Management Manager
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Kesavakumar S J
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Project/Program Manager- Experis US (A Manpower Company)
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Client: Cisco Systems Inc. July 2011 - Present
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Enterprise Release Management Organization (ERMO) in Cisco helps IT effectively introduce
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changes to business organization using the Operating Model framework. Managing, leading Global
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Business Partners (GBP) by collaborating with other Program & Release managers ensuring quality,
stability & reliability for all projects participating in releases. LinkedIn
Kesavakumar S J
Roles & Responsibilities
Managing 50+ cross functional resources globally; projects varying $100K to $3M
About Me
Drive the on-time and effective delivery of high quality Enterprise Releases of varying
Decisive, action-oriented
magnitude across Cisco IT (working with Dev PM, QA PM & Operations)
and results focused
Follow Release planning,execution processes, define & manage release schedules/milestones
professional offering
from scoping until the production
Collaborate & manage release processes across all functions within Cisco IT & Business stake ~10 yrs. of experience in
holders Project/Program
Identify and track key metrics critical to project success that improve predictability, identify risk Management, Release &
& execute on the mitigation strategies Change Management,
Implementing metrics, processes & tools to automate project health reporting and team Analysis & Design, Data
intra/inter communications warehousing (DWH) tools
Superior communication skills (status reporting) with Senior Leadership team including Cisco and methodologies.
Managers IT’s, Director’s & VP’s.
Offer out standing talents
Implementing best practices & spearheading continuous improvements with all release
in team building, budget
methodologies (Agile/Waterfall) within the framework of Cisco's corporate risk controls
management, developing
(Sarbanes-Oxley)
project scope (budgets,
timelines and delivery
Release Program & Transition Manager- Vedicsoft Solutions
dates), project& release
Client: Cisco Systems Inc. March 2009 – July 2011
planning, organization
relationships, continuous
BIDS EDW is one of the largest revenue generating groups within Cisco. Managing, leading the
design improvements and
planning efforts & execution of releases in both EDW data warehouses - Oracle & Teradata
conducting status
meetings and group
Roles & Responsibilities
reviews
Managed 6 resources globally; releases varying $1M to $0.5B
Participative management
Responsible for ensuring a coordinated & consistent response across multiple development
professional; results
teams during the IT scoping & development of functional specifications for a given release.
focused, entrepreneurial
Provide leadership to cross-functional teams by providing periodic progress reports to senior
and practical
management at various stages of the release lifecycle spread across 6+ months.
Work with cross-functional core team to define & document the readiness scope, develop Experience in design,
detailed readiness plans, track/manage the plan to successful completion of multiple releases development,
Responsible for setting up of various infrastructure (database, Informatica, $U ) for Release test implementation,
cycles & continue as the single point of contact for any escalations during releases. maintenance & operation
Responsible for risk management by identifying the potential risks in advance, proposing of multiple projects and
mitigation plans and securing management sign off ability to lead a team
Senior Software Engineer – Satyam Computer Services Ltd. Interest Areas
Client: Cisco Systems Inc. December 2004 – March 2009
Release Management
Roles Played: IT Analyst, Business Operations Lead
Program/Project Management
Cisco Finance IT group is another key contributor to the organizations revenue. Team specializes in IT Operations
OLAP Reporting for Business Metrics like Bookings, Invoice, Revenue, Deferred Revenue, P&L to Process Governance
perform critical business reports along with Data Integrity & reconciliations.
Roles & Responsibilities
Managed 4 offshore resources in providing 24/7 support to Cisco Finance IT team
Responsible for 24/7 uptime of critical P1 Finance applications. Audit, compliance reporting to
IT & Business teams
Closely interact with Controllers, Manager’s, IT Team to lay out new business models &
processes
Act as single POC for application releases, business critical P1’s, management escalations,
infrastructure upgrades & providing management reporting on the potential issues/risks
Preparation of technical specification documents & analysis of business requirement by
working closely with various application, business teams & SME’ s
Skills
Management Profile
Project Planning & Development Operations & Transition Management
Release & Change Management Program Management
SDLC & Release methodologies Onsite/Offshore team management
Technical Profile
Informatica, Hyperion Essbase 6.5/9.x, Data Stage
Data Warehousing
Business Objects 6.5/6.0/5.1/5.0 MS Access Reports
BI Tools
Oracle 10g/9i/8i/8.0/7.x, Teradata V2R6.x, Teradata V12 IBM
Databases
DB2, MS Access
SQL, PL/SQL, COBOL, TSO, VSAM, Sun Solaris, MS DOS, Win
Programming GUI /Environment
3.x/95/98/NT/XP, Red Hat Linux, S 390 Mainframe system
Microsoft Office, HP Portfolio Management, Dollar Universe,
Other Tools
Remedy, Rally, JIRA, Perforce, Bamboo, Quality Center
Education
Bachelor of Engineering – Computer Science (MS University 1999-2003)
Awards/Honors/Certifications
Operational Excellence Award (multiple times) - Cisco Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW)
team for successfully managing, leading & driving all programs & production releases
Release Recognition Award – Cisco Enterprise Release Management Organization (ERMO)
for drastically reducing Teradata Production down time
Certificate of Appreciation – Cisco Application Technology Services Organization (ATS)
team for outstanding performance & significant contribution to Kintana/PPM migration to
Richardson
Certificate of Appreciation – Cisco Enterprise Release Management Organization (ERMO)
for Quality Process Governance across all FY12 Infrastructure releases
Pat On Back Award (multiple times)- Satyam Computer Services Ltd for out standing
performance
ITIL V3 Fondation, Oracle Certified Associate, IBM S390 Mainframe Professional
(Currently undergoing PMP training to attend exam in October 2014)
Achievements
Enabled Mobility (for iOS platforms) for easy accessibility & project status tracking (Cisco)
Architected implementation of Enhanced User Release Experience program (robust
process enabling reporting & data through end to end problem management) saving $500K
annually (Cisco)
Faster data availability to Business Stakeholders during Prod Releases by reducing
Business disruption from 5 days to 12 hrs. & budget reduction by $ 0.5M (Cisco)
Introduced Project Portfolio Management workflow for Teradata platforms by working
with HP vendor & Configuration Management reducing man hours thus saving $75K
annually (Cisco)
Handled Teradata Production releases, data worth of 130 Terabytes (core financial data for
Cisco Finance IT, ~ 50M Revenue) (Cisco)
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