Devanand Honrao
Project Manager
Bengaluru
Summary
Experienced Project Manager with a working history in network integration projects and service delivery with minor/major IT/Telecom organization and clients. Working experience in global delivery model framework. Successfully able to manage projects life cycle and deliver projects and assignments as per the client requirement within provided timeframe and with best quality output. Ability to deliver presentation and convey design and technical strategies to the audience. Responsible for project management of complex implementation and delivery projects through their lifecycle. Lead, schedule and monitor program management activities for all customer deliveries. Interact with relevant cross-functional teams and the customer for respective dependencies baked in to project plans and program manage with the customers, until commissioning of orders. Develop program/ projects goals that support business objectives as well as executing to plan to meet these goals, define timelines and scope of project, cloud migration, cloud transformation, life cycle etc.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Senior Specialist in Global Project Management
HCL Technologies Limited
11.2023 - Current
- Working on Verizon Projects.
Consultant Project Manager
Verizon Data Services Private Limited
05.2022 - 10.2023
- Facilitate the implementation of Verizon products and solution in APAC, EMEA & LATAM regions by directing cross-functional teams.
- Responsible for managing small, medium and large to complex network transition and transformation projects for the enterprise network across APAC, EMEA & LATAM regions.
- Cloud Migration, Cloud Transformation, Cloud Connectivity, Managed network and security projects, Network implementation and IT Projects.
- Successfully delivering data-center relocation for major retail chain clients like State Street, Medtronic, Infosys, HCLTech, Swisscom etc. Responsible for revenue acceleration and revenue realization on time, The Project Manager serves as the main facilitator of activity and is the primary liaison between the customer and Verizon throughout the projects.
- Review projects in portal and conduct due diligence, engage internal projects resources, schedule and facilitate project meeting/calls, maintain project status and documentation, manage escalations, project will close once acceptance received from the customer.
- Keeping proactive communication with customer for ongoing delivery with project plans, also publishing weekly/monthly dashboards for customer orders.
- Handling all enterprise accounts like GE, LA, SME, delivering ILL, MPLS, NPLC, PRI, SIPT, SIPT Central, IPLC products with different media like Fiber, UBR, offnet fiber etc.
- Working on Data center projects mostly with CtrlS DC who is our partner for DC requirement delivery for us, usually Rack Space, Power, coper cross connection, Fiber cross connection, STS (Static Transfer Switches), RPDU/PDU etc.
- Projects: - (Team handling more than 100 members)
- Working on WeWork, Goldman Sachs, HGS, Vmware, IQVIA, Flipkart, Wipro, Toyota, Concentrix Daksha, Xchanging, Nutanix, Jones and Lang, Synopsys, Accenture, Exotel, H&M etc Accounts.
- Above all are multi locations project with different products flavor.
Project Manager in Service Delivery
Vodafone Idea Limited
06.2019 - 04.2022
- Follow through end-to-end project life cycle from initiation, planning, design, development, testing, and deployment of multiple telecom network.
- Responsible for project scope, schedule, and cost control.
- Ensured successful and timely installations.
- Role involved feasibility, solution finalizations, planning & execution of service delivery.
- Industrial Sector: Telecom Industry
Assistant Manager in Regional Project Management in enterprise segment
Tata Teleservices Limited
10.2016 - 05.2019
- Handling Third Party (TCL, Airtel & Sify), ILL, MPLS, SIP, PRI, DLC, MVOIP etc Product e2e delivery for small and medium enterprise segment customer.
- Coordinate between Customer and Backend Team (NOC, BOP, and Access Team, Field Teams) as well as with Third Parties for Service delivery.
- Sharing Project plans, delivery dates, and milestones for these projects with Customers.
- Conduct network installation, commissioning, implementation of equipment and services, and transition to CSO for ongoing operations. Managing internal and external expectations that they are informed of progress and are satisfied with performance through regular meetings and reports Participate in customer visits as required along with sales team.
- Industrial Sector: Telecom Industry
- Major Projects:
- Successfully implemented large MPLS project for Karnataka State Cooperative Bank (58 Locations).
- Worked on Traffic signal DLC connectivity for Bangalore traffic Police (more than 120 Locations).
Project Coordinator in Service delivery
Tata Communications Limited
03.2014 - 09.2016
- Worked on TTSL / TTML Accounts from PAN India.
- SPOC (Single Point of Contact) for the customer to deliver the program to defined Scope, budgets, timelines and quality. Ultimately responsible for achievement of Project objectives, including gaining customer acceptance.
- Profile includes end to end Link delivery of different Products i.e., ILL, Point to Point, NPLC, NDE, GVPN and Cross Connect Solutions.
- Industrial Sector: Telecom Industry
Associate Engineer
Tata Communications Limited Pune
08.2011 - 07.2012
- Worked in Order Entry Team.
- Those Orders coming from Sales Team in SFDC, we are processing these orders in Life ray and upload the data in M6 with id generation for each order.
- Processing Product like VPN, NDE, ILL, NPLC and Cross Connect.
- Taking Follow-up with different team like sales team, Program Management Tea, IT Team, Billing Team etc.
- Worked on OSS-BSS platform.
- Employed by LOBO Staffing Pune
Testing Engineer in Quality Dept.
M/s. MDE Bhosari
05.2010 - 05.2011
- Performed equipment testing.
Education
Bachelor degree of engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Aurangabad, Maharashtra01-2010
Skills
Having Basic knowledge in CCNA, IP Protocol, BGP, familiar with Tejas Mux’s TJ1270, TJ1100, TJ3500 etc, SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy)
MS-Office, MS-Excel, Power Point etc
Understanding of OSI Model, TCP/IP protocol suite
Completed certification of AWS Partner: Accreditation (Technical)
PRINCE2 (Project in controlled environment) 2 Foundation Practitioner
AWS Cloud Practitioner 2023
SDWAN Certified
Certification
PRINCE2
PERSONAL Information:
Name: Devanand Maroti Honrao DOB: 29-01-1986 Marital Status: Married Current Address: #141, 3rd D Cross, Kasturi Nagar, Bengaluru-560043 I do hereby declare that the information furnished above by me is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Date: Place: Devanand Honrao
Timeline
PRINCE2
09-2025
Senior Specialist in Global Project Management
HCL Technologies Limited
11.2023 - Current
Consultant Project Manager
Verizon Data Services Private Limited
05.2022 - 10.2023
Project Manager in Service Delivery
Vodafone Idea Limited
06.2019 - 04.2022
Assistant Manager in Regional Project Management in enterprise segment
Tata Teleservices Limited
10.2016 - 05.2019
Project Coordinator in Service delivery
Tata Communications Limited
03.2014 - 09.2016
Associate Engineer
Tata Communications Limited Pune
08.2011 - 07.2012
Testing Engineer in Quality Dept.
M/s. MDE Bhosari
05.2010 - 05.2011
Bachelor degree of engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University