Australian Permanent Resident (**** to ****)

Anto Justin

Email: ac1s5y@r.postjobfree.com

Ph:+91-988*******

SUMMARY

High-energy leader offering over 12+years of experience and 9+ years of success in driving IT projects with international exposure, leading start-up and turnaround efforts, and maximizing business opportunities.

Strong consulting and leadership skills, with ability to motivate professionals and maximize levels of productivity.

Versatile Program/Project Manager and strong in doing GAP analysis and root cause analysis and always seek to improve and apply best practices.

Leader with the ability to understand and address the needs of the business through technology or process solutions that delivers explicit business value.

Experienced in Project/Program Management, Transition & Transformation projects.

Passion for problem-solving, flexibility, comfort with ambiguity, and creativity.

Strong domain knowledge in Shipping and Logistics, Banking, Telecom, Automobile, IT Infrastructure – Data Center Build, Server, Storage, Network and Security.

Implemented Knowledge Management System and ITIL standard best practices and contributes to continuous improvement for the benefit of the organization.

Areas of Expertise

Strategic IT Planning

Product Management

Program/Project Management

Infrastructure Deployment

Cloud Computing

Data Center Management

System Integration

Process Automation -AI

NAC/NOC Management

Budgeting & Cost Control

Network Functions Virtualization

IPCC Management

Professional Experience

Ericsson May 2013 – Till Date, Bangalore.

Role – Strategic Product Manager

As a Strategic Product Manager owns the complete portfolio for Datacenter, Storage & Backup, Database and Platform Operations.

Strategic Initiative: Building Cloud competence products, Robotics Process Automation, Network Functions Virtualization, Movement of Physical hardware to Virtual using Hypervisor, Developing Database Hub/Hotel for MS SQL & Oracle exadata, User Based Storage and Application Hosting Storage Solution, Building Colocations.

Responsibilities:

Define portfolio strategy, roadmap and optimize portfolio TCO

Manage Portfolio Competence and Business Readiness.

Provided expertise on resource management and allocation, risk management, communications, project plans, project deliverables, actions/issue resolution, scheduling, contract negotiation, policies and procedures, project documentation standards, quality assurance, executive presentations, organizational structure, contract requirements and best practices.

Managed successful migration of critical production and contingency servers with no impact to business

Currently handling project budgeted $50 million USD.

Worked for Global Datacenter Migration initiative. Work involved moving and Virtualization of multiple key applications from APAC datacenter to Sweden datacenter. Major activities involved Architecture reviews, Cost estimation, capacity planning, work scheduling, implementation planning and execution, monitoring and closure.

Oversee assigned infrastructure projects to ensure that implementation and prescribed activities are carried out in accordance with specified objectives, budget and timelines.

Effective negotiations with vendor resulted in savings of US$ 3M.

Managed project personnel responsible for implementation of the project tasks and Monitored project costs and schedule to ensure that the project does not exceed the approved budget and stays within prescribed timeline.

Managed migration of 500+ application instances from infrastructure discovery to execution phase.

Managed the rollout of Microsoft Lync in a compressed time frame utilizing a small team to deploy the Lync client, communicate and educate end users, validate success and effectiveness and measure performance.

Optimized data center consolidation by employing various migration strategies; such as virtualization, seed swing migration, fork-lift migration and server consolidation.

Hewlett Packard – Project Manager February 2011 – April 2013, Bangalore

Projects: Physical to Virtual Server migration, Server Decommissioning, Data Center Build, LAN/WLAN setup, ERP migration program – SAP, Storage/Network setup.

Description:

Managed both transition and transformation program/projects for internal and external customers. Mentored project managers for them to achieve project delivery on time, on quality and within budget.

Responsibilities:

Project planning (baselines, estimating), coordinating resources, managing budget, working with vendors, moderating project meetings, authoring project minutes, tracking milestones/issues/risks. Managed the complete project lifecycle.

Handled program/projects from the initiation to closure budgeted US $10M.

Prepared and maintained project plans and track activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports to customers and line management as appropriate. Also managed and handled changes while project within all project phases.

Implemented data transmission via encrypted VPN tunnel, resulting in automated data provided to critical Vendors

Planning the relocation of two Data Centers to one new colocation Data Center utilizing VMware ESX 5, Dell blade servers and storage by EMC VMAX, Data Domain and NetApp.

Data Center Consolidation utilizing shared storage, virtualization, WAN redundancy and WAN optimization to reduce maintenance costs, management costs, data loss exposure and improve support for customers.

