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Tuna Kishore Pradhan

Project Manager
Bengaluru

Summary

Decisive and detail-oriented professional with 17 years of total experience in software development project management with the current role of Project Manager/Scrum Master (addition to that Agile Coach in different accounts) to manage Product Development on various business applications(BI,DW, Web and Cloud ) in Agile Scrum/SAFE Framework and Waterfall model. Experience in Agile Leadership and Strategy, Agile Transformation Management, Stakeholder Management and Project governance. Led Strategic initiative of Agile principles adoption across the organization which has resulted in a leaner and higher performing organization producing higher quality code, faster resolution to problems, maximize process efficiency and eliminate blocks to individual success. Having significant experience to deliver Cloud Transition Product Development including Hybrid solution and Business Operation. Advocate of Collaborative approach to design products and deliver them with a good turn around time using agile. Experienced in optimization and improve product efficiency by offering different optimization solution. Experienced in efficiency forecast, capacity planning, project and resource management, cross functional team training. Proven success in building and leading high performance teams to manage, implement and streamline complex IT solutions. Persuasive and tenacious leader with a proven track record to lead a team of varied skillset and experience essential to quality service delivery. Create Environments where Innovation is the key to produce Touchless experience for the Client Success and take users experience to next level. Experience to managed Cloud Transition Projects including Reengineering the Legacy solution with the significant value to customer Touchless experience and Higher saving of project Cost and Resource. A Demonstrated record of Success and Achievement of the E2E delivery of the Projects Development based on Business needs or Market Goals using Agile methodologies and OKRs . Having Experience to Transform different innovative idea into solution and measure for business service improvement as needed to complete the Market solution . Addition to that Proficient in analyzing and handle the application production issue based on ITIL Methodology (change/incident/Problem management ) and manage the delivery within SLA based. Having People Management Experience to manage Team Resources and compliance with Organization/client process , Performance review ,onboarding etc .

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
8
8
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Project Manager

Wipro Limited
Bengaluru
7 2022 - Current
  • Overseeing CLOUD/FW managed service project, responsible for end-to-end project execution, revenue opportunities, margins, delivery costs, and team management.
  • Delivering Firewall Implementation project by applying Agile scrum framework and its practices.
  • Create and review Statement of Work (SOW) and set up project in Wipro' project management system by coordinating with client partner, finance team, and higher management.
  • Engaged in cross-functional delivery management, client relationship management, scope, effort, schedule, Risk management, people management, communication, quality management, and invoice management.
  • Responsible to facilitating Discovery session , daily scrum, sprint planning , Sprint review and retrospective meetings. Apart from that facilitate meetings, schedule meetings, demo and decision-making processes in order to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process...
  • Serving as primary point of contact for business and stakeholders.
  • Prepared detailed reports on project status for stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams and resolved conflicts, maintaining positive work environment throughout project lifecycle.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Review with customer/senior management for RACI documents , contract(service package ) documents for project.
  • People Management including Performance management, low attrition ,resource onboarding , extension, allocation , building n-1 via capability development .
  • Additionally, working as Agile Coach for various accounts to transform projects from traditional methods to Agile practices using Top Gear platform..

