Project Manager Management

Ram Nangunoori

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San Antonio – TX 78216 Email : *************@*****.***

ERP Systems Group Director SAP Practice Head - Technology

Solutions Architect Program Manager

Career Profile

Highly qualified, result oriented executive with over 16 years of diversified experience in Leader ship,

Program Management, Project Management, Analysis, Design, Development and implementation

of software projects. Innovative management of teams and technology. Utilize an anticipatory

management style to drive results in a rapidly changing industry. Produce consistent achievements in

cutting-edge information systems management, team management, contract negotiations, SAP

Implementations – as SAP Project Management, Project Lead, Technical Architect (NetWeaver, R/3,

CRM, BW, BI, APO (SCM), HR, BASIS, KW, IDES, Work Place), Unicode Conversion, Upgrades

of R/3, CRM, BI etc. from inception to post production (Life cycle) for multiple clients .

Managed ERP Systems Group supporting its business operations and effectively managing $ Multi

million IT budgets as well as IT staff of RGS InfoTech. Architecting infrastructure, Landscaping and

implementing SAP technology to support large user groups at multiple remote locations of clients.

Proven ability to translate business needs into technology requirements that support the company’s

business objectives. Successfully managed all phases of SAP projects from BPR to implementation,

post production and training to multiple clients, supervising and controlling their $10 million+

operating budget.

Key Management and Technology Abilities

SAP Technologies Business Process Reengineering Systems Configuration

Resource Management SAP Sizing, Architecture Technology Integration

Project Planning /Budgets SAP Landscaping, Upgrades Database Administration

Project Management SAP New Dimension Products SAP Upgrades of R/3, BI

Team Building/Motivation Install R/3,BW,APO,KW, IDES SAP NetWeaver

Presentations Oracle, DB2, Informix for SAP Unicode Conversions

SAP 3rd party tools

Project Lifecycle UNIX, SUN, OS/390

Summary of Major Accomplishments

Established SAP consulting department from inception through successful operation at USA/Canada.

Formulated strategies to generate $1 million with in first quarter of inception using, strong technical

capabilities and inter personal skills. Worked with client as a consultant to win the confidence of client

as a startup company. In turn it generated about $7 million revenues to firm.

Introduced innovative base level techniques to reduce cost in consulting, with proactive initiative

approach saved about 17% of operating expenses.

Led Project team of 480 people with $600 million budget, that planned and implemented SAP R/3,

BW, APO, KW and IDES across the continents of Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Identified

client Human Resource competencies, trained and directed them to manage their systems in long run.

This gesture yielded a positive relation with client and resulted in more business in long run.

Education

Master of Technology (Comp. Sci.) 1993 Master of Computer Applications 1992

Indian Institute of Technology – Mumbai Central University,Hyderabad.-Gold Medalist.

PGDBM in Business Management PMP Certification

Post Graduate Diploma in Bio Informatics

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Career Development

Sun Micro Systems Solutions Architect/Program Manager 2008 to till date

RGS Intellect Infotech. Inc, Greenville, SC- USA 1998 to 2008

2005 to 2008

Vice President (Global – Technical)

2003 to 2005

Vice President, ERP Systems Group ( SAP Consulting)

SAP Practice Head 2001 to 2003

Senior Manager - SAP Implementations 2000 to 2001

SAP Technical Architect /Project Manager 1999 to 2000

SAP BASIS Systems Administration 1998 to 1999

Recruited Initially for Setting up SAP Technical System in house for RGS and administer the systems.

When there was a challenging requirement for RGS MNC client Sealed air Corporation, went to client site

for BPR. Architected complex SAP Landscape spread over to multiple continents. Become Project

Manager and Technical Architect by 1999. Optimized cost and time in implementation of projects.

Quickly advanced to Senior Manager and to Practice Head for RGS by 2001.

Managed multiple clients. Architected Infrastructure for SAP landscape of R/3, BW, KW, IDES at

Sealed air corporation. Headed Sealed air’s standard committee to setup SAP usage standards and

identified human resources to allocated responsibilities. Implemented and Managed IT Team and APO

Systems, Led SAP project for implementation of New Dimensional Products (BW, CRM, EBP) for

Exxon Mobile Corporation.

