IT consultant with widespread Project & Service Delivery experience; co-create value with stakeholders following ITIL, Agile, Lean, Digital & DevOps principles.
Expertise in developing an in-depth understanding of the business needs and concerns.
Proficiency in translating business requirements into IT systems strategy, innovative solutions and services in a highly validated, GxP & SOX controlled environments.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Consultant - Tech BA
Astrazeneca India Private Limited - Operations IT QC & PTD
Chennai
01.2022 - Current
Responsible for any POC, Play book, Roadmap & delivery plan for scaling
Responsible to maintain Heatmap - Up-To-Date for all applications , Roadmap for Scaled delivery plan in key applications, Req Automation through Catalogues, Automating Testing.
Collaborate with DevOps lead for the resource availability
Identify & arrive at Cost estimation for the scaled projects
Primarily a POD lead running scrum for more than one projects
Implementing Agile Model for Scaled Delivery
Coach team members on the agile process and ensure the team members understand their role and ownership
Daily scrum or standup meetings to follow up on the ongoing tasks and risks
Managing the demand backlogs, prioritizing the pipeline with product owner / delivery lead
Scaled Delivery as well as current running demands/projects in PT&D
Collaborate with Capability/Site IT to identify & share actual Business Impact of unplanned outages with SSD leadership team
Ensure the RCA for the high priority incidents are delivered on time
PRB closure with 100% Full mitigation in place and P1/P2 - PRB 100% tagging
Supported BAU as and when required
Consultant - SME
Astrazeneca India Private Limited - Operations IT QC & PTD
Chennai
11.2017 - 12.2021
Responsibility to BAU delivery in operations IT QC & PTD for Lab Informatics applications.
Lead the L2 and L3 support for the following applications
BIOVIA ELN- Electronic Lab Notebook
Agilent OpenLAB ECM
BIOVIA LES
Responsible to initiate and implement standard and Normal changes whenever needed.
Deployed the below Projects
OpenLAB CDS and ECM Upgrade to v3.6 (Q4 2018 – Q2 2020)
BIOVIA ONELAB for QC Operations (Since Q4 2019)
BIOVIA ONELAB for Development
Collaborated with teams to define, strategize and implement refresh and EOSL activities.
Analyzed problematic areas to provide recommendations and solutions.
Created and developed detailed work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
Senior Support Analyst
AstraZeneca India Private Limited - Research and Development Informatics
Chennai
12.2015 - 11.2017
Transition lead for ELN suite of applications in R&D early science and Medimmune portfolio.
Build & Stabilized the ELN Team. Acted as the key person to integrate the ELN support across R&D with one cross functional team.
Lead the BAU delivery for MedChem, BioELN and Medimmune ELN.
Initiating and implementing standard and Normal changes whenever needed.
Worked on Incident, Change and Problem management of the information systems.
Lead a team of 5 members in supporting the Lab Informatics Tools.
Deployed the PerkinElmer ELN v17 (Q4 2016 to Q3 2017)upgrade project from version 13.
Broke down and evaluated user problems, using test scripts, personal expertise and probing questions.
Collaborated with vendors to resolve advanced problems.
Associate - Amgen Research Information Systems
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
11.2013 - 11.2015
IT system owner for ELN suite of applications
Responsible for support and project delivery PerkinElmer and IDBS ELN system
Got certified training for SDMS Nugenesis 8 and provided BAU support for the same.
Responsible for transition of Lab applications from Amgen to Cognizant.
Responsible for application packaging and re-packaging whenever needed.
Working on Incident, Change and Problem management of the information systems
Provided weekly status reports for the Business management team.
IT Support Engineer - Pfizer R&D
HCL Technology Solutions
Chennai
06.2011 - 11.2013
Provided the production support for a set of assigned applications supported by HCL in Pharmaceutical Science of Pfizer.
L2 and L3 ticket handling within Service Level Agreements and ensure the identified application enhancement deliverables.
Ensuring all the applications up and running normal for Pfizer business to use. For any issues, the relevant stakeholders to be approached for the remedy in order for bringing the applications back to normal
Initiating and implementing the Pfizer RFC (Request for change) process and deployed the tested source in the production servers
Coordinate with Business during the User Acceptance (Validation and Verification) and make sure all the defects are closed on time to meet the overall milestone and schedule.
Gather new requirements for different modules, working with vendor for releases of the enhancements for the application requested by the users and planning work for subsequent releases.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli, Tirunelveli
06.2008 - 05.2011
Diploma in Electrical And Electronics Engineering - Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
Sankar Polytechnic College, Tirunelveli
06.2006 - 05.2008
St.John's Higher Secondary School, Tirunelveli
04.2001 -
Skills
BIOVIA OneLab Platform
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Certification
Exin ITIL 4 Foundation
Timeline
Senior Consultant - Tech BA - Astrazeneca India Private Limited - Operations IT QC & PTD
01.2022 - Current
Consultant - SME - Astrazeneca India Private Limited - Operations IT QC & PTD
11.2017 - 12.2021
Senior Support Analyst - AstraZeneca India Private Limited - Research and Development Informatics
12.2015 - 11.2017
Associate - Amgen Research Information Systems - Cognizant Technology Solutions
11.2013 - 11.2015
IT Support Engineer - Pfizer R&D - HCL Technology Solutions
06.2011 - 11.2013
Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli - Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
06.2008 - 05.2011
Sankar Polytechnic College - Diploma in Electrical And Electronics Engineering, Electrical, Electronics Engineering Technologies
Senior Consultant-Tech BA (Project Delivery Lead) at AstraZeneca India Private Limited - Operations ITSenior Consultant-Tech BA (Project Delivery Lead) at AstraZeneca India Private Limited - Operations IT