Michelle Beck - Palomar College

SUMMARY
AMBS KESAVAN
3651 Greymont Dr., San Jose, CA 95136
Phone: (408) 203-0939 Email:akesavan2011@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Business and Information Technology Executive with 20 years of progressively increasing executive
leadership, management and technical expertise. MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
• Leadership and Management experience driving software development projects that generated over 100
million USD in annual software revenue.
• Proven ability to deliver business-driven technology strategy and implementation to increase revenue and
reduce costs.
• Proven ability to build and lead global teams across US, India, China, Israel and France.
• Strong team building and mentoring skills with excellent track record for delivering high quality products.
• Expertise in statistical analysis, financial modeling and data-driven marketing.
• Recipient of 4 patents and Chairman’s award for Innovation at Sun Microsystems.
EXPERIENCE
VANN’S INC. San Jose, CA
Chief Information Officer 2011 – Present
• Developed strategic plan for IT department that is aligned with corporate business objectives for revenue
growth and cost containment.
• Defined technology platform strategy to modernize the e-commerce and ERP infrastructure for multichannel
retail business.
• Established strategic service provider partnerships and optimized the mix of in-house and outsourced
services.
• Defined key business metrics and performance indicators to measure IT, marketing campaigns and
improved productivity.
• Developed financial models for activity based costing, managerial accounting and valuation for individual
business units.
• Championed data driven decision making using Business Intelligence tools and web analytics.
• Developing a comprehensive network optimization model and better forecasting mechanisms for improving
supply chain efficiency.
EBAY INC. San Jose, CA
Software Manager 2009 – 2011
• Led the team that contributed to the delivery of 4 high quality Seller Releases with new tools for consumer
and business sellers resulting in 25% increase in active listings.
• Accelerated the software validation process by incorporating continuous integration resulting in 20%
reduction in deployment time.
• Collaborated with Product Management, Software Development and Quality Engineering for strategic
planning, resourcing and execution of Seller Releases.
• Drove successful triage and timely resolution of customer problems consistently exceeding Service Level
Agreements.
SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC. Menlo Park, CA
Software Manager 2006 – 2009
• Managed the team that contributed to the delivery of 6 successful releases of System Management software
that generated over 25 million USD in annual revenues.
• Built and managed a global team of engineers from ground up across US, India, Israel and France.
• Managed software products from strategic planning to tactical activities including product roadmaps, value
drivers, schedules and budgets.