AVICENN RAY

Bengaluru | rayavicenn@gmail.com | 96633 71631 | LinkedIn

Professional Summary

Innovative Portfolio & Program Manager with 26 years of experience leading global technology portfolios and digital transformation initiatives across cloud, hosting, networking, and monitoring services. Skilled in aligning portfolios to business strategy, establishing governance frameworks, and enabling IT service excellence. Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional portfolios, optimize financials, and deliver business value through data-driven decision-making and stakeholder collaboration. Adept at risk management, compliance, and implementing ITIL- and Agile-based practices to ensure predictable, high-quality outcomes.

“Avicenn consistently demonstrated exceptional problem-solving abilities driving outstanding results in multiple programs of the organisation. He is hands-on in technical matters; loves working in the lab, bringing up edge used cases checking for its performance and gathering insight into the edge solutions.” – Srinivasan Ramanujam, Director of Customer Success Engineering, Intel

Core Skills

Portfolio & Program Management: Strategic Planning | IT Governance | Budget & Cost Optimization | Risk & Compliance | Stakeholder Management

Methods & Frameworks: ITIL v4, Agile, SAFe, PMP-aligned Practices | Risk & Dependency Management | Continuous Improvement

Leadership & Transformation: Cross-Functional Engagement | Business–IT Alignment | Process Automation | Global Delivery

Professional Experience

Intel CorporationBengaluru

Senior Engineering Project / Program Manager Jan 2021 – Jul 2025

Directed a portfolio of enterprise-wide digital transformation programs across cloud, edge AI, and infrastructure services, aligning technology outcomes with corporate business strategies.
Defined portfolio scope, budgets, resources, and governance frameworks, achieving 70% improvement in execution efficiency.
Partnered with CIO-level stakeholders, engineering leaders, and global teams to ensure strategic alignment and value realization across hosting, networking, and monitoring solutions.
Established governance metrics and reporting dashboards (Power BI, ServiceNow), enabling leadership to make data-driven investment decisions.
Managed program-level risks and dependencies, ensuring quality outcomes while balancing cost and resource optimization.
Delivered sustained portfolio impact, including $20M+ design wins and 15% YoY product growth, through effective prioritization and stakeholder engagement.

Intel CorporationBengaluru

Technical Project Manager Jun 2017 - Dec 2020

Managed a portfolio of IT and engineering integration projects supporting cloud and AI infrastructure, ensuring 100% on-time delivery of milestones.
Introduced portfolio-level risk report, reducing escalations by 90% elevating stakeholder confidence.
Enhanced Agile practices across distributed teams, improving collaboration and aligning release cycles to business priorities.
Designed and delivered program dashboards to monitor KPIs, resource utilization, and financial performance..

Intel CorporationBengaluru

IT Engineering Manager Jun 2015 - Jun 2017

Oversaw IT service delivery portfolios, implementing automation workflows that improved SLA compliance by 75%.
Directed vendor and cross-functional IT teams to optimizing support, reducing TCO by 15%.
Supported enterprise operations by establishing governance frameworks and performance metrics, driving efficiency in IS services.

Previous Roles: Intel (2001-2015) Advanced through software engineering and IT service management roles, building expertise in embedded systems, SAP, and enterprise operations. *

Mahindra & Mahindra (1999 to 2001) Worked at Software Development practice in Mumbai as Intern

Education

PG Diploma AI & ML | International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore | 2018–2020
M.S. – Micro Electronics | Manipal University | 2011 – 2015
C-PGDBA – Marketing | Symbiosis Institute of Distance Learning | 2006 – 2009
BE - Electronics and Telecomm | Army Institute of technology | 1994-1998

Certification & Awards

Certification: Leading SAFe®, Certified Scrum Master, ITIL v4, SWIFT (OOP) Brown & Yellow Belt
Awards: Intel Divisional Achievement (2021–2024), PRC Excellence in Risk & Leadership

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