1. AMOL VIDWANS
ITIL (UK), MSC. (UK), DCS (UK), B.Com
Smart Cities Solution Evangelist / Business & Technology Advisor /
Group Chief Information Officer / President - IT
A-103, 1
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Floor, “Askhaya Metropolis”, Survey No. 531 – 534. Thirukatchur Village, Maraimalai Nagar, India
Email: amol.vidwans@gmail.com • Mobile: +91 7338810624 / +91 9962525539
Linkedin.com Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/amolvidwans
Major Career Achievements -
 Over 25+ years of IT Leadership success with a consistent track record of driving
increased levels of productivity, profits & internal / external customer satisfaction
 Logical thinker and strong communication expert noted for IT enabled business
transformation and business support to global, enterprise wide infrastructure to reduce
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and deliver strong Return On Investment (ROI)
 Quality and Innovation driven leader with experience at Multi-Location Global & Large
Indian organizations and Conglomerates
 Career marked by IT leadership roles at industry leaders Johnson & Johnson India, UPL
Group, Chevron, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts Limited (Club Mahindra) & Marg Group
 Have managed and delivered over 20 large-scale initiatives ranging from USD200K to
USD12M leveraging ERP, CRM, Customized Application Development, WAN
Optimization, ITIL and world-class best practices
 Have been on Advisory Committees at leading Business Schools - S P Jain Institute of
Management and Research (SPJIMR) and Welingkar Institute of Management
 Have been Advisor to the World's first "Cloud-based WAN Optimization" company
 Past Member of the Expert Committee on Electronics, Telecommunications &
Information Technology at the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI)
 Past President and Member of the Managing Committee, CIO KLUB, Chennai Chapter
 Member of –
 the Core Team & Vice Chair of the Working Committee on "Designing the IT
Organization" at CIO Index
 McAfee Product Advisory Council
 Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
 Computer Society of India (CSI)
 Delivered Guest Lectures at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedadad, India
for the "3-Tier Management Development Program (MDP) for Senior Management" in
2000 and 2001
 Undertook a book review on "Business Intelligence" for Mc-Graw-Hill Education (India)
Private Limited in 2009
 Honours & Awards -
 “CIO of the Year” at the Corporate Excellence Award 2013 held in Mumbai in June
2013
 “Leadership Award" by Executive Board Council, SAI in March 2012
 “Leadership Award" by Group Chairman, MARG Group in December 2011
 "Best Implementation Award" for MHRIL by Global President, TALISMA Corporation in
2007
 “Certificate of Appreciation” by Asia-Pacific Information Protection Coordinator in
CHEVRON Corporation in 2005
 "Recognition Award" by President, Global Lubricants, CHEVRON Corporation in 2003
 “Certificate of Appreciation” by Global CIO, JOHNSON & JOHNSON in January 2000

2. Innovative Solutions -
 Associated and Partnered with a Israeli Companies Consortium of 250+ companies to
look at Innovative and Disruptive SMART CITIES and Agriculture technologies with an
aim to bring these technologies to the India market from March 2016 onwards
 Conceptualized a “Do It Yourself Electric Cycle Kit” and marketed the product to
leading Indian bicycle manufacturers – Hero Cycles, TI Cycles & Avon Cycles. Initiated
discussions with Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) for collaborating &
testing of the kit for the Global market
 Advising and Guiding “start-ups” on overall Business Strategy and Technology, Cloud
Enablement Strategy and Go-To-Market (GTM) Strategy
 Presented a Technical Concept Note on Centralized Common Group Call Centre - “One
Mahindra” for Club Mahindra, Mahindra Finance and Mahindra (Automotive and Tractor
Division) in 2008
