VINUTHA BHAT RAMACHANDRA
San Jose,California
Summary
Senior Program/Project Manager with 14+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional programs across technology, communications, and consumer goods industries. Proven track record of managing project portfolios , driving operational efficiency, and delivering strategic initiatives in fast-paced global environments. Skilled in stakeholder management, program execution, risk mitigation, and leading distributed teams to achieve business goals.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Customer Project Manager
Cisco Systems
San Jose, California, USA
07.2023 - Current
- Manage a portfolio of strategic programs with revenue responsibility across multiple business initiatives.
- Lead end-to-end program execution including planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and delivery.
- Drive collaboration across engineering, operations, product, marketing, and leadership teams to ensure alignment and execution.
- Partner with executive stakeholders to provide program updates, business insights, and delivery forecasts.
- Improved operational efficiency through process enhancements, streamlined workflows, and governance improvements.
- Successfully manage multiple concurrent projects while balancing scope, timelines, resources, and business priorities.
Project Manager
Collaberra @ Epson Americas Inc.
Sunnyvale, California
05.2023 - 07.2023
- Lead and Drive objectives & goals established by Epson leadership on their IT Programs and Projects.
- Responsible for planning and managing infrastructure projects to meet product delivery, quality, customer service, cost and revenue goals.
- Interact with all levels of site and departments involved in project requirements, including but not limited to procurement, engineering, quality, safety and technical services.
- Demonstrated leadership, team-skills and effective decision making throughout project life cycle and across multi discipline infrastructure teams.
Customer Project Manager
Cisco Systems
, Projects in USA, Australia, Middle-East, India
07.2020 - 11.2022
- Led and managed global delivery of Cisco Solution Centric projects, overseeing communication and stakeholder management with Cisco, Customer, and Partner technical teams.
- Served as Scrum Master for Agile projects, responsible for iterative product deployment and revenue forecasting, including variance analysis and project performance alignment.
Manager - Projects
Diageo
, Projects in USA,UK
05.2019 - 07.2020
- Directed the IT Project and Programme Portfolio for Diageo India, overseeing 10+ Project Managers, creating portfolio dashboards to align project priorities with business objectives, and tracking project metrics.
- Led strategic negotiations and managed mutually beneficial contracts, ensuring updated project documentation, and continuous improvement in project management processes.
Project Implementation Manager
AT&T Communications Services Pvt.Ltd
, Projects in USA, India, Europe
12.2017 - 05.2019
- Delivered Implementation projects on AT&T Integrated Cloud platform that leverages Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technologies
- Accountable for implementation of Flexware solutions for managed client which includes implementing and billing per contract specifications globally.
ITO Service Delivery Consultant II
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology
, Projects in USA
03.2016 - 12.2017
- Lead projects as part of Americas ITO Delivery team for one of the leading petroleum company in the US as Dedicated DXC Lead Project Manager , handled a maximum team size of 15 members.
- Successful implementation/execution of Server Builds and deployment and server decommission and Hardware Upgrade/refresh , Managed Security and Network projects for the client.
Associate Project Manager II
EMC Corporation
, Projects in USA
06.2012 - 03.2016
- Managed and successfully delivered pre-defined and customised Storage, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Platform, and Data Migration projects for customers in America's Central and Mid-West region.
- SOW creation process, cost budgeting, planned vs actual analysis,Project Planning using MS Projects, maintaining project log and risk registers and handling effective communication on project status to project stakeholders.
Skills
- Program and Project Management
- Project Portfolio Management
- Cross functional collaboration
- Strategic Planning
- Scrum Master
- Customer Delivery and Success
- Project Lifecycle Management
- Agile & Waterfall Delivery
- Resource Management
- Contract Management
Certification
- PMP®Project Management Professional - PMI
- Cisco Gen AI Green and Blue Belt 2025
- Certified Scrum Master® - Scrum Alliance
- Certified Scrum Product Owner® - Scrum Alliance
- Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist
TOOLS EXPERTISE
- MS Project, SharePoint, Smartsheet, Rally, Service Manager, Remedy, Clarity, Power BI, Service Now, Jira
Education
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Engineering Computer Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Karnataka, India
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinutha-bhat-7b7a8754/
Timeline
Customer Project Manager
Cisco Systems
07.2023 - Current
Project Manager
Collaberra @ Epson Americas Inc.
05.2023 - 07.2023
Customer Project Manager
Cisco Systems
07.2020 - 11.2022
Manager - Projects
Diageo
05.2019 - 07.2020
Project Implementation Manager
AT&T Communications Services Pvt.Ltd
12.2017 - 05.2019
ITO Service Delivery Consultant II
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology
03.2016 - 12.2017
Associate Project Manager II
EMC Corporation
06.2012 - 03.2016