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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

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Wednesday 10 April 2013

FW: Project Manager 14+ yrs exp. Can join Immediately


-----Original Message-----
From: Srinivas Akveti [mailto:resume@advtinfo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 10:08 PM
To: Hemen Parekh
Subject: Project Manager 14+ yrs exp. Can join Immediately

Dear Sir/Madam,

I've been working as a project manager for various technologies for past 6 years and  more than 14+ years in the Information Technology.

Please get back to me if my profile suits any of your requirements.

Thank you,
Srinivas Rao A.
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Akveti Srinivasa Rao       
                                                 
Email                     : akveti@gmail.com
Mobile                 : +91  9176037165


Professional Profile:
        
Srinivasa Rao has been working as a project manager for various technologies for past 6 years and he is in the Information Technology Industry for more than 14+ years. He has been with Mphasis an HP Company for past 10 years.

• Adept in end-to-end development & Support of software projects from requirement analysis to system study, designing, coding, testing, documentation and implementation with project teams.
• An energetic, self-motivated team leader with hands on experience in training, programming skills, Legacy applications like Banking & Financial, Benefit systems, Healthcare and Automobile manufacturing & Sales.
• For the past 4 years, he has been working extensively on the various Projects for DWP, UK.
• Worked in IBM Software Labs
• Involved in project migration and successfully migrated the current project.
• Had overseas experience in US, Australia and UK

Work Experience :

Mphasis Ltd, Chennai (EDS) from Oct 2001 to Dec 2011.
Mascot Systems Pvt Ltd, (iGate) Bangalore from Oct 2000 to Oct 2001      
IBM – IBM Global Services India (Pvt) Ltd, Bangalore from Sept 1997 to Oct 2000
     
Educational Qualification:

B. E(Comp. Sc) from Bangalore University, Bangalore.

Core Competencies - Managerial

*       Stake holder management
*       Handled multiple Projects
*       Project Transision
             Leading the team in various phases of application development.
             Facilitated Project Audits
             Project scheduling and analysis
             Process Management
             Risk and Quality Management
             Resource procurement, deployment & allocation
             Monitoring development activities and reporting project progress.
             Managing and providing technical guidance/support to the project team.
             Delivering and implementing the project as per scheduled milestones.
             Managing the smooth implementation and testing of the application at client location.

Core Competencies - Functional

             System Analysis/ Application Development
             Client interaction for system study, requirements gathering and analysis.
             Designing & Development and  Coding
             Involve in application development as well as Unit, Integration and System Testing.
             Production support

Trainings & Certification

*       PRINCE2 Practitioner Certified.
*       ITIL V3 Foundation Certified.
             Mainframes Training at ER & DC (Trivendram).




Core Competencies – Technical

Operating Systems          : z/OS, OS/390, ES/9000, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Unix.
Languages                           : COBOL, JCL
Data Bases                          : DB2.
OLTP                                      : CICS
Tools and Utilities            : IBM Database administration tools & Utilities, 
                            CA-7, File-Aid, ENDEVOR, SPUFI, QMF and XPEDITOR
Management Tools         : MS Project, HP PPM Center, CA Clarity, PVCS, DWF, eRoom, Presage, Borland Starteam and Peregrine.
     
Professional Experience - Career Highlights

1.            Project Name                    : DWP – SOA
                Client                                    : DWP – HP, UK
                Duration                                              : Dec 2009 – Aug 2011.
                Technology                         : StarTeam, Legasuite, Java, XML and Mainframes
                Role                                       : Project Manager and Onsite Coordinator.
                Team                                     : 13

Description:

    The DWP SOA Program will support the IT transformation plans of the Department through the design and implementation of SOA based solutions to help achieve Departmental business objectives, efficiency savings and delivery effectiveness through the promotion and shared use of core business and IT services.
               
                Delivery of 200 web based services to retrieve and update data for different benefit systems eg JSA, ISCS, CA, RP, CSCS, CS2, DLA/AA. This SOA based solution is easy to use, secure, and is available to all customers through the end to end SOA solution, The SOA solution will give access to the ICL VME estate via the SOA base service through the Integrated Services Layer through to the final consuming application.

Responsibilities & Notable Contributions:

             Managing and leading the project team
             Managing co-ordination of the Stake holders and working groups engaged in project work.
             Developing and maintaining a detailed project plan.
             Managing project deliverables in line with the project plan.
             Recording and managing project issues and escalating where necessary.
             Resolving cross-functional issues at project level.
             Managing project scope and change control and escalating issues where necessary.
             Monitoring project progress and performance.
             Providing status reports to the bestshore project management.
             Working closely with users to ensure the project meets business needs.
             Identifying training needs and devising and managing training programs.
             Reviews project activities for compliance with procedures and standards.
             Manages the support and provision of project tools and equipment.
             Manages data security, software and license control.
             Identifying and documenting potential barriers to success, actions to mitigate anticipated problems, and outcomes.
             Contributing to the Migration Manager’s monthly progress reports using the templates provided by the PMO. 
             Determining security requirements.
             Identifying the modules to be migrated and gap analysis.
             Managing the migration, customer preparedness, and communication efforts with support from the PMO
             Providing recommendations regarding change management issues such as job roles, training, and changing organization structures.
             Providing monthly progress reports to the Bestshore management on success stories, lessons learned, and progress against performance management targets.