 “Anywhere Anytime” access to the CRM using Desktop Virtualization (VDI) with
virtualized call centre agents at MHRIL in 2008
 India's First "Online & Booking Web-Portal" and an integrated 3rd Party Payment
Gateway exclusively for the Home-Stay Segment using Web 2.0 in MHRIL in 2008
 Delivered Considerable Cost Reduction, Improved Network Speed and Application Access
through a Large WAN Optimization Solution Deployment for RiverBed in India at MHRIL
in 2007
 Improved Customer Reach and Customer Satisfaction (CASAT) through India's First PAN
India "Single Board Number" for a Contact Centre at MHRIL in 2007
 Was among India's Early Adopter of Private VPN for Centralization of Applications &
Infrastructure over a large WAN Network at UPL Group in 2001
 Concept Note for a GIS-based solution to integrate & correlate Sales versus Marketing
efforts, Electronic Commerce based solution & a Customer Relationship Management
(CRM) Solution at Johnson & Johnson India in 1999-2000
 Demand Forecasting and Product Trend Predication to track secondary & tertiary sales
of pharmaceutical products at Johnson & Johnson India in 1998 - 1999
Business Critical Applications Projects / Solutions -
 Consulted to put together a commercial bid worth USD 64 Million for “Selection of
Managed Service Provider (MSP) for Enterprise Business System in Six Major Indian
Ports”
 Undertook and Delivered a SAP Driven Business Process Transformation Initiative
(FICO, MM, PP, PM, CRM, HCM,ReFX, modules) and Turnaround of the Business
Critical Applications at MARG Limited for all 6 Business Verticals
 Streamlined Microsoft AXAPTA and TALISMA CRM as for 100,000+ Members at
Mahindra Holidays and Resorts Indian Limited (Club Mahindra) in 2006 - 2008
 Migrated and Consolidated the Home-grown Client-Server based ERP product to .NET
platform for Chevron’s Lubricants and LPG businesses in India and ensured SOX
compliance and technical compliance as per Chevron Global Standards
 Migrated all applications to the current common Global Platform used - “mySAP.com”
suite (FICO, MM, PP, PM, APO, SCM, CRM, HCM, BIW modules across 30 own
subsidiary offices catering to a customer-base across 123 countries & 23 manufacturing
plants across the globe) at UPL Group
 Streamlined and Seamless Integrated AVALON ERP, MFG/PRO and MAXIMO at UPL
Group
 Implemented BPCS for the Pharma Division at Johnson & Johnson Limited in 1999
 Other Business Critical Applications implementation -

3.  Centralized Attendance System, HRMS & Performance Management System
(PMS) at Dighi Port Limited
 Web-based Port Management System, Centralized Weighbridge Solution,
Revived the MARG Intranet by adding various Employee Self Service modules
(ESS) at MARG Limited
 Enterprise wide Adrenalin HRMS¸ Property Management System (PMS),
Centralized Resort Financial Consolidation System, Multi-currency Payment
Gateway, Intranet and Employee Self Service portal at MHRIL
 Centralized Depot Software at Chevron Lubricants India Limited
 Various business critical applications at UPL Group including - Customer Order,
Tracking, Dealer Order Booking, Raw Material and Packaging Material Indenting
Solutions, Employee Self Services Portal
 Build and enhanced Corporate and Business Web Sites (marggroup.com;
margswarnabhoomi.com, margproperties.com; sam.org.in; midas.ac.in and
uplonline.com)
Business Critical Infrastructure Projects / Solutions -
 As a Smart City / IoT Technology Solutions Evangelist works on Strategic Advisory &
Project Management Support for Smart City Projects in India and aboard
 Planned and Designed a “SMART City” technology plan based on Special Purpose
Vehicle (SPV) business model with a Centralized City Command Centre to manage
the core IT and Non-IT Infrastructure of the SEZ at MARG Limited in 2011
 Connectivity and IT Infrastructure for a Large SEZ and Residential Complexes – Data
(MPLS WAN network / MAN over WiMAX, Campus network WiFi and LAN), Voice
Network, Switching Solutions & Audio-Video Implementations (Video-on Demand (VOD),
