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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru Area, India

• Review and help implement policies for all aspects of content, digital and physical security across the production environments• Ability to conduct assessments against best practices (i.e. MPAA, CDSA, & Customer) but also requires an emphasis on Information Security and other technical aspects of content protection• Act as a subject matter expert on content security while collaborating with the content security team, local site and global network teams to achieve security best… Show more • Review and help implement policies for all aspects of content, digital and physical security across the production environments• Ability to conduct assessments against best practices (i.e. MPAA, CDSA, & Customer) but also requires an emphasis on Information Security and other technical aspects of content protection• Act as a subject matter expert on content security while collaborating with the content security team, local site and global network teams to achieve security best practices• Manage the Internal Vendor Security Program while tracking internal and external audit results. Report to upper management on progress, identifying key issues and solutions, escalating business critical risks where needed• Collaborate with the Content Security, Risk Management and Local/Global IT teams in promoting and establishing a solid security structure at Technicolor India and related businesses for the region Show less

Bangalore, India

SUMMARYI work as a Project Manager for Technicolor's Digital Platform Services group. Responsible for end to end delivery of their product solutions.RESPONSIBILITIES• Plan, direct and co-­‐ordinate activities of multiple projects in the technology areas, thatinvolves Product Development and Business Process Management• Define project scope, objectives, staffing, resources and deliverables• Develop project plans that identify key issues, approaches and performance… Show more SUMMARYI work as a Project Manager for Technicolor's Digital Platform Services group. Responsible for end to end delivery of their product solutions.RESPONSIBILITIES• Plan, direct and co-­‐ordinate activities of multiple projects in the technology areas, thatinvolves Product Development and Business Process Management• Define project scope, objectives, staffing, resources and deliverables• Develop project plans that identify key issues, approaches and performance metrics• Plan and schedule project timelines and milestones• Analyze data and define project metrics along with dashboard reporting to key stakeholders• Account Manager for negotiating contracts and maintain all vendor relationships• Involved in solution evaluation and requirements gathering for the business unit• As a Scrum Master, organized and facilitated agile/scrum meetings, which included sprint planning, daily scrums, sprint check-in, sprint review and retrospective• Track project deliverables• Develop and present reports on project progress• Maintain communication with project stakeholders and manage expectations• Evaluate projects and assess results• Executed successfully a transition project where entire onshore development was transitioned to the offshore development team• Successfully delivered a build and test automation project Show less

Greater Los Angeles Area

SUMMARYI work for Cognizant’s Business Consulting practice, predominantly providing consulting and project management services to Media and Entertainment clients executing strategic projects and programs. I assist client’s design and implement new business processes, policies and procedures to maximize operational efficiency and mitigate key risks. RESPONSIBILITIES• Successfully led large projects from conception through delivery for major entertainment studios and educational… Show more SUMMARYI work for Cognizant’s Business Consulting practice, predominantly providing consulting and project management services to Media and Entertainment clients executing strategic projects and programs. I assist client’s design and implement new business processes, policies and procedures to maximize operational efficiency and mitigate key risks. RESPONSIBILITIES• Successfully led large projects from conception through delivery for major entertainment studios and educational partners • Content protection subject matter expert in the entertainment practice that includes services for piracy modeling, content security, infringement tracking and policy management• Managed projects including application development, business requirements, systems specification, systems integration, Quality Assurance testing, User Acceptance Testing, Business Readiness Testing, software delivery and implementation services, business & process improvements, business change management, software release management, RFP, vendor selection and vendor management• Spearheading key initiatives with emphasis on project management, business process improvement, medium to large capital project execution, process design, gap analysis, solution selection, process analysis & mapping, data analytics, product development & maintenance, forecast modeling, and financial reporting reviews• Instrumental in seeking new business opportunities for the practice and fostering existing client relationships for future business• Managed application development with full SDLC using waterfall and agile methodologies • Experience with managing resources both in a cross functional team and in an onshore-offshore support model• Acted as the transition and delivery manager for the change in outsourcing partners• Created complex macros and forms in Excel to identify market trends and provided insights to key stakeholders used for driving strategic initiatives Show less

Bangalore Area, India And Greater Los Angeles Area

SUMMARYI worked as a Project Manager/Technical lead for Capgemini for a major entertainment studio. I was assigned to provide leadership and technical expertise for a $400k project, which resulted in new functionality to the existing homegrown VMI solution.RESPONSIBILITIES• Managed the entire project lifecycle including budget, project plan, resource allocation, requirements, reporting to business sponsors and end-to-end testing• Successfully led a major upgrade project for… Show more SUMMARYI worked as a Project Manager/Technical lead for Capgemini for a major entertainment studio. I was assigned to provide leadership and technical expertise for a $400k project, which resulted in new functionality to the existing homegrown VMI solution.RESPONSIBILITIES• Managed the entire project lifecycle including budget, project plan, resource allocation, requirements, reporting to business sponsors and end-to-end testing• Successfully led a major upgrade project for the in-house VMI solution of an Oracle upgrade and consolidation as well as implanting Citrix for all users globally• Developed enhancements as well as production support using PL/SQL, Visual Basic, .NET and ASP Show less

Mumbai Area, India And Greater Los Angeles

SUMMARYI worked as a Project Lead/Sr. Business Analyst for TCS that covered projects in both the entertainment and banking industries.RESPONSIBILITIES• Supply Chain analyst in the Sales and Distribution domain, managing the EDI feeds between the retailers and the studio• Managed and implemented a code banking solution for multiple financial institutions that involved development of interfaces, testing, rollout and user training