SEKAR ANANTHARAMAN

Mobile number – 958-***-****

Email ID: add4cx@r.postjobfree.com

Synopsis

Has 18 years of Global IT Experience (USA, Europe & Asia). Has a track record of a high-potential executive who can propel organizations’ Delivery forward while investing ably in its’ human capital. Innovative problem solver with ability to see multiple sides of problem. Good understanding of various IT Applications, Database, Architecture, etc. Has acquaintance on Digital Platform and Digital experience design. Executed DevOps Transformation.

Established successes in Delivery leadership, product development, systems integration, vendor evaluation, mergers & acquisitions.

Has Diverse Delivery background formed by leadership roles in Health care, Pharmaceutical, Hospitality, Airline, Telecom, Betting, Manufacturing, Retail, Financial, Government sector and other industries.

Specialties: IT Delivery-Business Alignment, Software Architecture, Program Management, Release management, Defects Management, Testing methodologies, Requirements Analysis, IT Budgets and Risks management, Team/Talent management, Employee Development /Mentoring, Process re-engineering, Product Design and Development, Agile/SAFe/DevOps, Critical systems operations, Vendor management, Data Governance, A/C management and P&L.

Has a Blend of Rare Skills – Design/Development/ Delivery Management skills clubbed with Functional, Process and People skills.

Holds Two Master’s Degrees and many Information system professional Certifications - Agile, SAFe, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, DevOps, PO/PM, BA, QA, etc.

Worked for prestigious Companies like Ladbrokes, Wipro, Cognizant, Gate Gourmet, Merrill Lynch, Pricewaterhouse, Port Of SFO, DTCC, DHS/NYPD, AT&T, Starbucks, H&M, Sigma-Aldrich, Gordian Group, Extended stay America, Danske Bank, H&M, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, etc.

Technical Summary / Tools

ERP packages Oracle applications - V 10, 11i and 12.2.6 SAP - 7

ROSS – V 7.0

Language & Development tools

Database

Case tools and OLAP tools

Operating system

Web technologies

Reporting / Analytics tools

Oracle Application modules: General ledger, Accounts receivables, Accounts payable, Fixed assets, Cash management, Purchasing, BOM, WIP, Inventory, Order management, iStore, PIM, IAM, Workflow, HRMS, OTM, HFM and iProcurement, Project accounting, Oracle grants, IAM SAP modules: PP, SD, MM OM, Compensation and Benefits, Talent management, eRecruitment, eLearning, FICO, ESS and MSS

CRM: Salesforce – Sales, Service, Marketing and Analytics

Developer 2000

Forms V 4.5, 6i and 10g

Reports V 2.5, 6i and 10g

PL/SQL

SQL * Plus ABAP Java, React JS, Redux, Java scrip, jQuery Python, RabbitMQ, SpringBoot, Hibernate, C-sharp, source control system (TFS), MS Visual Studio 2013, Python 3.34, Eclipse Oxygen

Main Frame – JCL/COBOL, PL1, CICS

Oracle V 7.4 / 8i / 9i / 10 G / 11

SQL Server,

Postgres SQL

Designer / 2000

Congo’s Powerplay

Windows 10 Unix and Linux, IOS

Data OS – Hadoop 2.3

Visual interdev

HTML 5, CSS 3, JQuery, AJAX, Angular 2, Bootstrap DHTML

Web API 2.0,

Entity Framework 6.0

Java script, Asp.Net MVC 5.2, J2EE

Brio,

Business object,

Discoverer BW, BI, Hyperion, SSRS 2012, crystal reports 11, Tableau

Enterprise Scheduler

Data Governance

DevOps

ETL

BPM

Airflow & Celery

IBM IGC

Collibra

Orion EIIG

Jenkins

Docker

Containerization

Data stage v 11.5, Informatica V 9, SSIS,

PDI V 8.1, Cognos, SAS, Netezza & SSAS

Camunda

Delivery & PMO Summary / Tools

Methodologies

Execution Models

Categories

Management Tools

Version Control

Code Quality

Waterfall, Agile, SAFe, AIMS, ASAP

Fully Onshore, Fully Offshore, Mix of Onshore and Offshore, Mix of Onshore, Near Shore and Offshore

Full life cycle implementations, Development, Support (L1, L2 and L3) and Upgrade (App and DB)

MPP, Goodday, Visio, Confluence,

Rational Requisite Pro, Pencil (Wire Frame tool)

JIRA (Incident Mgt)

WebIssue (KB)

TFS, Git, SVN, RTC

SONAR

Principles

Digital Platform / UX Design

Process

Release

Testing Tools

Standardization, Flexibility & Scalability

Seamless Integration and Service Excellence

Adobe Experience Manager, Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, SEO Etc.

CX, UX, Visual Design, User Research Etc.

