Management

RAMESH SUBRAMANIAN

 Plot ** & ** Tansi Nagar **th Street, Velachery, Chennai – 600 042.

 +919*********  **********@*****.***

PROJECT MANAGER

Accomplished IT professional with extensive Project Management and Client Relationship Management with solid technical background

Professional Outline

 Professional Project Manager who sets the strategic direction, articulates the benefits, and delivers bottom-line results with 15 years of progressive consulting experience along with 5 years of team leadership.

 Privileged to work extensively for one of the Big 5 Companies in the USA (8.5 Years) imparting project management expertise, which includes delivery of projects to distribute centralized and web-based systems.

 Expertise in data conversion projects across platforms.

 Overall program and project objectives are met in the planned timeframe and budget.

 Accomplishments and experience in the areas of • Software Development Life Cycle • Strategic Planning • Proposal Development • Budget Planning & Cost Control • Resource Allocation • Staff Training and Development • Risk Assessment/Mitigation • Client Management and Training • Business/Technical Documentation and Presentations

 Demonstrated excellence in delivering / implementing projects for Florida Department of Retirement USA, Florida Department of Education USA, Florida Department of Transportation USA, Florida Department of Environmental protection USA and Louisiana retirement system USA.

 Led system development and integration programs comprised of multiple projects/work streams.

 Possess the ultimate combination of technical depth, methodology & process knowledge, and strong interpersonal skills with experience in Project Management, SDLC activities and Relationship Management.

 Possess experience of delivering international projects while working in close coordination with clients in global location.

 Comprehensive knowledge of software products/projects implementation methodologies from inception till completion.

 Demonstrated ability to collaborate and deliver results in a matrix organization.

 Expertise in delivering SDLC projects using PMI Project Management Framework, knowledge Areas and Phases

 Adept in managing operations involving design & development, co-ordination with internal departments and customers, viz. end users, process developments and interfacing with vendors.

 An energetic, self-motivated leader with hands on experience in handling variety of client, internal and external functional groups, including business, product, operations, financial and technology organizations

Academics

Masters of Computer Science - Bharathidasan University, 1995

Bachelor of Computer Science - Bharathidasan University, 1993-ranked seventh overall

Professional Affiliation and Certifications

 PMP: Project Management Professional from PMI

 ITIL: Foundation V3

 Six Sigma: YB Certified

 MCITP: Database Administrator 2008 from Microsoft

 MCPD: Web Developer from Microsoft

Key Result Areas

Project Management

 Project Planning & Execution of projects within budgets and schedule

 Proficient Management on concurrent project deliverables

 Risk & Escalation management

 Project scoping & estimation

 Recruitment, training, allocation, mentoring & development of associates

 Managing & providing technical guidance/support to the project team.

 Selecting appropriate technologies for development.

 Identify, use and share Best Practices & Reusable components

 Proposal Development, Budgeting & Cost Control

 Support process improvement and standardization among project teams

 Exposure to Six Sigma methodology and tools for Process Improvement

Relationship Management

 Serving as Point of Contact / interface for Clients

 Interacting with global clients

 Client Management and Training

SDLC

 Understanding the technical & functional specifications.

 Designing, developing, testing, troubleshooting and debugging of the applications.

 Managing implementation and testing of the application at client location.

 Providing post-implementation, enhancement and maintenance support to client for application.

System Analysis

 Perform Case / system / Process Study

 Business / Technical Documentation & Presentations

 Interacting with clients through JAD and meetings for requirements gathering, system study & analysis.

 Drafting functional requirements for computer systems using models and diagrams to represent the processes and functions involved.

 Working out the new system's requirements & specifications and test strategies.

 Assisting in functional testing of the new system and ensuring that it meets the user specifications.

Key Clients

Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, NJ, USA Florida Department of Health, Florida, USA.

Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, Florida, USA City of Tallahassee, Florida, USA.

IBM/ Johnson & Johnson, Boston, USA. Florida Department of Transportation, Florida, USA.

Florida Department of Retirement, Florida, USA. Florida Department of Education, Florida, USA.

Department of Retirement, North Carolina, USA. Department of Retirement, Louisiana, USA.

Intertek Systems, Texas, USA

Projects

Mar 10 – Jul 10 Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Morris Plains, USA.

Project Manager

 Managed analysis, planning, business coordination, risks, delivery, production implementation and postproduction maintenance.

 Managed multiple infrastructure projects and built business cases, project plans and presentations.

 Worked with the project business owners to oversee delivery performance, ensure delivery quality and report schedule, cost, and execution performance

 Plan and oversee migration of data centres across geographical location.

