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Sivakumar Veeramani

Sivakumar Veeramani

Senior Transition Program Manager
Chennai

Summary

Dynamic Global Delivery Leader with 23+ years of demonstrated success with vast experience in Program Management specialized in Transition & Transformation, Onshore/ Offshore Delivery, Development, Solutioning, RFP Support, Client Orals Credentials

Expertise in organizing business operations, financial oversight and resource management to achieve smooth flow and project operations. Leads procurement of resources. Monitors projects by adhering to schedule and budget, managing multiple project team, identifying problems and providing targeted solutions. Knowledgeable in accounting principles, bookkeeping, budget and financial management.


Overview

22
22
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Senior Transition Program Manager

Atos
Chennai
12.2018 - Current
  • Experienced in Transition planning, execution and project closing by coordinating across different streams - Knowledge Transfer, KT tools training, KT Assessment, Phase Completion, Risk & escalation management, Staffing, Infrastructure, Network Connectivity & Process setup
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop and execute technical strategies aligned to client's vision.
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems.
  • Successfully completed the Transition Program for an Auto Finance company in FR involving application maintenance and development services with scope of 100+ FTE’s
  • Successfully led the Transition Program from offshore for a Health Care company in US involving 250+ FTE’s (>900 Applications) covering health products including EPIC
  • Successfully executed the Transition Program for a Manufacturing company in Austria involving 45+ FTE’s covering SAP Modules – CRM, FICO, SD, MM, HR, BW, AUTH etc
  • Successfully completed the Transition Program for an Energy company in Norther Ireland (UK) involving 60+ FTE’s and various technologies SAP (Multiple Modules), Non-SAP (Multiple technologies .NET, Java, Maximo and other Niche skills)
  • Led the Application transformation for a French Automotive Customer
  • System Integrations/Migrations: Project-managed large-scale initiatives involving the transition of programs to new platforms and the merger of disparate systems from acquired client companies
  • Lead and supported technical solution activities for various clients
  • This involves RFP support, Application Portfolio Assessment, Designing & Developing Technical Transition Solutions, Client Orals, Staffing Plan and Transition plans

Global Delivery Manager & Transition Manager

Atos
Paris
06.2015 - 11.2018
  • Coordinated delivery of contracted solutions at program level and in full accordance with outlined cost, scheduling and quality terms.
  • Monitored customer quality metrics and took proactive steps to implement resolutions and restore acceptable levels.
  • Global Delivery Manager (N-2) for renowned automotive customer - Renault
  • End to End accountability (Growth to delivery) of P&L for Manufacturing & Supply Chain Domain of the Global Contract
  • Accountable for annual revenue of around 12 M€ (& Y-o-Y growth), Operations with contractual SLA/KPIs, Customer satisfaction, Transition and transformation (T&T)
  • Accountable for deliveries from teams which are spread across geographies (France, India & Morocco)
  • Collaborated closely with customers to share information about available products and services, increasing utilization and delivery effectiveness.
  • Engaged customers to discuss business needs and explore opportunities to increase sales.

Service Delivery Manager

Atos
Chennai
08.2014 - 05.2015
  • Operational Management: Establishing “Factory” model for deliveries
  • Plan, direct and coordinate all operations
  • Demand & Capacity Management: Planning, Evaluation, Selection, grooming, mentoring, and ensuring optimal utilization & Appraisals
  • Building Capabilities functionally & technically for growth
  • People & Performance Management: up skilling/right skilling, Individual Goal setting, Workforce Utilization, Productivity, KPI/SLA at ODC level
  • Process & reporting Management: Improvements, adherence to org
  • Processes, customization of processes as per customer contract
  • Stakeholder Management: Establishing and maintaining effective relationship with onsite business entity and customer to develop business
  • Ensuring ODC involvement in organizational level program like CMMI (DEV v1.3) maturity level 5 Certification, LEAN, P360, Location Management Committee etc
  • Participated in drafting service budgeting, advising on areas of possible improvement to reduce costs and service delivery times.
  • Maintained proper staffing levels to guarantee timely and accurate deliveries.

