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Sathish G Kashyap, PMP

P rofile Summa ry

- Highly skilled and motivated IT leader with 18 years experience managing IT solutions for global

enterprises using the AG I LE, WATERFALL and BLENDED (Waterfall + Agile) solutions helping

organizations accept and adapt to the Agile methods

- Strong Project / Program Management professional with a solid technology background

- Over 14 years of Managed Services (Application Outsourcing) using the global delivery model in

technologies like E RP/SAP, Client / Server, Database Development, Data Architecture, Data Warehousing /

B usiness Intelligence

- Proven track record of managing large teams (approx. 15 direct reports onsite in addition to

geographically dispersed teams) as part of the global delivery model starting from the due diligence phase to

steady state run/sustainability phases

- Experienced in I T Outsourcing (Vendor Selection / Management), Data Center operations

- Expert in P roject M anagement, Software Engineering, SDLC, Quality (CMMi) and S ix Sigma

p rocesses

- Extensive experience in Business Process Analysis, Requirements Gathering, End-User Interactions,

Data Analysis, Application System Design and Development, Project Management, Globally Dispersed Team

M anagement, Enterprise System support and Operations, Demand/Capacity Planning

- Strong technology background with technologies like SAP B I, SAP Archiving, Cognos and Business

O bjects B I reporting tools, E r w in (Data Modeling), Rational Rose (Use case modeling and UML), M S

O ffice tools, A ppworx (Application Scheduling Tool) and PVCS (Configuration Management Tool), U nix

S hell Scripting, Programming using C, COBOL, PASCAL, C++, Java, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic,

O racle database (SQL, P L/SQL), ETL tool – I nformatica and Fortran, Project/Program Management

tools (MS P roject, I TS M / PPSM / I T U P / PR IS M etc.)

Volunta ry Professional Activities

- Fundraising for Junior Achievement and local community service activities as part of the Accenture

team

- Actively involved in PM (Project Management) related educational and community activities:

- “ PMI Scholar” program’s Relationship Manager (2005–2007) for Univ. of Cincinnati a t PMI South-West

Ohio Chapter

- Faculty for Accenture PM school and Coach for PMP preparatory workshops at Accenture and at GE

Aviation

- Participated in Toastmaster meetings at GE Toasters’ Club

Certifications

- Certified Scrum M aster (Scrum Alliance), I T I L Foundation

- Certified Accenture Performance Factor (Behavioral) Interviewing

- PMI certified Project Management Professional (P M P ) since 2005 and valid until March 2018

- Six Sigma Green Belt Certified ( iGate Corporation)

- Cognos Certified BI Author

- Brainbench Certified for Database concepts and Data modeling concepts

- Passed ORACLE certification exam for Oracle 9i – SQL

Education

- MBA in In ternational Business, Xavier University (Cincinnati), USA

- MS in Computer Information Systems, University of Phoenix, USA

- Advanced Diploma in Systems Management, NI IT, India

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- BS in Computer Science, University of Delhi, India

T r a in ing

- Project Management & Quality

- Introduction to CMMi (Staged and Continuous) V1.1 (Accenture / SEI – Carnegie Mellon University)

- Manage Project Schedules using MS Project Professional 2003 – PMI-SWOC Professional Development

Day 2005

- PMP Certification Preparatory Course (iGate Virtual University)

- Six Sigma Green Belt Training (iGate Corporation)

- Technical

- IBM IoD Conference 2011

- SAP BI Reporting & Analytics Conference 2009 - SAP Data Archiving 2007

- SAP BW - Performance and Administration 2006 - SAP-BW Boot camp (Accenture Internal)

- Cognos ReportNet Administration - COGNOS BI Essentials (Series 7 – Impromptu &

PowerPlay)

- Oracle 9i – DBA Fundamentals - Informatica Training (iGate Virtual University)

- Java 2 Training (Mastech Vir tual University) - PVCS Version Manager Training

( Merrant Corporation)

- OOAD using UML, RUP & Rational Rose - Programming in MS Visual Basic

Experience Detai ls

Lead P roject Manager, Independent Consulting, Plano, TX – USA Ma rch 2014 – P resent

- Lead Project Manager managing two large strategic initiative projects for a large telecom industry client

(AT&T), to the magnitude of US $15+mn leading several cross-functional teams spanning multiple

geographies and vendors. Both the projects are highly complex in nature due to the magnitude of changes

i nvolved impacting over 60 application groups. These strategic initiative projects have VP level visibility and

demand high performance.