 Hosted meetings, automating and working across teams and levels.

 Managed projects across globe for Pfizer.

Jan 09 – Mar 10 Florida Technical Academy, Florida, USA.

Project Manager

 Managing Project team in project planning, design, development and deployment using PMBOK methodology.

 Efficiently coordinating with clients in conducting JAD sessions and completed requirements gathering.

 Led numerous architecture reviews/assessments to validate the architecture/design and performance scalability.

 Collaborated with Technical Team in managing and developing software and hardware applications.

 Managing multiple project deliveries

 Implementing project plans within preset budgets and deadlines.

 Monitoring development activities and timely risk assessment and mitigation.

 Serving as Single Point of Contact / interface for supporting Clients.

 Contributed at the senior team level with strategic planning of project and technology roadmaps.

 Provided the senior-level executives with comprehensive project management reports.

 Delivered first phase of the project 15 days before the deadline.

Feb 07 – Dec 08 Freelance, FL, USA.

Project Manager / Freelancer

 Project manager for Data Validation unit at Florida Department of Environmental Production.

 Conducted JAD session for requirements gathering of the data validation/correction project.

 Effectively communicated the project tracks to the senior executives.

 Contributed reports to the project manager to correct and enhance the database design through research.

 Developed core project execution plan, successfully executed the same and delivered the project.

 Managed the UCC conversion team and delivered solution at Image API, Inc.

 Managed HCS ERP conversion team and delivered the project at IBM/ Depuy, Johnson & Johnson Company.

 Database Administrator for 45 production databases and supervised People Soft installations at City of Tallahassee.

 Managed addition of new functionality to the Info Tech suite used by FDOT via Visual basic 6.0 at FDOT.

Aug 98 – Jan 07 KPMG Consulting / BearingPoint, Inc., FL, USA

Project Manager (From Jan 06) / Senior Consultant

 Project/Module Manager for multiple projects and made multiple deliveries during tenure with BearingPoint Inc.,

 Directed the Contributions and Enrollment team and delivered multiple deliveries for FRS.

 Project Manager for Capability Maturity Model (CMM) Task Force for IRIS and achieved CMMI level 3.

 Delivered North Carolina Department of retirement project ITN.

 Articulated and delivered proposal for Louisiana Department of Retirement.

 Managed and delivered data conversion project for Louisiana Department of Retirement.

 Managed and delivered Universal Application and Administration module for Department of Education.

Previous Assignments

Kumaran Software, Tamil Nadu, India/ Kumaran Systems, Inc., MD, USA Lead Programmer 03/97 – 08/98

SAP Computers PVT, Ltd., Tamil Nadu, India Programmer Analyst 07/95 – 02/97

Professional Training

ITIL Foundation V3 12/09 Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified 11/09

MCITP: Microsoft Certified DBA 2008 10/09 DataFlux ETL tool, USA 06/08

Oracle Data Integrator, USA 06/08 Logical Data Modeling, USA 06/08

MCPD: Web Developer from Microsoft 01/08 Project Management Professional, USA 09/05

BearingPoint Project Management Courses, USA 09/03 Database Administration on Oracle 9i, India 01/02

Oracle Developer 2000, India 04/96 PowerBuilder and Sybase, India 08/95

Technology Experience

Category Skill Category Skill Total Experience

Software Database ORACLE 6 - 10g, PL/SQL and PRO*C 13+ Years

SQL Server 2008 4 years

Sybase and Unify 1 Year

FoxPro, Clipper and Dbase 3 Years

Tools Oracle Designer-2000, DataFlux and Shell Scripts 1 Year

SQL*Loader, SQL Navigator, Toad and ERWIN 13 + Years

Oracle Enterprise Manager 5 Years

Oracle Data Integrator 3 Months

MS Office products and Visual Safe Source 14 + Years

Unicenter, Rational, Citrix, FTP Software, Proxy Master and Veritas. 3 Months

Web Programming ASP.NET 1.0/2.0, XML and COM+ 1 Year

Programming C, Pascal, COBOL and Accell 5 Years

Reporting Services SQL Reporting Services 2008 and Crystal Reports 5 Years

Client Server Developer 2000, PowerBuilder 10 and Visual Basic 6.0 5 Years

Operating System Windows Vista/XP/2003/2008, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, UNIX, SCO UNIX and DOS 15 Years

Hardware Pentium PC series, HP-9000, Dell and Sun 15 Years

Domain Retirement 8.5 Years

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