Tushar Sawke

Technology and Digital Workplace leader with extensive experience across Microsoft 365, SharePoint, enterprise applications, IT operations, automation and AI-enabled productivity. Experienced in leading technology teams, strategic suppliers and enterprise technology portfolios, with direct responsibility for £4.5M+ in technology budget and £2M+ in annual supplier relationships. Experienced in translating business requirements into scalable technology strategies, building high-performing teams, managing strategic vendors and driving adoption of modern workplace technologies.

Strong combination of technical depth, commercial management, governance and senior stakeholder engagement, with experience working with CIO-level leadership and geographically distributed technology teams

Head of IT Operations and Partnerships | Digital Workplace, Enterprise Technology & Productivity - JATO

(2023)

• Managed Automation, EUC, Service Monitoring and BI Practice team
• Managed relationship with 2 IT consultancies to deliver Strategic goals
• Rolled out AI Strategy for the organisation along with Copilot rollout
• Delivered migration of Project and Service Management Suite
• Set up Procurement guidelines and policies
• Delivered £500K+ IT savings using various automation initiatives

Head of Technology Partnerships - JATO Dynamics

(2021 - 2023)

• Established five supplier teams to support strategic initiatives, managing a £1 million annual budget.
• Negotiated contracts and SoWs, creating a structured collaboration model between internal and vendor teams.
• Led AI productivity development, including generative AI, text classification, and sentiment analysis.
• Developed an AI-powered IT solutions assistant.
• Set up BI practice, managing services on Microsoft/Azure Stack.

Application and Research team manager - JATO Dynamics

(2017 - 2021)

• Managed M365 Suite, Atlassian Suite.
• Led one development and one support team.
• Set up SAFe, ITIL and PowerBI CoP.
• Process Standardisation to align multiple teams and avoid delays.
• Developed Recognition portal for the organisation using Power Platform and SharePoint.

Senior Sharepoint Architect - JATO Dynamics

(2017 - 2018)

• Completed migration from various On-Premise sites to SharePoint Online
• Redeveloped 30+ legacy applications and reports on SharePoint
• Designed Modern SharePoint platform for Knowledge management
• Set up Monitoring, Auditing and Backup strategy on M365

Sharepoint Practice lead - Cognizant

(2014 - 2017)

• Designed, developed and administered a large B2E SharePoint installation catering 50K+ employees in the client organisation
• Successfully completed 4 major SharePoint migrations on large farms
• Led 6 member Sharepoint consultancy team
• Trained teams on SharePoint development, administration, Estimation processes and Service management
• Worked in SharePoint Center of Excellence as member of European practice

Sharepoint Architect - Cognizant

(2011 - 2014)

• Developed 3 Enterprise solutions using SharePoint
• Established SharePoint governance and information architecture for 2 customers
• Worked with multiple development and operational teams to deliver end user products

SharePoint Lead - Cognizant

(2007 - 2011)

• Led a team of 3 developers
• Development Intranet on SharePoint Platform
• Migrated SharePoint 2003 farm to SharePoint 2007
• Delivered Apps and customisations using ASP.net, MS SQL, JavaScript, HTML

Sharepoint Developer - Cognizant

(2004 - 2007)

• Set up SharePoint 2003 farm
• Developed Intranet Knowledge Management system
• Built customisations using ASP.NET webparts, Infopath, Workflows and JavaScript

Graduate Certificate Program - Business Management - Kelley School of Business Executive Education Programs (2013 - 2014)

BE - Information Technology - NIT Raipur, India (2000 - 2004)