About me | Senior Manger/Director with strong Engineering, Computer Science and Business/Management education/ experience background seeking a director or VP level position. Brings in strong leadership, assertive advisory/communication and Implementation skills. |
Experience Summary | - Experience, knowledge and familiarity with broad range of transaction types, including merger and acquisitions, initial public offerings, follow-on financings, buyouts, PIPES and private placements.
- Market and product knowledge and related experience in energy monitoring, efficiency, grid monitoring and related tools Experienced in Healthcare Payer and hospital setup Manufacturing and Logistics environment
- Certified Program Manager/Project manager 10 years Implemented process compliance, industry standard project methodologies, dashboard analytics for program monitoring/optimization.
- 22 years of total industry experience 6 years of Post MBA Strategic Management consulting experience on Corporate Strategy, Turnaround, and M A due diligence, financial modeling, Work flow automation, Pricing, Customer value measurement and Operations improvement Hands-on Software and Information Technology background 15 years easoned experience in startups Concept to reality Builtcompaniesfrom ground up.
- Experienced in Information Technology architecture, development and consolidation s .
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Capabilities | Pioneer in Corporate Strategy, IT strategy, Reusability, RFID Technology and IT Technology enablement s to automate the organizational functions Implemented cost cutting measures/Lean principles at every value of value chain. Offered streamlined Portfolio management, Best Practices and Corporate governance and operational improvement strategies. Extensive experience in international, multi-cultural environments. |
Transferable Skills achieved Primary | Management Consulting Executive Management P L Management IT Strategy Mergers Acquisitions Strategic Planning Business Intelligence Technology Planning SaaS Business Innovation Leadership Development Turn Around Management Product Development Change Management Process Engineering Customer Experience Merchandising Pricing analysis/Modeling Workflow automation RFID enablement |
Transferable Skills achieved Other | E-commerce Staff Development Business Analytics Business Strategy Fulfillment Services Human Resource Management Negotiation New Business Development Off shoring strategies enablement |
Professional Experience |
As a PMO manager, part of strategy governance team managed portfolio of projects budgets/dashboard analytics/Risks. Enforced process compliance into business funded portfolio of projects. Offered assertive Value add from both cost/schedule justification point of view. Managed business expectation s strategically Cumulative budget managed 4 million Team size:30 Projects involved: - Smart Meter Historian data management and implementation for Smart Meter data management, with PI software. Budget 1.5 million Team size: 10 Report to the Director
- Cyber Security strategy for generator optimization for company owned power generation plant. This Project is part of strategic direction for Energy Resources for monitoring diagnostics for the fleet generation sites to optimize their unit performance.
- Cyber Security Maturity upgrade 2.4 to 3.5 Initiative. Reporting to Director of security and PMO this is a major initiative to upgrade corporate maturity level to 3.5 as defined and aligned with KPMG audited metrics. Duties: Risks/DR Mgmt/Budget/Financial forecasting/Resource Mgmt, SOWs for outside vendors Build vs. Buy and necessary Portfolio Review Board Presentation. Team size 20 Total Budget 1 million
- SharePoint alignment portfolio project s integrate Outlook, self managed security features. Managed a team of 6 people Direct and 6 indirect reports Benchmarked and worked on SOWs in an effort to identify Build vs. Buy cost benefits, to integrate into the solution. Responsible for Financial forecast, cost/risk/integration/resource management and Portfolio Review board presentation. Budget: 1 million Team size:6 .
- Managed a SAP batch Optimization project Short term
Skills Utilized: Budgeting/Financial forecasting, Operational turnaround, SharePoint 2010 Cyber Security, Portfolio Management, Leverage IT infrastructure/automation |
Managing Director/Sr. Management Consultant Instrumental in establishing the practice for Confidential. Established 24x7 support center. As a Strategy Management Consultant offering end - to - end implementation services of identified strategy road map s . Building 6 Service/Product lines for short and long term revenue growths, profitability sustainability of the company. Attracted and built a team with highly seasoned professionals from industry into practice. SELECTED ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS - Product Manager Current Managing a RFID enablement project to develop an embedded sensor to support the core practice. Agile development methodology is being used. First release of the product is expected to be released in March 2015.