Domain Delivery Manager

Atos
Chennai
09.2010 - 07.2014
  • Delivered services to customer locations within specific timeframes.
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
  • Created plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time.
  • Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly and escalated major issues to supervisor.
  • Financial Management: IR, Margins, pipeline, forecasting, budgeting and costing at domain level
  • Operational Management: Plan, direct and coordinate all deliveries. Identify, monitor and mitigate risks.
    People & Performance Management: Grooming, Mentoring and ensuring optimal utilization of Resources. Upskilling/right skilling, Appraisals, Individual Goal setting, Productivity, KPI/SLA at domain level
  • Process & reporting Management: Improvements, adherence to org. processes, Implementation of processes as per customer contract
  • Stakeholder Management: Establishing and maintaining effective relationship with onsite business entity and customer to ensure deliveries

Project Manager

Polaris Software Lab Ltd
Chennai
01.2008 - 08.2010
  • Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
  • Updated operational methods and oversaw accounting procedures for improved efficiency.
  • Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
  • Overall responsibility for managing the projects for Insurance Clients
  • FP Estimation for coming up with the project value
  • Establish interaction model with the customer
  • Creating and maintaining project plan
  • Identify, monitor and mitigate risks



Insurance Business Analyst and Project Manager

Polaris Software Lab
Sydney
11.2007 - 01.2008
  • Met project deadlines without sacrificing build quality or workplace safety.
  • Optimized test cases to maximize success of manual software testing.
  • Checked software beyond testing scripts for interconnected problems not covered by established specifications.
  • Analyzed key aspects of business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized into presentations.
  • Surveyed clients to ascertain requirements and expectations for product.
  • Interacted with internal customers to understand business needs and translate into requirements and project scope.
  • Met with stakeholders to establish favorable business relationships and support mutually beneficial interests.

Software Consultant

Polaris Software
04.2005 - 10.2007
  • Developed complex solutions to all business problems along with customer engagements by detailed analysis, negotiation and coordination with main decision makers.
  • Consulted with clients to align future software development with customer priorities.
  • Performed software demonstrations for potential clients, highlighting strengths of Insurance Product

Software Consultant

Esquire Systems
Casablanca
08.2002 - 10.2004
  • Developed complex solutions to all business problems along with customer engagements by detailed analysis, negotiation and coordination with main decision makers.
  • Consulted with clients to align future software development with customer priorities.
  • Designed, tested, installed and monitored new business requirements.
  • Executed program modifications and changes and documented results of software research tools and applications.

Programmer

PentaSoft Technologies Ltd
Chennai
03.1999 - 07.2002
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability and performance.
  • Developed continuous integration tool to streamline deployment.
  • Tested server code to validate code changes.
  • Developed web applications for deployment on platforms and sites.

Education

MBA - Technology Management

Anna University

Bachelor’s Degree - Science (Physics

Madras University

Skills

    Problem-Solving

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Certification

PMP® from PMI - Project Management Institute

Timeline

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner from Amazon Web Services (AWS)

06-2022

Senior Transition Program Manager

Atos
12.2018 - Current

Global Delivery Manager & Transition Manager

Atos
06.2015 - 11.2018

Service Delivery Manager

Atos
08.2014 - 05.2015

PMP® from PMI - Project Management Institute

07-2013

Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) from Scrum Alliance, Inc

01-2013

PRINCE 2® Registered Practitioner from APMG International

10-2012

Domain Delivery Manager

Atos
09.2010 - 07.2014

Project Manager

Polaris Software Lab Ltd
01.2008 - 08.2010

Insurance Business Analyst and Project Manager

Polaris Software Lab
11.2007 - 01.2008

Software Consultant

Polaris Software
04.2005 - 10.2007

Software Consultant

Esquire Systems
08.2002 - 10.2004

Programmer

PentaSoft Technologies Ltd
03.1999 - 07.2002

MBA - Technology Management

Anna University

Bachelor’s Degree - Science (Physics

Madras University

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