Project Manager Management
Resume:
Prahlad Kumar Mobile:
MBA (IT), PRINCE2, Sun Solaris 9.0 System Adm., ITIL Certified,
***********@*****.***
EPGBM from IIM Calcutta
Summary
. Principal Consultant with 16 years of experience in IT Program, Global
delivery and Account Management of $5.0 million.
. Managing projects under Waterfall, Agile and Iterative methodology in
development, testing and Support
. Performing data analysis, synthesizing relevant data, and presenting
recommendations to management for future business opportunity.
. Innovative individual with proven ability to increase customer delight
and control costs through balance delivery management and implementing
quality process like CMMi, ITIL, and LEAN Six Sigma process.
. Competent to manage large teams of global, multi cultural back grounds
which brought up strong team coordination. Managed the attrition less
than 3%.
. Exposure of presales in RFP creation, SOW, governance, vendor
management, negotiating contract, and proposal evaluation
. Excellent exposure of client interfacing as Manager in multiple
countries as UK(London), Germany (Frankfurt) and US( Newyork and New
Jersey) for 4 years.
Technical Skills
. Software: Oracle 9i, Sybase, UNIX Scripting, Perl Scripting, D2K,
JAVA, HTML, Lotus Notes, MS-Project, MS Office, MFCOBOL, DB2, Visio,
Toad, SQL Navigator, Remedy, Humming Bird, Control-M, Autosys,
Quality Centre and FICO
. OS: Win98, Win2000, UNIX (SCO, AIX, Sun Solaris9.0), Red Hat Linux
. Financial Tool: Portia, Sim Corp Dimension, Charles River Trading
System, Comet, PTMS, EDTS, FIX Messaging, MQ Series.
Education
. Executive Program in Global Business Management from Indian Institute
of Management, Calcutta
. Master in Business Administration (IT) from CSM Institute of Graduate
Studies, Canada in 2003- 75%
. PG Diploma in computer management 1995 - 95%
. Graduate from Patna University 1994 - 62%
Certification
. Certified in System administration (Sun Solaris 9), ITILv3 and PRINCE2
Practitioner
. PMP Trained
. Analysis & Design from I.I.T Chennai.
. Red hat Linux 7.2 from Red hat Inc.
. Software testing from Computer Society of India, Mumbai
. Oracle8i, Form/Reports6i from Oracle Corp
Rewards:
. Awarded for making a UNIX Script based tool to replace CONTROL-M -
2005
. Awarded for best performer - 2006
. Awarded for making re-usable software package PROSPECT - 2008
Professional Experience
Infosys Software Ltd, Principal Consultant, Pune May 13-
Present
. Managing multiple end-to-end programs starting with
strategy/requirements through to deployment/maintenance in onsite
offshore model
. Provide technical solution and sales support to business development
team.
. Being a SPOC for the account, I am responsible for all deliveries,
escalations, risks and finances.
. People management and financial management are one of the key
responsibilities.
. Actively participate in the long term planning for delivery function
direction which helps to identify new opportunities for growth
. Hiring and retaining the best talent by motivating, training and
building a team with attention to the career path and aspirations.
. Excellent understanding of the RFP creation, RFQ responses
. Review strategy, plan and oversee the implementation and maintenance
activities and support VP IMS
Indium Software Ltd, Program Manager May 10 -
April 2013
Client: Barclays Bank, UK (Team size -70)
. SPOC for the account and responsible for end to end delivery.
. Developed and sustaining excellent customer relationships with client
and stake holders.
. Managing operational Risk and Control activities by timely, accurate and
effective monitoring.
. Reviewing Project Plan, System Analysis and design, Estimation, and Risk
Plan, communication Plan, project schedule, Test Plan and various
metrics.
. Manage the team of development, Integration, QA, release and change
management.
. Complete responsibility of Equity and Derivative Trading applications in
front office, middle office and back office.
. Excellent history and track record of completing quality projects on
time and within the approved budget.
. Hiring and retaining the best talent by motivating, training and
building a team with attention to the career path and aspirations.
Managed the attrition to less than 3%.
. Excellent in conflict management using tool of organization behavior.
