Rajesh Kumar is an IT professional with extensive experience in leading enterprise technology initiatives with vision and confidence around IT cost optimization, finance and infrastructure, and program management for Tenet Healthcare, Bank of America, and Verizon and as an independent consultant. He is an insightful leader of diverse, high-performance, global teams with expertise in executive-level relationships, program management, service delivery, cross-functional leadership, contract negotiation, and vendor management.
His professional career started with GTE where he held many IT jobs progressing from an IT analyst to a Director of IT Networks. When GTE merged with Bell Atlantic to form Verizon, Rajesh became an Executive Director of IT Infrastructure and Cost Optimization. In 2007, he joined Bank of America as a Senior Vice President – PMO to optimize their IT cost structure to free up funding for innovation. He has also held senior level IT jobs at Rackspace and HCL. His most recent job was with Tenet Healthcare to mange their Productivity and Efficiency programs. In this role, Rajesh saved them $40M by developing and implementing an elite IT cost optimization model that isolates technology cost drivers and enables effective, workable solutions while enhancing speed-to-market.
Rajesh has two master’s degrees (MBA & MS) and holds certifications in PMP, ITIL and Six Sigma.
Rajesh, his wife and two children have been residing in Southlake, Texas since 1988 and are originally from India.