Mohan Kumar Damodaran
Program Manager
Chennai
Summary
Organized Senior Program Manager committed to excellence with over 20+years of strategic goal and key objective development experience. Leverages client relationship to cultivate and grow relationships with key clients and manage program portfolio. Managed various kinds of projects with 100+ resources of both onsite and offshore teams including the virtual team in various geographical locations. Acted as a Delivery Anchor for new deals involving creation of solutions and supporting planning; successfully delivered implementation, governance, & support projects across multiple businesses and geographies
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Senior Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
06.2014 - 02.2022
- Oversaw large portfolio of projects that consists of both Build & Run projects and it covers more than 25 applications. Managed and monitored successful delivery of managed services, managed implementation process end-to-end including process standardization and knowledge management. Received appreciation from client for reducing production backlog drastically with in short duration.
- Managed agile project and guided Development Team and Product Owner to adhere to Scrum practices and rules. Managed offshore team from different geographical locations
- Maintenance project and it contains more than 15+ applications of various technologies. Completed transition within year and moved to Steady state with team of 60+ of both onsite and offshore
- Implemented Robotic process Automation for selected 11 automation processes to improve turnaround time, reduce cost and processing errors. Delivered in 6 months durations with high accuracy and improved throughput
- Organization structure changes that impact entire downstream system. Ensuring coding changes are not impact in program level, data level and Integration level for more than 70+ applications. Managed project with team of 10 members with 12 to 15 difference technologies and changed more than 60+ applications within three months short durations
- Oversaw internal and external projects by reviewing activities, maximizing efficiency and increasing collaboration and communication transparency.
- Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing and planning sessions to validate requirements.
Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
06.2011 - 05.2014
- Project was built from scratch in Pega tool for Motor fleet and Property & Casualty insurance line of business and it includes both development and testing. Headed project in program level by interacting with various project manager from individual teams
- Led team size of 24 members for Phase 1 and Phase 2 that included offshore, onsite, Enterprise architecture and Business Analyst Team with total revenue of $1284k and had very short duration of 4 months. Managed collaboration and co-ordination of various vendors and vast range of stakeholders to ensure proper delivery. Received appreciation from Client Line Manager, COO and VP for successful completion of project on time
- Led team size of 110 members that included offshore and onsite with total revenue of $5300k. Coordinated with team and developed more than 25+ automation tool for performance improvement in project. Appreciated by Client for managing project with zero defects for 7 releases in year
- Developed and maintained relationships with customers and suppliers through account development.
- Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
Senior Assistant
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
02.2007 - 05.2011
- Led team size of 35 members that included Offshore, onsite and managed 5 development projects running parallel with revenue of $700k. Received Risk Innovator Award 2011 from Risk & Insurance Magazine
- Managed team size of 25 members that included Offshore and onsite team with revenue of $400k. Implemented Mobile project and it will be utilized on iPhone, Android and Blackberry. Received client appreciation for completing project and app was uploaded in Google apps and Window store
- Led team size of 36 members that included Offshore & Onsite with revenue of $800k . One of critical project, because of high level changes in system and business revenue for this project was high. Managed project with in three iterations and moved successfully to production
- Getting Knowledge transfer from Vendor system team and implemented tool. Led team size of 70 members that included Offshore & onsite. Successfully completed 25 released without any major production defects
- Developed and managed employee schedules, balancing individual requests and requirements with business needs.
- Acquired product and service knowledge to provide solutions to customers.
- Helped management with business operations to align teams, set goals and execute initiatives.
Technical Lead
Igate Global Solutions
Chennai
10.2004 - 02.2007
- Managed 2 project with team size of 25 members for both onsite and offshore. Worked has Onsite coordinator for 8 months in US. Reduced production support backlog drastically within 6 months. Received “Letter of Commendation” from client for support, project performance and well managing project
- Offered input on technical and platform-related strategic planning initiatives.
- Designed support structure needed to confirm scalable application rollouts.
- Guided teams during continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes.
- Provided educational expertise and mentoring to junior team members.
Assistant Manager
Hyundai Motor India ltd
Chennai
06.1997 - 10.2004
- Implemented ERP packages (Jd.Edwards and Ramco marshal) successfully; supported both ERP. Developed Administration projects like Travel Management, Leave Management, and Personal Management & Finance System with team size of 6 members. Reduced manual intervention and increase productivity
- Mentored team members to enhance professional development and accountability in workplace.
- Established objectives to offer team members clear roadmap to help company achieve overall goals
- Increased employee performance and job satisfaction to strengthen retention and engagement.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Bharathidasan University
Tiruchirappalli 04.1995 - 04.1998
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Madras
Chennai 04.1992 - 04.1995
Skills
Team building
Accomplishments
- Achieved Delivery Excellence by automated business process in the Service delivery that drastically reduced the Production backlog
- Achieved Innovation award – Best presentation - Team presented an Idea named “JARVIS” and won the first prize in the first round event in Innovation
- Achieved Innovation Champion Award by Implemented continuous improvement methodologies
- Achieved Best Team Player by successfully completed 25 releases without any major production defects
- Achieved Delivery Excellence for maintained the Green Zone in Integrated Delivery Excellence Score card
- Achieved Best Onsite Coordinator by maintained healthy business relations with clients and ensuring high customer satisfaction
Certification
Certified SAFe 5 Agilist - Unified Information and Communication Technology with SAFe 5 Agilist Cirtification; Expires Sep 2023 & Credential ID 45560778-1786
Timeline
Certified SAFe 5 Agilist - Unified Information and Communication Technology with SAFe 5 Agilist Cirtification; Expires Sep 2023 & Credential ID 45560778-1786
09-2020
Certified Agile Scrum Master - EXIN;Issued Jun 2018 & Credential ID 6200988
06-2018
Senior Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2014 - 02.2022
Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
06.2011 - 05.2014
Senior Assistant
Cognizant Technology Solutions
02.2007 - 05.2011
Technical Lead
Igate Global Solutions
10.2004 - 02.2007
Assistant Manager
Hyundai Motor India ltd
06.1997 - 10.2004
Master of Science - Computer Science
Bharathidasan University
04.1995 - 04.1998
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Madras
04.1992 - 04.1995
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