Sandosh Manavalan Email & Phone Number

Cochin Area, India

Kochi

Cochin Area, India

Heading the product development for the new generation product for the Upstream Oil & Gas Logistics

Trivandrum

Heading the product development for the new generation product for Upstream Oil & Gas Logistics.

Trivandrum

Heading the product development activities for the web interfaces for the Banking domain product Finacle & a virtual relationship manager product named Finacle Advisor

Held the following responsibilities as a Project Manager1] Currently performing the role of an Implementation Manager for implementing the product iLogistics, at Chevron Corporation and their Business Units - assist the Global Sales team in achieving implementation orders from Business Units - co-ordinating presales activities per Business Unit - review future implementation cycles at each business unit2] Executing the role of a Taskforce Member in restructuring the Quality System for the Global Service Delivery arm of the organisation3] Overall management of the operation of the Shell Business Support Group, - a team of Business Analysts & Product Consultants - dealing with the requirements – scoping, analysis & elicitation, & customer approval - test case & release certification for customer business need coverage - participating in FAT cycles for customer - providing UAT assistance to customer - providing clarification support to customer queries & negotiations - providing product consultancy for Shell’s logistics related operational issues.4] The role of Product Business Solution Architect for Shell - building existing Shell Operation Unit (OU) Relationships & Business understanding - better understanding of OU status and priorities - champion's OU's position for capturing and addressing OU issues - requirement elicitation (including root cause / justification etc) - control changes - achieving sign-off of new enhancements by their respective OU - communicating the content of new releases to OU team - helping Shell Program Manager in jotting the Implementation Plans - register appropriate contributions towards Product Roadmap - ensure global solution for all the Shell Gone Live OUs

Held the responsibilities of a Business Analyst / Product Consultant for :-1] Effectively tapping & signing off of the requirements from customer site.2] Assisting sales activities leading to prestigious product deals with Fortune 5 Company units - writing proposals - analysing RFIs & preparing RFPs - preparing engagement collaterals - both onsite and offsite demonstrations of the system3] Assisting the ‘Oil and Gas Logistics’ (OGL) Line of Business (LoB) team in arriving at the Process Maps for the various functional verticals of the product iLogistics - brain storming with externally hired consultants from Oil & Gas Industry - plot the standard process diagrams supported by the product - feature wise comparison of the product with other industry products.

Held the responsibilities of a Project Leader for independently managing :1] The IBS Implementation Manager for the implementation of iLogistics at Shell site [SMEP] - scoping for implementation & process mapping - patch release for implementation - FAT & UAT coordination - end user training - parallel run - switch off manual & parallel systems - post go live hand holding - frequent success realisation & system usage metric collection2] The interfacing of the OGL product (iLogistics) with the Shell SAP system. - complete Software Development Life Cycle activity - efficient scope, change, time, cost, communication & risk management - coordinating FAT & UAT cycles for customer

Held the responsibilities of a Team Leader for effectively managing :-1] The role of onsite Shell Central System Administrator for - effective running of the product Installation Programs at Shell sites - co-ordination of end-user business queries, support issues, user testing forums - proper planning of down-time, business continuity - version / release up gradation strategies2] The data migration team responsible for the following - designing data collection sheets - educating the end-users & collecting filled-in data - designing & developing in-house Java tool for automating data accuracy validation & script generation3] The role of DBA for the local Oracle [9i, 10g] database servers required for - development - testing - data loading - data migration - demo servers4] The first Organisational Oracle Study Material Database creation, built as part of the Internal Training Program to Fresher and received incentives for the same5] The role of database expert designer6] The development team ensuring high quality deliverables & better productivity

Held the responsibilities of:-1] Deployment of entire application @ customer site2] UAT assistance @ customer site providing clarification & quick hot fixes3] Providing post go live support to customer @ onsite & offsite4] A small team along with targeted deliverables5] A developer, a tester & a database designer

Held the following responsibilities as 1] An operational researcher- for the Automation of optimal assignment of available airport resources for various airport management tasks- for the Automation of optimal allocation of apt fleet runs /schedules to meet Pax & Cargo movement demand.2] A prototype owner - requirement elicitation- use case writing- developing- demo to senior management & customer3] Tester

Bachelor In Technology, Computer Engineering, Distinction

Post Graduate Diploma, Systems, Software & Application Development

Successfully completed with an aggregate score of 75%

Pre Degree Course, First Group - Pre Engineering - Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Distinction

Successfully completed the Pre Degree Course with an aggregate score of 80%

Class X, Distinction

Activities and Societies: Painting, Drawing / Pencil SketchingSuccessfully completed the Class X with an aggregate score of 84%