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Ragupathyram Selvam

Ragupathyram Selvam

Chennai

Summary

Dynamic IT professional with extensive experience at Cognizant, leading asset management operations and compliance initiatives. Proven expertise in Hardware asset management and governance, utilizing platform like ServiceNow. Adept at team leadership and process optimization, driving efficiency in global asset lifecycle management. Strong analytical and communication skills enhance operational success.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Service Manager

Cognizant technology solutions
11.2018 - Current

Audit and process Compliance

HAM Governance

  • Development and execution of asset management policies, procedures, and processes.
  • Governing the existing document and ensure timely updates of the all the HAM documents
  • Represent Internal and External audits for Hardware Asset Management and ensure Zero non-conformance
  • Represent NIST related audit pertaining to HAM and ensure to increase the NIST score.
  • Supporting on the RFP for the Client audit controls.
  • Performing HAM KPI – Asset Accuracy validation.
  • Ensure that all hardware assets comply with internal policies and external regulations.
  • Utilize ServiceNow's Hardware Asset Management module to automate and streamline asset management processes
  • Maintain a comprehensive CMDB to track and manage hardware assets throughout their lifecycle

Functional Owner for Global HAM – ServiceNow Enhancements

  • Collaborate with respective stakeholders to gather the requirements
  • Analyze the current workflows and create user stories with the help of the platform team.
  • Perform UAT for the user story and ensure the workflow is configured.
  • Post UAT, ensure the same update set is moved to ServiceNow Production & Ensure successful deployment of HAM features and modules.
  • Streamline asset management processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
  • Monitor and enforce compliance with asset management policies and regulations.
  • Work closely with IT, procurement, and finance teams to integrate HAM with other systems.

Extended support on the platform version upgradation.

EUCS discoverability – AMDB Vs CMDB

  • Maintaining a secure and well managed IT Compliance with the target of 98% by validating with multiple discovery sources.
  • Accurately identifying and classifying devices based on type, operating system, and other attributes.
  • Detecting unmanaged or unknown devices that could pose security risks and report back to the Risk and compliance team.
  • Ensuring the compliance of the Unverified CI’s
  • Functional owner for EUCS assets pertaining to CMDB and AMDB.

Ensuring data supply for the BOD metrics.

  • Comprehensive reconciliation performed with the PAV data and map against the Fixed asset register
  • Collaborating with the Finance Asset management team and ensure to update the corresponding updates performed in the FAR.
  • Managing configuration and service asset management and configuration management data base
  • Managing team of 9 members takes care of global asset management lifecycle process for 900k assets which includes EUCS and enterprise assets
  • Managing the Hardware asset management, enterprise asset management for critical devices.
  • Managing the Automation and process for the internal tools.
  • Responsible for maintaining the base KPI's for PPT device and non PPT devices.
  • Maintain the compliance of the assets and to validated the asset ownership data to determine the ownership of the asset.
  • Responsible for handling the audit related to asset processes and policies.
  • Responsible for Monthly reconciliation activity to ensure the assets status are captured appropriately.
  • Managing the Configuration management solution for Client owned and isolated infrastructure projects
  • Responsible for carrying out physical asset verification for global assets.
  • Handled Dual assets management, Store room management, Disposal management.

IT Operation Senior Analyst

Accenture
06.2012 - 11.2018
  • Have managed the vast asset landscape of 200k assets which includes the entire IT products for Chennai region.
  • Deployment, asset reutilization, Maintenance and ensuring the ownership of the asset.
  • Created, implemented, and monitored corporate IT hardware asset management policies, procedures, processes, work instructions, compliance, and governance.
  • Validated the asset ownership data to determine the ownership of the asset.
  • Recommend measures to improve work processes, departmental performance, system improvements and asset quality; and assist in their development and deployment
  • Provides timely reporting of assets under development and monitors the Project Manager’s adherence to development reports
  • Ensure that properties are performing as budgeted, if not, provide suggestions to colleagues as to how to improve financial performance
  • Manage a package of work to develop Asset Management Processes and Standard Operating Procedure.
  • Monitoring and driving Physical asset verification through discovery process and non-discovery process environment.
  • Monitor the compliance parameters for the assets deployed into production across the region.

Software Engineer

capgemini
08.2011 - 06.2012
  • Managed the entire asset life cycle management from Plan to retire / disposal phases.
  • Managed the landscape of 90k assets which includes EUCS, DCS and GNS products.
  • Managed the forecasting for procuring the PPT asset types.
  • Managed the allocation and deallocation of the PPT asset
  • Store room management - Managed IT stores for 4 locations which accommodates high value assets and data sensitive assets by adhering to the organization process.
  • Responsible to front end the IT audits

IT Support Analyst

Wipro info tech
04.2009 - 08.2010
  • The Asset Management is a part of standard chartered Bank Scope International in which the Asset for the Resources are to be delivered and to keep track of the Assets in various Process.
  • The role is to hold the complete inventory of all assets for two branches of Scope International pvt, Ltd, Chennai which includes Desktops, Laptops, Servers, Printers, Scanners and etc, and also handling the Procurement, Hardware issues and basic network issues in the Organization.
  • In Central Asset Management, the role is to manage the Hardware and Software Assets across Two Branches of Standard chartered Scope International. Also Handling Request Management System to implement the request of the User to close the issue. Asset in charge for the De-bonded Desktops and Servers.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Shri Andal Alagar College of Engineering
Chengalpet, India
05.2008

High School Diploma -

NS Boys Higher Secondary School
Theni, India
03.2004

Skills

  • BMC remedy and Flexra
  • ServiceNow Functional owner
  • SACM - Service asset configuration Management
  • CMDB - Configuration management
  • ITIL, Hardware asset management, ITSM, Discovery management
  • Compliance Management - Tanium, SCCM, Nexthink, Auzre AD, Cisco amp, MDE and JamF
  • Audit and Process Governance
  • Reporting and Analytics

Accomplishments

  • Recognized for the successful support and implementation of ServiceNow
  • Recognized for consistently maintaining the CMDB health in ServiceNow
  • Recognized for the Sustenance of FlexNet Managed Suite Compliance target for Chennai locations and daily reporting has helped in maintaining the Assets appropriately.
  • Have received recognition from Accenture Leadership for handling critical situation on a project movement.
  • Secured Star of the business award for instrumental work in 2015 Chennai floods.
  • Awarded with Best performer award for Q3 2011 by CIO of India.

Certification

ITIL foundation 4

Pursuing ServiceNow Certified system administrator

Timeline

Service Manager

Cognizant technology solutions
11.2018 - Current

IT Operation Senior Analyst

Accenture
06.2012 - 11.2018

Software Engineer

capgemini
08.2011 - 06.2012

IT Support Analyst

Wipro info tech
04.2009 - 08.2010

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Shri Andal Alagar College of Engineering

High School Diploma -

NS Boys Higher Secondary School
Ragupathyram Selvam