. Leading program reviews with customer using the milestones dashboards
based on the SLA defined. Defines program roadmaps, status, development
issues and success metrics. Focused in Agile Methodology using Scrum
methodology for all development works.
. Lead all operational programs on processes/metrics, efficiencies,
initiatives, understanding and closing the gaps with product management,
incident and change management.
. Participate in the strategic decision making in terms of growth and
expansion plans with Steering Committee
IBM India Pvt. Ltd, Project Manager Bangalore, Dec 09
- May10
Client: Hartford Insurance Group, USA (Team size
-35)
. Planned the project activities viz. scope, estimation, schedule,
tracking, risk management, change management, delivery management & post
implementation support.
. Successfully transitioned multiple projects from onsite to offshore
within given budget and schedule.
. Managed P/L of revenue $2.5 millions
. Successfully performed the responsibility of people management, vendor
management and quality management which directed toward strategic
business and other organizational objectives.
. Maintained continuous improvement in support of the project with
increasing the productivity of resources and to enhance effectiveness
toward strategic intent.
. Developed a metrics dashboard which was primarily responsible for
communicating real time SLA availability status and historical key
performance indicators to application support management which also
enabled to forecast future business opportunity.
. Hired and retained the team throughout the project tenure by motivating
and guiding them with attention to the career path and aspirations.
Managed the attrition to zero.
HCL Technology, Project Manager, Bangalore Jan 04 - Nov 09
Client:
Citi Bank, NY, Project Manager (Team size -16)
Apr 08 - Nov 09
Lehman Brothers, NY, Asst. Project Manager (Team size -8)
Sep 07 - Mar 08
DWS - Frankfurt, Project Lead (Team size
-9) Mar 06 - Aug 07
Deutsche Bank - Lead (Team size -4) Mar 04
- Feb 06
. IMPLEMENTED LEAN SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY IN TRADING APPLICATIONS AND
REDUCED THE OPERATING COST AND ITIL MODEL TO SAVE COST OF $88,000 IN A
YEAR.
. Managed P/L revenue of $1.8 million.
. Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with
stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the
organization.
. Led business strategy, end to end planning, Change control,
implementation and execution in server support.
. Managed complete responsibility of Trade Settlement in front office,
middle office and ticketing in back office.
. Developed and implemented Trade order management system (Comet, PTE,
EDTS, Ticketing system) from client to exchanges (NYSE, LSE, LAVA, MTA,
NASDAQ, DOT, ARCA, NEONET, WORLD BROKER etc).
. Presented periodic Dashboard reports in client review meeting,
management review meeting.
. Coached, mentored and led a technical team and maintained attrition rate
of 5%.
. Managed conflicts within team, with stake holders and clients.
. Managed the applications of release management, configuration
management, reporting tools, open sources software installation and
licensing
. Managed Portal administration and Enterprise Application Support
project, which was the main system of employee introduction to project
and group and entitlement of access and activities to perform.
. Implemented Charles River Trading System and integrated with the
existing legacy order management system.
. Worked on support of Heliograph Trade Matching System and Charles River
trading System.
. Worked on DB Trader Custody Settlement which includes trade processing,
clearing, settlement, safekeeping, corporate actions, income processing,
proxy voting, withholding tax management and registration services
. Developed at a tool using UNIX and Perl script to replace Control-m
Tool.
. Developed a re-usable tool for incident management - PROSPECT.
Life Insurance Corporation of India, Mumbai Mar 97 - Dec 03
Role: Officer (I.T)
. Performed full life cycle development of in-house applications and
systems, supporting systems, sales and financial operations design and
develop and change management, service quality, process improvement and
performance measurement
. Designed a single standardized data interface between 2 main functional
groups of code
. Developed and implemented of the second generation system in an
aggressive 2-year timeframe
. Created process for configuration changes to be made, verified,
installed and tested
. Performed hundreds of enhancements and repairs of varying degrees of
complexity allowing piece-by-piece and function-by-function replacement
. Migrated the whole system from SCO UNIX platform to Red Hat Linux 8.0
platform and Softek Cobol to MFCOBOL
. Developed, tested and implemented multiple projects i.e.; Cash module,
Bima Plus, Gratuity module, DO module, Agency module, MIS module.
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