Who am I?
I myself am an IT professional who has worked in large industries and corporate sectors practicing the knowledge I have gained through work and process methodologies from the certifications I have. I have my own set-methodologies of teaching certification courses which is goal specific and has a focus on industrial exposure. I successfully conduct industry-oriented training which is much more vast than the certification courses. I conduct corporate training as well as self-designed in house training. Apart from my mainstream profession, I had a deep interest in health and fitness, which I hav...
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What interests me?I am an avid fitness person, go to the gym, play guitar, cook recipes, an active conservationist.
Bachelors (BS), Computer Science
University of Pune
British Indian Ocean Territory
1988 - 1991
Consultant
Cogitatio Technologies
I work on providing project management support to the clients on various areas of project management.
2013 - Present (11 years)
Project Manager
Mphasis Limited
• Preparing project management plans for entire EMEA delivery accounts
• Providing inputs to Account Delivery management for service improvements and new business
• Accountable for all activities of People management across the projects
• Acting as the last level of escalation SPOC for EMEA offshore delivery accounts
• Preparing various project metrics and report them to higher management
• Monitoring project work
• Maintaining issue/risk register and take proactive measures to counter them
• Providing weekly project updates to customer and daily update to internal management
• Reporting resource/account ramp-ups / ramp downs to Delivery and Account Heads
• Coordinating with account and Resource management groups to hire the right resources
• Fosterin... Show more
2011 - 2013 (2 years)
Project Manager
Tech Mahindra Limited
• Managing Transformation program of over 2000 + customer systems, British Telecom’s SDK program
• Multiple projects tracking and monitoring through defined tools
• Reviewing and finalizing quotes to be sent to client partner’s approval
• Participating in program reviews for benefits realization and overall success
• Providing guidance to project managers at all stages of the projects
• Directly accountable for the outcomes of the program
• Monitoring and evaluating project progress against the benchmark set by project objectives
• Reporting project milestone progress and completion to senior management and stakeholders
• Accountable for the impact of critical projects on the organization at the Business Unit
• Go No-go decision-maker for major deployment... Show more
2006 - 2011 (5 years)
Project Manager
Advance Computer Services
• Setting up the offshore development center as per all the norms laid down by customer
• Formulating and directing a high-level strategy and plan for transition
• Directing the entire process from planning to steady-state for the IT Operations
• Preparing effort and cost estimation required for the entire transition
• Coordinating activities and resources across the project
• Setting up efficient teams to take up knowledge transition from existing onshore team
• Chairing transition program governance meetings with clients
• Maintaining a daily log of events during transition activities
• Monitoring resource utilization and project progress
• Acting as a single point of contact for daily operational issues of the project
• Creating deliverable for cus... Show more
2005 - 2006 (1 year)
Consultant
Freelancer
• Finding clients who need to tune their IT infrastructure as per their requirements
• Assisting vendors of clients in getting their IT related work done
• Providing assistance to project teams to carry out project-related IT activities, relating to system upgrades, installations, server management, deployments, software installations
• Working with multiple vendors to work on bids and contracts
• Preparing project management plans for IT companies (small and medium)
1996 - 2005 (9 years)
Maintenance Engineer
Digilog Peripheral System
• Maintaining computer hardware like plotters, printers, monitors, keyboards, PCs
• Installing Windows Operating Systems, Novell NetWare, antivirus, etc.
• Conducting weekly preventive maintenance of computer equipments
• Undertaking repairs of computers and peripherals
1995 - 1996 (1 year)