Anuj Barthwal
Program Manager
Noida
Summary
l bring over 14 years of experience in the IT industry, leading portfolios and teams across diverse sectors such as Ecommerce, Smart City, Finance, Education, Human Resource, Engineering and Education. My expertise lies in designing and delivering business solutions that drive organizational efficiency and operational excellence.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Project Manager
NEC Corporation India
10.2022 - 12.2024
- Enhanced company earnings by 15% with targeted upsell strategies and better service provisions.
- Managed and led operations at India Centre focusing on client support and product development.
- Managed distributed teams in 10 countries, overseeing successful project completion from initiation through delivery.
- Ensured alignment of delivery operations with business goals to enhance profitability through managed margins.
- Managed KPI tracking, acquisition integration, and global practice management, with a strong focus on automation and process optimization.
- Implemented Agile frameworks to optimize team performance.
- Partnered with product teams and stakeholders to achieve alignment in business objectives and diverse delivery approaches.
- Worked alongside HR to streamline workforce planning efforts and improve organizational culture.
- Established the Client Engagement department in India and served as a career coach for Product Team Leadership.
- Aligned automation initiatives with business strategy, working closely with senior leadership to drive digital transformation.
- Monitored industry trends, sharing insights and best practices to enhance organizational efficiency and innovation.
Assistant Manager
Haldor Topsoe India
12.2019 - 07.2022
- Managed a portfolio of projects, overseeing all aspects from initiation to closure, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards
- Conducted risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies, resulting in a 25% reduction in project risks
- Improved reliability and capacity of the Engineering Systems, from 110,000 assets per day to 5 million, reduced the eight-week manual process to one hour, through integration and automation
- Leading organizational changes that allow your teams to deliver better quality at a faster rate
- Coordinating the product road map between the Unified engineering program to improve quality, consistency and business satisfaction
- Ensuring compliance with the established software development methodology and Software Development Life Cycle (SLDC) for these projects
- Conducting application code reviews to ensure compliance with application development
- Worked closely with cross-functional teams to define project requirements, allocate resources, and develop project plans
- Monitored project progress, identified bottlenecks, and implemented corrective actions to keep projects on track
- Prepared and presented regular project status reports to senior management, providing updates on project milestones, risks, and issues
- Implemented well-architect, well-documented, high-quality code at a fast pace
- Interacting with stakeholders throughout the Engineering department
Senior Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
10.2013 - 12.2019
- Successfully coordinated cross-functional team deliverable, gathering new tool requirements for each
- Program and effectively managing schedules from inception to completion
- Established a technical vision with the development team and work with Software Engineers to turn it into reality
- Managed off-shore team members assigned to a given project (done in conjunction with project managers)
- Recruited, trained and mentored new employees
- Distributing the implementation work among the team members (e.g
- Task breakdown, acceptance criteria etc.)
- Take ownership and be the front figure for the team internally and externally/internationally
- Act as the design owner and drive platform oriented activities as well as customer related feature requests
- Receiving the implementations from team members and ensure the implementation meets functional spec (e.g
- Code review etc.)
- Ensuring that the team members know their responsibilities and deliverable
- Translating high level architecture to high level design
- Lead and guide Software Engineers on a daily basis
- Implementing core design components with software development best practices
- Providing estimates and refining it as part of an agile project
- Ensuring that delivery dates are met
Software Engineer
Indus Valley Partners
05.2011 - 04.2013
- Developed a software application that resulted in a 30% increase in productivity for the company
- Utilized object-oriented design principles to develop high-quality software applications
- Implemented automated testing procedures to ensure the software was bug-free
- Collaborated with a team of software engineers to design and develop efficient software solutions
- Maintained and updated existing software applications to ensure they stayed up to date with changing technology
- Created user interfaces to ensure a user-friendly experience
- Debugged software applications to identify and fix errors
- Optimized code to increase software performance
- Provided technical support to customers regarding software issues
Software Consultant
Freelancer
01.2010 - 04.2011
- Developed and implemented customized IT solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of client operations
- Assessed client technical needs and provided recommendations on appropriate hardware and software selections
- Facilitated the analysis and resolution of complex technical problems to ensure client satisfaction
- Monitored system performance and proactively identified potential problems to ensure smooth operations
- Developed technical documentation, user guides and training materials to support
Education
Master of Computer Application - undefined
Gautam Buddha Technical University
Greater Noida 08.2007 - 05.2010
Skills
Delivery Management
Portfolio & Risk Management
Leadership and Coaching
Process Management
Customer Engagement and Account Management
Automation & Delivery Leadership
Budgeting and P&L Ownership
Monitoring Pipeline and Practice Margin
Employee Experience and Integrations
Software: NET Core, JavaScript, AngularJS, VBA, NodeJS
Tools: Salesforce, Clarity PPM, Financial Force, MS Office, Azure Services, GIT, SVN, VSTS, PowerShell, Jira, Confluence, TeamCity, Octopus
Quality Assurance, CI/CD pipeline, DevOps principles and practices
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMI
Timeline
Project Manager
NEC Corporation India
10.2022 - 12.2024
Assistant Manager
Haldor Topsoe India
12.2019 - 07.2022
Senior Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
10.2013 - 12.2019
Software Engineer
Indus Valley Partners
05.2011 - 04.2013
Software Consultant
Freelancer
01.2010 - 04.2011
Master of Computer Application - undefined
Gautam Buddha Technical University
08.2007 - 05.2010