ITIL, Lean Six Sigma, TDD Continuous Integration (Jenkins), ITUP, BA, Testing

Requirements to Release flow

Branching and Tagging

Versioning and Frequency

Planning

Back End – Junit

Front End – Jasmine and Karma Test Automation - Selenium

Education

Master of Business Administration

Master of International Marketing

Bachelor of Commerce

Diploma in Export Management

Diploma in RDBMS (Oracle)

Professional Certifications and Trainings

Certified Scrum Master

Certified SAFe® Agilist

Certified SAFe® Advanced Scrum Master

Certified DevOps Practitioner

Certified PO/PM

ITIL Certified

Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (CLSSBB)

Certified Software Testing Manager

Certified Professional Business Analyst

Oracle Financials Certified

Certificate of Proficiency in ISM

Angular JS and Client-Side Scripting

Employment History

Employer

Title

Location

From / To

Orion Data Compliance Solutions

Delivery Head

Chennai, India

April 2019 to May 2020

Cloudpoint Systems Inc

Sr Program Manager

Texas, USA

June 2016 to Apr 2019

Marlabs Inc

Sr Program Manager

New Jersey, USA

Aug 2009 to Apr 2016

LeHigh Hanson

Business Systems Manager

Texas, USA

Aug 2008 to Aug 2009

Celanese Corporation

IT Manager

Texas, USA

Sep 2007 to Aug 2008

Expertus

Program Manager

New Jersey, USA

Jan 2007 to Aug 2007

Al Abbas Group

Sr Manager - IT

Dubai, UAE

Jun 2006 to Oct 2006

Wipro Technologies

Program Manager

Chennai, India

Sep 2005 to Jun 2006

Ladbrokes Ltd

Project Leader

London, UK

Feb 2002 to Jul 2005

Orion Data Compliance Solutions - Responsibilities:

Developed comprehensive Data governance platform for the Clients’ Information systems, which help the Clients to gain unprecedented insight and control over their information assets. This platform enables to extract, enrich, and explore information assets and the relations between those assets in the customer’s technical ecosystem. Has good experience in developing Information system Data Lineage Astrology platform.

Plan, organize, direct, control and evaluate the Delivery and Support operations of all IT Apps

Serves as primary liaison between business and IT

Create and Maintain IT Global Delivery Governance

Design Develop and Implement Data platform for IT Applications

Develop and implement policies and procedures for IT Product development and operations

Deliver and support Information system Data Lineage Astrology platform

Produce and Manage project plan, scope, and budget

Produce As-Is and To-Be Business systems technical design documents, Identify the gaps and fill the gaps with proper resolution

Manage Technical development in conjunction with Technical framework and Architecture

Bridge the gap between Business and IT

Assist project team in all phases of the project Delivery (Analysis/ Design/Development /Testing)

Establish strong collaborative working relationships with Business stakeholders and IT team to achieve the Project and Delivery goals

Recruit and manage IT analysts, programmers, DBAs, Architects and other personnel and oversee their professional development and training

Manage Requirements and change requests in such a way that there is no impact on Delivery

Management of risks with proper mitigation plan

Release management

Develop and Maintain processes to deliver various Project and Delivery functions

Partners with business teams to set business metrics for the Programs and Delivery

Manage Incident tracking system (JIRA Admin)

Maintain Delivery status reporting to various teams

Ensures that deliverables are reviewed and approved

Apply advanced principles of Information technology unified processes for successful project delivery

Wear multiple hats as per the Project and Delivery needs (BA, QA, Scrum Master, SAFe RTE coach, etc.)

Execute DevOps Revolution

Control Customization through standard functionalities and business reengineering process

Create and Update methodologies as per the Project and Delivery needs

Implement Global technical designs for Integrated Global Business Applications

Execute Continuous Process improvements

Defects Management

Ensure effective communication and coordination across various levels of Management

Manage multiple projects with small, medium and large teams scattered across the Globe

End to end accountability for program management and delivery

Ensures that Infrastructure team, Technology team and Business are in alignment with Project scope

Optimum utilization Business systems and IT Resources

IT Vendor evaluation, selection and management

Identify business applications improvement initiatives and execute them

Create and Maintain Global Delivery and PM SOPs

Implement Basic AI

Merger and Acquisitions Delivery methodologies and execution

Cloudpoint Systems Inc - Responsibilities Executed:

Design Develop and Implement Proper IT Applications to support various Business functions

Integrate Cross Domain Business systems

Create and implement policies and procedures for IT development and operations

Produce As-Is and To-Be Business systems technical design documents

Bridge the gap between Business and IT

Mange all phases (Design, Development and Testing) of IT Product Development

Identify, evaluate and allocate required resources to fully meet the schedules and requirements of IT Programs

Manage Technical development in conjunction with Technical framework and Architecture

Implement Global Reporting platform

Create Project plan and Budget

Manage Requirements and change requests in such a way that project Deliveries are not impacted

Management of risks with proper mitigation plan

Manage Requirements analysis / Use cases

Plan, execute and evaluate all the Support operations of Live Business Applications

Develop and Maintain processes to deliver various Project functions

Partners with business teams to set business metrics for the Programs

Recruit and Train the IT Team

Be a Scrum Master in Agile and Release Train Engineer in SAFe

Be a Coach on Agile and SAFe

Maintain Continuous Process improvements

Manage Incident tracking system (JIRA)

