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SURESH KUMAR KAILASA

PMI-PMP®

Summary

Portfolio/Program Manager with 23 years of experience, specialized in LEAN, Operations Management, Client Servicing, Process Management, Stakeholder Engagement & People Management.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr. Lead Client Operations

Infosys, Hyderabad
7 2019 - Current

Program Complexity - 7 unique tracks, spread across ~60 concurrent projects across 33 Geographies with 4 milestones for every country.

P & L Size - ~5MN USD (Avg. 500 HC)

Accomplishments

-SLAs met since the Inception of the Program

- Implemented transformation of 0.5MN through workflow Optimization, Efficiency gains.

- Consistently achieved Operating margin > 20%

- Implemented Effective Governance Mechanism (Planning, Analytics, Quality and Delivery) to keep a track of health of the program.

Program Manager

HERE Technologies
08.2009 - 07.2019

Lead the ‘3D High-Definition Maps' as Portfolio/Program manager for Highly Automated Driving (Labeling & Localization) to support the organizational vision of launching HD Live Map commercially.

· Responsible for multiple global programs in HAD, 3D Visual Contents, Core POI & Pedestrian Communities.

Notable Attainments: -

- Successfully delivered 555K KMs of Localization data to Automobile customers which was widely appreciated by Stakeholders.

- 141K € savings in 2017 through L&D by creating a new separate training module for Highly Automated Driving

- Key contributor in ramping of Headcount from 30 to 360 for Localization program

- Supported in launch and upscaling of machine learning projects for ~100+ resources, thus contributing to robust feedback mechanism towards autonomous driving projects.

- Kaizen Blitz event held in Mumbai for POI Process simplification there by generating savings of 19K Man hours translating to 95K Euros.

- Worked with outsourced production teams towards monitoring and controlling measure and communicate project performance status to internal and global stakeholders.

- Launch and led various organization wide People Engagement Initiatives HIPE (HERE India People Engagement)

- Revamp and launch of the new Rewards & Recognition program across the organization and socialization across other global sites

Project Manager

Speck SpatialTech Limited
01.2002 - 06.2009

Responsible for Utility Mapping for Power & Telecom Sectors, Land use/Land Cover, Conversion, Digitization projects & Engineering drawings

Accomplishments: -

- Successfully implemented ~ 800 Sq.KMs Land Use Map using high resolution satellite imagery -

- Recognized as 1st Technical manager for Utility map projects

- 100K hours of savings for Utility map & land use projects during 2007

Team Lead

Alcor Technologies
04.2001 - 01.2002

Sr. GIS Engineer

Avineon India
02.1999 - 04.2001

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Dravidian University
Hyderabad
06.2011 - 04.2013

Diploma in Civil Engineering -

State Board of Technical Education And Training
Hyderabad
08.1990 - 05.1994

Timeline

Bachelor of Science -

Dravidian University
06.2011 - 04.2013

Program Manager

HERE Technologies
08.2009 - 07.2019

Project Manager

Speck SpatialTech Limited
01.2002 - 06.2009

Team Lead

Alcor Technologies
04.2001 - 01.2002

Sr. GIS Engineer

Avineon India
02.1999 - 04.2001

Diploma in Civil Engineering -

State Board of Technical Education And Training
08.1990 - 05.1994

Sr. Lead Client Operations

Infosys, Hyderabad
7 2019 - Current
SURESH KUMAR KAILASAPMI-PMP®