LIVE Streaming, Voice over IP (VoIP), Audio-Visual Bridging Solution, Tele-presence¸
Personal (1- on-1) Group Video Conferencing and Video Conferencing solutions, CCTV
Surveillance and DTH Services) at MARG Limited in 2010 - 2014
 Implemented “GIL (Global Information Link)” Program and “Smart Badge” in India and
aligning the India IT Infrastructure with Chevron’s Global IT Infrastructure at
CHEVRON Corporation in 2003 - 2006
 Delivered -
 Office Fit-out Projects (total of about 185,000 square feet) during 2010-12 at MARG
Limited
 Tier 3 Data Centre, Server and Storage consolidation at MARG Limited
 Building Information Modeling (BIM) Centre of Excellence (CoE) in 2011 at MARG
Limited
 Server and Storage consolidation using Blade Servers and SAN Box at MHRIL
 “State of Art” Data centre as per global standards for data centers of CHEVRON
Corporation
 Servers and Storage consolidation using SAN Box and Outsourced Data Centre Setup
for UPL Group
 Received “No Compliance Issues” Report for Quarterly Internal Audit Review on IT
Processes / Procedures and Documentation for 8 Consecutive Quarters at MARG
Limited
 Achieved an “Overall Satisfactory, No Less Than Satisfactory” Rating for IT
Infrastructure & Applications in year 2003 & 2006 by Chevron Corporate Audit Team
 Key Team Member of the Team which formulated a Five-year Business Plan for a GPS-
based Vehicle Communication Satellite System (VCSS) and associated services using
INMARSAT-C for the Indian Transportation and Logistics Industry as a Joint-Venture (JV)
Company with M/s. Rockwell Automation in 1996

4.  Successfully managed product compliance audits for – Microsoft, AutoDesk, SAP
Professional Journey -
Designation Company Time
Smart City Solutions Evangelist /
Business & Technology Advisor
Chennai, India March 2016 onwards
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Unique Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh November 2015 to March
2016
President – IT Dighi Port Limited, Mumbai, India July 2013 to September
2015
Head – Information Technology MARG Limited, Chennai India May 2010 to April 2013
Advisor / Independent Business
Consultant
Pune, India March 2009 to May 2010
Chief Information Officer (CIO) Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India
Limited (a Mahindra & Mahindra
Group Company), Chennai, India
November 2006 to
February 2009
Incountry IT Manager Chevron Lubricants India Limited
(A Chevron Company), Chennai,
India
May 2003 to November
2006
General Manager – IT / Dy. General
Manager – IT / Senior Manager – IT
United Phosphorus Limited,
Mumbai, India
April 2000 to April 2003
Assistant Manager - Information
Technology / Business Analyst
Janssen-Cilag Pharmaceutica
India, Mumbai, India (A Johnson &
Johnson Company)
January 1998 to March
2000
Area Sales Manager Kale Consultants Pvt. Ltd.,
Mumbai, India
December 1996 to January
1998
Assistant Manager - Business
Development
National Radio & Electronics
Company Limited, Mumbai, India
(a TATA Group Company)
November 1995 to
December 1996
Working Partner Tecmark Software Inc., Mumbai,
India
April 1992 to July 1994
Executive Trainee International Computer India
Manufacture Limited (now Fujitsu
ICIM), Mumbai, India
December 1990 to March
1992
Trainee Programmer / Faculty Apple Industries Limited, Mumbai,
India
April 1990 to December
1990
Educational Qualifications -
 MASTER OF SCIENCE (MSc.) - INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK
 DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER STUDIES (DCS), National Computing Centre, Manchester, UK
 BACHELOR OF COMMERCE (B.Com) – FINANICAL ACCOUNTING & AUDITING,
University of Bombay, Mumbai India
 FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE IN IT SERVICE MANAGEMENT, ITIL Version 2.0, BCS,
The Chartered Institute of IT, UK
Other Qualifications -
 MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP TRAINING / SEMINARS & PROGRAMS through
CHEVRON Corporation / CIO KLUB / Gartner / Various Industry Forums