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ASHOK KUMAR

ASHOK KUMAR

Senior Project Manager
Bengaluru

Summary

Personable and strategic thinker with knack for navigating complex technical projects. Possesses extensive knowledge in project management methodologies and excels in coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver technology solutions. Committed to driving project success and achieving operational efficiency.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate

Work History

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Societe Generale Global Solution Center
Bengaluru
04.2019 - Current
  • Hands on experience in delivering Programs / Projects around IT Security, Network Infra setup, SDWAN to MPLS Migration, Cloud migration, Data Center Migration and other Infra domains.
  • Understanding & gathering requirements from client and leading complete portfolio of project from initiation till closure.
  • Preparing project baselines, monitoring & controlling projects with respect to cost, resource deployment, time overruns and quality compliance to ensure satisfactory execution.
  • Rendering support in change management, risk and issue management, status tracking and project reporting
  • Lead Project / Programs advisory boards (PAB) and steering committee meetings.
  • Spearheading Pre-sales activities inclusive of responding to RFPs, gathering & customizing the customer requirements, managing estimation & proposals
  • Meeting client expectations, resolving conflicts, thereby ensuring client satisfaction; defining service standards & guidelines for clients that serve as benchmarks for excellent service delivery
  • Championed continuous improvement initiatives within the team, identifying opportunities for streamlining processes or enhancing skillsets to drive higher levels of performance consistently across projects.
  • Leveraged AI capabilities to increase productivity within Projects / Programs where feasible.
  • Mentored associate project managers and young graduates to build sustainable future Project management team.

Other Initiatives

  • Established Project Management Center of Excellence and Project Management Community at Société Générale Global Solution Centre.
  • Designed and implemented a centralized Program and Project Management (PPM) framework to support and standardize practices across the project management community.
  • Introduced project KPIs and key metrics to effectively monitor and report project status managed from PM Community.
  • Applied the Gartner Maturity Matrix to drive continuous improvement in project management practices.
  • Led monthly connect sessions with Project Managers to review key projects, facilitate cross-domain knowledge sharing, and explore emerging technologies.
  • Organized and hosted the Project Management Day event, bringing together Project Managers from India and Romania to raise awareness and promote community engagement across the organization.

Infrastructure Project Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd
Bengaluru
04.2016 - 03.2019
  • Experienced in managing Waterfall and Agile projects as Technical Project manager.
  • Extensively worked on End to End Infra Projects, Setting up Data centres, Network Infrastructure
  • Prepare Project management Plan, SOW, Risk register, Stakeholder register, Estimating Project cost, Budgeting and forecasting project status report
  • Work closely with the stakeholders (Business, technical teams and clients) to define systems/project priorities, scope, approach, resource requirements, timing deliverables and funding
  • Managing External Vendors for Procurement of hardware and software required for Data centre
  • Provide leadership guidance to the technical stakeholders to meet the Project deliverables on time

Technical Project Leader

Volvo India Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
03.2011 - 03.2016
  • Provide Hosting and Managed services support (Shared) for a group of Customers spread across US, UK, Europe & Asia
  • Project Leader Roles – Sep 2012 – March 2016
  • Solution Architect – March 2011 – Sep 2012
  • Quality manager -Responsible in order to take care of the Team KPI & Customer relationship.
  • Organize training/workshops to improve the performance of the Team members who were lagging behind in terms of quality
  • Analyze the incoming projects and distribute them to the team members as per their area of expertise
  • Manage Incident, Problems, Request and Questions.

Technical Support Executive

Tarang Software Technologies Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
11.2009 - 03.2011
  • Job Role: System Administrator

Customer Support Executive

PCS Technologies Pvt Ltd
Bengaluru
11.2007 - 11.2009
  • Job Role: System Administrator

Education

MBA - Information Technology

Bharathidasan University
Tiruchi, India
04.2001 -

Skills

Project & Program Management

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Certification

Prince 2 Practitioner

Timeline

Prince 2 Practitioner

12-2019

Senior Infrastructure Project Manager

Societe Generale Global Solution Center
04.2019 - Current

Infrastructure Project Manager

HCL Technologies Ltd
04.2016 - 03.2019

Technical Project Leader

Volvo India Pvt Ltd
03.2011 - 03.2016

Technical Support Executive

Tarang Software Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2009 - 03.2011

Customer Support Executive

PCS Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2007 - 11.2009

MBA - Information Technology

Bharathidasan University
04.2001 -
ASHOK KUMARSenior Project Manager