Ritesh Bhat Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

Managing large scale cross functional programs covering Global Communications, Global Corporate Citizenshipand Sustainability, Human resources and Legal functions with a budget of over $8 million• Solutioning and delivering complete digital roadmap for business clients within ELC• Executing and managing more than 15 concurrent projects across multiple functions• Leading a team size of over 15 associates across various locations, different streams and technologies• Daily project status review, weekly dashboards, periodic senior management reviews• Managing Change management process, project escalations• Lead the Staffing strategy for my team: Planning, Recruitment, Training• Managing process and project quality compliance leading to high customer satisfaction scores• Project kickoff with multiple stakeholders from different regions, managing expectation and defining criticalsuccess factors• Goal setting, mentoring, appraisal, retention & performance improvement plans• Consistently achieved project goals on-time and within budget with over 90% on-time deliveries. Achievedaverage 10% cost savings on project budget.

New York, United States

• Led the complete SDLC process from contracting to closure to ensure maximum global footprint and timelydelivery of the project. Developed and managed comprehensive project plans for separate markets in variousregions while collaborating with the Global Communications team to understand the current landscape. Increasedglobal presence by 6% and achieved on-time completion at 95% estimated budget.• Managed quality assurance, reporting, customer relations, and project communication, leveraging Agile andScrum principles to connect stakeholders with project status updates.• Monitored the progress of the project, identified risks and issues that needed to be addressed, and implementedstrategies to track and reach goals.Successfully managed the project resulting in 96% of project deliverables delivered on time and within theestimated budget. Developed project communication schedules, developing and delivering project presentationsand actively interfacing with stakeholders to ensure expectations were met. Implemented agile projectmanagement techniques to produce deliverables on time. Established relationships with key stakeholders andsponsors to ensure maximum client satisfaction.Developed project plans of MyELC Intranet Program with detailed tasks for separate markets in various regionsand published daily hot list items, tracking with cross functional teams for updates. Facilitated multi-level weekly,monthly dashboard meetings with stakeholders, VP, SVP and Director levels to track project and portfolio status,resulting in successful completion of project within timeline and budget.

Long Island City, New York

• Coordinated and lead sprint planning sessions, sprint reviews, and Demo sessions; facilitated daily stand-upmeetings to ensure accountability and issue resolution; tracked tasks and project progress to ensure deadlines aremet. Resulting in a 10% increase in sprint productivity, a 25% reduction in project timeline, and 99% customersatisfaction.• Worked with C level executives to understand process gaps, current state and implemented a successful strategyfor the business process re-engineering project.• Responsible for creation of a SWAT team to focus on requirements and usability analysis to ensure appropriateneeds were met as per client goals.• Result: Delivered the final product within the approved timeline/ budget, with the satisfaction of the keystakeholders. Achievements include 95% reduction in turnaround times

New York, New Jersey

Technology Management-Responsible for overall engineering which involves analysis and design, development , testing , debugging, performance tuning of all key features -Analysing resource requirements and recruiting team members, training and mentoring them and monitoring their performance throughout the projectProject Management:- Customer Management from both on-site and offshore.- Management of final service testing across multiple platforms and making sure products have good end user experience- Acceptance of final service, management of customer acceptance and final launch on production servers.- Ongoing Service Management- Work with customers to find ways to better monetize and improve service performance.- Manage implementation of service improvements against an agreed upon roadmap.Specialties: Design and development of webapps and mobile products End to End Portfolio management / Project delivery

New Jersey

Working as an Onsite Project ManagerContinuing my tenure with Photon I manage multiple client assignments in the US in the field of Project management and helping clients with their solution needs and IT Strategy development.Contributed in pre sales and business development along with managing software development life cycles. Extensive hands on expertise in Project ManagementSome clients where I helped end to end delivery and other process improvements Won the "Best Employee of the year award" from the company for the year 2012-2013

Bangalore

Working as an Associate Project Manager at Photon InteractiveManaged high profile accounts and its project activities, managing the offshore team reach clients expectations and delivery of world class servicesSuccessfully delivered projects of high customer satisfaction and was a critical part in the growth of our team from 20 to 100 membersAbility to train, manage and motivate team members to achieve their individual goals.

Associate'S Degree, Physics, Chemistry, Biology And Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Eco Club, Sociology team, Drama team, Culture leadership team, Sanskrit club, Philately club

High School, Physical Sciences, A+

Activities and Societies: Eco club, Philately club, Science club, Kannada group, Yoga club

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Computer Science