Micheal Perera
Chennai
Summary
An astute professional with 14+ years of experience in Senior Administration & Facilities Management professional with experience supporting large-scale IT organizations. Expertise in General Administration, Facilities Operations, and compliance management including ISMS, EMS, OHSAS, and BCMS. Proven track record in managing physical security, access control systems, FAS, CCTV, employee transportation, vendor management, procurement, and budget control. Strong experience in handling customer and compliance audits, coordinating executive and client visits, and ensuring uninterrupted business operations. Recognized for driving operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, cost optimization, and service excellence in IT environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead – Workplace Management
US Technology International Pvt. Ltd.
07.2018 - Current
- Lead end-to-end workplace and facilities management for a 2.2 lakh sq. ft. IT campus comprising 6 operational office floors and 1 dedicated cafeteria floor, supporting large employee populations and business-critical operations.
- Achieved 15–18% annual operational cost savings through strategic vendor consolidation, contract renegotiation, and SLA optimization across security, housekeeping, transportation, cafeteria, and maintenance services.
- Reduced facility operating expenses by ~₹1.5–2 crore cumulatively over tenure by implementing budget controls, demand forecasting, and preventive maintenance programs.
- Managed and optimized annual facilities budgets, ensuring 100% audit compliance while maintaining service quality and workplace standards.
- Improved energy efficiency by ~10–12% through optimized electrical maintenance schedules, equipment lifecycle management, and consumption tracking.
- Led compliance and certification efforts for ISMS, EMS and BCMS, successfully supporting multiple internal, external, and customer audits with zero major non-conformities.
- Oversaw physical security operations including access control, CCTV surveillance, and Fire Alarm Systems (FAS), maintaining zero critical security incidents.
- Streamlined employee transportation operations, optimizing routes and vendor contracts to achieve 8–10% cost reduction while improving safety and on-time performance.
- Directed cafeteria operations for a high-volume IT workforce, improving vendor efficiency and reducing food service costs by 10–15% through contract renegotiation and wastage control.
- Led procurement and asset management initiatives, standardizing sourcing processes and reducing turnaround time by 20–25%.
- Coordinated executive leadership visits, global customer visits, and audits, ensuring workplace readiness aligned with international IT standards.
- Partnered with HR, IT, Security, and Compliance teams to ensure business continuity, employee experience, and operational excellence.
Senior Executive – Facilities & Administration
Williams Lea India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2012 - 10.2016
- Handled the office movement (all infrastructure equipment’s) effectively within a month.
- Provide leadership in selecting and managing regional vendors to ensure delivery on time.
- Co-ordination with all matters related to renovations and refurbishments along with major and minor projects are initiated and executed as per the stipulated guidelines of the Company.
- Optimized usage of Office Space, upon reduction in manpower and resulting in a cost saving. Consistently managed cost and ensured cumulative reduction through innovation.
- Space management (2 floor Facilities, 2.079 lac Sq.ft, 484 Workstations & 800+ employees).
- Consistently obtained >4.5 / 5 rating year on year in the Internal Customer Satisfaction Survey for Admin Function.
- Ensured flawless planning and execution of various official events / functions / celebrations on various occasions year on year within the allocated budgets (Handled a minimum of 2 events per month).
- Handling Vendor Management, Corporate Services which includes Housekeeping, Security Electrical Maintenance, PS, AC’s and AMC for the equipment’s.
- Handled Indent, PR & Billing process.
- Choosing the suppliers that the company will deal with and maintaining the legal interaction with them.
- Managing any SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) that may be in place and managing any Master Agreements between the suppliers and the company.
- Budgeting, costing and cost saving after reviewing the management information available.
- Ensure Health & Safety policy\legislation is properly implemented, risk assessments are performed on a regular basis and required administration is kept up to date.
- Implement necessary systems, policies and procedures (where no corporate policies are available) to ensure facility is properly managed on a day to day basis.
- Representing company on legal issues.
- Coordination with Landlord & Government Officials.
- Handled Internal ISO & HSE Audits & Internal Audits in Information Security Management Systems.
- Health and Safety, Quality and other legal requirements.
- Managing the IT Dept. by providing the appropriate support for the entire office IT Infrastructure project and for all the operational issues.
- Handled external audits EHS (Environment Health and Safety) with our project clients.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration -
D.B Jain College (Autonomous)
Chennai01.2010
Higher Secondary (Matric) -
St. Pius Xth Matric Hr. Sec. School
Chennai01.2007
Skills
- Workplace management
- Budget optimization
- Vendor negotiation
- Compliance management
- Asset management
- Facilities planning
- Training & Development
- Team management
Certification
- Certified Facility Management Professional (FMP) - IFMA
- Certified Lead Auditor & Implementer of ISO 9001:2013 QMS
- Certified Lead Auditor & Implementer of ISO 27001:2013 ISMS
- Certified Lead Auditor & Implementer of ISO 14001:2015 EMS
Accomplishments
Global CEO Award - Living Social Responsibility - Williams Lea India Pvt. Ltd. - 2016
Personal Information
- Father's Name: Yesudass Kumar
- Date of Birth: 07/29/89
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Languages
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Tamil
Proficient (C2)
C2
Malayalam
Native
Native
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that the above furnished details are true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Lead – Workplace Management
US Technology International Pvt. Ltd.
07.2018 - Current
Senior Executive – Facilities & Administration
Williams Lea India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2012 - 10.2016
Bachelor of Business Administration -
D.B Jain College (Autonomous)
Higher Secondary (Matric) -
St. Pius Xth Matric Hr. Sec. School