Senior Project Manager
Resume:
Sridharan Palanivelu
Senior Project Manager Software Architect
US Permanent Resident
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linkedin.com/in/sridharan-p-2014094/
Oviedo, FL 32765, US
Professional Summary
Experienced results-driven Senior Project Manager and Software Architect with over 20 years of experience in leading enterprise software development, IT transformation, and digital modernization across sectors including energy, healthcare, and manufacturing. Adept at managing cross-functional global teams, aligning technology delivery with strategic business goals, and ensuring timely delivery of high-impact solutions. Deep expertise in Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies, project scope, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, budgeting, and project lifecycle delivery of complex systems. Proven ability to lead cloud initiatives, AI/ML integrations, ERP/SAP migrations, and large-scale modernization programs. Known for team management, strategic thinking, effective communication, and operational excellence. Core Competencies
Program & Portfolio Management IT Project Management Digital Transformation Agile, Waterfall, SDLC IT Modernization
Cloud Platforms ERP Integration Software Architecture Risk & Issue Management Budgeting & Forecasting Stakeholder Engagement Business Case Development Data Governance Change Management Team Leadership PMO Standards KPI Tracking Status Reporting IVR & Voice Tech Strategic Planning Cross-functional Collaboration Critical thinking problem- solving Object Oriented Design/Programming (OOP/OOD) Technical Skills
Project Tools: MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint (ppt), OneNote, JIRA, Confluence Cloud Platforms: Azure, Oracle (OCI), AWS
Programming Languages & Frameworks: Python, Java, C/C++/C#, R, JavaScript, HTML, XML/XSL Technologies: Microservices, J2EE, Spring, AI/ML, NLP, OCR, IVR Systems, Tableau, Power BI, GitLab, Lucene/SOLR, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgresSQL, MySQL, NoSQL Databases, Github, Emerging Technologies, RESTful API, SOAP, Web services, JSON, CI/CD, Jenkins
Work Experience
January 2016 – March 2025 Senior Project Manager R&D Technical Manager Software Architect, Siemens Corporation/Corporate Technology, Princeton, NJ.
• Directed globally distributed multi-cultural team of researchers and engineers to develop and deliver industrial condition monitoring systems and AI/ML applications.
• Designed and developed an LLM-Powered Knowledge Management System using RAG framework and Langgraph for context-based retrieval, reduced helpdesk dependency by 40%.
• Involved in strategic initiatives, managed the architectural strategy and technical roadmap for agent-based AI components and scalable real-time monitoring systems, ensuring alignment with business objectives and performance KPIs.
• Established software development process, coding standards and agile practices to enhance project results and business values, resulted in improving productivity by 20% and helping reduce critical resource utilization.
• Designed Java-based plug-ins and tools for platforms such as Ghidra to enhance user experience and debugging capabilities for the reverse engineering process.
• Spearheaded risk management, budgeting, and stakeholder coordination across multiple research and development projects.
• Developed Agile frameworks and implemented lean software development methodologies to continuously improve cross- team collaboration, performance and project delivery consistency by 25%. October 2005 – December 2015 Project Manager Software Architect Software Engineer, Siemens Corporation/Corporate Technology, Princeton, NJ.
• Developed Java-based analytical engines using Lucene/SOLR for topic detection and pattern matching, increasing issue resolution accuracy by 80% in parts diagnostics.
• Conducted a feasibility study to identify a solution and engineered a 3D report generation module using PDF libraries and 3D geometry processing tools, accelerating diagnosis workflows by 75% in industrial and healthcare settings.
• Built a Java-based Intellectual Property analysis tool using NLP (POS tagging, DISCO indices) to detect patent infringement risks, improving IP assessment accuracy and decision speed. Developed test plan and enforced unit testing to achieve maximum test coverage.
• Managed cross-functional teams on large-scale data management and comparison tools for complex PDFs using fuzzy logic and DNA sequence alignment. Integrated OCR and CAD drawing interpretation for enriched comparison reporting, cutting proposal turnaround time by 50%.
May 2001 - September 2005 Project Lead Member Technical Staff Software Engineer, Siemens Corporate Research Inc, Princeton, NJ.
• Designed and developed a Web-based HR Monitoring system for resource management to track and manage all employees’ activities such as time allocation, attendance, employee performance tracking, training and many more. It was a home- grown people analytical application to track performance and productivity of the employees.
• Designed and developed an easy-to-use data-driven offline-capable spare parts catalog system optimized for bandwidth- restricted environments.
• Supervised a team of engineers in the development and implementation of a Document Acquisition System for an Electronic Health Record (EHR) management system, facilitating efficient document processing through conversion, extraction, storage, and editing capabilities.
• Designed and developed a multi-layer form-based mobile field data collection system for power plant maintenance, increasing data quality by 90% and reducing reentry costs by 60% August 1997 – April 2001 Software Consultant at Siemens Corporate Research Inc System Analyst, Synergy America Inc., Atlanta, GA.
• Developed set of C/C++ tools to support viewing various media contents such as images, audio, video and vector graph drawings.
• Developed a link generation module that created hyperlinks between various media content using the extracted metadata. October 1994 – July 1997 Software Consultant, Softvalley Systems, Chennai, India
• Designed and developed a Financial Accounting and Trading system for small businesses to automate their daily activity of creating invoices, updating ledger and stock and to generate financial statement or balance sheet. August 1992 – September 1994 Contract Engineer, Research Center Imarat, Hyderabad, India
• Supported scientists in developing monitoring and visualization applications related to the aerospace industry. Education
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science,
Bharathidasn University, India August 1990 – June 1992 Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science,
Bharathidasn University, India August 1987 – June 1990 Certifications
• Project Management Simplified - issued by LinkedIn
• Agile Foundations - issued by LinkedIn
• Microsoft Azure AI Essentials: Workloads and Machine Learning on Azure - issued by LinkedIn Patents & Publications
Patents
• Specification-Based Automation Methods for Medical Content Extraction, Data Aggregation, and Enrichment.
• System and method for GUI supported specifications for automating form field extraction with database mapping. Publications
• Co-authored: Managing and Searching Distributed Multidimensional Annotations with Large Scale Image Data.
• Co-authored and published: Incorporating Task Analysis in the Design of a Tool for a Complex and Exploratory Search Task.
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