HARIDAS KAYARAT
**** * *** ***** *** Phoenix, AZ 85085 ***********@*****.*** 408-***-****
Detail-oriented SENIOR IT PROGRAM AND PROJECTS MANAGER with extensive knowledge and experience in project management, systems development and management, operations and service management with exceptional organizational and resource optimization skills.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Pragmatic and distinguished IT management professional with expertise in leading operations, project development / rollouts, and engineering divisions for various corporations.
Repeated success guiding sizeable, cross-functional teams in the launch of leading-edge technical solutions driving record-setting revenues.
Reputation as a strong communicator; experienced in requirements gathering and needs assessment, and business processes documentation.
Skilled executive and proactive project leader; able to direct multiple tasks effectively and master innovative software and tools.
Technically savvy leader anticipating and delivering the highest standards of excellence in application deployment, operations improvement, business process re-engineering, and technical project management.
Influential problem solver invigorated by creating viable solutions to complex issues. Motivator able to propel the productivity of personnel. Attains consensus across teams.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER - BANKING & CAPITAL MARKETS 2008 - Present
CONTRACTOR. Phoenix AZ
US$ 25 Billion Global Banking and Financial Services corporation .
Currently Managing a global legacy account receivable system migration to single platform as the CIO Program Manager, involving more than five hundred applications and teams spread across the globe
Lead creation of Onboarding program for New hires into AET to dramatically improve the Onboarding experience for New hires as well as hiring manager
Created and executed strategic guidance and tactical plans to enhance infrastructure management, service level management, tools and process integration for a seamless migration to a new data center on time t
Lead Onboarding of technology provisioning services, to coordinate the integration of end to end project with all service providers and vendors during the data center migration
Achieved Process maturity and plugged integration gaps to improve service levels of key process and functions, winning customer appreciation and multiple projects for the contracting company
Orchestrated a new service offering as expedited end to end test environment availability to reduce time to market of the critical customer facing projects.
PRINCIPAL PROJECT MANAGER – SALES & MARKETING DOMAIN 2006 - 2008
DP-DHL GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES Scottsdale, AZ
Global market leader, a € 60 Billion euro corporation of the international express and logistics industry, with 500,000 employees worldwide.
Spearheaded IT process improvements to achieve CMMI level 3 certification in Q1 2008 and efficiently managed multiple global teams with delivery responsibility.
Championed Siebel sales module enhancements and new country deployments along with developing a data warehouse and business intelligence solution on Teradata and Siebel Analytics technologies.
Achieved run cost reduction of over a 40% by optimizing technology and hardware infrastructure.
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER – WEB HOSTING 2004 - 2006
IBM GLOBAL SERVICES Phoenix, AZ
World's largest IT and consulting company.
Conceptualized and implemented IT projects, controlled the triple constraints and managed all communication, quality control, monitoring and reporting of all aspects of projects including financials.
Aided client team in the strategic initiatives in business continuity planning and ensured recoverability for the top 20 business application. One of biggest initiatives of a Financial industry giant after 911
Integral part of the global leadership team involved in scope definition, h/w procurement, installation, application build, SAN planning and implementation and data replication with VVR technology.
WORLD WIDE E-BUSINESS PROJECT MANAGER 2001 - 2003
PHILLIPS SEMICONDUCTORS San Jose CA
One of the largest electronics companies in the world.
Lead sales enabling process improvement and product developments and designed detailed project plans including WBS and detailed management and reporting plans.
Recommended, designed and implemented internal process improvements in business process re-engineering and software engineering areas, that triggered an increase in customer satisfaction and reduced wastage by 70%, an estimated savings of $1.5M.
Administered the testing and verification of the “Renaissance”; infrastructure upgrade and disaster recovery project, involved in impact analysis, risk assessment and risk mitigation planning, test planning, preparation, developing test cases, testing and coordination with various vendors for fixes.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Program Manager – Enterprise Solutions, Covansys, Los Angeles CA, 1998 - 2001.
Group Manager ERP Practices – Information Services, Tata Unisys, Mumbai India 1994 - 1998
Senior Software Specialist, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Mumbai, India 1990 - 1994
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BS, PHYSICS
UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT India
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Project Management Professional - PMP.
ITIL V3 Foundation Certificate.
Certified Production and Inventory Manager – CPIM
Currently pursuing Scrum Master certification