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Rajesh Damodararaju

Rajesh Damodararaju

Hyderabad

Summary

Reliable Manager demonstrating high level of ownership and initiative. Possessing exceptional work ethic and desire to go above and beyond to exceed company expectations. Offering knack for building productive working relationships. Successful in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments to manage goals and team development. History of thriving in team-oriented environments. Hardworking and motivated professional with several years of experience and record of success in industry. Decisive leader with good planning and organizational skills.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Service Delivery Manager - Health Care

TCS
Hyderabad
07.2020 - 02.2023
  • Led and executed end-to-end operations for the Command Center, specifically in Health Care.
  • Responsible for overseeing the monitoring and resolution of incidents, alerts, tickets, service requests as well as managing patch validations, server validations and major incidents by ensuring appropriate routing to expedite resolutions.
  • Successfully raised SLA performance from 75% to 96% within the course of two quarters

Operations Manager

Microsoft
TCS Hyderabad
06.2017 - 06.2020
  • Oversee E2E Operations for 118 Microsoft Retail Stores spanning USA, Canada, and Australia to prevent infra issues.
  • Monitored and improved efficiency of processes, team performance, and customer service.
  • Set a new ticket management benchmark by effectively managing three times the ticket volume during the Thanksgiving period in 2017, surpassing Microsoft's record from 2010 to 2016.

NA Input Operations Delivery Manager

Nielsen
TCS Chennai
04.2015 - 05.2017
  • Managed the Data Quality team responsible for validating retailer sales data reported to Nielsen and correcting invalid data to optimize client data. Received and verified retailer sales data using various methods, such as Home Scan, to provide accurate information to manufacturing clients. Analyzed customer requirements and developed solutions that met their needs while staying within scope and budget constraints.

Project Lead

Nielsen
TCS Chennai
12.2009 - 03.2015
  • Managed team responsible for creating product lists and category sets. Generated market summaries and visualized category performance trends by conducting comparative analysis of scanning data, utilized for Nielsen's client deliverables. Responsible for collaborating on customized deliverables with Manufacturers in both US and Canadian regions using CASE and SHARP applications

Team Member - LMP Data Management

Nielsen
TCS Chennai
04.2007 - 11.2009
  • Delivered sales reports to clients weekly and monthly as per their preference. Maintained and updated store view level database for retailers and manufacturers as a member of the local market planner team

SME

Slash Support
Chennai
08.2006 - 04.2007
  • Provided support for troubleshooting router, gaming adapter, and switch complications during tenure at Linksys (a Cisco division)

Team Member

Slash Support
Chennai
05.2006 - 07.2006
  • Provided technical assistance to Vonage network users

Team Member

Slash Support
Chennai
12.2005 - 04.2006
  • Provided troubleshooting support for end users experiencing difficulties with Linksys routers (a Cisco division).

Education

CCNA-certified -

12.2006

Networking and Communication -

11.2005

Bachelor Of Engineering -

Madras University
Chennai
05-2004

Skills

  • Operations Support
  • Project Implementation
  • Workload Management
  • Incident Investigation
  • Customer Engagement
  • Business continuity planning
  • Crisis Management
  • SLA management
  • Incident Management
  • Compliance Monitoring
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Root Cause Analysis

Accomplishments

  • In Dec 2009 for Category setup and Maintenance team, streamlined the process, identified challenges and played a key role in bringing 18 FTE’s more to the existing 12 FTE’s resulting in 150% improvement in the team strength within 8 months.
  • Participated in Nielsen BPI – Client Totals and gave a FTE benefit of 8 FTE’s in the beginning of 2012 by using LEAN methodology and I am GB Certified
  • Leading on the strategic initiatives in 2012 – 2013, played a key role in reducing quality incidents by 29% - 17 incidents in 2013 compared to 24 in 2012.
  • As a Manager in June 2013 Simplified the processes with the help of development team to achieve 25% productivity improvement to the client.
  • The SOC increased to 170 by October 2014 as we got more projects due to the improvements
  • Customer Satisfaction Survey – In 2010-2011 – the CSS was 68% created strategies to work on challenges and increased the CSAT to 88.57 in 2011-2012, and CSAT for 2012 – 2013 stands at 95.73%, CSAT for 2013 – 2014 stands at 95.14%, CSAT for 2014 – 2015 stands at 96% CSAT for 2015 till 2017 – 100%
  • Owned the Peak season preparedness to handle 300% more volume during Thanks giving, Boxing day, Christmas and New Year sales in Microsoft stores
  • My Team successfully was able to prove the capabilities with lots of value additions and automations in reducing the WIP ticket volume from 1000 to below 300 in 7 months, which enabled us to bag L1 & L3 business as well within a year
  • Successfully completed 3 new Intakes with zero escalations and completed 1 Intake with zero transition from the client. Received appreciation from the client director for the achievement on the same.

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 06/20/1983

Awards

  • Topaz go getter award on Q4 2008 and Q2 2009 for streamlining LMP process, Certificate of excellence Q3 2009, Received the Best integration award along with Client on behalf of NA Consumer Operations in Q1 2011, Awarded with Global Operations Letter of Distinction for outstanding performance in Jan 2011, Received the “HIGH POTENTIAL” certification on January 2012, Awarded Emerald Go Getter on May 2013 for reducing the incidents percentage by 50%. Received Nielsen Honors Award for best Global Operation service on August 2013. Won the best team award for 2014-15 and 2016-17 In Nielsen Townhall. Received Performance Excellence Award from Microsoft in Jan 2020.

Languages

Telugu
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Tamil
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Service Delivery Manager - Health Care

TCS
07.2020 - 02.2023

Operations Manager

Microsoft
06.2017 - 06.2020

NA Input Operations Delivery Manager

Nielsen
04.2015 - 05.2017

Project Lead

Nielsen
12.2009 - 03.2015

Team Member - LMP Data Management

Nielsen
04.2007 - 11.2009

SME

Slash Support
08.2006 - 04.2007

Team Member

Slash Support
05.2006 - 07.2006

Team Member

Slash Support
12.2005 - 04.2006

CCNA-certified -

Networking and Communication -

Bachelor Of Engineering -

Madras University
Rajesh Damodararaju