P Seshan
Arakkonam
Summary
Results-driven IT Infrastructure Project Manager with 7+ years of experience in overseeing and delivering complex IT infrastructure projects. Proven expertise in managing cross-functional teams, ensuring timely project completion, and aligning IT initiatives with business objectives. Adept at project planning, risk management, and resource allocation. Excellent communicator with a track record of building strong relationships with stakeholders and fostering collaborative environments. Committed to continuous improvement that meet and exceed project goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Migration Project Manager
1CloudHub
Chennai
10.2023 - Current
- Discovery Phase
- Initiate Project: Define the scope and objectives of the migration project
- Stakeholder Engagement: Communicate with key stakeholders to gather requirements and expectations
- Assess Environment: Oversee the use of AWS Application Discovery Service or other discovery tools to collect data about the existing infrastructure
- Inventory Management: Create and manage an inventory of applications, servers, databases, and dependencies
- Data Collection: Ensure the collection of performance metrics, network dependencies, and configurations
- Risk Identification: Identify potential risks and issues related to the migration.
- Assessment Phase
- Evaluate Current State: Review collected data to assess the current state of the environment
- Cost Analysis: Used AWS Migration Evaluator and Cost explorer and other similar tools to estimate costs and benefits of migration
- Readiness Assessment: Evaluate applications and infrastructure for readiness to migrate
- Define Migration Strategy: Work with SA's to develop a migration strategy based on application complexity, dependencies, and business priorities
- Compliance and Security: Ensure that the migration strategy adheres to compliance and security requirements.
- Planning Phase
- Detailed Planning: Create a detailed migration plan including timelines, resource allocation, and dependencies
- Resource Coordination: Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors for resource allocation and scheduling
- Communication Plan: Develop and implement a communication plan to keep stakeholders informed
- Training and Preparation: Ensure that teams are trained and prepared for the migration process
- Test Plan: Develop a testing plan to validate the migrated environment
- Migration Phase:
- Execution Oversight: Oversee the execution of the migration activities, including server migrations, database migrations, and data transfers
- Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor the migration process, ensuring adherence to timelines and performance metrics
- Report progress to stakeholders
- Issue Resolution: Manage and resolve any issues or roadblocks that arise during the migration
- Testing and Validation: Ensure thorough testing of the migrated applications and data to validate success
- Documentation: Document the migration process, including any deviations from the plan and lessons learned
- Post-Migration Phase
- Optimization: Oversee optimization of the migrated environment to ensure performance and cost-efficiency
- Post-Migration Support: Provide support and address any issues that occur after migration
- Review and Closeout: Conduct a post-migration review to assess project success and gather feedback
- Knowledge Transfer: Ensure that the operational teams are fully briefed and trained on the new environment
- Types of projects managed - Cloud migrations and Modernization
Project Manager
Infosys
Chennai
07.2021 - 10.2023
- Project Initiation and Planning
- Define Project Scope: Develop and document (RFP & SOW) the scope of the project, including objectives, deliverables, and boundaries
- Stakeholder Identification: Identify and engage stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations
- Risk Assessment: Conduct a risk assessment to identify potential challenges and develop mitigation strategies
- Resource Planning: Identify and allocate necessary resources, including hardware, software, and personnal.
- Execution and Monitoring
- Project Execution: Oversee the implementation of project tasks, ensuring they are completed on time and within scope
- Team Coordination: Coordinate with project teams and external vendors to ensure tasks are carried out efficiently
- Progress Tracking: Use project management tools to track progress, manage schedules, and update stakeholders on status
- Issue Resolution: Address and resolve issues and obstacles that arise during the project lifecycle
- Communication and Reporting
- Stakeholder Communication: Maintain regular communication with stakeholders to provide updates on project status, changes, and issues
- Status Reports: Prepare and present regular status reports and project metrics to senior management and other stakeholders
- Documentation: Document project milestones, changes, and lessons learned for future reference
- Project Closure and Evaluation
- Project Review: Conduct a project review to assess what went well, what could be improved, and gather lessons learned
- Deliverables Handover: Ensure all deliverables are handed over to the operational team with proper documentation and training
- Post-Implementation Support: Provide support for any issues that arise after project completion and ensure the infrastructure is functioning as expected
- Final Report: Prepare a final project report summarizing achievements, performance metrics, and any outstanding issues
- Types of projects managed - On-Prem server deployment and migrations (DC to DC), IT Infra provisioning, Cloud migrations
IT Infra Project Lead
BMW India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
06.2016 - 10.2020
- Setting-up work, and deal with and reporting, troubleshooting & solving the issues raised
- Ensuring the accomplishment of the assigned projects in adherence to the quality and time norms
- Forecasting workload and scheduling staff and resources to meet anticipated workload within scheduled turnaround time thereby enhancing efficiency and meeting deadlines
- Planning targets, monitoring numbers and achievement of overall targets after sanction compensatory off and weekly offs to the subordinates
- Tracking project progress by using MS Project
- Creating fun and frolic at the workplace to reduce the stress among the employees, implement reward/recognition programs thereby controlling attrition
Process Planning Engineer
BMW India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
12.2010 - 06.2016
Education
B. Tech - Mech
SRM University
Chennai, TN, Ind11.2016
Diploma - mechanical engineering
Murugappa polytechnic college
Chennai, TN, Ind12.2010
Skills
- Project Management
- Agile (Scrum, Kanban framework)
- Project planning
- Scheduling & Budgeting
- Stakeholder engagement
- Stakeholder communications
- Risk management
- Change management
- Lean Methodology
- Incident & Problem management
- Servant Leadership
- Flexibility & Adaptability
- Conflict Management
- Decision Making
- Collaborative
- Problem solving
- Training and Mentoring
- Emotional intelligence
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- MS Project 2019
- ServiceNow
- JIRA
Certification
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner)
- PMI-RMP (Risk Management Professional)
- PMI-SP (Scheduling Professional)
- ITIL V4 Foundation
- AWS Cloud Certified Practitioner - Foundational
- AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
- Lean manufacturing trained
Languages
- English
- Tamil
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/06/92
- Nationality: Indian
Otherattainments
Reviewed and provided recommendations and feedback to PMI for various standards, published as reviewer and contributor by the Project Management Institute (PMI), USA.
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Timeline
Cloud Migration Project Manager
1CloudHub
10.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Infosys
07.2021 - 10.2023
IT Infra Project Lead
BMW India Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 10.2020
Process Planning Engineer
BMW India Pvt Ltd
12.2010 - 06.2016
B. Tech - Mech
SRM University
Diploma - mechanical engineering
Murugappa polytechnic college
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