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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidate Candidate's Name Sekhar
Senior IT Project Manager / IT Program ManagerEMAIL AVAILABLE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEOverview
More than 20 years of experience across Airports, Utilities, Retail, Insurance and Manufacturing domains.
Experience in Leading Large Delivery Programs as a Project / Program Manager and Scrum Master
Certified Project Manager / Scrum Master with hands on experience in Agile Methodologies and Waterfall SDLC models. Experienced in managing IT Infrastructure projects, Application Development and Maintenance, integration of Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software implementation from different partiesEducation and Certifications PRINCE2 Practitioner certificate in Project Management Certified Scrum Master Project Manager Academy graduate, Wipro Limited. Bachelors of Engineering in Electronics and Communications 2001Key Skills Data Center Consolidation and migration Cloud migration Setting up IT infrastructure for large IT Transformation projects Maintain Disaster Recovery Portfolio
Airports Industry : Aircraft Turn around process improvement, IOCC system upgrade, ACDM, New device roll out for Information Displays, Deicing, Call Recording Utilities Industry : Retail and Customer Services, Billing, Contact Centre, Property Searches, Data Migration
Manufacturing and Automotive : Supply chain management, Telematics Mobile Phone : Nokia S60, Symbian, Middleware, Build and Integration Methodology : Waterfall, Agile, SDLC,,
PM tools : Jira, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, VISIO,
Technologies used in delivered projects : IBM Message Broker, Java, C++ ,Java Script, Angular JS, HTML5, SQL, Oracle, .Net, C#, Website Technologies experienced in: Core Java, C++, Symbian Championed PMO initiatives and governance set up. Well versed in managing end-to-end life cycle of projects - SOW preparation, budgeting & resourcing, project initiation, project execution, rollout, transition and project closure. Successfully delivered projects involving both Vendor & in house team in agile environment, managing daily standups Managed projects in a cross-functional, matrixed organization with teams in different time zones and geographies Excellent people management skills and ability to coach, train, and provide work direction to other project staff as well as appraise work outcomes and quality. Expert presentation, written and verbal communication skills. Excellent relationship management, conflict resolution and consulting skills paired with a customer service focusWork Experience Senior Manager, Project and Program Management office LTI Mindtree | June 2021 to PresentGuy Carpenter and Marsh McLennanToronto, Canada | June 2021 to Present Data Center Consolidation and Migration for Guy Carpenter: Lead multiple programs to migrate application infrastructure to new Data Centers for Guy carpenter Maintain the Disaster Recovery Portfolio for Guy Carpenter Manage end of life infrastructure upgrade projects
Key solution components: Data Center Consolidation and Migration for Guy Carpenter: ( 2 new Data Centers Complete. 1 ongoing) Review, Identify and group applications based on the infrastructure hosted and their inter dependencies
Identify and implement Cloud (AZURE) migration for compatible applications Set up new Virtual / Physical infrastructure in the new Data Center and Identify and propose and execute Azure cloud migration strategy and virtualization Development and QA environments
Disaster Recovery environment set up
Plan and execute the migration of the application infrastructure Maintain the Disaster Recovery Portfolio
Coach team of IT PMs for DR environment creation, setting up DR test plans and execution Work with Architecture team to implement new DR solutions Identify and schedule the top 10 applications to be tested for DR in a calendar year Plan and implement Disaster Recovery testing for individual groups of applications by engaging different BAU, Infrastructure and Vendor application teams End of life infrastructure upgrade projects End of life upgrade infrastructure and application projects Identify and implement Cloud (AZURE) migration for compatible applications Key Upgrades: Windows 2012 Upgrade SOA12C Upgrade ECM Documentum upgrade RHEL 5 Upgrade RHEL to Oracle Linux migration Sr. IT Project Manager - Wipro Limited | Feb 2014 to June 2021Greater Toronto Airports AuthorityMississauga, Canada | Mar 2017 to June 2021Delivering a wide portfolio of programs for GTAA as a Senior IT Project Manager and Scrum Master through Wipro Limited. Successfully delivered multiple IT projects in the IOCC, Terminal Services and CDF business units.