- Key Responsibilities Include:

- Lead the solution definition and resource allocation and escalate jeopardies to senior leadership as

needed

- Project management using the Agile and Blended (Waterfall + Agile) methodologies

- Guide and Lead non-agile legacy application groups to learn and adapt to the Agile methodology

- Create and maintain the detailed multi-phased (sprints leading to multiple releases) project plan

- Manage over 20 scrum teams and ensure the projects are on track

- Project governance with respect to scope, budget, change orders, performance etc.

Senior Manager (P ractice Di rector), Sogeti USA LLC, Austin, TX – USA October 2012 – Februa ry

2013

- Managed a Big Data solution definition and implementation program for a large global client driving

value to their core customer base in the server and storage space. Technology involved ETL / BI Reporting

and BIG Data implementation (Informatica, Cloudera Hadoop, MicroStrategy, etc.)

- Key Responsibilities Include:

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- Lead the requirements gathering, solution definition, ramping up the development teams in US &

I ndia

- Project management using the Agile methodology in addition to enabling the Agile

- Create and maintain the detailed multi-phased project plan

- Project governance with respect to scope, budget, change orders, performance etc.

P roject / P rogram M anager, Accenture PLC, Cincinnati, OH – USA November 2005 – October

Providing technology/management consulting services to various clients 2012

- Managed large full life cycle projects (Budgets ranging $2-3m) for global clients in the natural resources

i ndustry

- Program managed the Legacy Systems disposition program as a result of a major SAP go-live

- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously resulting in savings upwards of $1mm

- Retirement of Mainframe and other legacy systems

- Re-platform legacy and Business Objects reporting platforms

- Managed large global outsourcing team for a European consumer goods client responsible for all the new

application development demand globally – Managed teams located in USA, Europe (UK, I taly, Sweden,

F rance), India, Singapore, China, Australia and New Zealand

- Managed full life cycle implementation of SAP Data Archiving (Budget US$2m implemented in multiple

phases), SAP BI Upgrade, Implement Spend Analytics reporting in SAP BI etc. for a large forest products

client

- SME and a senior technical BI lead in the Process & Information Management capability in the US

- Led multiple recruiting events for BI demand

- Lead due diligence (pre-sales / pursuits) efforts involving SAP Archiving & B I technologies (scope and

estimate work, propose staffing and solution models) and Agile implementation p rojects for large

global corporations

Key Responsibilities include:

- Create / Manage Budgets and Change orders working with teams of vendors, clients, finance and senior

executives

- Create and Manage Project scope of work (SoW)

- Create, Execute and Manage Staffing Plans (includes reviewing and approve time reports of project

resources)

- Coordinate as a point of escalation for cross team / cross client team interactions

- Periodic status reporting on budget and other deliverables to the leadership

- Research and Collaborate with vendors, Accenture Internal practice leaders on the I L M (Information

L ife Cycle Management) and other technology user groups to identify the best / feasible technical

b lueprint for the project

- Analyzed various solution options (with multiple vendors) from a variety of aspects (Cost, Scalability,

Long Term Strategy, Client Organizational needs, etc.) and successfully identified software

a rchitecture

- Service Delivery Team Lead (multiple clients)

- Managed ERP (SAP BW/BI) and Non-ERP Reporting, Quality (CMMi) Process Compliance, Mainframe

and Mill Applications Teams Lead for an Application Outsourcing engagement responsible for the

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application support for up to 15 FTEs onsite in addition to the offshore teams working with the India

Delivery Center

- Have been involved in Service Transition activities (due diligence, mobilization, led the KT (Knowledge

T ransfer) and the migration teams spread across geographies responsible for setting up the software

i nfrastructure. Led teams through successful cutover, steady state and then the run (stabilized) phases).

