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TAPAS BARMAN

Lab Informatics Manager
Bengaluru

Summary

Seasoned, forward-looking software professionals with 15 year's background working for Retail, Life science & software product industry. Highly experienced in all aspects of the software development lifecycle and end-to-end project management, from concept through to development and delivery. Consistently recognized as a hands-on and competent leader, skilled at managing and coordinating cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment to steer timely project completion within budgetary constraints.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications

Work History

Project Manager

Dassault Systemes
Bengaluru
10.2021 - Current
  • Lead project execution after deal closure with ultimate accountability for project initiation, planning, execution and control (cost, time, quality and risk) using Agile & Waterfall methodology with the help of tools like JIRA, MS Project
  • Drive periodic Steering committee meetings with internal & external stakeholders
  • Manage multiple projects at the same time that include resources from both India and Global teams (APAC, EMEA, AMERICAS)
  • Create and update project management artifacts (RAID log, Lessons Learned register etc.) throughout the projects
  • Contribute towards services revenue target for APAC region
  • Support sales/pre-sales team on RFIs & RPFs
  • Preparation of Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) & SoW for Services proposals
  • Technical hands-on on Biovia product like CISPro, Foundation Hub, Pipeline pilot, Compose & capture, Workbook, Notebook

Assistant Manager

AstraZeneca
Chennai
12.2015 - 10.2021
  • Support and solution delivery of Lab Informatics systems, such as LIMS, LES, ELN, CDS, and Lab intelligence solution
  • Ensure 100% availability of critical Lab IT systems like Labware LIMS, MODA, SDMS Nugenesis, CDS Empower, BIOVIA OneLab, LES application
  • Improve and stabilize Service KPI for Operation IT, ensuring KPI is always above expectations
  • Experience in integrating Lab applications to enable effective flow of information across business processes
  • Support CSV in Validation of IT systems following GxP process
  • Lead system enhancement and process simplification drive to automate, digitize and simplify IT and business processes using tools like Robotic process automation (RPA), run book automation, .Net, Python scripting and other emerging tools and technology
  • Manage IT service through ITIL processes like Incident, Service Request, Change and Problem ticket management – Service Now, Jira, HPALM
  • Implementation of monitoring tools like Nagios, Splunk & Aternity for proactive monitoring
  • Identify business pain points through GEMBA and implement service improvement via LEAN techniques and tools – KAIZEN, Practical Problem Solving (PPS) and Level -0
  • Undertaking & Leading End of Life upgrade projects like application version upgrade, Windows, UNIX/AIX, Oracle, SQL server, middleware components IIS, WebLogic, tomcat upgrades to latest version to maintain AZ standard & compliance
  • Identify opportunities for application harmonization, improve ROI from IT systems
  • Support periodic review, DR trials, BCP test, internal and external Audits

Associate

Cognizant
Chennai
07.2009 - 12.2015
  • Responsible for design and development of state-of-the-art BI (Business Intelligence) tool used to track the support services offered by Cognizant to Wal-Mart thereby increasing efficiency of reporting to the customer and providing deeper operational insight to executives
  • Have worked as production support analyst for application maintenance project in Wal-Mart account - gained knowledge on ITIL processes
  • Have worked as Lead developer for Wal-Mart & ASDA projects - Developed web application for Walmart's employee background screening process etc
  • Gained experience & knowledge on Retail industry
  • Hands-On on developing the windows & web applications using ASP.Net, C#, SQL, Javascript, LINQ, SSIS (ETL)

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Mechanical Engineering

SRM University
01.2005 - 1 2008

Skills

Biovia LIMS, ELN, LES, CISPro, Pipeline Pilotundefined

Certification

ITIL Foundation V4

Additional Information

  • AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS , Best Annual Award in “Digitize our world” category 2017 Team Excellence Award Q1 2019 AchieverZ Annual Award 2019 “Best Lean Initiatives Award” AchieverZ Annual Award 2019 “Transform to Win” Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Lean competition Award 2020– 1st Runner Up for AstraZeneca AZ’s Global IT Excellence Award-2020 under 2 categories Great Place To Work – Inclusion & Diversity Award Category Accelerate Business Value Award Category for Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing

Timeline

Project Manager

Dassault Systemes
10.2021 - Current

Assistant Manager

AstraZeneca
12.2015 - 10.2021

Associate

Cognizant
07.2009 - 12.2015

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Mechanical Engineering

SRM University
01.2005 - 1 2008
TAPAS BARMANLab Informatics Manager