- Strategic Turned around of an underperforming 10 year old Technology company during economic downturn, Redefined the ROI, identified new lines of products/Services at different sections of value chain recommended a 3 year strategic operational and financial turnaround plan upon review of dropping sales pattern, competition and account level profitability.
- Reversed losses into profits, serving as catalyst for growth and expansion of struggling division turned an offshore center into a strong 24x7 support and profit center. Quickly restored forward momentum, generating new client s and revenue gains with profits at steady 20 return on sales.
- Integrated acquired companies into a profit center, maximized share of strategic markets, and elevated earnings.
Skills Utilized: Financial modeling, Operational turnaround, RFID, Leverage IT infrastructure/automation, Pricing/Cost Modeling, Workflow automation, Supply Chain Management, Project Management tools, PMO modeling and implementation |
Director of Technology Detailed list of engagements are available upon interest Cumulative budget managed 4 million Team size:20 |
- Built a highly efficient implementation team of 45 , which include senior software architects, Project managers and software engineers. Team implemented 38 different projects to date.
- As a senior consultant/program manager, offered Strategic Services to the customers Project Management Risk Assessments Business Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery Planning Technology implementation Hired and managed highly qualified development and operations team and designed organizational structure. Managed entire P L.
- Implemented PMO models Adaptive PMO Frameworks featuring time boxing, iterative management techniques, IT Governance frameworks, using COBIT, ITIL frameworks.
- Managed P L As a client partner and Program Manager, pursued and closed new business initiatives for the company. Researched and identified sales targets /opportunities and evaluated marketing strategies to effectively penetrate and expand key accounts. Evaluated account needs developed and implemented a marketing and sales strategy to drive business growth.
- Responsible for Championing brand strategy across company, Advertising budget, identify business critical deficiencies in sales and marketing processes. Established corporate strategies, revenue and profit models, Offshore, infrastructure setup and financial control.
- Developed responses for RFP's, Conducted product evaluations and made strategic technology recommendations to clients.
- Supported Projects till date in ERP, Collaboration, Web and client server environments
Skills Utilized: Agile/Scrum standards. Project Management tools, PMO modeling and implementation, Auditing, ITIL, COBIT and other governance frameworks, Peoplesoft, IT infrastructure /Assessment /Integration, Lotus/Domino, QuickPlace and J2EE tools |
- Managed a wide portfolio of projects for Ford. Reported to the Vice president of the consulting organization and major stake holders in Ford. Managed complete P L for USD 9 million annual budgets. Led a team of more than 30 people which involved 6 project managers and Development managers, in delivering an Internet based, e- business Product called 'Dealer Connection to enable the connectivity between dealership micro sites and customers.
- Involved in the Core application design, releases, project and program management, technical leadership, content alliance management with respective providers, Executive meeting w/Ford, and reporting.
- Accomplishments: Quick turnaround of new projects within timeline and budget resulting in a saving of upto 25 million, which would have been locked in inventory. Instrumental in implementing localization modules for Asia pacific, Canada and Mexico regions.
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Sr. ERP Project Manager |
Recruited as a senior ERP project manager to work with the General Manager of the company in establishing the PeopleSoft practice for the company. Developed project plans, winning proposals, client presentations and business unit reporting for the potential and existing clients As a Project Manager for Peoplesoft implementation for a major healthcare company and hospital, took over the trailing project from another service provider and delivered results 35 ahead of time and within budget. - Procured, trained, reviewed and managed a technical and functional team of 20 resources.
- Accomplishments: Built a profitable 3M Peoplesoft practice for the company. Acquired clientele from Automobile and Healthcare sectors
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- Analyzed the payroll and HR requirements and implanted a star schema Data mart for the payroll expense and hours analysis. Designed an interface to cost accounting system using Ledger Journal entries and Payroll transaction data. Reported to the CFO of the hospital
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