PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior Program Management Professional with 20+ years of experience driving complex enterprise transformations, specialising in cross-tribe program delivery, strategic execution, and stakeholder engagement at executive levels.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Enterprise-Wide Program Management
Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
Strategic Transformation Delivery
Executive Stakeholder Communication
Program Benefits Realisation
Change Management
Risk Mitigation
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROGRAM DELIVERY ADVISOR
CLOUD NEXT TECHNOLOGIES AU, Free Lance Consulting Jun 2024 – Till date
Established enterprise-wide risk management frameworks
Developed program governance structures reducing delivery risks by 35%
Led cross-functional teams driving strategic transformation initiatives
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER – Digital & Operations Transformation
Football Australia AU May 2023 – Mar 2024
Led $10M infrastructure modernisation and digital transformation program
Coordinated 30+ infrastructure specialists
Implemented change management framework reducing transition impacts by 40%
Developed comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategies
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER
Cloudwerx Sydney, AU Apr 2022 – Dec 2022
Delivered $2.8M digital transformation program 20% ahead of schedule and under budget
Implemented Agile methodologies resulting in 95% customer satisfaction
Established PMO practices and delivery frameworks from startup stage
Led program delivery using sprint-based methodology and continuous improvement practices
FUNCTIONAL CONSULTANT PROGRAM DELIVERY MANAGER
Capgemini Sydney, AU Jul 2021 – Apr 2022
Delivered $3M digital transformation program for Service Victoria
Developed comprehensive stakeholder engagement strategies
Managed cross-functional teams across multiple departments
Managed cross-functional teams across multiple government departments
SENIOR TECHNICAL PROJECT MANAGER Mar 2021 – Jun 2021
SENIOR PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGER Optus Sydney, AU Mar 2016 – Mar 2020
Directed $4M data transformation program
Orchestrated migration of 100+ applications
Managed large-scale data migration project
Worked with business customer insights platforms for proactive marketing using bigdata.
LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
Proven track record of building and coaching high-performing teams
Experience in practice leadership and embedding lessons learned
Expertise in removing delivery impediments and program recovery
CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management Professional (PMP)
MSP Practitioner
SAFe® Agilist (5.0 & 6.0)
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
TOGAF® Standard (V9.2)
ITIL V3 Foundation
EARLIER ROLES
Senior Project Manager Nokia Melbourne, AU Sep 2015 – Mar 2016
Program Manager Tech Mahindra Sydney, AU Apr 2014 – Sep 2015
Program Delivery Manager COLT Technologies London, UK and IN Nov 2009 – Jan 2014
Senior Director Programs, Product Delivery Head CARC IN, FR, ES & CN Dec 2006 – Nov 2009
C-DOT Alcatel Lucent Research Centre Ltd.
Software Development Manager Nokia IN & SG Dec 2001 – Dec 2006
Engagement Manager (Global R&D) Wipro Limited IN, US & DE Nov 1999 – Dec 2001
Senior Software Engineer Future Software Pvt. Ltd. IN Mar 1999 – Nov 1999
Research Engineer Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) IN Aug 1995 – Feb 1999
TECHNICAL SKILLS SUMMARY
Project Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Clarity PPM, Microsoft Project
Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SAFe, PRINCE2, Waterfall
Technical Expertise: SDLC, DevOps, Enterprise Architecture, Data Migration
EDUCATION
HARVARD MANAGE MENTOR Leadership Development Program
Harvard Business School Online 2021
MASTER’S DEGREE Information Technology and Marketing Communications
Osmania University 2004 – 2006
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA Business Management & Human Resource Management
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning 2005 – 2007
BACHELOR’S DEGREE Computer Science and Engineering
S.J.M. Institute of Technology 1991 – 1995
REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST