Nishanth Mahadevaiah
Program Manager
Bangalore
Summary
Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Program Manager
DXC Technologies
Bangalore
03.2020 - Current
- Leading Architecture & Engineering team in the area of Infra for one of the Major Banks in UK in the area of VHS, Storage, Database, Cloud, Security and Operating Systems.
- Managing over 20 High Priority Engineering requests which are critical to address customer infra needs and also manage critical vulnerabilities.
- Few Projects to name are PURE Plugin for VHS, Sybase on VHS, Cross Cluster Chassis, LTS and STS onto Cloud using Cobalt Iron, Solution Enabler, GCP Re-hosting.
- Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
- Addressed and resolved technical, financial, and operational concerns by working with team members and directors.
- Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports.
- Engaged and worked alongside cross-functional stakeholders to manage strategic initiatives.
- Leveraged project management processes and tools to define and execute projects.
- Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
- Built teams to address project goals and objectives for multiple projects.
- Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.
- Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums and analytical reports for clients.
- Facilitated workshops and conducted one-on-one training to educate team members.
- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
- Participated in pilot tests and revised programs based on feedback and results.
- Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
- Devised creative solutions to critical customer and user needs.
Solutions Consultant
Decision Focus
Bangalore
02.2015 - 02.2020
- Evangelized for updated Decision Focus products following introduction of new features or updated specifications.
- SME and Senior Solution consultant for Project and Portfolio Management.
- Managed over 15 High Profile Global customers for PPM Kick offs as SaaS and implementing PPM Solutions.
- Responsible for Building team locally in IBM India for PPM product for Sony, Vodafone Global and Ericsson.
- Drive Integration of PPM application with other in-house applications using Javascript.
- IT Operations Maintenance for Tomcat and Postgresql DB.
- Responsible for building JS Charts and implement dynamic web forms.
- PPM Presales.
- Designed post-sale training curricula to educate customers on use and maintenance of PPM products
Technical Lead
IBM India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, India
03.2007 - 02.2015
- Managed 2 Global leaders in Telecom Equipment manufacturers for PPM implementation and Deployment.
- Lead Delivery responsible for Application Support, Operations Support, SLA, Change and Incident Management and Performance Management.
- Stakeholder Management both Internally within IBM ISL and Clients.
- Product Consultant for IBM and responsible for building new teams for different customers both onshore and offshore.
- Lead migration consultant.
- IT Operations Maintenance for Tomcat and Postgresql DB.
- Responsible for building JS Charts and implement dynamic web forms.
- PPM Presales.
- Improved systems with addition of new features and infrastructure
- Assessed project milestones and team performance to keep staff on-task
- Built product feature lists with stakeholders
- Automated monitoring and security measures to reduce required employee attention
- Installed system updates to address vulnerabilities and reduce security issues
- Designed support structure needed to confirm scalable application rollouts
Software Engineer
Goldstone Technologies
Hyderabad, India
03.2006 - 03.2007
- Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Updated old code bases to modern development standards, improving functionality.
- Tested methodology with writing and execution of test plans, debugging and testing scripts and tools.
- Integrated third-party tools and components into applications.
- Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
- Partnered with development team on product development and application support plans.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering
SJCE
Mysore, India 08.1998 - 09.2002
Skills
Project Management
Operations Management
Team Management
Stakeholder Management
Infrastructure Development Life Cycle
Stakeholder Communications
Project Coordination
Program Leadership
Change Management
Certification
GCP - Associate Cloud Engineer
Timeline
GCP - Associate Cloud Engineer
12-2022
ITIL v4
02-2022
Program Manager
DXC Technologies
03.2020 - Current
Solutions Consultant
Decision Focus
02.2015 - 02.2020
Technical Lead
IBM India Pvt Ltd
03.2007 - 02.2015
Software Engineer
Goldstone Technologies
03.2006 - 03.2007
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Instrumentation Engineering
SJCE
08.1998 - 09.2002