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Kochi, Kerala, India

I'm responsible for creating effective delivery models for our customers in Australia to quickly realize value. I oversee project delivery, profitability assessments and strategic planning to minimize risk during execution.

Cochin Area, India

Responsible for offshore operations for a UK based Asset Management firm. Provide management oversight of a 300+ FTE account with responsibilities that include People Management, Client Relationship, P&L oversight, service delivery, defining growth strategy, building new capabilities etc. Service delivery responsibility includes oversight of SDLC, Production Support, DevOps and BPO functions.

Cochin, Kerala, India

- Assembled a team of 40 PeopleSoft Consultants (HRMS, Financials, Admin)- Transitioned Support of PeopleSoft HR and Financials of a Fortune 500 Healthcare Provider- Improved Project GPM by executing the project from low cost locations- Responsible for executing project in managed capacity / managed service model

Trivandrum

- Manage L1, L2 and systems administration team for over 30 corporate applications. (Team Size: 55)- Increased productivity of team by 20% every year- Improved case resolution speed by 24 every year- Increased cost effectiveness by staff rotation- Increased systems stability by Problem Management- Implemented ITIL V3 processes for support team- Implemented BMC Remedy for IT Service Management- Held Enterprise Change Manager position for 2 years

• Oversee the entire ERP Implementation at UST Global.• Manage a team of 50 people (Project Managers, Technical/Functional Consultants, Systems Administrators)• Project Portfolio Management: Define the road map of projects for one year that aligns with business criticality. Track the status of projects to ensure on-time delivery• Vendor Management: Interface with vendors for software products, consulting and training• Budgeting: Create annual budget for the PeopleSoft Program• Define project execution processes and tools• Evaluate new products for procurement• Conduct product workshops to management for buy-in• Provide weekly consolidated status update to Executive Management• Review business requirements and provide/review proposed solution• Set up a competency development program for resource pipelining• Build a PeopleSoft resource pool which can gradually move to billable engagements• Streamline product support activities for all products.

Projects Summary:Implementation of PeopleSoft Recruitment and Learning modules in UST. This involved the initial implementation of 5 vanilla PeopleSoft modules (eRecruit, Compensation Management, Competency Management, Career & Succession Planning, eDevelopment). Further releases of enhancements were executed as separate smaller projects based on stakeholder change requests. This was complete in-house implementation with no use of external consultants. The program made significant cost savings by using a complete internal team.Responsibilities: (Team Size: 3 – 6)• Create project plans• Conduct status update meetings• Manage stakeholder expectations• Manage requirements and scope• Ensure delivery on schedule• Create Communication Plan• Issue Tracking and closure• Create Business Requirements Documents• Review Functional Design• Oversee development, testing and configuration activities• People Management

Project Summary:Implementation of PeopleSoft Enterprise Services Automation modules. Responsibilities: (Team Size: 2 – 4)• Worked with the Project Manager and Stakeholders in defining, documenting and diagramming the business needs. Extensively used MS Visio for capturing business processes.• Responsible for defining the scope of the project, gathering business requirements, doing GAP analysis and document them textually and diagrammatically.• Product configuration • Conducted product capability demos to functional heads and senior management.• Interviewed Subject Matter Experts (SME’s), asking detailed questions and carefully recording the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood by both business people and technical people.• Worked with project manager for project planning and scheduling.• Responsible for re-defining business processes for HR, Sales, Delivery, and Finance.

Production Support of home grown ERP application

Master Of Computer Application, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: College Basketball Team, Joint-Secretary of the Technical AssociationI did my Masters in Computer Applications.

Bachelor Of Science, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: College Basketball TeamBachelor of Science

High School, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Basketball Team, Volleyball TeamGrade 1 to 12