Managed Project and Project team to implement and architect data flow for BW-APO-PRISM-JD Edward

systems of multiple divisions of Wyeth-Ayres Pharmaceuticals, located across Europe and North

America.

Negotiated contracts and prepared project plan for upgrade of R/3 and BW systems for Fabrical and

Wolverine World Wide. Managed, Led and implemented SAP R/3, CRM, BW, APO components for

both clients.

Worked with clients as Program Manager, Project Manager, Systems Architect, Data Architect for various

types scenarios in SAP implementation process.

ERP Systems Group Management Overview

Managed 460 employees and oversaw a $11 million budget to research, plan, install, integrate and maintain

hardware, SAP software and networks to support over 1500 internal and external customers at RGS, Greenville –

SC facility

Conducted strategic planning including system upgrades, and capital, operating and line item budgets.

Negotiated/reviewed contracts. Performed system reliability analysis and cost justifications on system

replacements.

Controlled department purchasing and resource management. Tracked expenses and crossed with finance

department’s fixed asset reports and accounts payable and receivable to maintain budge integrity. Produced

management and staff reviews, determined salary increases and payroll budget.

Led project teams, and managed projects using Microsoft Project to direct teams handling of internal and client

hardware and software installations. Reviewed incident report summary and analyzed to determine repetitive

problems and diagnostics.

Headed Problem solving team for client technical problems with their SAP R/3 and New Dimension Product

implementations.

Early Technical Employment

Apar Infotech, Singapore

Sun Micro Systems 2008 – to-date

SAP Basis Administrator 1996 – 1997

Deloitte Consulting 1997 - 1998

Tata Consultancy Services, India Business India Information Technology

Team Lead/DBA 1994- 1996 Software Systems Analyst 1991 - 1996

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Clients:

Worked with various clients implementing SAP projects at different levels as Platinum level Consultant playing roles

of Project Manager, Program Manager, Project Lead, Technical Architect, Data Architect, Basis Lead, Basis

Manager, Upgrade Manager, Upgrade lead for Uni code conversion, Technical consultant (Greenfield

implementation of R/3, BW, BI, CRM, APO, SCM,NW 2004s, Upgrades of R/3, BW, CRM, SCM, Data migration)

etc. Following are list of some of the clients

CPS Energy, DEC, Delphi, Dyno-noble, Deutsche Bank, Exxon Mobile Corp, Fabrical, HP, IBM, J.P.

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Morgon, Momentive (GE), Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Pacific Gas and Electric, Sealed air

corporation, Tata Consultancy services, UTI, Wolverine world wide, Wyeth-Ayres Pharmaceuticals

Positions held with Clients:

Project Manager for multiple Global upgrade and Unicode conversion for R/3 and BI projects along with

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multiple other applications.

Project Manager for APO implementation project

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Project Manager for Data migration project for multiple applications

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Technical lead Architect for Data conversion, Upgrade(s), Green field implementation(s) of R/3, BW, CRM,

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NW 2004 components

Tech lead : For various SAP Projects

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Basis Lead Architect : For various SAP Projects and projects with multiple applications

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Publications:

Challenges in ERP Project Management-Reaching an optimal approach - published, proceedings of International

conference on Technology and Business management, International forum of Management Scholars, conference,

Al Ghurair University, Dubai, 2009

Global Financial Crisis: An Impact of Local Greed - published, proceedings of International conference on

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Technology and Business management, International forum of Management Scholars, conference, Al Ghurair

University, Dubai, 2009

Ethical Acceptability of Neuromarketing- Relevance,Limits and Limitations – Published in Indian Journal of

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Management, Setp-Oct 2008.

Ethical Balance in Advertising: Are we diverting from values in the name of maximizing value to business? -

Handbook of Chopstick Marketing yet to be published by Magscholar, Hong Kong edited by Kim Fam

Teaching-Learning Process in Decision Sciences- Gaps and Challenges – Accepted for Ninth International

Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management to be held from June 27- June 30 at Loyola

Marymount University, Los Angeles

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