NACHIKETA KUMAR

- Directed comprehensive Vendor Due Diligence (VDD) for Pre/Post-M&A and Private Equity deals across [8+] high-growth sectors, delivering actionable investment insights that facilitated €80M+ in strategic capital deployment.
- Led Technical Due Diligence (TDD) and strategic analysis by prototyping AI-driven workflows via "vibe coding" in Google AI Studio, effectively bridging complex technical assessments with core business strategy.
- Engineered automated multi-agent systems within AI Studio to autonomously synthesize data and construct client-ready strategy slides, reducing deliverable turnaround time by 70% (or 15 hours/week) and boosting team productivity.
- Established and scaled a proprietary Expert Capability Network of 6+ industry specialists to audit client operations, capturing critical strategic vulnerabilities and extracting predictive market signals that drove a 90% improvement in client growth initiatives.
- Formulated cross-sector market and operational strategies, leveraging both traditional consulting frameworks and GenAI tools to identify high-impact growth opportunities per engagement for executive stakeholders.

Cybersecurity and IT Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Strategy Dept:
Led cybersecurity strategy and governance projects initiatives by Secure Dev Lifecycle of 3+ Product releases, and policy audit.
- Strengthened GRC channels and compliance tracking efficiency by 20%, managed changes and onboarded 8+ joiners.
- Optimized 100% BU-wide adoption of SDL tool through change management and Monitored Cyber Resilience Act policies.
- Aligned compliance roadmap bridging DORA regulation and ISO 27001 for Cybersecurity and launched user review for

- Formulated Strategy for Customer Acquisition, increasing leads for HR department by 25%
- Catalyzed competitor benchmarking into insights to expand product roadmap in 6 zones for 40+ cities.
- Analyzed customer data and planned the market acquisition in 10+ zones for 50+ cities through LinkedIn and other talent platforms.
- Strategized the roadmap to fill the gap of short-term roles for immediate hiring to solve the recruiting partners problems by directly using the customer feedbacks and made improvement on those feedbacks by utilising the gen-ai integration to enhance the performance.

Managing Special Projects and Strategizing solutions for the product and client problems in both B2B and B2C segments.
- Spearheaded global market research to forge 10 strategic partnerships in Asia, and fueled lead generation via HubSpot.
- Strategized product improvements; outlined 5+ GTM use cases, and accelerated growth through actionable feature plans.
- Performed No-code automation to integrate tools and build a workflow for documentation.

As an External Student Consultant worked for Wavestone, I had an unique opportunity to directly contribute to the success for one of the world's leading Consulting company. My role involved framing the complete consulting and drafting strategies for the client in Insurance sector to integrate GEN-AI efficiently and to lay best recommendations. My key duties were:
• Led the consulting project focusing on implementing GenAI across Insurance operations.
• Identified and recommended a two-phase strategy for implementing GenAI, resulting in a comprehensive AI Governance Framework and a 3-year roadmap.
• Designed a KPI tracking model to measure value from pilot phase to full-scale deployment.

Worked on future of Sustainable buildings domain for shaping the startups towards resiliency and growth with the help of strategic foresight:
1. Researched on Contextual foresight research in sustainable buildings to drive startup growth by 25%.
2. Facilitated adoption of eco-friendly technologies by 40% for future of sustainable buildings.
3. Benchmarked more than 15 notable startups and established companies to build report on circularity.

Experience in FinTech & Banking Projects | DevOps | Project Management | Business Analysis| Strategy
Worked on digital transformation initiatives for leading banking clients, contributing to the successful delivery of fintech and digital payment solutions through a blend of DevOps practices, project coordination and strategic IT alignment.
• Spearheaded the creation of 20+ end-to-end CI/CD pipelines by integrating tools like Git, Maven, SonarQube, JFrog, Nexus, Urban Code deployment and Docker, reducing build and release time by 30%. and improve the deployment processes across environments.
• Dockerized and automated deployments via Ansible, enabling seamless rollout to pre-prod environments, increasing deployment success rate by 25%.
• Participated in 20+ Agile sprints, translating business requirements into actionable DevOps tasks and ensuring sprint goals were met on time.
• Managed change requests with 100% SLA adherence, minimizing downtime and ensuring regulatory compliance in banking systems.
• Earned Wipro DevOps Professional Certification with a high-impact capstone project simulating real-world deployment challenges.
• Improved code quality and security by integrating static code analysis into pipelines, leading to a 40% drop in post-deployment issues.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align IT strategy with project goals, driving faster and more reliable software delivery.
This 3 years experience holistically positions me well for roles requiring a strong understanding of both technical execution and strategic project oversight in tech-enabled business domains.