Sumanth Janardhan
Manager - Projects
Bangalore
Summary
Total of 18+ years of experience in the IT industry. Worked in various domains - Banking, Energy & Utilities, Automobile and Health Care. Various roles played – Developer, Team Lead, Administrator, Tech Lead, Application Manager and Project Manager across INDIA and USA (6 Years). Worked predominantly on Data-warehousing, Business Intelligence and currently, have been managing a team for an AI/ML application in Life Science.
Have a robust background in project management, application controls implementation, I am adept at preparing for both internal and external audits, including those conducted by regulatory agencies. I ensure all project and operational documentation is managed in accordance with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), guaranteeing readiness for any audit inquiries. My proactive approach to documentation management streamlines the audit process, reflecting a commitment to excellence and compliance in all facets of project execution and operational oversight.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager - Projects
Cognizant - India
09.2018 - Current
- Identified opportunities for process improvements, implementing changes that increased efficiency across all projects.
- Collaboration with external vendors to ensure successful integration of third-party solutions
- Conduct daily meetings to ensure tasks were completed on time and communicated changes to stakeholders
- Collaborate with the development team to ensure tasks are getting completed on time and meet quality standards
- Handle AI/ML application team in keeping the application healthy and serving the end users requirements
- Implemented risk management strategies to minimize potential issues and maintain project stability.
- Ownership of the applications live in Production by maintaining - Server Health, Application Roadmap, Application Security. Management of Privileged accounts, remediation of reported vulnerabilities on the Server and making sure the Application is Audit ready.
- Driving App Enhancements through Agile methodology and collaborate between IT and Business.
- Stakeholder Management in terms of getting the new consignments to establish a healthy connection for requirement gathering with the technical team.
- Project development via SDLC and deliver successfully. Assist further in post-production maintenance with the Operations team.
- Mentor and coach project team members for the project success
- Analyzing Project data and reports creation to senior management, resulting in improved decision-making
- Development of budget tracking system that identified areas of cost savings and improved resource utilization
- Implementation of Change management process to ensure Changes are documented and communicated to stakeholders
- Development of Team performance tracking system to improve team accountability and performance
- Streamlined project processes by implementing efficient management strategies, leading to improved overall performance.
Sr. BI Lead
Cognizant - USA
12.2013 - 08.2018
- Developed and executed strategic plans for process improvement, driving operational excellence across the organization.
- Analyzed existing processes to identify opportunities for optimization, recommending changes that led to significant cost savings and improved performance.
- Increased customer satisfaction by improving product quality through robust process controls and proactive defect prevention measures.
- Identified root causes of recurring issues through rigorous problem-solving techniques, developing long-term solutions to prevent recurrence.
- Helped in overall cost reduction which was incurred on the various Business Intelligence reporting tools, by running a campaign to limit the reporting tool
- Developed a Licensing Dashboard for effective License Management which helped in reduction of Licensing cost.
- Upgraded MicroStrategy platform to latest version to always have the latest available software to avail best features and to get Vendor Support
- Involved in migration from MicroStrategy Cloud to AWS
- Managed various components of the BI Tool, MicroStrategy, like User Management, Enterprise Manager, Object Manager, Integrity Manager, Narrowcast Server
- As onsite lead, have done requirement gathering, build the Reports/Dashboards and Visualizations
- Assisted Business users for UAT and project closure by supporting IT team and KT, followed by Hyper care/Warranty support
- Led the team in Incident management, Defect resolution, Request completion and provided weekly metrics report to Business Owner.
BI Tech Lead
Wipro - USA
05.2012 - 11.2013
- Mentored junior developers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill improvement.
- Improved software development efficiency by implementing Agile methodologies and streamlining team workflows.
- Collaborated with product managers to define technical requirements and develop innovative solutions for complex problems.
- Streamlined code review processes, improving overall code quality while reducing time spent on revisions.
- Respond and Provide Resolution to the Issues as per Priority
- Supported Business users with their queries which were ad-hoc in nature
- Created Operational reports from Transactional Database, manage project objects as a pseudo-admin
- Migrated project Objects to various Environments (Dev – QA – Prod)
- Enhanced the application by taking requirements from Business, analyzing them, design and imparted the solution to the offshore team
BI Tech Lead
Wipro - India
06.2010 - 04.2012
- Led cross-functional teams for successful project delivery within tight deadlines.
- Reduced system downtime with proactive monitoring, timely troubleshooting, and efficient issue resolution.
- Built strong relationships with stakeholders, ensuring clear communication channels for project updates and progress reports.
- Established coding standards to ensure consistent quality across the development team''s output.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Built databases and table structures for reporting applications.
Sr. MicroStrategy Developer
First Indian Corp Pvt. Ltd
03.2006 - 06.2010
- Started as Fresher, got trained in MicroStrategy BI Tool. Was part of Core development team.
- Took ownership of 2 Apps and helped in monthly data updates.
- User management along with managing Narrowcast and I-Servers.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer And Information Sciences
VTU
Bengaluru, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Project Management
IT Service Management
Stakeholder Management
Service Now
Compliance Management
Audit Management
Deviation Management
Data Analytics
Cloud Management
AI/ML Inference
Task Delegation
Team Building & Leadership
Scheduling and Planning
Project Evaluation
Scope Management
Technical understanding
Document Management
Root Cause Analysis
Schedule Management
Risk Management
Technical Support
Resource Allocation
Contract Management
Systems Configuration
Upgradations
Accomplishments
- Transition Manager: Filled in as Transition Manager in completing application transition from Project team to Application Support team
- User Activity Dashboard: Dashboard helping various BU’s to check on User Activity, helped in reducing 1 FTE effort and Licensing cost
- Capacity Management: Detailed analysis in scaling down cost associated on infrastructure – migration from on-prem to AWS
- Training: Functional training to end users including CxO community
- Process: Defined code-review process and implemented along with the Client IT team for all the deployments
- App Rationalization: Analysis in cost reduction on various reporting tools, a program meant to limit one or two reporting tool
Timeline
Manager - Projects
Cognizant - India
09.2018 - Current
Sr. BI Lead
Cognizant - USA
12.2013 - 08.2018
BI Tech Lead
Wipro - USA
05.2012 - 11.2013
BI Tech Lead
Wipro - India
06.2010 - 04.2012
Sr. MicroStrategy Developer
First Indian Corp Pvt. Ltd
03.2006 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Technology - Computer And Information Sciences
VTU
04.2001 -