Project Manager

IBM India PVT LTD
Bengaluru
11.2009 - 07.2022
  • Lead end-to-end management of multiple BI and ETL projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and timely delivery.
  • Deliver the Product Development by applying Agile scrum framework and its practices.
  • Effective execution of E2E Project Management Process for the Product Delivery includes Scope, Schedule,Risk , Quality ,Communication , Resource management etc
  • Oversee the design, development, and implementation of ETL processes, ensuring data integrity, accuracy, and security.
  • Responsible for gathering Functional and Non-Functional requirements for Software Development from Business, built and develop, Focus on delivery quality, obtain sign off and deploy to production with defined acceptable time frames.
  • Handling Scope, Time, Release management, capacity planning, Risk and Conflicts Management etc for the Project Delivery
  • Worked closely with data architects functional team to have data models ready that supported BI initiatives.
  • Implemented data quality and validation procedures, reducing data processing by following various data quality metrics and KPIs.
  • Manage cross-functional teams, including ETL developers, data analysts, and QA testers, fostering a collaborative environment.
  • Reengineering to Cloud Solution with significant value to customer Touch less experience and Higher soft saving of project cost.
  • Focused on Brilliant at Basics Project to ensure agile practices(Engaging product owner, user centricity, recording metrics, story, TDD, Devops, standup, retrospective, use of metrics, show case, backlog management, iteration planning etc) are followed for better delivery of the product
  • Responsible to facilitating Discovery session, daily scrum, sprint planning, Sprint review and retrospective meetings
  • Apart from that facilitate meetings, schedule meetings, demo and decision-making processes in order to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process
  • collaborated closely with the Product Owner, particularly during backlog grooming for high-priority tasks.
  • Develop and manage project budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness and alignment with financial targets.
  • Communication and Reporting the Development Progression and Business Delivery through various Metrics and tools.
  • Touchless Production Run automation by understanding and applying the Innovation Ideas
  • Handling with Risk Guild team for the external Audit
  • Identifying the scope of work for each iteration from the Product backlog.
  • Research and come up with solutions for the client problems in co-ordination with SMEs
  • Remove any impediments to smooth functioning of Projects and overall Program
  • Reporting and accelerating team velocity, burn down etc.
  • DOU Review with Interface team to make Handshake for the Operation Run
  • Ensuring Team to be compliance for both Organization and Client Process
  • Defined and manage ITIL Service Strategy for the Production issue.
  • Identifying and Handling the Delivery process issue and fulfill the identified gap.

Software Engineer

Melstar Information Tech Ltd
Pune
10.2007 - 11.2009
  • Involved starting from understanding business requirement, Data Modelling, Coding till production Deployment
  • Collaborate with testers to ensure their comprehension of the code’s business logic
  • Proficiency in managing data ingestion from various data sources.
  • Created and managed ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) workflows for a data warehouse, seamlessly integrating data from diverse operational systems.
  • Proficient in error handling and troubleshooting using diverse log files.
  • Proficient in managing the end-to-end operational process of ETP data processing.
  • Coordination with the business, client, and other teams to define the Q-turn activities for operations and ensure their successful execution.
  • Involved in analyzing various data issues within the ARDE environment whenever possible.
  • Highly experienced in reporting to the client and explaining all issues that arise during daily or weekly meetings.
  • Involved to developed to make many of automation process using Shell script/DB2
  • Experience to handle/implement the Change request over weekend and Quarter Turn activity
  • Responsible for to create and maintain the operation project document
  • Performing the staff scheduling level2 support during normal business hours and on-call supports
  • Responsible for task allocation within the team through RTC tool & timely deliverables
  • Understanding Weekend change deployment and prepare Test cases for application team and ensuring successful outcome for all Pre and Post production Testing
  • Metrics and application status Reporting activity to client and discuss over the weekly call
  • Responsible to analyze the automation area of application/operational process using AIX Shell script, DB2 SQL which required for operation efficiency
  • Weekly application status call, Weekend change activity, for any kind of application or server infrastructure issue etc
  • Manage the relationship and timely communications with key business stakeholders during production incidents
  • Conducted performance tuning of ETL jobs to optimize data load times and resource utilization.
  • Many automation done using Db2, AIX Shell script for different project launched by the world wide Liquid competition in IBM
  • Utilizing strong scripting capabilities to automate system monitoring and alerts Provides advice, training and technical support for the automation needs of various projects.

Associate

Software data (India) LTD
Pune
04.2006 - 10.2007
  • Developed and maintained ETL processes for a data warehouse, integrating data from various operational systems.
  • Conducted performance tuning of ETL jobs to optimize data load times and resource utilization.
  • Collaborated with BI teams to ensure data accuracy and availability for reporting and analytics.
  • Participated in the documentation of ETL processes, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.

Education

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Application

Berhampur University
04.2001 -

Skills

Project Management

Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Awards

  • Bravo
  • Manager Choice
  • Orion Awards
  • Eminence and Excellence Award

Timeline

Project Manager

IBM India PVT LTD
11.2009 - 07.2022

Software Engineer

Melstar Information Tech Ltd
10.2007 - 11.2009

Associate

Software data (India) LTD
04.2006 - 10.2007

Master of Computer Applications - Computer Application

Berhampur University
04.2001 -

Project Manager

Wipro Limited
7 2022 - Current

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