ARUN PHILIP
IT Project Manager
Bharananganam
Summary
To serve as a leader by encouraging innovative ideas and forward-thinking so that our team can create technology solutions that will improve the lives of others.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
3
3
Certificates
Work History
Program Manager
Ernst & Young
Kochi
07.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Ernst & Young (EY) is a global professional services company that offers assurance, tax, consulting, and other services
- It is one of the Big Four accounting firms
- Serving as a Program Manager for a Tax service line application handling pricing for Pursuits
- Served as a Project Manager for Consulting service line application
- Served as a Project Manager for a Metaverse Project
- Have understanding on how Open AI and Blockchain are integrated within Metaverse environments and has seen interactions between Avatars in a 3D modelled environment
- Served a Project Manager for Operations and Support – Design, Deploy & Commercials Workstream
Technical Delivery Manager
SunTec Business Solutions
Kochi
03.2001 - 06.2022
- Company Overview: SunTec is a product company with pricing and billing solutions for many verticals
- Managed the entire lifecycle of Platform development unit, including, showing operations success and developing on further iterations
- Created/Maintained Platform Release Plan with multiple sprint plans (co-developed with stakeholders)
- Created/Maintained Platform Release Management Policies & Procedures
- Maintained RAID log for successful project delivery
- Initiated Mob Programming development practices for improving efficiency in virtual offices
- Worked closely with Development Managers to manage the day-to-day work of the development team
- Manages issues and management decisions to timely resolution
- Created and maintained RACI matrix for clarity in roles & participants
- Communicates effectively with senior management to resolve conflicts through broad based decision making with key stakeholders
- Familiarity with systems management concepts, processes and standards; capacity and performance management and tuning; storage and network management
- Reviewed allocations, team member capacities and work with other managers to create detailed project work plans from estimated scope of work
- Mastery of project management methodology, tools and templates (includes project planning, schedule development, scope management and cost management)
- Assisted in efforts to improve technology development and project management
- Involved in devising implementation strategy for two banks in Australia as part of RFP and RFI process
Development Group Head
SunTec Business Solutions
Trivandrum
03.2001 - 06.2022
- Worked with Development units, Operations, and Project Management to ensure development and delivery of products on time and manage expectations
- Assisted New Product Development leaders in analysing the business processes for inefficiencies and made recommendations for solutions or improvements
- Negotiating with Development Manager, Project Manager and Product Manager on features and functionalities to be included in each release
- Worked smart by setting effective work goals, establishing priorities, and planning well in order to produce quality work
- Managed the product backlog, created an effective vision and provide timely stakeholder feedback on development iterations
- Performed techno-functional analyses to aide in decision making regarding feature improvements and new feature developments
- Managed cross-functional projects by providing project leadership and daily management throughout the project from inception to delivery
- Collated & Published metrics for data driven team management
- Created Governance model and Escalation matrix for Project management
Technical Architect
SunTec Business Solutions
Trivandrum
03.2001 - 06.2022
- Guided multiple teams to design, develop, implement and maintain Product solutions in Banking and Telecom domains
- Provided hands-on development guidance to engineers and motivated team members by encouraging creativity and teamwork
- Provided continuous review of new, changed, improved, enhanced architecture and functional capabilities for Banking solutions
- Provided technical leadership as Engineering lead for all in-house hosted infrastructure architecture design, development and implementation
- Guided and developed technical competencies of the team on all technology’s advancement, engineering projects and developments
Development Team Lead
SunTec Business Solutions
Trivandrum
03.2001 - 06.2022
Developer
SunTec Business Solutions
Trivandrum
03.2001 - 06.2022
Education
BTech - Mechanical Engineering – CAD/CAM
Cochin University
Cochin 01.1996 - 04.2000
Skills
Accomplishments
- Over 24 years of IT experience with Product SDLC exposure
- Hands on expertise in Technical project management activities from conceptualisation to closure
- Expert in Agile, V-Model and Waterfall SDLC methodologies
- Implemented and executed stakeholder management and communication plans.
- Maintained, managed and escalated stream/project issues
- Experience spanning across core banking and telecom products
- Experience as Project Manager for core Platform used in products
- Wide experience as Development Group Head for Application Development, CR’s and Enhancements, Maintenance & Support Projects.
- Product Functional Expertise in Invoicing, Pricing, Discounts, Payments, Direct Debit, Accounting, Loyalty and CDM
- Product Management expertise – Strategy & Development
- Product Road Map Definition
- Product Implementations & Migrations
Organisational Experience
- 07/01/22 – Present, Ernst & Young, Kochi, India, Program Manager, 3 Yrs.
- 03/01/01 – 06/30/22, SunTec Business Solutions, Trivandrum, India, Technical Delivery Manager, 3 Yrs., Development Group Head, 3 Yrs., Technical Architect, 5 Yrs., Development Team Lead, 5 Yrs., Developer, 5 Yrs.
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 09/21/76
It Skills Summary
- MS Project and MS Office
- Jira, Confluence, ADO
- C, C++, Java
- Oracle, DB2, SQL, PL/SQL
- Toad, SQL Developer, Eclipse IDE
Certification
Certified Scrum Master
Timeline
Certified Scrum Master
07-2023
Program Manager
Ernst & Young
07.2022 - Current
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Certification
08-2019
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
10-2016
Technical Delivery Manager
SunTec Business Solutions
03.2001 - 06.2022
Development Group Head
SunTec Business Solutions
03.2001 - 06.2022
Technical Architect
SunTec Business Solutions
03.2001 - 06.2022
Development Team Lead
SunTec Business Solutions
03.2001 - 06.2022
Developer
SunTec Business Solutions
03.2001 - 06.2022
BTech - Mechanical Engineering – CAD/CAM
Cochin University
01.1996 - 04.2000
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