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Anitha Praveen

Anitha Praveen

PMO Lead
Bangalore

Summary

Professional leader with strong background in project management and organizational oversight. Skilled in team collaboration, strategic planning, and driving results in dynamic environments. Adept at managing cross-functional teams, mitigating risks, and ensuring project alignment with business goals. Known for adaptability and reliability in achieving objectives.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

PMO Lead

Capgemini
10.2023 - Current
  • Efficiently managed onboarding and offboarding processes for both India-based and onshore personnel, ensuring seamless integration and exit procedures.
  • Interface with Airbus project and 1000+ user access to Applications.
  • Managed incidents in alignment with defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ensuring timely resolution and minimal disruption.
  • Created and maintained reports and dashboards to monitor performance metrics and trends.
  • Conducted in-depth data analysis to identify process gaps and areas for improvement.
  • Collaborated effectively with cross-functional teams to support project goals and continuous improvement efforts
  • Delegated tasks and work orders to IT personnel and junior staff based on individual skill sets and proficiencies to optimize team performance and efficiency.
  • Utilized tools such as ServiceNow for incident and task management, Confluence for documentation and collaboration, and PowerApps for creating custom business applications and automation.


Recent Project

  • Led the end-to end implementation of the COMSEC Tool, a custom-built service management application designed to support Capgemini's global engagement with Airbus. The tool streamlined user life lifecycle processes ( onboarding, changes, offboarding) across regions and entities, aligning with Airbus's security and compliance framework.
  • Directed project planning, execution and stakeholder engagement to ensure successful tool deployment and adoption.
  • Facilitated cross-functional coordination between project teams and developers for seamless migration of existing projects.
  • Conduction user training, managed UAT cycles, and ensured timely resolution of issues through close collaboration with the development team.
  • Developed comprehensive documentation, including user guides and process manuals, to support long term sustainability.
  • Oversaw communication strategies, including weekly updates and migration planning, to ensure transparency and alignment.
  • Contributed to the foundation of a unified security model at the account level, enhancing governance and operational efficiency.


Project Coordinator - IT

Hitachi Vantara
10.2019 - 10.2023
  • First point of escalation for all technical and process issues.
  • Provide technical subject matter expertise wherever required.
  • Ensure proper communication and quick response to resident engineers and customer.
  • Perform RCA for major incidents related to IT.
  • Prepare weekly and monthly status report, participate in business meetings with various stakeholders on a need basis.
  • Effort estimation reviews on need basis for new projects.
  • Managed and led a team of 6 member.
  • Managing various tracks across projects.
  • Resource management and coordination between offshore and on-site, making sure getting the deliverables met.
  • Provide weekly/daily/monthly deck to client as and how needed.
  • Translate business goals, feature concepts and customer needs into tasks in Service now.
  • Lead communication with stakeholders regarding goals and progress made.

Senior Executive - IT Operations

WIPRO Technologies
06.2011 - 10.2019
  • Manage project scope and manage project changes through the change management process.
  • Managed a team of 8 members.
  • Provides performance review input and development recommendations for team members.
  • Generate metrics and provide regular briefings and dashboards to senior management on the performance of the ongoing infrastructure projects.
  • Work with customers and technical resources to develop project plans, detailing work break down structures and identify critical path.
  • Provide continuous improvement feedback both written and verbal to improve services and processes.
  • Knowledge of project management tool, such as project charter, work breakdown structure, performance metrics.
  • Manage process improvement initiatives assessing current and future state solutions contributing to improving the success of the project portfolio.
  • Streamlined operational processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Education

Post Graduation Diploma - Human Resource Management

Sri Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore University
Bengaluru
01.2008 - 01.2010

Bachelor Degree - Commerce

Seshadripuram College, Bangalore University
Bangalore
01.2005 - 01.2007

Skills

    Client relationship management, Cross function Coordination, IT operations, Identify best practices, service now, mentoring, driving continuous improvement, managing multiple projects, negotiation, time management, effective communication, business process, change management, requirement gathering, project cost planning, project planning and development process improvement, performance evaluations

Certification

ITIL V4 Certified in Feb 2021.

Timeline

PMO Lead

Capgemini
10.2023 - Current

Project Coordinator - IT

Hitachi Vantara
10.2019 - 10.2023

Senior Executive - IT Operations

WIPRO Technologies
06.2011 - 10.2019

Post Graduation Diploma - Human Resource Management

Sri Mahaveer Jain College, Bangalore University
01.2008 - 01.2010

Bachelor Degree - Commerce

Seshadripuram College, Bangalore University
01.2005 - 01.2007
Anitha PraveenPMO Lead