A lso played a key role in establishing and refining the steady state process documentation for the client

- Managed, Coordinated and participated in ERP planned and un-planned maintenance outages involving

bolt-on and third party applications

- Project Manage the development of enhancements / break-fixes using both Waterfall and Agile based

r elease management as applicable

- Managed teams for SAP BI Technical Upgrade, SAP FSCM & Spend Analytics BI Content

I mplementation

- Led BI tools assessment and Establishing a DW solution integrating with SAP BI, Cognos, External DW

and Informatica

- Recognized for effectively managing resources by cross training and limiting dependencies thus reducing

delivery r isks

Key responsibilities include:

- Effectively manage client relationship and expectations, Project Team budgets meeting Service Level

A greements

- Ensure operational efficiency, high performance and availability of supported systems by being the

escalation point of contact as team manager

- Lead the Quality (CMMi) effort towards Level 5 assessment & Configuration Manager responsibilities

for the entire Applications Management team

- Manage team's activities related to incident management, problem management, enhancement/demand

management, r isk management, issue management, change management and time tracking using the

PPSM tool (Program Project and Service Management)

- Cincinnati Location lead for PMP initiative, t raining & mentoring prospective candidates (including

senior executives)

- Actively participate in USDC recruiting (Technical and Behavioral Interviewing) and Performance

M anagement process

P roject Leader ( I T), i Gate Global Solutions Limited, Cincinnati, OH Ma rch 1999 – November

Consulting services for GE Infrastructure (Aviation) 2005

- Led several Business Intelligence (Data Warehousing) and Client/Server based projects. Extensively

worked on the On Wing Logistics System (OWLS), OWSOS Tools and Technician Tracking/Scheduling System

and Upgrade/Migration of Client/Server (PowerBuilder) based systems (OWLS, SFE, ERS and A8130tag) for

E ngine Service Systems. Led the level-2 Cognos & Informatica Administration/Support team for GE

T ransportation’s Technology Services Group (TSG – Operations) providing 24x7 infrastructure support.

P layed a key role in successfully implementing the offshore model .

- Key Responsibilities Include:

- P roject Management using the 6-Sigma /GE’s e NP I methodologies

- Project Initiation, E ffort & Cost Estimation, Resource Planning and Management

- Responsible for presenting the status to key stakeholders during toll gate reviews

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- Lead Functional and Technical Design Review meetings, Perform QA Testing

- Offshore Team Management / Co-ordination

- Primary point of contact for client interactions (Requirements Gathering, System Study, Product

Delivery)

- Prepare project proposals in response to RFPs, Project Estimations and Recruitment

- Cognos/Informatica I nf rastructure Administration Team Lead Responsibilities:

- Ensure higher levels of Performance & Availability (P&A) metrics of Cognos services

- Periodically monitored and reported P&A metrics to management

- Identified and implemented process improvements

- Collaborated with Cross-Techno-Functional teams (including senior executives) for issue resolution

- Provide administration/production support for the Cognos reporting & Informatica environments

- User account administration - Change Management/Control - Application Server Admin.

- Manage new server software installation / software upgrades

Systems Analyst, UEC SAI L I nformation Technology Ltd., New November 1996 – Februa ry

D elhi, I ndia 1999

Provide IT/IS/ERP solutions to companies in the steel industry, worldwide

- Worked as Technical Lead, Systems Analyst and Programmer Analyst on the design and development of

customizations of various E RP modules. These custom modules were developed using RAD Tools

(PowerBuilder and MS Visual Basic) and Relational Databases (Oracle and Sybase). These systems were

p rimarily developed for the m anufactu ring industry . Modules that were customized for the worldwide

Steel Industry were:

- SPTS (Steel Process Tracking System) – an enterprise wide M R P (Material Resource Planning)

system

- CMMS (Computer Managed Maintenance System)

- Billets I nventory M anagement, Transportation Management (Gate and Truck Load Management

for Billets)

- Key Responsibilities Include:

- Develop detailed design and program code, Perform QA reviews

- Primary point of contact for client interactions (Requirements Gathering, System Study, Product

Delivery)

P rogrammer Analyst, ASCOMP Technologies Private Limited, New Delhi, Janua ry 1995 – October

I ndia 1996

- Worked on design and development of Medical Test Center Information System, Financial Accounting

System (Vouchers & Receipt Management, System Administration and Bank Reconciliation modules) as

part of an E RP Custom P roduct Development group and FDTL (Flight and Duty Time Limitation)

monitoring system. These systems were developed using PowerBuilder (RAD tool), Sybase on Windows and

C on Unix.

- Key Responsibilities Include:

- Requirements gathering and system study, Develop detailed design and program code

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- System installation and implementation. Organize and conduct user t raining, prepare help/user

manuals

P roject I nte rn, NI IT Limited, New Delhi, India Februa ry 1994 – October

1994

- Worked as P roject Intern (part t ime position). Responsibilities include Unix System Administration,

Network Administration; Provide technical assistance to the students at NI IT on C, C++, Unix, Data

Structures, Sybase, Foxpro, MS Access and MS Visual Basic.

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