Senior Director PMO

• Mar 2021 - Present

• Set up PMO function in India center from scratch establishing parameters for success and growth, responsible for Agile and Operational maturity of engineering teams, defined roadmap for same.• Driving adoption of agile practices across whole IT function transitioning from manual/ad-hoc practices to ones based on ADO with clear visibility of evaluation parameters via visual management.• Champion the cause of technology led growth, bringing in automation in processes and eliminating manual practices.• Played pivotal role in bringing Intellectual Property (IP) from vendors to in-house, reducing dependency, risks and cost savings running into millions.• Overseeing all Projects across Engineering, IT Security and IT Operations that are delivered in India Centre, developing Policies, procedures, tools and SOPs, ensuring consistency, uniformity and standardization in what gets done.• Leading a group of Project Managers, Agile Practice experts and Scrum Masters spread across different functions in org facilitating development, coaching teams on ways of working (WOW), conducting audits, meeting roadmaps and milestones.• Defined, implemented, and revised operational policies and guidelines per business objectives. Implemented 80/20 principle to improve operational efficiency among Support, Services, QE, and other functional business units.• Led the QE function in the interim wherein revamped the workflow and WOW of teams, completed end to end review of operations, got rid of waste, refined processes and assimilated QE to vertical setup in functions.

Sr. Project Manager

• Nov 2020 - Mar 2021

• Delivering Programs for clients spread across geographies for Fortune 500 organizations. Ensuring vision of customers is executed by technical teams in the right essence.• Building Champions at Client organizations, expanding footprints and generating revenue by delivering on promises, ensuring unmatched ROI on solutions which deliver automation in greatly complex scenarios having loads of integration but a breeze for end users.• Led the top bunch of customers for the organization, driving revenue running into millions via Agile delivery and processes.• Drove growth even during Covid pandemic and insulated team from any impact of same.• Worked closely with the leadership to ensure the function is able to execute organizational strategy and goals per defined parameters and timelines.• Managed clients across multiple geos in tandem ensuring time zones do not impact delivery, doubled up a Business Analyst and product owner in number of cases in absence of dedicated consultants.

Sr. Software Development Manager

• Apr 2018 - Nov 2020

Responsible for delivery of customized solutions for customers from Finance, Manufacturing, Government, etc. Worked on multi million dollar initiatives and ensured on time on quality deliveries. Bundles of experience in managing stakeholders expectations across levels.Handled end to end delivery beginning from inception of projects to its deployment. Passion for building self organizing creative teams and deliver solutions to Customers which help them succeed.

Principal Engineer-R&D

• Apr 2012 - Mar 2018

Building customized solutions on top of Quark Publishing Platform, an automated publishing solution. Delivered uniquely different solutions spread across customers from different geographies. Strong technical, domain expertise and business acumen leading to solutions which provide great ROI.

Sr. Team Lead

• Apr 2007 - Mar 2012

Worked as part of QuarkXPress Product development team development products for different languages and different geographies. Was responsible for overseeing refactoring of different products spread across geos to create an Umbrella product via Unicodification leading to parallel product launch across globe and savings in terms of timelines and costs running into millions of $s.Building world class product having great footprint across the globe.

Team Lead

• Apr 2005 - Mar 2007

Worked as part of QuarkXPress Product development team development products for different languages and different geographies. Was responsible for overseeing development of wide array of modules based on C/C++ for Windows and Mac platforms.Building world class product having great footprint across the globe.

Member - Software Development Group

• Apr 2003 - Mar 2005

Software Engineer

• Feb 2002 - Mar 2003

Associate Software Engineer

• Nov 2001 - Feb 2002

Worked as an employee of Quark's Development center in Singapore for a short period. Was part of transition team to get KT for a product developed by Singapore team. Worked as an employee of Quark's Development center in Singapore for a short period. Was part of transition team to get KT for a product developed by Singapore team.

Software Engineer

• Sep 2000 - Nov 2000

SAR Softech is part of Luminous Group, worked on web technologies basically Portal development using HTML and ASP SAR Softech is part of Luminous Group, worked on web technologies basically Portal development using HTML and ASP

Internship Trainee

• Jan 2000 - Aug 2000

Completed my internship as part of MCA curriculum here, worked on Web Technologies HTML, ASP Completed my internship as part of MCA curriculum here, worked on Web Technologies HTML, ASP