BARATH RAM P R
Chennai
Summary
Diligent Senior Project Manager with proven track record of managing complex projects from inception to completion. Successfully led cross-functional teams and implemented innovative solutions to meet project goals. Demonstrated expertise in project planning and risk management.
Experienced project management professional with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Known for reliability and adaptability in dynamic environments. Prepared to drive impactful outcomes and lead projects to success.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Project Manager
HCL Technologies
11.2023 - Current
- Engaged closely with the Product Owner to ensure the vision, goals, and scope of the sprint are well understood. Organize and facilitate Scrum ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Ensure that each team member is aligned with sprint goals, and the sprint backlog is effectively prioritized.
- Worked with stakeholders to understand project requirements and deliverables. Based on this, come up with feasible technical solutions. Provide realistic time and effort estimations and develop a comprehensive project plan, including milestones, deadlines, and resource allocation
- Oversee the operational aspects of the project. This includes managing resource allocation, ensuring that the right people with the right skills are assigned to the project. Keep track of billing cycles, update Statements of Work (SOWs), handle Change Requests (CRs), and ensure that any audits are properly executed.
- Regularly communicate with customers and senior management to explore and identify potential areas for additional revenue generation. Involve key stakeholders in discussions and plan strategies to deliver new business or expand current scope.
- Actively participate in recruitment efforts by conducting interviews to identify and hire talent with specific skills needed for the project. This ensures the team has the required expertise to meet the project's objectives.
- Created a clear execution plan and ensure that all team members are aligned with the deadlines and deliverables. Continuously monitor progress, adjust plans as necessary, and mitigate risks to ensure deadlines are met without compromising quality.
Project Manager
HCL Technologies
05.2019 - 10.2023
- Work with stakeholders to understand project requirements and deliverables. Based on this, come up with feasible technical solutions. Provide realistic time and effort estimations and develop a comprehensive project plan, including milestones, deadlines, and resource allocation
- Oversee the operational aspects of the project. This includes managing resource allocation, ensuring that the right people with the right skills are assigned to the project. Keep track of billing cycles, update Statements of Work (SOWs), handle Change Requests (CRs), and ensure that any audits are properly executed.
- Regularly communicate with customers and senior management to explore and identify potential areas for additional revenue generation. Involve key stakeholders in discussions and plan strategies to deliver new business or expand current scope.
- Actively participate in recruitment efforts by conducting interviews to identify and hire talent with specific skills needed for the project. This ensures the team has the required expertise to meet the project's objectives.
- Created a clear execution plan and ensure that all team members are aligned with the deadlines and deliverables. Continuously monitor progress, adjust plans as necessary, and mitigate risks to ensure deadlines are met without compromising quality.
Program Manager Cum Project Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2013 - 05.2019
- Work with stakeholders to understand project requirements and deliverables. Based on this, come up with feasible technical solutions. Provide realistic time and effort estimations and develop a comprehensive project plan, including milestones, deadlines, and resource allocation
- Oversee the operational aspects of the project. This includes managing resource allocation, ensuring that the right people with the right skills are assigned to the project. Keep track of billing cycles, update Statements of Work (SOWs), handle Change Requests (CRs), and ensure that any audits are properly executed.
- Created a clear execution plan and ensure that all team members are aligned with the deadlines and deliverables. Continuously monitor progress, adjust plans as necessary, and mitigate risks to ensure deadlines are met without compromising quality.
Project Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2010 - 06.2013
- Conduct regular cross-training sessions to ensure team members are proficient in handling tasks across multiple instances, enabling them to address issues across various environments seamlessly.
- Maintain an Average SLA > 99% across 10 months for multiple instances, consistently exceeding the expected 95% SLA target.
- Propose and implement proactive value-added solutions and automation strategies to enhance efficiency and reduce manual effort across operations.
- Develop and execute custom scripts to address specific needs, automate repetitive tasks, and improve overall system functionality.
- Identify potential issues with data integrity and proactively design solutions to ensure optimal data performance and availability.
- Analyze and address recurring issues by implementing permanent solutions, ensuring minimal disruption to operations and increasing system stability.
- Set up and manage daily monitoring routines for critical applications to ensure their availability and performance, identifying potential issues before they impact users.
- Actively participate in managing outages, including root cause analysis, troubleshooting, and resolving issues. Also, contribute to software patches and system upgrades, ensuring minimal downtime and improved functionality.
- Regularly monitor the performance of NX (or other critical systems), ensuring their efficiency and identifying areas for optimization.
- Collect and report key performance metrics for the applications to provide visibility into system health, issue trends, and performance improvements over time.
- Oversee the migration process from legacy applications to Teamcenter, ensuring data integrity, minimal disruption, and successful transition to the new system.
Lead Engineer
HCL Technologies
07.2006 - 12.2010
- Providing ongoing Level 2 support for Teamcenter, including troubleshooting issues, performing system maintenance, applying patches, and ensuring the platform runs smoothly for users.
- Activities include user and group management, configuring Teamcenter’s security, managing workflows, and overseeing data integrity. You’d also be responsible for configuring access control, roles, permissions, and system settings.
- Scripting / developing utilities to extract or update data in Teamcenter, typically using tools like Teamcenter's rich client, SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture), or custom APIs.
- Responsible for designing Teamcenter lifecycles to creating and configuring the stages that a product or document goes through (e.g., concept, design, review, production, etc.). where the request was to set up and customize lifecycle states, transitions, and associated rules to match project needs.
- Developing custom utilities that send emails based on triggers (e.g., state changes in lifecycle) and developing custom objects within Teamcenter.
Education
Master of Business Administration - Software Enterprises Management
Anna University
Coimbatore04.2010
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
RMD Engineering College
Kavaraipettai05.2006
Class XII -
Montford Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Perambur, Chennai03.2002
Class X -
St. Mary's Matriculation Boys Higher Secondary School
Perambur, Chennai03.2000
Skills
- Agile project management
- Project execution
- Stakeholder relationship management
- Effective team management
- Strategic issue resolution
- Cost management
- Client relationship management
- Project plan development
- Project planning
- Multi-Project management
- Budget control
Certification
- Trained and Green Belt Certified in Six Sigma Process
- Have been awarded ‘SPOT Award’.
Accomplishments
- Created Value-added tools and automations which involves streamlining workflows and enhancing data management.
- Implemented a system to track and monitor the performance of NX, which is likely crucial for maintaining system efficiency and preventing downtime.
- Created a tool to monitor the status of software services and send notifications in case of failures, ensuring quick responses to potential issues.
- Set up a team page to track individual performance, which not only promotes transparency but also encourages healthy competition and teamwork with a reward system.
- Developed a tool to streamline data consolidation from multiple sources, with a focus on ensuring data is successfully loaded and ready for reporting.
- Guided the team to create 7 LEAN ideas that were approved by the customer. These initiatives focus on reducing waste and improving efficiency, adding further value to the project.
Timeline
Senior Project Manager
HCL Technologies
11.2023 - Current
Project Manager
HCL Technologies
05.2019 - 10.2023
Program Manager Cum Project Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
07.2013 - 05.2019
Project Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
12.2010 - 06.2013
Lead Engineer
HCL Technologies
07.2006 - 12.2010
Master of Business Administration - Software Enterprises Management
Anna University
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
RMD Engineering College
Class XII -
Montford Matriculation Higher Secondary School
Class X -
St. Mary's Matriculation Boys Higher Secondary School
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