IT Manager Product Manager Project Manager

M.S.THANGAPANDIAN (Pandian)

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Career Summary

Excellence in interfacing with clients for gathering business needs, conducting system analysis and finalizing technical / functional specifications & high level design documents for the project Incisive experience in OEM integration with leading US Automobile Manufacturer (s) like GM, Ford, Honda, Mazda, Toyota (TMS, SET, GST), Lexus, Jaguar & Land Rover, Hyundai, KIA, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Chrysler, Ferrari & Alfa Romeo for US and Canada - Parts and service & vehicle work bench

Proficiency in supervising programs including envisioning, planning, designing, defining delivery framework, schedule development, resource management, project progress monitoring and delivery Excellence in working on application software design, development and testing which includes IBM (GBM in Gulf) AS/400 Technologies (RPGILE, Free Format, RPG/400, SQL/400, CL/400, DB2/400 & COBOL/400)

An enterprising leader with strong analytical, communication, interpersonal and relationship management skills

Critical Strengths & Competencies

Software Development Program & Delivery Management Solution Architecture Quality Assurance & Documentation Cross-functional Coordination Risk Assessment and Mitigation Client Relationship Management Technical Support Training & Team Building Career Timeline

Motivator

Change Agent

Collaborator

Planner

SENIOR PROFESSIONAL: Nearly 25

years of experience

Program Management and Software

Development

Industry / Domain Preference:

Automobile Retail Solution and IT

Software; Location Preference: USA /

Canada / Middle East

1989-2001 2003-2006 2006-2006 2007-2007 Since-2008 Suhail& Saud

Bahwan-Oman

Programmer /

Module Leader

CFC India Services,

Mumbai as Project

Leader / Asst.

Manager

Cox Automotive,

Project

Lead/Manager /

Scrum Master

TSC Solutions LLC.,

Project Leader

Regency Solutions

Pvt. Ltd., Project

Leader

Achievements

Awards &

Appreciations

Symphony – Selected

among top 100 Managers

offsite selected from Pune

Office – 30th Apr’13

Symphony – Won CEO’s

appreciation award for

showing trust and faith in

the organisation for 3

years – 19th Apr’13

Symphony- Won the

Going The Extra Mile -

Excellent Performance -

23rd Nov’12

United Software – Bagged

Honor Roll for the Year

2011 from CIO, CEO, CTO

United Software –

Received CEO’s

Appreciation Award for

outstanding efforts,

attitude and

achievements - 24th

Sep’09

Professional Experience

Jan’08 - Nov’16: Cox Automotive (Dealertrack), Salt Lake City, UT as Project Lead/Manager/Scrum Master / Engineering Technical Lead Project Managed:

Title: GM, Hyundai, Toyota, KIA, Volvo, BMW Volkswagen – Automobile Integration Project

Location / Role: Pune, India - Project Manager/Delivery Manager/Program Manager Managed .Net Team with back-end database as DB2/400 – CRM Project Supervised parts, sales, service work bench, RDR, CDR – with OEM/Manf. GM. Toyota, Lexus, BMW, Mercedes Benz, LandRover, Jaguar, Volkswagen, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Porsche. Environment: I Series OS/400, RPGILE, CL/400, DB2/400, using XML Payload, Transport, Parsing data

Responsibilities:

Acting as a Project Lead/Manager/Scrum Master for the development team Conducting business requirements analysis and managing design, development& maintenance of software system and data architecture, integrating disparate technologies

Troubleshooting problems, scope and estimating projects and writing/reviewing technical documentation

Liaising with On/Off Shore Engineering Teams with team size of 20 Engineers + 7 QA Testers for Product specification review, High and Low level Engg. technical document review, task schedule details review and approval, QA manual and automate test cases review and approval Interacting with technical management and reporting risks Highlights:

Excellent track record of successfully:

o Leading a team of 12 developers for client projects / delivery / pilot / certification / UAT

o Managing Automobile Integration Projects like GM, Hyundai, Toyota, KIA, BMW, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, Porsche, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, SAAB, Alpha Romeo, Ferrari with parts, vehicle and service work benches Effectively coordinated with Product Development, Engineering, QA & OEM folks for Product specification review, High and Low level Engg. technical document review, task schedule details review and approval, QA manual and automate test cases review and approval. Interact with OEM weekly meeting on schedule, UAT and PILOT implementation along with Product Pivotal in using Salesforce, Blacklight and Jira for ticket tracking Jan’07 – Aug’07: Regency Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore (Currently known as Ignis Tech.) as Project Leader

Environment: I Series OS/400, COBOL/400, RPGILE, CL/400, DB2/400 Responsibilities:

Spearheaded a team of 12 Engineers and managed overall delivery&program analysis

Rendered support to Team Leads and guided the whole AS/400 Team Entrusted with the task of making new enhancement inproduct and documentation all changes done in programs

Coordinated with UScounter parts and clients for Product specification review, Task Schedule, Deliver to Client on UAT and Pilot store implementation May’06 – Nov’06: CFC India Services, Mumbai as Project Leader / Asst. Manager

Environment: I Series OS/400, RPGILE, CL/400, DB2/400 Automobile Integration

Projects

GM, Hyundai, Toyota, KIA,

BMW, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover,

Porsche, Mazda, Mercedes Benz,

Nissan, SAAB, Alpha Romeo,

Ferrari with Parts, Sales and

Service work benches

Previous

Experience

Workshop

Attended

Training

Responsibilities:

Supervised a team of 10Engineers and managed on call support distribution to team members and monitored the mail DB request

Prepared requirement documents; design specification and test cases to lead the enhancement

Performed program modification based on PCR (Program Changed Request) from clients / users

Conducted programs testing before delivering to US office Jul’03 - Mar’06: TSC Solutions LLC. (California), Chandigarh as Project Leade Jul’89 – May’01: Suhail& Saud Bahwan (Bahwan Automotive Centre), Muscat, Oman as Programmer / Module Leader

Attended PDU workshop PMP – Project Management Practice in Pune, India for 35 hours in Nov’08

Attended Scrum Master / Agile Process training at Dealer Track Office (Cox Automotive) Education & Credentials

Additional Qualifications:

Honors Diploma in Computer Applications from C.S.C. Ltd., Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India in 2005 Diploma in Commercial Practice from V.S.V.N. Polytechnic, State Board of Technical Education, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India in 1982

Technical Skills

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT, Windows 2000 Onwards, OS/400 Hardware: IBM AS/400 e, IBM PC Compatibles

Languages: RPGILE, Free Format, RPG/400, SQL/400, CL/400, DB2/400 & COBOL/400 Web Servers: IBM Web Sphere Client Studio, XML – Payload + Transport + Parsing Personal Details

Date of Birth: 7th March 1964

Languages Known: English, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Telugu Passport Details: Passport No. G7008549, Expiry Date – 4th February 2018 Visa Status: B1/B2 - 02/03/2018 and H1B - Visa Valid up to Sep’19 2016 Master of Business Administration (E-Business) from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

2014 Bachelor of Computer Applications from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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