Gokilavani Natarajan
Chennai
Summary
Professional Project Management Specialist with 17 years of experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Manager
Comcast
01.2024 - Current
- Collaborates with development, engineering, and quality assurance teams to assure that customer problems are being solve
- Works closely with product management to create products that address customer needs.
- Contributes to functional strategy development. Has a greater degree of impact on business results, and typically manages one or more groups of professional employees.
- Drives strategy and oversees the future development of various Comcast products and services across multiple platforms.
- Leads projects and oversees a multi-disciplinary team in execution.
- Ensures partnership with product and UX teams.
- Directs the evaluation of new and existing development by ensuring customer feedback and best practices are used to evolve and improve.
- Clarifies direction and keeps actions aligned and on track, without stifling dissent or neglecting needs to adjust course.
- Awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, and open to others viewpoints.
- Demonstrates interest in others, encourages adaptive development and promotes a sustainable team culture.
Project Manager
Capgemini
01.2022 - Current
- Agile Project & Program Management experience which includes managing end-to-end delivery of projects / Applications Development / Cloud Application Implementation / Complex Cloud Migrations
- Managing delivery of projects within time frame as per client's specifications are major strengths
- Successfully delivered client technology refresh project, on-time/on-budget by leading cross-functional team utilizing project management best practices
- Analyzed metrics for service requests and incidents to identify problem trends and adjusted training/support of technical staff accordingly
- Adhere service level agreement (SLA) compliance
- As passionate Agile champion that facilitates adherence to Scrum Guide along with Project Management Team
- Built reputation as individual who takes charge and responsibility for planning and executing challenging projects and for being talented and determined professional who accomplishes results., Technical project planning and workflow scheduling
- Managed cross-functional team of 32 in 3 locations, ranging from entry-level analysts to architects , and collaborated with business development, data analysis, operations, and marketing
Project Manager
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
08.2021 - 06.2022
- Project planning and Technical support to teams
- Domain specific consulting to client
- Team task allocation, monitoring, and integration
- Staff leadership and management of team members
- Client communications and expectations management
- Strategic planning, resource allocation, and organization
- Gathers customer needs data such as feature requests, creates detailed requirements, schedules release timelines, and manages sprints appropriately
- Used deep understanding of customer's needs to identify and define Personas, create Epics and User Stories aligned with strategy
- Manages and prioritizes right backlogs while monitoring and improving team velocity
- Solves problems in manner that allows them to work in given timeframe
- Collaborates with development, engineering, and quality assurance teams to assure that customer problems are being solved
- Works closely with product management to create products that address customer needs.
Automation Test Manager
WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
12.2017 - 08.2021
- Automation Framework design, Planning, Defect Triaging and Team feature and task deliverables
- Defect Verifications on Fix Packs, System Testing, Smoke/Sanity Testing, Functional and Regression Testing, End to End Testing from App and Security End for every release
- Analyzing and Segregating bugs into Defects, CR's and Enhancements by interaction with Dev Team, Onsite Coordinator and Clients
- Monitoring Test Execution Process, Tasks Consolidation and Sharing daily status reports, status of project, Issues reported with onsite team and Managers/Clients on daily basis through status call
- Reporting Test Execution Process every day to Team across Location.
QA Automation Lead
ALTIMETRIK INDIA PVT LTD
05.2013 - 05.2015
- Being Test Lead and Analyst, involved in project management activities like Task splitting, Tasks Consolidation, sharing daily status reports and status of project, Issues reported, Defects management and defect tracking with onsite team / Managers and Clients on daily basis through status call
- Creating, Modifying and Reviewing Test Cases / Test Scenarios, Identifying Functional and Regression Test cases according to Business requirements for every releases.
- Defect Verifications on Fix Packs, System Testing, Smoke/Sanity Testing, Functional and Regression Testing, End to End Testing from App and Security End for every release.
- Analyzing and Segregating bugs into Defects, CRs and Enhancements by interaction with Dev Team, Onsite Coordinator and Clients.
- Monitoring Test Execution Process, Tasks Consolidation and Sharing daily status reports, status of project, Issues reported with onsite team and Managers/Clients on daily basis through status call.
- · Reporting Test Execution Process every day to Team across Location.
QA Automation Lead
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
10.2011 - 05.2013
- Creating, Modifying and Reviewing Test Cases / Test Scenarios, Identifying Functional and Regression Test cases according to Business requirements for every releases
- Defect Verifications on Fix Packs, System Testing, Smoke/Sanity Testing, Functional and Regression Testing, End to End Testing from App and Security End for every release
- Analyzing and Segregating bugs into Defects, CR's and Enhancements by interaction with Dev Team, Onsite Coordinator and Clients
- Monitoring Test Execution Process, Tasks Consolidation and Sharing daily status reports, status of project, Issues reported with onsite team and Managers/Clients on daily basis through status call
- Reporting Test Execution Process every day to Team across Location.
Software Engineer
Mphasis
08.2007 - 10.2011
- Analyzing Business Requirement Document, understanding functional features of products and provided knowledge Transition within Team members
- Creating, Reviewing and Modifying Test Scenarios and Test Cases based on requirement document of product
- Performed Smoke, Functional and Regression Testing during product development phase
- Created Test data, Test logs during course of Regression and Functional Testing and shared same to Onsite Coordinators
- Identified Defects and involved in Defect status Tracking and reporting
- Reporting Test Execution Process every day to Team across Location
Education
Advanced Management Program For IT Professional - Information Technology Project Management
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode - IIMK
Master of Engineering - Computer Science
PSG College of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Park College of Engineering and Technology
Skills
- Creative Thinking
- Project management
- Technology Literacy
- Resilience and Flexibility
- Motivation and Self Awareness
- Talent Management
- Core Java
- SQL
Certification
- Certified from CFTE on successful completion of Payments in Digital Finance Specialization
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Agile Maestro
- Certified MS Azure Fundamental
Timeline
Engineering Manager
Comcast
01.2024 - Current
Project Manager
Capgemini
01.2022 - Current
Project Manager
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES
08.2021 - 06.2022
Automation Test Manager
WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES
12.2017 - 08.2021
QA Automation Lead
ALTIMETRIK INDIA PVT LTD
05.2013 - 05.2015
QA Automation Lead
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
10.2011 - 05.2013
Software Engineer
Mphasis
08.2007 - 10.2011
Master of Engineering - Computer Science
PSG College of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science
Park College of Engineering and Technology
Advanced Management Program For IT Professional - Information Technology Project Management
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode - IIMK
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