Project Manager Management

KANNAN GANESAN CSM

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Summary

Expert in implementing Cloud solutions, developing products from scratch and legacy application migration

Help clients to build solutions to reduce cost and improve productivity

Work with business stakeholders to define problem and develop innovative solutions through collaboration

Delivered multimillion projects through Agile, Waterfall, Iterative and blended methodologies

Deliver continuous improvement through automation and by refining process

A global leader managed distributed teams

Experience

IT Project Manager GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) June 2015 - present

Consultant in R&D IT RTP, NC

Execute multiple work streams with interdependencies requiring tight coordination across teams

Build Infrastructure for digital solutions such as object storage and file transfer acceleration

Build schedule for iterative development of product features in collaboration with vendor and business

Facilitate weekly technical discussion with vendor to proactively obviate any technical risks

Develop a new business process for application access control to enhance security

Establish project governance team to review status and compliance to IT process

Engage project sponsor and business to review risks and revise the project execution when necessary

Escalate vendor issues with governance team in a timely manner to bring projects back on track when needed

IT Program Manager Anthem May2014 - 06/2015

Consultant Mason, OH

Spearheaded the application development to detect data accuracy issues on certificate of insurance

Controlled an annual budget of two million dollars

Employed iterative approach in delivering solutions for multiple business units

Facilitated brainstorming sessions with the business to define project scope and calculate benefits

Established service level agreement and KPIs for quantitative quality metrics

Introduced an innovative approach of estimating effort using time and motion study

Established a new team with 30+ resources including offshore team

Sustained a highly volatile business environment with ever changing business priorities

Technical Project Manager Comerica Bank July 2012 - 05/2014

Consultant Auburn Hills, MI

Headed the implementation of enterprise-wide incentive compensation system (Varicent SPM)

Formulated the strategy to consolidate four legacy systems to SaaS platform

Forecasted and controlled a budget of over seven million dollars during a two-year execution period

Reduced project cost by negotiating with the vendor

Communicated project status report to CTO and Vice Chairman of the bank

Developed detailed project schedule for each line of business having unique business needs

Aligned a team of over 20 resources including internal and third-party vendors

Processed multiple change requests by actively engaging with project sponsor and clients to manage scope creep

Project Leader Client: Comerica Bank Oct 2009 - June 2012

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Ltd Chennai, TN, India

Provided support for forty applications through application value management

Refined the incident management team to ensure resolution within stipulated SLA

Reduced application maintenance cost through automation and continuous improvement

Facilitated discussion with business owners to define application roadmap

Improved the system recovery time by automating the application restoration process

Managed daily operations for a team of 16 resources, e.g. availability of resources for different shifts

Produced metrics on work effort, resource utilization, incident resolution and application stability

Mentored the team through individual training plans, performance evaluations, and feedback

Module Leader CADS Software India Private Ltd June 2003 - Oct 2009 Chennai, TN, India

CADS, a civil engineering solution provider is an Indian partner of Computer and Design Services (CADS UK), Dorset, UK. Worked at multiple positions on various products over a period of 6.5 years from software engineer to module leader

Translated business requirements to software requirement specification

Utilized C#.3.5, C++ along with AutoCAD API “ObjectARX”, SQL Server and UML

Designed plug-in modules to extend the core product feature

Designed modules to dynamically determine geometry of Rebar to be drawn on screen

Designed and developed database for on-demand synchronization of data in a multi-user environment

Project Management Tools

Clarity

Jira

Microsoft Project

ChangePoint

SharePoint Team site

Microsoft Excel, Visio and other MS Office tools

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance

Education

Post Graduate Diploma: Management 2009

Loyola Institute of Business Administration Chennai, TN, India

Bachelor of Engineering: Instrumentation and Control 2003

University of Madras Chennai, TN, India

Bharath Institute of Science and Technology

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