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Senior ConsultantWipro Technologies
Rajakumar is the PMI certified IT professional with around 16+ years of rich and extensive working experience in IT Industry. Expertise and rich experience obtained by servicing Fortune 500 customers and Global 500 customers. He is having extensive hands on Project Managerial experience from both Offshore & onshore for Development, Maintenance and Production Support Projects. He has involved in complete SDLC of the project from setting up the project (Initiation), Planning, Execution, Controlling and Closing.
In his current role, he is working as a faculty in PM Academy team through which he conducts Project Management training for the aspiring Project Leaders and Project Managers & help them to grow in the Project Management Career Path.
He has received numerous awards for his contributions: Microsoft Stalwart Award for Thought Leadership, Knowledge Management awards, Feather In My Cap Awards are to name a few.
Project Manager, India Business OperationsIntel Technology India Pvt Ltd

Samuel has close to 2 decades of industry experience in Program Management, Sustainability, Global Mobility, M&A/Divestitures and Supply Chain. He is a Business Operations Manager at Intel and drives Intel India’s operations strategy ensuring synergy between the enabling organizations/functions. He is well connected with the external ecosystem through robust partnerships in Project Management, VLSI, Design, Test & Verification.

Samuel is a PMP & has executive leadership certifications from MIT Sloan School of Management in addition to a Masters Degree in Business Management. Outside of work enjoys the outdoors, he is passionate about bio diversity conservation and volunteers actively with the community

 

Program ManagerRamco Systems

ü  Heading Program Management for ERP and HCM & Payroll Solutions.

ü Driving Program Governance, Process Improvement and Compliance, Revenue Management and Project delivery across Geos.

ü Support Project delivery management across geos’, controlling projects for alignment of Scope, Cost, Schedule and Quality. Managing project creeps, for digital transformation projects.

 

Director - Project ManagementInfor Global Solutions

Having around 25+ years of industry experience with 22+ years of very rich wall to wall program management leadership exposure in handling the Software and Multi-Disciplinary programs which spread across multi locations globally with high value driven interaction with global customers and stakeholders. Delivered around 30+ Honeywell ACS NPI programs from ground up €“ Ideation, Concept, Design, Execution, Validation and Launch. 25+ Infor / Invensys product releases covering SDLC phases. 

Info Tech ManagerIntel Technology India Private Limited
Bhaskar Nagaraja , PMP Certified , Certified Scrum Master , Certified ITIL  , Senior project manager with 17 years of IT experience in which 16years+ is in Intel Bangalore.
As part of my current role ""Info Tech Manager"" i do project manager , people management and operations management. I am member of PM Workgroup in Intel India where in we drive twice a year PM Day Conferences connecting with PMI India , We conduct 2 set of PMP training in a year for aspiring PMPs, every month we drive PMCOP( Center of Practice) sessions inviting speakers to share their PM knowlege and experience..
Apart from this , I do manage lot of CSR projects which includes developing Web solution for Uttarkhand Disaster Relief Management,  Developing Shraavya- Website for recording audio books for visually challenged people , Conducting DeMystyfying Technology Sessions to rural children (so far covered 6500+ students from 40 schools  in Bangalore, Tumkur, Bhanvasi, Hubli, Dharwad , Chamaraj nagar), worked to setup 4 computer labs in these rural areas for development of technology for the rural students,  currently working on speech recognition  software for visual challenged students who depend on scribber for writing their exams..
Apart from this i went to Jordan in May 2015 to conduct 2 weeks workshop on Galileo for 60+ Engineering students and 23 professors.
I have traveled 11 times to US , 5 times to Malaysia, 3 times to Philippines, Once to China, once to Israel , Once to Jordan..  So travelling with purpose is my passion..
I love Cricket, Chess ,and most of the sports. Enjoying listening Bollywood , local kannada music especially older songs.
I am very active Volunteer for most of the event in Intel where i am either MC or part of the core events to make them successul.
Senior ManagerDeloitte USI
Having 14+ years of IT experience in Human Capital domain and worked across multiple ERP products. Currently Managing AMS projects in Deloitte USI and working on Presales activities. 
Project ManagerHewlett-Packard Inc

Swamy has over 20+years of professional experience enveloping Project Management, Delivery Management, Software Development, Integrations and Application Support.   A member of PMI, he is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and PMI-ACP. Swamy holds Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA.

Swamy Presently associated with Hewlett-Packard  Inc, Bangalore as a Project Manager. Currently managing multiple projects in Supply Chain domain for HP consumer and commercial products space.

 Swamy leads the PMP Acceleration wave programs for  aspirants, Three batches have been covered with 60+ aspiratns and continuing advocay, mentoring activities. Eecently inititated the new PM COE India with in HP IT entity with PMI India collobnerations. And also engaged with Agile at Scale COE as Agile Ambassodor with Agile Coach program. 
Senior General ManagerEnvecon Global Solutions
PROFILE Summary: DELIVERY HEAD
o Extensive experience of Defining Business Development Strategies, Delivery Management, Customer Relationships, Team Building Strategy with multi-domain partners
o Delivery management skills for utilizing the team to their best performance by providing expertise in Waterfall and Agile Scrum Project Management methodologies
o Strategic planning for Business Development vis-Ã -vis Resource readiness & skill building vis-Ã -vis Organizational Change Control Management
o Experience of Pre-Sales Cycle for different business verticals. Developed Portfolio Assessment Program to Develop, Manage & Strengthen Customer Relationship
o Mentoring, Tutoring and Training Delivery for technical and non-technical subjects
o Specialized in Talent management & retention strategy
CORE COMPETENCIES:
Business Development Initiatives:
o Portfolio Assessment Program
o SWOT Analysis
o Application of Porter€™s forces
o Engagement Management Initiatives
o Customer Value Chain Analysis
Delivery Management:
o Project Lifecycle Management
o Project Budgeting & Cost Controls
o Quality Assurance
o Requirement Management initiatives
o Test Cycle Management
Resource Management Initiatives:
o Recruitments
o Training
o Mentoring & Team building
Cost Improvement Initiatives:
o Implementing Six Sigma initiatives
o Improvising Delivery Management Processes
o ROI Analysis


