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Ashish Priyadarshi

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Dynamic professional with 13+ years in risk management, third-party resilience, and BCDR. Proven track record in assessing and mitigating operational risks, implementing enterprise-wide continuity frameworks, and defining RTO/RPO metrics to ensure organizational resilience.

Strong leader and communicator, skilled in cross-functional collaboration, regulatory compliance, and crisis management, delivering operational excellence while safeguarding critical business processes.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Resiliency Specialist

ITV Plc
06.2025 - Current
  • Led the design and implementation of a company-wide BCDR framework aligned with the Minimum Viable Company (MVC) concept, ensuring ITV could maintain critical operations and public service obligations during major disruptions.
  • Conducted enterprise-wide resilience assessments, engaging Technology, Studios, Operations, Compliance, and other key teams to review existing continuity capabilities and identify gaps.
  • Defined and documented Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) for mission-critical services, enabling prioritized recovery strategies across people, processes, technology, and data.
  • Produced a unified ITV-Wide BCDR Plan, including escalation protocols, governance models, recovery workflows, and ownership matrices.
  • Designed and delivered a centralized Command Center operating model, establishing clear roles, SOPs, decision logs, and communication workflows for real-time incident management.
  • Built a Disaster Recovery Activities Tracker (Excel/SharePoint-based) to monitor RTO/RPO compliance, DR test schedules, incident logs, and remediation progress, embedding it into ITV’s resilience governance cycle.
  • Developed an MVC-Aligned Critical Services Matrix to prioritize ITV’s essential services based on business impact, regulatory risk, and recovery dependencies.
  • Presented executive-level recommendations and a roadmap for ongoing resilience testing, plan reviews, and crisis readiness improvement.

Security Specialist

Omerta IT
07.2023 - Current
  • Lead and manage Disaster Recovery (DR) & Business Continuity (BCP) projects, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
  • Own scope, deliverables, activity planning, risk management, and change control across DR/BCP initiatives.
  • Establish and maintain effective communication plans with project teams, stakeholders, and clients.
  • Provide day-to-day direction to project teams and deliver regular project status updates to clients and leadership.
  • Develop, coordinate, and maintain data center recovery plans and testing programs to ensure recovery readiness.
  • Conduct periodic audits of DR plans, identifying and reporting required improvements.
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration between IT groups, business units, and executive leadership.
  • Drive resilience awareness through business continuity meetings with senior and executive management.
  • Define, document, and maintain program policies, metrics, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements.
  • Ensure critical IT applications have documented, tested, and executable recovery plans aligned with recovery objectives.
  • Partner with Risk, Security, HR, and Data Center Governance teams to close BCP gaps and run joint testing/exercises.
  • Continuously review, streamline, and automate DR/BCP processes for greater efficiency.
  • Proactively identify resilience risks and vulnerabilities, developing mitigation and action plans.
  • Support enterprise resiliency standards, aligning IT infrastructure and applications with compliance needs.
  • Provide leadership in recovery environment requirement gathering, assessment, and communication to technology groups.
  • Manage program documentation, ensuring consistency with policy and global standards.
  • Perform special projects and provide oversight of cross-functional recovery efforts as needed.

Security Specialist

Anglo American Plc
07.2023 - 11.2024
  • Collaborate with teams to develop and implement strategies for governance, enterprise risk management, and regulatory compliance.
  • Identify and document gaps, risks, and impacts, recommend solutions, and drive development of robust recovery strategies.
  • Assess and audit Disaster Recovery (DR) plans and test protocols, including processes, procedures, and change management methodologies.
  • Partner with Business Continuity (BC) and DR teams across the organization to ensure resilience before, during, and after tests and exercises.
  • Translate gaps between current-state architecture and strategic goals into actionable project plans/roadmaps.
  • Identify, assess, and manage project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, escalating per governance framework.
  • Control project scope through rigorous change control measures.
  • Develop and maintain detailed project and quality plans for complex initiatives, delivering accurate progress reports to stakeholders.
  • Incorporate dependencies and assumptions into the planning process for accurate forecasting and risk mitigation.
  • Support and maintain a risk-based Disaster Recovery Governance program, driving initiatives for world-class resiliency operations.
  • Prioritize, track, and provide status reporting on compliance, projects, and program initiatives.
  • Review and validate evidence and supporting documentation for compliance and audit readiness.

Engineering Manager

Wipro Technologies
10.2015 - 07.2023
  • Conducted annual IT & Security policy reviews, maintained policy freshness reports, and ensured alignment with industry standards.
  • Managed enterprise risk repositories, facilitated SME/owner discussions, tracked remediation, and delivered monthly risk & KPI reports.
  • Led compliance & audit programs (ITGC, SOX, ISO27001), including evidence collection, control testing, and stakeholder reporting.
  • Oversaw customer contractual obligations (SOW/MSA), ensuring compliance with regulatory and security requirements.
  • Defined and implemented ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem, Request Fulfillment), driving SLA adherence and process improvements.
  • Directed CritSit/Major Incident Management, coordinating RCA, corrective/preventive actions, and timely stakeholder communications.
  • Acted as BCP/DR coordinator, designing and executing tabletop, intra-city, and inter-city recovery tests.
  • Supported executive governance forums (PMR, QBR, CAB), providing transparency on compliance, risks, and resilience initiatives.
  • Delivered compliance and process awareness training and championed continuous service improvement (CSI) initiatives.

Security Analyst

10kinfo Inc
03.2014 - 09.2015

Junior Software Engineer

Creed Global Technologies
07.2012 - 03.2014

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Siliguri Institute Of Technology
India
06-2012

Skills

    Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC):

  • IT & Security Policy Reviews & Governance Reporting
  • Enterprise Risk Management & KPI/Risk Metrics Tracking
  • Compliance & Audit Programs (SOX, ITGC, ISO27001, NIST 20)
  • Evidence Collection, Control Testing & Regulatory Reporting
  • Customer Contractual Compliance (SOW, MSA)

    • Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCDR):

  • BCP/DR Coordination & Testing (Tabletop, Intra-City, Inter-City)
  • Disaster Recovery Planning & Recovery Strategy Development
  • RTO/RPO Definition & Compliance Monitoring
  • Crisis/Command Center Operations & Real-Time Incident Management
  • Resilience Assessments, Gap Analysis & Remediation

    • Project & Program Management:

  • ITIL Process Implementation (Incident, Change, Problem, Request Fulfillment)
  • Project Scope, Planning, Change Control & Risk Governance
  • PMO Governance (PMR, QBR, CAB, PIR)
  • Continuous Service Improvement (CSI) & Process Automation
  • SLA, KPI & Compliance Reporting to Leadership

    • IT Operations & Service Delivery:

  • Major Incident (CritSit) & RCA Coordination
  • Service Introduction & Risk-in-Change Assessments
  • Customer & Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Queue Management & Operational Delivery Excellence
  • Process Awareness Training, Coaching & Quality Assurance

    • Technology & Tools:

  • SharePoint & Excel-Based DR/Compliance Trackers
  • Enterprise Resiliency Dashboards & Reporting Tools
  • IT Operations Monitoring & Risk Management Systems

Websites

Timeline

Resiliency Specialist

ITV Plc
06.2025 - Current

Security Specialist

Omerta IT
07.2023 - Current

Security Specialist

Anglo American Plc
07.2023 - 11.2024

Engineering Manager

Wipro Technologies
10.2015 - 07.2023

Security Analyst

10kinfo Inc
03.2014 - 09.2015

Junior Software Engineer

Creed Global Technologies
07.2012 - 03.2014

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

Siliguri Institute Of Technology

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