Ramesh Neelakantan
Sr. VP Delivery & Infrastructure
Bangalore
Summary
With over 24 Years of IT experience, having expertise across Program Management and Delivery. Expertise in Account Management and People Management. Have executed 150+ Projects on Web / Mobile platforms over the past 11+ years. Mobile Application across all platforms (iOS/Android/Windows) & Web Development Functional consultant on "New Product Development" Building Teams and mentor them. Worked at Onsite / Offshore models across various countries Manage IT infrastructure Ability to understand and apply the current IT tools and technologies.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Sr VP - Delivery & Infrastructure
Divum Corporate Services Pvt Ltd
11.2011 - Current
- Delivered exceptional customer service by implementing best practices and fostering a culture of accountability within the organization.
- Improved employee retention rates through enhanced talent management processes and targeted professional development programs.
- Hired and managed employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols.
- Account Management.
- End to End Project Delivery from Initiation to commercialisation
- Pre Sales Support, Requirement gathering, Execution, QA, UAT & Go-Live Support
- Lead the team in developing cutting edge Mobile /web Applications
- Responsible for strategic and tactical direction to the team handling requirement, design, development, and delivery
- Weekly cadence with stake holders
- Identify risks and plan for Risk Mitigation
- Account Management
- Mange IT infrastructure - Hardware & Software
- Strengthened relationships with key stakeholders, fostering trust and collaboration across the organization.
Project Manager
MindTree Ltd
05.2006 - 10.2011
- Inventory Module implementation for ConAgra Foods - Canada (Onsite PM for 6 months)
- Implementation of Trade Fund Management for Unilever - APAC (Bangalore - India)
- Data migration from BPCS to SAP for FMCG giant UNILEVER across 5 Asian countries - Singapore (Onsite Lead for 2.5 Years).
Systems Analyst
iTTi Pvt Ltd
08.2004 - 05.2006
- Functional Consultant for Supply Chain Management Team for Unilever
- Handled the requirements of 11 Asian countries on their ERP BPCS in the Supply chain area
- Requirement gathering of new features & Prepare conceptual design document, functional spec and brief tech team on the requirements for development
- Integration Testing, UAT & Go Live support.
Executive Systems
Vinarom Pvt Ltd
12.1996 - 07.2004
- ERP migration from MfgPro to BPCS.
- Handle IT infrastructure. Software upgrades, IT hardware Procurement, System Administration
- Manage & Control of Data & Integrity in ERP system
Education
Masters Diploma in Software Engineering - Computer And Information Sciences
Aptech Compuer Education
Bengaluru, India 05.1994 - 05.1997
B.Sc (Electronics) -
RBANM's First Grade College - Bangalore
Bengaluru, India 05.1994 - 05.1996
Skills
Account Management
Program Management
People Management
Cloud Technologies
Stakeholder Management
Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Sr VP - Delivery & Infrastructure
Divum Corporate Services Pvt Ltd
11.2011 - Current
Project Manager
MindTree Ltd
05.2006 - 10.2011
Systems Analyst
iTTi Pvt Ltd
08.2004 - 05.2006
Executive Systems
Vinarom Pvt Ltd
12.1996 - 07.2004
Masters Diploma in Software Engineering - Computer And Information Sciences
Aptech Compuer Education
05.1994 - 05.1997
B.Sc (Electronics) -
RBANM's First Grade College - Bangalore
05.1994 - 05.1996
Program Management / Delivery
Delivery of App/Web with leading brands across domains
News & Media: India Today Group (5apps), Times Group, Condenast
At the time when mobile application were a boom in the market, Media apps on mobile were hot, Divum played a key role in getting multiple media apps into the market and I personally have conceptualised and delivered around 10+ apps in this domain.
India Today app - 1M+ downloads | Aajtak app - 10M+ downloads
Booking: ClearTrip, Goibibo, ixigo, Make my Trip, Redbus
When Microsoft launched Windows Phone, we were the first in the market to launch multiple apps which were already on other platforms.
Fashion: Lakme Salon
Fashion & Beauty giant Lakme Salon required a mcommerce app which could help their customers to enable booking & buying products from their Salons across India. Was responsible for designing & developing the Android & iOS apps for this requirement with backend integration to their existing systems.
Banking: Citibank, ICICI
A website for Citibank was developed to get customers to apply for their Credit cards
A Progresive Web app was developed for ICICI to display their insurance policies
Blockchain: Gavagives, Xfinie-Wally
Gava is an online fundraising platform piloted in the Philippines, which enables anyone to donate to causes and help the fundraisers fuel their dreams. This is integrated with Blockchain technology for transparency, security, and accountability of donations
e-Commerce: Bigbasket, Cafe Coffee Day, Melorra, RmKV, Snapbiz, Tarnea-Revo
Have worked with major brands in India to enable their e-commerce on mobile & web. Bigbasket was an early adopter of a Progressive Web App on the mobile platform
Enterprise: Aditya Birla Group, AshokLeyland, Worxogo, TVS, Zoho
Aditya Birla: Developed their Enterprise apps (Travel, Locator, Services, GRASIM). These were cross platform apps developed on ionic and Angular1.
TVS: An Android cluster for their electric bikes along with Consumer apps on Android / iOS
Healthcare: GOQII, 1mg, Cipla
Both the apps were developed on Windows platform. GOQII was to enable their fitness watch connect to their app using BLE.
Cipla Digital Health care is a new initiative Cipla to help people track/monitor their health and app helps to consult doctor, track medicines, provides reports based on their respiratory health etc.
Social Media: MYn
A unique social media app developed in India which to disrupt the future of social media
Delivery across Platforms / Technologies
Technologies : Java, C+, Swift, React Native, Angular, React JS
Backend Technologies : PHP, Python
CMS : Magento, Wordpress
Version Control : Github, bitbucket
Platforms : iOS, Android, Windows, React, Angular, Tizen
Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure
Project Management Tools : Zoho Projects, MS Project, Basecamp, Jira, Trello, Redmine, MS Project