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Parag Shinde

Parag Shinde

Director Engineering
Pune

Summary

· Associate Director with 25 years of vast experience in IT industry.

· Project / Delivery management experience of 15+ Years.

· A result-oriented professional with experience of managing large multifunctional, distributed teams

· Proven ability in providing leadership and developing business strategies and solution for clients.

· Hands on experience on methodologies like agile using scrum, Waterfall & Stage-Gate product development process (1.5 Years).

· Experienced in managing multiple full project lifecycles from business development to final delivery. Hands on experience in providing IT solutions, designing, development & transitioning applications to new platforms.

· Develop, build, enhance and lead teams in order to productize the strategies and deliver it successfully to the market in collaboration with cross functional / geographic large teams.

· Wide experience as point of contact for the status and critical meetings with client’s to discuss the requirements, issues and problems.

· Working experience on multiple domain areas like Storage, Virtualization, Cloud, Telecom, Banking, Finance, Insurance.

· Excellent Communication & Negotiation skills.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Associate Director Engineering

Calsoft
Pune
11.2014 - Current

Achievements :

• Successfully handling offshore delivery of Cisco account.

• Cross training resources on different skills to meet demanding resource requirements.

• Received excellent feedback in 360% review conducted by HR. Tool -

• Account and delivery management of 10+ Cisco projects.

Job Responsibilities :

• Owner ship of revenue and GP target of Cisco account.

• Managing offshore delivery of large team of 90+ engineers including 4 project managers.

• Account management and pre-sales activities to grow business.

• Taking care of end to end deliveries like from Creating Proposal, SOW's, Project Kickoff's to customer sign-off with resourcing, invoicing.

•Contributing to process improvement by giving inputs to SEPG group for best software development processes.

• Coaching & mentoring of Project Managers and Team Leaders

• Customer & Team Management

Delivery Manager

Systems Plus
Pune
07.2012 - 11.2014

Achievements :

• Handled team of 50 + Developers and testers for Achilles project.

• By implementing agile methodologies & best software development practices achieved significant improvement in quality of deliverables. Received appreciation from client for the same.

• Delivered project for Shell SQS on aggressive timelines with good quality. Received appreciation award from customer for this achievement.

• Able to keep teams moral and focus going on under tremendous delivery pressure.

Project Manager

Exfo
Pune
07.2012 - 11.2014

Achievements :

• Successfully done project management of largest program running in EXFO which went across all business units like Optics, Data Com and Wire Line. Received special recognition from company directors in portfolio meeting for the work delivered by this team

• Successfully Leading multi location team for EXFO Connect program

Sr. Project Manager

Tech Mahindra
Pune
11.2004 - 09.2010

Achievements :

• Played lead role on few challenging deliveries like V21 thinning, migration of Athene and MTNI to rPACS which delivered on challenging timelines while meeting quality goals

• Able to keep teams moral and focus going on under tremendous delivery pressure

• Received several awards and recognitions from BT and Tech Mahindra for valuable contributions to challenging deliveries done for BTGS and BT wholesale during this tenure

Consultant

Bluestar Infotech
Bangalore
05.2003 - 10.2004

Achievements :

• Ranked in top 3 on a training conducted client on Cramer telecom product

• Supported pre-sales activities at Cramer Systems, Bath and received several appreciation from sales team on work delivered


Responsibilities -

Development, Customization, Support

Senior Development Executive

Thermax
Pune
01.2002 - 05.2003

Onsite Consultant

TMP Worldwide
San Jose
01.2001 - 09.2001

Team Lead

DSS Infotech
Pune
06.1998 - 12.2000

Software Engineer

Access Information Systems
Mumbai
01.1997 - 05.1998

Implementation Executive

Link Software
Pune
02.1996 - 12.1996

Education

MCM - Computer Engineering Technology

Shivaji University
Kolhapur
07.1993 - 12.1995

Bachelor of Science - Electronics

Shivaji University
Kolhapur
06.1990 - 04.1993

Skills

Account, Delivery, Project & Team Management

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Timeline

Associate Director Engineering

Calsoft
11.2014 - Current

Delivery Manager

Systems Plus
07.2012 - 11.2014

Project Manager

Exfo
07.2012 - 11.2014

Sr. Project Manager

Tech Mahindra
11.2004 - 09.2010

Consultant

Bluestar Infotech
05.2003 - 10.2004

Senior Development Executive

Thermax
01.2002 - 05.2003

Onsite Consultant

TMP Worldwide
01.2001 - 09.2001

Team Lead

DSS Infotech
06.1998 - 12.2000

Software Engineer

Access Information Systems
01.1997 - 05.1998

Implementation Executive

Link Software
02.1996 - 12.1996

MCM - Computer Engineering Technology

Shivaji University
07.1993 - 12.1995

Bachelor of Science - Electronics

Shivaji University
06.1990 - 04.1993
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