Delivery ManagerUST Global

An experineced Program manager with over 18years of experience in IT industry, I am currently working as a Project Director for a reputed organization, with a hands-on experience across various roles like "project/portfolio manager, consultant, architect, business analyst, client coordinator etc. A focused thinker with a good understanding of the business needs, having radical & lateral problem-solving approaches, excellent communication, analytical & problem solving skills and an ability to absorb, comprehend and apply new concepts quickly.

I take my experience along my journey as Champion and proud to be part of the PMI Champions group.

Project ManagerShell India Markets Private Limited
Focused and Highly Motivated IT professional with over 20 years of comprehensive and rich experience in managing large, complex, globally distributed IT projects and teams. 

Additionally leading the PM Community of Practice in Shell Bangalore. Contributed in Advocacy and PMP Learning Circle Initiative in Shell.
First Line ManagerIBM India Pvt. Ltd
Prabodh Gupta has completed his B. Tech (Engg) from prestigious engineering institute ""Indian Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University"" in 1996 & is having rich corporate IT experience of 20+ years which includes 12 years in ""Infosys Technologies Ltd"" & currently working with ""IBM India"" from around 7 years. He is having rich & varied experience in Delivery Management, Program Management, Project Management & People Management on various types of development and infrastructure projects. He is always keen to upskill himself & certificates like ""PMP"", ""PMI-ACP"", ""ITIL"", ""Data Analytics ( IIT-Madras), ""Cloud Foundation (EXIN)"", ""IBM Certified Cloud Solution Advisor & Solution Architect"" etc are under his belt. Awarded as ""Best People Manager"" at DC IBM India level in 2013 & ""Talent Spark"" in 2012 in IBM & ""Infosys Excellence"" award in 2008 & ""Infosys Departmental  Award"" in 2001, Prabodh is playing ""First Line Manager"" role from past 4+ years in ""Project Management Competency"".
PMO India HeadVMware
I have 16 years of professional experience in IT/Telecom sector. I am presently working as a PMO India head in VMware. I am PMP and ACP certified professional from PMI, Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified from Continuous Improvement Center of Excellence and CCNA (Routing & Switching) Certified from Cisco Systems. I am responsible for the successful delivery of 100+ projects at any given point of time through my team of Project and Program Managers.
Lead ConsultantWipro
16 years’ Versatile and hands-on Project &Program Manager and Change agent in customer facing roles- leads teams to implement successful diverse and cross-functional programs, projects and initiatives, delivering rapid results using Predictive, Agile framework in multi-cultural dynamic environment. • Officially engaged as "PMI India Senior Champion" (Volunteer since 2016) with PMI India for Project Management Advocacy.• Trained and mentored 350+ professionals in Project Management OR Agile through Local PMI Chapter OR inside IBM.• Published Project Management Article in National level conference.• Presented keynote address in International level Project Management Conference. (Dhaka, Bangladesh)• Co-authored (with group of fellow global practitioner) upcoming PMBOK 7th Edition.
Project Manager, ConsultantIBM India Pvt. Ltd.

A- Around 17 years of IT experience with specialization in Method Development and Deployment, Project Management, Program Management, Enterprise Architecture, Application Consultant, Application Migration & Modernization, Agile, DevOps, IBM Cloud, Process-Methods-Tools Consultant, Quality Assurance, Product Development and Customer Relationship Management.

P- Performed in multiple roles as Application Consultant, Project Manager, Central Quality Lead, Flex Actuate Manager, Technical lead, Enterprise Architect, AITS Certification Review Board panel member - across diverse modernization projects in IBM

- AAuthored and co-architected Application IMPACT Custom Development Method that is deployed in all IoTs and got special recognition in Europe and Japan to deliver a fit for purpose method for both Agile and Waterfall delivery. This method will ultimately replace AD 2.0. This role involved managing C-Level Expectations, working with CTOs, Architects and senior SMEs across IoTs, Requirement Gathering & Analysis and being well versed in the "IBM Way” - IBM Cloud, DevOps, Agile, UMF, IBM Design Thinking, IBM Security, GDPR.

L- Leading Blockchain Projects delivery team and refining the Blockchain Innovation Method.

V- Certifications & Major Accomplishments

 o IBM Associate Project Manager

o Technical Specialist Profession Certification – Level 1

o IBM Design Thinking practitioner

o Architectural Thinking Badge

o Project Management Professional (PMP)

o Quality Management Systems Auditor / Lead Auditor

o Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

o Certified IT Architect (TOGAF)

o IBM Business Process Management Modelling and Implementation (BPM)

o PMI India Champion (Project Management Institute)

o “GBS GD EMINENCE AND EXCELLENCE” WE DELIVER award in 2014

o Accepted in the IBM Corporate Service Corps Program for 2019 deployment.