Highlights:Possesses strong analytical,tehcnical skills with experience in multi-languages & distributed work involving multi-cultural workforces.Leading projects involving; applications, web development , using SDLC (System Development Lifecycle) methodology. As well as planning, defining and maintaining IT project plans, coordinating and overseeing functional projects and resources, implementation and managing software and hardware releases of new and existing IT services from conception to production and continuous improvement. Resourceful, organized team player able to conceptualise practical solutions to complex problems and deliver quality results within agreed timelines. Strong hands-on approach with experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously. Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills and overall experience includes Team Management, Requirements Gathering & Analysis ,Solution Design, development and Automation scripts.

Skills:Release Management, Change Management

Certification:? Executive Program in Buisness Management from IIM Kolkatta

Project Lead 12/2009 - current
IBM India, Banglore, Karnataka India
Industry: IT
Responsible to oversee all enterprise releases of new applications and changes to existing applications to production environment using SDLC methodology. Coordinate the cross functional IT project teams including QA, UAT, Development and PM’s as required to successfully deliver weekly, minor and major releases to production in a timely manner while building relationships by maintaining regular contact with team management
• Lead and organize walk through meetings to review project roadmaps with IT project teams and stakeholders. Such project roadmaps as; Project Impact, UAT, Go No Go readiness assessments, correct build version to deploy, staging location creation, task dependencies, review of backout plans, identifying risks and reviewing of test plans ensuring that all initiatives adhere to the release process and procedures. • Manage, review and prioritize all RFC’s according to release management processes, polices and procedures using release management tool ISM and Rational ClearQuest. • Manage and update the release management documents which consist of software release polices, procedures, processes and standards. • Collaborate with Project Managers and Quality Assurance teams to conduct, UAT and risk assessments, ensuring project readiness for production and validation. • Collaborate with CAB and Change Management regarding business changes, impact and procedures ensuring that project requirements are implemented in compliance with change.--
Team Lead 06/2008 - 12/2009
MRO-Tek Limited, Banglore, Karnataka India
Industry: IT
My role was a module lead handling the development team of a module. I was involved in the recruitment activities for the R&D centre. My key responsibility in this assignment was to own the Design development and testing activities of the module. Being a NMS project it involved complex design, and as part of the same I was exposed to Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols like SNMP, UDP for the communication, and DHCP for allocation of IP Addresses to the network elements.
Key responsibilities handled in MRO-TEK included: ? Team management ? Solution Design ? Development ? Support to the R&D Testing team--
Module Lead 04/2006 - 02/2008
Wipro Limited, , India
Industry: IT
My role in this assignment was that of a module lead/developer. My key responsibilities included requirement gathering/analysis and design.
Key responsibilities handled in WIPRO included: ? Team management ? Requirement Gathering/Analysis ? Solution Design ? Development of Alert XML Parser and Sync Generator modules in python ? Defect Management ? Reviews ? Test planning and execution ? Team mentoring/training in Python--
Software Engineer 01/2005 - 04/2006
Indian Telephone Industries Limited, Banglore, Karnataka India
Industry: IT
This project was for the Indian Army for monitoring their network elements like satellite, encryption units, switches etc. The software was developed using C in SCO UNIX platform using MySQL database. My role in this project was that of a developer. I was involved in the development of Fault management module, (implemented in C) which is a module in the LNMS FCP subsystem which manages the faults and changes of status of NEs.
Additionally I was involved in the development of data base modules, Test planning and execution for both functional and performance related scenarios. I was also involved in deployment/installation of the software at defence sites in Jodhpur, Meerut and Delhi. As part of the assignment scope , I provided user training for ITI engineers and defence personnel across India.--

Madurai Kamaraj University 08/1998 - 04/2002
Dindigul, Tamilnadu, India
Degree: Professional Degree
Major:Electronics and Communication
? Bachelor of Engineering with specialisation in Electronics and Communication from Madurai Kamaraj University

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