Srivatsan KS
Advisor Program Management, DXC Technologies (level 6)
Bengaluru
Summary
Senior Program Manager with 20 plus years of total experience of 12 years is of project management experience. Self-motivated to consistently provide excellent results in line with stringent targets and deadlines, above all loyalty to the same company for almost 20 years. Versatile in people management, project management, customer management and hiring. Result-focused but the same time people oriented leader
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
27
27
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Program Manager - EOSL Refresh SBM
DXC
1 2023 - Current
- As part of Operational & Security Risk mitigation and to ensure SBM (State Bank of Mauritius) Business continuity, there is a need to upgrade / remediate current IT Assets in India that are EOSL to achieve sustainability across IT architecture, solution & services for the next x years.
- Identified & Assessed components that are EOSL for upgrade / re- platform / version enhancement / portability / replacement
- Part of costing process and negotiations with client. Project TCV $8.61M
- Program consists for 25 tracks - Infrastructure Refresh, Network Refresh, Security Refresh, Call center refresh and 20 banking application tracks (Core banking Systems, Cards and Payment, CRM, Treasury, Biztalk, Finnone etc)
- Managing team of 52 members which consist of 5 Project managers and 47 technical folks
- Implemented agile methodologies into program management processes, increasing adaptability in dynamic environments.
- Improved program efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing time-saving solutions.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors, securing favorable terms that supported budgetary constraints.
Program Manager - Account: SBI Cards PCI DSS
DXC
05.2022 - 03.2023
- Orchestrated SBI Cards to perform network segmentation as per PCIDSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) compliance requirements, as per RBI guideline and move CAT B and CAT C applications to newly created network zones.
- This project was completed in record 6 months time, usually PCI DSS compliance takes about 1 year.
- Project TCV $2.5 million and team consists of 32 members
- Totally 53 banking applications were migrated to their Categorized zones
- Identify applications for which parallel infrastructure has to be setup for Migration
- Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each team member's workload.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
- Improved program efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing time-saving solutions.
- Championed best practices in project management, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Project Portfolio Leader
DXC Technologies - Account: Blue Scope Steel, Australia
08.2018 - 04.2022
- Global Leader for Infrastructure Portfolio
- Leading a team of 29 engineers and 9 Project managers to manage AUD $8m Portfolio.
- Identify business opportunities for DXC keeping in mind client environment, there by creating a win win situation for both.
- Regular cadence with client CTO and DXC senior leadership
Account Project Leader
DXC Technologies - Account: Mondelez International
08.2016 - 07.2018
- Managing all Infrastructure projects executed in Americas Region
- Leading a team of 25 engineers, 8 Project managers and 5 PMO Analyst to manage portfolio worth US $21m
- Also additionally personally managed a Global program called Fortify Next worth $10.3m (upgrade of Operating systems and Database of about 780 servers worldwide) company name: DXC (Hewlett Packard Enterprise at that point of time)
- Responsible for day-to-day delivery of project portfolio on account (time, cost, quality
- Support in achieving Account sell and bill target
EUC Transition Program Lead
DXC Technology, Account -YanFeng Global Automobiles
05.2016 - 12.2016
- Interiors (YFAI) : SCCM Program Transition and Transformation- (TCV – 3 Million)
- YFAI did not have any existing software distribution environment, so DXC had to design a new SCCM environment considering network infrastructure and volume of clients
- SCCM will also deploy Images through OSD and also use DXC new Data Migration tool (WTMT) to migrate data
- YFAI has a total of 12000 client machines
- Successfully migrated all clients in different domains to YFAI domain and have had them set up SCCM infrastructure.
EUC - Senior Project Manager
DXC Technologies, Account Mondelez International
01.2014 - 02.2016
- Upgrade of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager to SCCM 2012
- 1500 clients needed to be upgraded
- Manage new application releases, testing and also monthly patching.
Project Manager
DXC Technologies, Account Mondelez International
01.2012 - 04.2014
- Windows 10 Operating System upgrade in Mondelez International
- Upgrade of Operating system of over 30,000 Pc's from Windows 7 to Windows 10 through SCCM.
- Working Imaging team and application packaging team on testing different versions of goldisk images before arriving at final image Windows 10 image.
Project Manager
DXC Technologies, Account - Kraft Heinz
05.2010 - 01.2012
- Citrix XENAPP7.6 upgrade in Kraft
- Project Description
- XENAPP version had to be updated from 6.5 to 7.6
- We overcame the capacity issues with necessary Hardware upgrades and migrated around 200 applications
- We have received a Sign-off from Kraft leadership.
System Administrator - Software Distribution
DXC Technologies - Account: Weyerhaeuser and Clorox
03.2008 - 04.2010
- Weyerhaeuser and Clorox – Software Distribution
- Software distribution through SMS 2005 and SCCM technologies for Weyerhaeuser and Clorox.
- Manage monthly patching and application releases post testing
Systems Engineer
DXC Technologies- Account: KPMG UK
08.2003 - 03.2007
- Exchange support
- Project Description
- MS Exchange, Outlook and Blackberry support
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Loyola College Chennai
07.1997 - 05.2024
Certification
Certified Scrum Master (2018)
Tools
Jira, Confluence, PPMC, E3T, Aldea, Aries, SM9, Service Now, ESL, ADMS, NETSRM etc
Timeline
Program Manager - Account: SBI Cards PCI DSS
DXC
05.2022 - 03.2023
Project Portfolio Leader
DXC Technologies - Account: Blue Scope Steel, Australia
08.2018 - 04.2022
Account Project Leader
DXC Technologies - Account: Mondelez International
08.2016 - 07.2018
EUC Transition Program Lead
DXC Technology, Account -YanFeng Global Automobiles
05.2016 - 12.2016
EUC - Senior Project Manager
DXC Technologies, Account Mondelez International
01.2014 - 02.2016
Project Manager
DXC Technologies, Account Mondelez International
01.2012 - 04.2014
Project Manager
DXC Technologies, Account - Kraft Heinz
05.2010 - 01.2012
System Administrator - Software Distribution
DXC Technologies - Account: Weyerhaeuser and Clorox
03.2008 - 04.2010
Systems Engineer
DXC Technologies- Account: KPMG UK
08.2003 - 03.2007
Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce
Loyola College Chennai
07.1997 - 05.2024
Program Manager - EOSL Refresh SBM
DXC
1 2023 - Current