Ensures effective communication and coordination within the project team

Go to person for all project related issues and updates

Maintain project status reporting to various teams

Ensures that deliverables are reviewed and approved

Manage End to End testing (Back End – Junit, Front End – Jasmine and Karma, Test Automation - Selenium)

Manage all project documentation

Marlabs Inc- Responsibilities Executed:

Produce project plan, scope, timelines and budget

Apply advanced principles of Information technology unified processes to successfully complete the projects

Create, Execute and Manage Production support operations for all Live IT Applications

Implemet and maintain IT appalications to support respective Business Functions

Integarte Cross Business Application Platforms

Identify, evaluate and allocate required resources to fully meet the schedules and requirements of IT Programs

Establish and maintain effective program management processes and methodologies

Establish strong collaborative working relationships with Business stakeholders and IT team

Develop, implement and evaluate Process, policies and procedures for Business Applications’ development and operations

Assist the project team in all phases of the project (Design/Development /Testing/Implementation)

Manage change requests

Establishment of project execution model as per project scope and clearly define the rules of engagement

Manage risks with proper mitigation plan

Manage Requirements analysis and Use cases

Release management

Partners with business teams to set business metrics for the Programs

Be a Scrum Master:

oConduct meetings – Daily standup call, Sprint planning / Review and Retrospective

oConvert Product owner requirements into Epic / User stories

oCreate and Manage JIRA dashboard and Agile Board

oIdentify Velocity

oIdentify User stories/Tasks efforts

oMaintain Artifacts – Burndown chart, Product backlog and Sprint backlog

oImpediments resolution

oBacklog grooming

oManage product release

Recruit, Train and Mentor IT team members

SLA Management and Reporting

Data Cleansing and messaging for Datawarehouse

Manage Defect tracking system (JIRA)

Ensures effective communication and coordination within the project team

Ensures that Infrastructure team, Technology team and Business are in alignment with Project scope

Go to person for all project related issues and updates

Maintain project status reporting to various teams

Ensures that deliverables are reviewed and approved

Manage all project documentation

LeHigh Hanson - Responsibilities Executed:

Primary liaison between business and IT

Optimum utilization Business systems

Recruit, Train and Mentor Oracle Apps team

Implement effective process, policies and procedures for Oracle Apps development

Produce Project plan, Scope and Budget

Control development through standard functionalities and business reengineering process

Manage implementation, upgrade and Support Operations of Oracle Applications

Maintain perfect balance between insourcing and outsourcing of applications

Partners with business teams to set business metrics for the portfolio of projects

Manage Risks with proper mitigation

Create full integration between Business systems and MIS

Celanese Corporation – Responsibilities Executed:

Design, Development and Implementation of Human capital management system & Financial sys

Refined the business processes and minimized system customizations

Bridge the gap between Business and IT

Create process policies and procedures for Apps Development

Create IT Road map with clearly defined scope

IT Vendor evaluation, selection and management

Identify business applications improvement initiatives and execute them

Create and maintain SLAs for HCM and Financial systems support

Maintain cohesive relationship with IT partners and customers

Create Global Development guide lines for HCM and Financial Sys

Manage IT budgets and alignment of IT Projects to the budget

Mentors team members to strategically partner with the Business and IT goals

Implementation of Datawarehouse

Expertus – Responsibilities Executed:

Created Technical upgrade path for Oracle Apps upgrade

End to end accountability for program management and delivery of Oracle Apps upgrade

Developed all the required APIs for upgrade Integrations

Created the complete Test plan Suite

Controlled customizations on Applications Front end

Developed Auto configuration for all the upgraded Oracle Apps modules

Al Abbas Group – Responsibilities Executed:

Decommissioned all manual business processes through IT automated processes

Developed and Implemented new Business Applications to support Business Expansions

Implemented effective Development guidelines for all Business Applications Development

Ran business applications at optimum level

Managed IT vendors – RFPs, contracts and negotiations

Liaised closely with business groups and bridged the gap between IT and business groups

Created Oracle Technology road map

Created methodologies and strategies for application outsourcing

Created and Implemented SOPs for all Business Apps Support Operations

Wipro Technologies – Responsibilities Executed:

Implemented and executed Development methodologies for all Development Projects

Created project scope document, project plan and Budget

Identified, evaluated and allocated required resources to fully meet the schedules and requirements of projects

Evaluated, selected and established the most efficient and cost saving project execution model for the clients

Implemented Support operations for the Clients’ Live IT Applications

Created core Data warehouse for integrated Information Systems

Created powerful Information system Bug fixing pipelines

Managed client relationship and guided the project team in all phases of project

Recruited, trained and mentored Project team members

Ladbrokes Ltd – Responsibilities Executed:

Created Development methodology for Oracle Apps Implementation.

Effectively controlled Oracle system customizations

Created process for Oracle Apps Production Support

Expanded Oracle Apps Utilization for other Business functions

Executed Oracle DB and Apps upgrade

Integrated Oracle Apps with other ERP systems

Recruited, trained and mentored Oracle Apps Team– Analyst, Developers, DBAs and Testers

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