Manage contract negotiations, vendor selection, procurement and budgets for all storage, virtualization, network, servers and data center projects.

Created and Implemented disaster recovery plans and procedures for Data Center, including hot sites for mission critical applications.

Technosoft Corporation– Project Manager August 2010 – January 2011, Chennai

Projects: ITIL Implementation, Physical to Virtual Server migration, Network Testing, Virtual Server build, LAN/CISCO upgrade, Routers Installation, Server Decommissioning.

Description:

Managed multiple projects for a Clinical Research Organization in a cross functional environment. Handled end to end project for US based clients with different technologies in a remote environment.

Responsibilities:

Prepare plans for development and installation of data center according to present and future requirements.

Consulted with management and reviewed project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements and allotment of resources.

Created project proposal and managed projects from initiation to closure budgeted $5m USD.

Created cost estimate and tracked throughout the project until closure.

Carry out installations according to schedule. Ensure installation, programming and test of systems are carried out to meet standard test performance and quality requirements.

Managed Risks and assessed the impact, ensured to have mitigation plan for all critical risks.

Managed supplier relationships to successfully solve complex technical issues resulting in minimal business impact and increased customer satisfaction.

Tools used MS Project 2007, MS Office 2007

Vanguard Global Logistics – Project Manager June 2009 – July 2010, Chennai

Projects: Setting up Datacenter, Oracle 9i -10g Database Migration, PC integration and consolidation, Server build, IT Security, Network Testing, Setting up Service Desk.

Description:

Managed multiple projects for a shipping and logistics group - OTS Logistics group in a challenging environment across global. As a Project lead, I’m responsible for end to end project activities Understanding shipping and logistics domain and liaise with their subsidiary concerns like Brennan, Conterm, DCL, OWS, Ocean express to provide IT solutions. Worked for both US and EMEA based clients in a remote environment.

Responsibilities:

Managed setup of +300 servers for Torrance and Hong Kong Data center.

Virtual server migration between EMEA sites utilizing VM Ware and V Motion and Decommissioning of data center and 100 user service centers.

Managed technical resources, hosting meetings, assisting with budget, creating and managing project plans. Coordinating with business on scheduling project and change management activities.

Responsible from initiation of the project till closure and to ensure project delivery on time, within budget and on quality.

Identified servers using BMC ADDM / HP DDMA (discovery tools) reconciled against CMDB.

Facilitated Third Party Portal (3PP) vendor website development support group and initiated IT infrastructure projects (Citrix server farms) to enhance systems performance.

Consulted with stakeholder for Risk assessment and Mitigation plan.

Created project plan and track activities against the plan.

Monitored project costs and schedule to ensure that the project does not exceed the approved budget and stays within prescribed timeline.

E4E Business Solutions, Project Lead May 2007 – May 2009, Chennai

Projects: Load Testing, Network Testing, Security Policy Update, Product Patch upgrade.

Description:

Managed multiple projects for a US based Anti-Virus product company, as a Project Lead, I’m responsible for end to end project activities. Involved in Security threat management and contribute to Security Research team.

Responsibilities:

Worked with Security Research group and contribute towards the improvement of the product.

Managed projects arising from proposals, project implementations and implementation teams through the use of a project management framework.

Proactively perform Threat assessment/Vulnerability assessment and prepare the report.

Created Project plan, Communication plan, Risk Management and tracked cost throughout the project.

Managed project personnel responsible for implementation of the project tasks.

Trinivis, Technical Associate June 2005 – April 2007, Chennai.

Projects: Web Development, Banking.

Description:

Responsible for testing web application and implement Core Banking application for an Indian Nationalized Bank. Created test cases, plan, and scenarios and worked proactively in resolving issues. Involved in end to end implementation and ensure customer satisfaction in a timely fashion.

Responsibilities:

To understand Banking domain and interact with end users at client place.

Prepared project plan, administered project activities from initiation to closure.

Checked the broken links in the application and conducted cross browser Testing.

Executed Test Cases and provided the detail report to the Development team.

Trained to implement EXIM bills, Forward/Backward clearing, drafts/cheque issuing.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Anna University.

Master of Business Administration in Project Management from SMU.

CERTIFICATION

PRINCE2 PRACTITIONER certified.

ITIL 2011 EXPERT certified.

Data Center Design Awareness - C101 from Datacenter Dynamics

Declaration

I hereby affirm that all the details furnished above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. References will be provided on request.

Place: Bangalore Yours Sincerely [Anto Justin]

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