Binil Thomas
Abu Dhabi
Summary
Enthusiastic and results-oriented business leader with rich experience in Pre-sales, Delivery Management, Product Management, Project Management, P/L Accountability,Operational Strategies and Process Enhancement. Has got proven record in guiding organizations through successful digital transformation journeys.
With a strong customer focus, has got rich experience leading large-scale projects with multi-disciplinary teams across the UK, US, UAE, and Asia.
Currently the Pre-sales Head possessing good knowledge on latest advancements in Industry 4.0, including IoT, AI, ML, AR/VR, Process Automation and with outstanding presentation skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Head -Presales
Cogniphi Technologies
Trivandrum
01.2020 - Current
- Lead client presentations (AI Vision Intelligence) to CXO’s/Director/Decision Makers.Handling RFI / RFP, proposal writing & leading commercial negotiations. Recently, was instrumental in closing some large deals in the Life science( top Life Sciences company) and Manufacturing vertical.
- Liaised with the sales team and delivery team to actively qualify and analyze customer requirements, and implemented solutions to best suit customer needs.
- Played key role in engaging, building and developing strategic relationship with multiple stakeholders/partners to maximise opportunity at all levels of the business.
- Worked on large solution proposals and responding to RFI/RFP requests in different verticals like Retail, Manufacturing, Life sciences and Public sector (Smart city).
- Recognized by Client and Partner multiple times for providing exceptional presentation.
Project Head -Delivery Management
Ideas and Innovation Squared Technologies Private Ltd
Trivandrum
01.2015 - 12.2019
- Overall delivery management responsibility for all the software services(delivery engagements) and product.
- Successfully delivered projects across verticals(Retail, Manufacturing,Healthcare) on-time, on-budget and with the highest quality.
- Played key role(Product Owner) for security and surveillance product(certified by Gartner) built on ITAC platform(leveraging IOT and AI Technologies).
- Established and implemented effective program management and delivery governance framework for all the accounts within the portfolio
- Established operational metrics to measure, monitor and improve release delivery and performance
- Conducted monthly operational excellence review with key stakeholders
- Motivated and led project team including setting & reviewing goals/KPAs/ targets
- Managed software life cycles and SLA(achieved >99.1% SLA through incident management process)
- Reduced support cost by 15% by developing new work flows
- Reported project health against established service level agreements at monthly for senior management reviews(C-Level)
- Presented solutions using IoT and Visual Intelligence (AI) which helped to bag new opportunities.
Project Manager
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
04.2008 - 01.2015
- Successfully handled large scale implementation/rollouts/support/upgrade projects for Retail CPG giants
- Performed risk assessment, create RFP's, service agreements and KPI’s
- Provided weekly status to management including progress and action plans for addressing risks/issues/changes
- Implemented process and procedures to strengthen operations and gained Customer Satisfaction with new business
- Implemented Tools to enhance productivity and achieved 8% of cost savings for the account.
- Manage and perform the process of SOW and contract creation
- Mentored team members, provided technical leadership and performance reviews.
Technical Test Lead
Infosys
UK
12.2006 - 03.2008
- Worked at Onsite(UK) as a Project Coordinator role
- Responsible for defining, implementing and standardizing the testing processes
- Preparation of Test Strategy document
- Responsible for ensuring quality processes adherence and periodic project reviews
- Involved in estimations ,review of Test Plans, monitoring and tracking the Test execution, Defect management(HPQC)
- Preparation of Status reports
- Conduct Demo’s to the Client
- Interaction with other projects stakeholders on project progress
- Holds the responsibility for the managing the project quality track(CMMi)
- Conduct root cause analysis and preparation of Lessons Learnt Document
- Involved in preparation of Test knowledge artifacts for competency development
- Involved in providing UAT support.
Senior Test Engineer
Mindtree (erstwhile AztecSoft )
07.2004 - 11.2006
- Received the award for the best QA in the Organization ‘2005
- Won several Client appreciations for excellence in QA
- Preparation of Test Strategy, Test estimation
- Conducted review of Test cases
- Conducted RTM Review
- Driven Defect Management meetings
- Assisted Test Lead in preparation of Test Closure Reports
- Attended Quality gate meetings.
Test Engineer
Frontier Infolabs
01.2003 - 01.2004
- Test Requirements analysis
- Prepared RTM and Test Cases
- Test case execution(browser compatibility testing) and logged defects
- Provided support for UAT testing
- Test Documentation
- Provide status report and defect report to Test Lead.
Associate Software Engineer
Arandez Infotech
01.2002 - 01.2003
- Coding & bug fixing on report module
- Provide status report to Module lead
- Assisted in creating projects documents.
Education
Master of Computer Application (MCA) -
Bachelor of Physics -
Skills
- Delivery Management
- Business Process and System Integration
- Software Development Life Cycle
- Presales & Business Development
- People Management
- Project Management and Program Management
- Client Relationship and Vendor Management
- Process and Productivity Improvement
- Team Building and Mentoring
- Onsite and Offshore Expertise
- Training
- Process and Methodologies (Agile(incSAFe), Scrum, waterfall and V-model)
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- Certified Software Tester (CSTE)
Awards Recognition
DReaM award(Infosys) Featured in the Top 25 projects in the organization Successfully Managed High-Risk project –received the award for successful execution.
Best People Manager Award ‘2011.
Recognized for bringing in innovation and excellence and implementing in multiple projects.
Defect Prediction Model – IP for the Infosys Quality Team. Tools innovation –Test Builder/ISTS (achieved 30% of effort savings in Test Planning). -TASK (tool for test data mining in SAP. Achieved 25% of effort savings in Test data effort).
Key Highlights
Infosys of Excellence (CoE) model.
- Formulated continuous process improvements (Agile, Scrum, Kanban), incorporating business process initiatives to increase efficiency and streamline of business operations.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/10/78
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
- English
- Malayalam
- Hindi
Accomplishments
- Featured my project in the Top 25 performing projects list in the organization for two consecutive years.
- Successfully Managed High-Risk project –received the award from DeliveDReaMsk Management (DReaM award).
- Best People Manager Award ‘2011.
· Recognized for bringing in innovation and excellence for the Defect Prediction Model developed which is an IP for the Infosys Quality Team.
.Contribution to iTAC platform and Vision Intelligence Platform.
Mailing Address
Flat No.112, C59 building, Near Etihad Plaza
Al Merief Street, Khalifa City, Abu Dhabi.
Timeline
Head -Presales
Cogniphi Technologies
01.2020 - Current
Project Head -Delivery Management
Ideas and Innovation Squared Technologies Private Ltd
01.2015 - 12.2019
Project Manager
Infosys Technologies Ltd.
04.2008 - 01.2015
Technical Test Lead
Infosys
12.2006 - 03.2008
Senior Test Engineer
Mindtree (erstwhile AztecSoft )
07.2004 - 11.2006
Test Engineer
Frontier Infolabs
01.2003 - 01.2004
Associate Software Engineer
Arandez Infotech
01.2002 - 01.2003
Master of Computer Application (MCA) -
Bachelor of Physics -
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