Chirag Agarwal

About Me

Hello! I’m Chirag Agarwal. As an Analytics and Operations enthusiast, I love to drive efficiency and optimization in the business with the help of Analytics and deriving insights from the data. I am good at agile project management with an experience in delivering global projects efficiently.

My Info


My Values

Learn, Always!

Learning is something which is fun for me and always helps me on the path to achieve more. It's one of the major drivers for me at work.

Respect your work!

I have deep respect for the work I do and hold pride in it. Working with devotion and honesty drives me daily at work to strive towards getting better every day!

Never Give Up!

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Help Others!

Whether its about helping a colleague at work or helping poor with their needs, it makes me happy.

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My Education

M.S. Business Analytics

2016 - 2018 B.I.T.S. Pilani University

This programme aims to equip working professionals to take on challenging roles in business analytics by laying a foundation in the area of Statistics, IT & related areas, and training learners in the latest developments in the area of business analytics across industry verticals.

Engineering - Computer Science

2008-2012 Pune University

Encompasses a variety of topics that relates to computation, like analysis of algorithms, programming languages, program design, software, and computer hardware.

Junior College (Science)

2007-2008 Pune University

School

2006 St. Anselm's School, Rajasthan (C.B.S.E.)


Fun Facts

Projects Delivered

20+

Certifications

15+

Awards

10+

Experience

10+ Years

My Experience

Business Program Manager (Global)

2017 - Current Microsoft (Resource Strategy and Vendor Planning)

In this position, I am part of the Global Vendor (Delivery Partner) Management Team leading various projects spanning Supplier Performance, Financial, and Market Insights being the muscle in the team for Analytics and BI. I am also responsible to drive various Business Reviews for Customer Support and Services in Microsoft with it's leadership. I help the team with the insights they need for driving business optimization as well as performance and financial enhancements for the outsourced businesses. My daily activities also encompass operational management for my team to drive various operational activities and processes.

Impact:


Churning Multi-Million dollar savings for Microsoft Customer Services and Support, optimize business operations, and aid performance efficiencies and automation in the business.

Technical Advisor (Office 365 Broad Commercial - Concierge)

2016 Microsoft

As an Advisor, I was accountable for the delivery of support for all products in Office 365 via multiple teams across multiple suppliers to ensure meeting targets. This role also gave me the opportunity to lead the next generation BI for the India Delivery team to optimize operations and increase performance with the help of insights. Because of a great success of this project, I was given the opportunity to present this next generation BI to Microsoft CSS India during the 4th July Kick-Off function as a success marker under the Digitization of Support initiative.

Impact:


Highly optimize supplier performance in driving KPI results via analytics, AI, operational optimization, and Automation. Initiating and evangelizing next-gen BI globally.

Technical Advisor (Office 365 Broad Commercial - India Delivery)

2015 Microsoft

As an Advisor, I was accountable for the delivery of support via multiple teams across multiple suppliers to ensure meeting targets. This role also gave me the opportunity to drive operational optimization and automation in the delivery for Office 365 Commercial support through various projects like NeatStack and CSS Notifications.

Impact:


Highly optimize supplier performance in driving KPI results via analytics, AI, operational optimization, and Automation. Initiating and evangelizing next-gen BI globally.

Technical Lead

2014 Microsoft (Convergys)

As a lead, I was accountable for coaching, mentoring, and helping 18 Office 365 Experts with driving support to Microsoft Partners and Customers as well as handling escalations on complex technical issues.

Impact:


Driving technical and operational excellence leading a team of 18 technical experts.

Cloud Ambassador

2013 Microsoft (Convergys)

As an ambassador, I was helping Microsoft customers and partners with technical questions and concerns with their Office 365 Cloud Infrastructure.

Impact:


Excelling customer satisfaction with the help of technical expertise and passion for helping customers.

Project Manager

2012 UMS Consultants

As a Project Manager, I was accountable to plan and deliver development and Migration projects one of which was Migrating B.I.T.S. Pilani's Infrastructure to Google Cloud Platform.

Impact:


Delivering projects on or before time with Quality and efficiency.

Software Developer Intern

2011 M.E.C. Netcom

I worked with networking specialists at the Company during my internship to develop an intelligent software capable of designing networks for organizations.

Impact:


Automation to reduce human dependency on generating expert Network designs.

Major Skills

Business Intelligence

Project Management

Data Visualization

Machine Learning

Power BI and SQL

Operations Management

Other Skills

Exchange

Sharepoint

C#

Windows Server

Azure IaaS

Azure PaaS

Get in Touch

Bangalore, India
chirag@outlook.in
+91 702 274 4111

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