The key transformation for GTAA includes the improvements to the Passenger and Airport flow and setting up the IT Infrastructure in a multi-vendor environment. IT Transformation for key business units by upgrading End of life and End of Service Infrastructure. Lead the following IT infrastructure and application upgrade projects: Physical Servers based on Windows 8 Physical servers upgraded to Windows 2016 Virtual server infrastructure for CDF facility Upgrade infrastructure for call recording software in IOCC from Windows 2008 to Windows 2016 Upgrade infrastructure for mapping software used in IOCC Lead the IT infrastructure, vendor solution deployment and application set up including the Integration between various data sources. Own and manage contracts with vendors. Following key projects were completed: Airport Collaborative Decision Making system for Terminal services Electronic Visual Information Display systems Passenger tracking analyticsKey solution components: Setting up the Wintel, Network infrastructure in the Data Centers Develop interfaces with different airport partners hosted on the IBM Message Broker Setting up a new website for airport partners to access the flight and passenger flow updates Conduct Perform Security testing, performance testing, accessibility testing Roll out of more than 500 new mini-PCs across the airport with new vendor developed solution at the display gates
Integrating Vendor developed products into Airport IT infrastructure using Agile methodologyWater Utilities in United KingdomSwindon, Bristol, Bath | Feb 2014 to Mar 2017Delivering key programs for different Water Utility companies in the United Kingdom as a Senior IT Project Manager through Wipro Limited.
Managing several projects in Bristol Water to support the Retail market opening for Open Water Programme Implementation of Wessex Searches Transformation solution for Property Searches Improvements to the One Stop Shop solution for Property Searches business and external facing website, Implementation of a website solution for online account management for Thames WaterHigh-level technologies used: BizTalk Server 2010, using ESB Toolkit 2.1 itineraries, WCF Services, BTDF Deployment
Core Java
SAP Business objects in the Data CenterRoles & Responsibilities: End to end planning and delivery of projects, right from project initiation to roll outs and service transition.
Engaging with business and technology stakeholders on a daily basis for requirement gathering, sign-offs, status tracking and reporting at program and executive level
Requirement gathering and analysis, business process analysis and engineering to meet business service requirements. Managing risks, dependencies, external stakeholders, third party vendors, process compliance, and quality compliance for smooth delivery of projects.
Manage procurement and commercials including Infra and application providers, local vendors and third party staff augmentation organizations. Manage day-to-day workings with teams and participate in leadership meetings to report progress and prioritize work and resolve conflicts. Quantifying and controlling changes within program governance to control scope creep IT Project Manager - Wipro Limited | Feb 2011 to Feb 2014American Honda Motors, Manufacturing,
Hyderabad, India| Sep 2012 to Feb 2014Delivering key projects for Honda Americas as a IT Project Manager through Wipro Limited.
Telematics Platform improvements: Telematics Platform to Integrate Content from different sources / devices OEM, 3rd Party, Smart Phone and Vehicle. The platform harnesses the smart phone capability to extend the telematics user experience. It uses the HTML5, IOS, Android mobile platforms to provide a software platform for showing integrated content gathered from internet, OEM services, Navigation, Vehicle Diagnostics etc., at one place. Since it uses HTML5 for the user experience, it s easy to rollout newer experiences within very short span of time. CPCS is a change point control system that allows Honda and its suppliers to track changes. The system tracks design changes related parts by VIN number and allows associates to manage the change process from design to implementation on a vehicle.
Nokia S60 Browser Maintenance ProjectsHyderabad, India| Feb 2011 to Sep 2012Application development and maintenance of Nokia s S60 browserRoles & Responsibility: Overall responsibility of project delivery Change Request management. Plan and track the project progress of offshore team, Plan and track reviews for deliverables Coordinate between test and development team Track issues/queries from offshore Schedule and status tracking of deliverables Coordinate with onsite leads Technical Lead (Software development experience)Nokia, Elektrobit and Wipro Limited | Dec 2002 to Feb 2011 Integration Lead for Core Platform build and integration for Nokia S60 phones Test engineer for Windows based mobile phone build Sr. Design engineer for Nokia S60 Personal Information Management applications Software Developer for Nokia S60 application development |
