Sujitkumar Shirkar
Global Vice President - Information Technology | Infrastructure Director
📧 Email:sujitkumar_shirkar@hotmail.com
📱 Phone: +91 9820857508
🌐 Networks:LinkedIn Profile
📍 Base: Pune, India
Executive Overview
Dynamic, business-aligned technologist with over 23 years of global experience directing cross-functional enterprise transformations, cloud infrastructure scaling, and technical operations. Recognized for architecting resilient multi-million-dollar technical landscapes while aligning IT roadmaps directly with C-Suite business objectives.
Honors & Industry Benchmarks: Aspiring CXO Award 2025, CIO Connect Leadership Award 2025, CIO 1000 APAC Award, and Winner of CIO-News "TECH NERDS" Leadership Distinction.
Quantified Operational Capital Delivered
$1.1M+
Labor OpEx Optimization
Generated annualized savings by structural centralization of Global Data Operations, ServiceDesk, and Tier 2/3 engineering assets.
$1.2M
Telecom Matrix Redesign
Strategic overhaul and implementation of cross-country network routing fabrics across extensive regional nodes.
$1.0M
Crisis Enterprise Mitigation
Commanded specialized business continuity protocols, achieving sustained zero-downtime velocity during volatile constraints.
100%
Audit Defensibility
Maintained a spotless compliance record with zero critical remediation vulnerabilities for 13 years under MPAA and ISO27001 parameters.
Executive References
"Sujit is a straight, solution-oriented IT Professional with high motivation for his team's efforts. His fast and clear orientation on the job and prompt utilization of his skills brought the organization smoothly to the next level of IT structure and workflow-oriented data handling. His interpersonal communication is top-tier."
Strategic Core Domains
Executive IT Governance
- Global IT Lifecycle Management & Digital Integration Strategies
- Multi-Million Dollar CapEx / OpEx Financial Optimization and Budgeting
- Mergers, Acquisitions, and Structural Enterprise IT Consolidation
- Regulatory Risk Compliance frameworks (ISO 27001, MPAA, GDPR, DPDPA)
Enterprise Infrastructure
- End-to-End Design and Execution of Resilient Tier-3 Data Centers
- High-Capacity Clustered Storage Fabrics and Data Engineering Pipelines
- Global Multi-Tier Service Desks and Technical Operations Management
- Strategic SLA and Multi-Country Third-Party Vendor Negotiations
Executive Career Chronology
- Drive global technical vision and digital transformation blueprints across high-compute architectures supporting 1500+ professionals.
- Scaled the international infrastructure department from 8 foundational staff members to over 100 enterprise engineers.
- Architected Tier-3 storage and computing networks managing over 2 Petabytes of clustered Isilon configurations.
- Maintain strict adherence to premium data-privacy structures, leading global audits with zero findings over 13 consecutive terms.
- Direct structural CapEx allocations, workflow optimizations, and pipeline expansions into modern workspaces.
- Led full-lifecycle construction of state-of-the-art datacenters, including power capacity planning and network operations.
- Engineered high-performance 300-CPU supercomputing grid clusters to double rendering capacity and streamline asset workflows.
- Collaborated on enterprise budgeting and architectural planning for scalable Global Digital Asset Management frameworks.
- Directed core IT systems across large-scale facilities in Mumbai, Delhi, and Chennai.
- Administered complex shared SAN environments including 36TB BrightSAN configurations and CXFS deployment paradigms.
Enterprise Ecosystem Strategy
Cloud & Virtualization Fabrics
VMware vSphere
Proxmox VE
VDI Implementations
JumpCloud
MiniOrange
IAM / 2FA Strategy
Data Storage & Mission Network Systems
Dell PowerScale Isilon
OneFS Core Engine
VAST Data Architecture
FortiGate NGFW Firewalls
Arista Switching Fabric
Cisco Nexus 9K
AI Automation & Data Science
Python Enterprise Pipelines
Deep Learning Models
TensorFlow
Neural Networks (CNN, RNN)
Natural Language Processing
Prompt Engineering Automation
Monitoring & Operations Control
Splunk SIEM
ELK Stack Analytics
Zabbix Operations Engine
Jira Enterprise Architecture
Confluence Knowledge Ops
Rubrik Data Resiliency
Academic Achievements & Professional Certifications
- Artificial Intelligence Expert & Data Scientist Candidate — DataMites Hub
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) — IT & International Business Operations | Grade A+ Distinction
- Bachelor of Computer Science & Information Technology (BSc-IT)
- ITIL Foundation Certification V3 — Enterprise Service Quality Strategy
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) — Systems Architecture
- RedHat Linux Administration Certification — LanSmart Institute
- Advanced Engineering Diploma in Systems Hardware & Networks — Jetking Hub | Honor Distinction Grade