2.            Project Name                    : CS2
                Client                                    : DWP – EDS, UK              
                Duration                                              : Feb 2007 – Dec 2009
                Technology                         : Mainframes, Peregrine
                Role                                       : Project Manager
                Team Size                            : 29

Description:

EDS designed CS2 for DWP for the Child Support Agency. 
The Child Support Agency (CSA) is part of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
The Child Support Agency exists to make sure that parents who live apart from their children contribute financially to their upkeep by paying child maintenance. CS2 has number of different applications. 1. Workflow 2. Gather-Info 3. Assessment 4. Finance 5. Respond 6. CS2-Batch 7. CS2-Onile etc.
The scope of this project Enhancements and Maintenance.
     
 Responsibilities & Notable Contributions:

• Managing a team of 29 resources.
• Assigns project tasks and coordinates resources; this includes reviewing individual issues and concerns (including vacation (time off) requests) and resolving or escalating them as needed • Track all effort hours spent on the project • Create project plan documentation as necessary • Provide consulting to project team in local processes, standards and tools, Coaches and counsels team members to accomplish project milestones and produce quality results • Provides input to delivery/team leaders on team members’ performance Collect, report and track issues to closure • Ensure project-related risks are handled and mitigated where appropriate to reduce adverse impacts on achieving objectives.


3.            Project Name                    : GM GSSM Operation V1.
                Client                                    : General Motors, US
                Duration                                              : Since Oct’2005 - Jan 2007           
                Technology                         : Mainframes, PVCS, Presage
                Role                                       : Project Manager                 
                Team Size                            : 16

Description:

GM GSSM Operations V1 is an umbrella project. Which has got Four different systems in different technologies like Legacy, WEB, CRM, Infra. Legacy system –Vehicle Order Management Systems (VOMS) is one of the major system, It has got 4 applications. 1. Order management System, 2. Sales, 3. DID 4. VID. This is an existing project, executing since 6 years in EDS, Scope of this project is Monitoring daily production cycles, enhancements to the existing applications.


Responsibilities & Notable Contributions:

• Project management
• Track issues that have potential impact or risk to the umbrella parent project
• Ensure meeting minutes are created for Project Manager Meetings and that minutes meet GSMS/CMMI requirements.  (i.e. issues and risk management issues at least monthly).
• Create project plan documentation as necessary
• Track all effort hours spent on the project
• Create and maintain Project Workbook
• Identify, communicate and coordinate resolution of Parent Project issues and risks
• Maintain Presage repository for all project data
• Conduct periodic reviews of project-related risks according to the project communication plan and escalate as required. 
• Maintain PM documents in PVCS
• Document and implement Corrective Action Plans
• Provide consulting to project team in local processes, standards and tools, Coaches and counsels team members to accomplish project milestones and produce quality results
• Provides input to delivery/team leaders on team members’ performance
• Manages the scope, risk, deliverables, and schedule of projects, including any and all documentation required by the Project Office and the QA (Quality Assurance) Team to manage the project according to the project’s defined process
• Utilizes and supports the consistent application and use of GSMS assets in the development of solutions and deliverables
• Develops the project’s tailoring decisions, with the assistance of subject matter experts if necessary, and documents these tailoring decisions in the interactive tailoring tool.
• Produces Start-Up and Planning documentation and conducts reviews of this material
• Supports delivery leader’s relationships with client executive and client, interfacing as directed regarding project level details
• Manages (tracks, updates, reviews) the project schedule
• Participates in periodic reviews of the project with the Project Management SMEs
• Performs monthly metrics collection, analysis and reporting
• Establishes and enforces the use of the project’s component plans (CM, QA, Measurement, etc.)
• Works to facilitate the transition from Development to Production Support
• Participates in Startup and Planning reviews
• Attend meetings with System Owners
• Collect and report lessons learned and report to Project Management SME.
• Participate in reviews of parent project deliverables and Facilitate the estimating process
• Participate in the System/Project CM Baseline Audit Process
• Provide Business Manager with process related performance of staff.
• Participated in EPP, CM Baseline, QA audits
• Conduct preparation for project risk management
• Identify/provide input into project risk handling and mitigation plans as applicable.
• Assign responsibility/ensure project-related risks are handled and mitigated where appropriate to reduce adverse impacts on achieving objectives.



Other Significant projects:

DWP                      EDS UK - UK Govt.                           Project Manager                              Feb ’07 – Aug 2011
GM GSSM           (VOMS)General Motors, US       Project Manager                              Sep ‘04 – Jan ‘07
IPACS                    EDS Internal                                       Backup Project Manger                 Mar ‘03 – Aug ‘04
HIPAA                   EDS-Connecticut                                              Team Lead                          May ‘02 – Feb ‘03
CBA EFTPOS       Common Wealth Bank of Australia           Team Lead                          Oct ‘01 – Apr ‘02
GEPS                     GE Power Systems, US                  Team Member                  Jul ‘01 – Oct ‘01
TRAC                     GE ERC, Kansas, US                         Team Member                  Nov ‘00 – Jun ‘01
Mozilla Beta Testing IBM Software labs, Bangalore   Team Member                          Jan ‘00 – Aug ‘00
TRAMS                 Lucent Technologies, Boulder, US            Team Member                  Mar ’99 – Dec ‘99
API Year 2000     Australia Pharmaceutical Industries, Team Member                        Aug ’98 – March ‘99
         Australia.
NICS Year 2000  IBM Burlington, US                          Team Member                  Feb ’98 - July ‘98
REGULATOR       IBM-PC Company, Raleigh, US   Team Member                  Sept ’97 – Jan ‘98




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