Ajo Abraham

About Ajo Abraham

Manage strategic relationship with clients by establishing long term partnership. Trusted advisor in enabling targeted business development by providing consulting support, with deep understanding of delivery strategies, experience in pursuing and running complex programs. Experienced leader with an excellent appreciation of emerging technologies and a good understanding of the retail, manufacturing and E&P industries.• Experienced consulting manager with proven track record of delivering end to end multi-million dollar business solutions globally.• Provide strategic direction by bridging the gap between business and IT, leveraging 10 yrs. of industry experience and business skills.• Offer leadership in strategy design and execution through better alignment and management of portfolio of programs and projects.• PMI and Stanford Certified Project Management Professional, having P&L responsibility of 10 to 20 MUSD.• Managerial,mentoring and career growth responsibility for 40-60 FTE\'s.• Execution experience with the following solutions (POS, MDM, SCOL, Social Media(web2.0), portal, data warehousing, reporting, client server, stand alone)Specialties: Provide leadership in Strategic Execution by establishing SEF and aligning portfolio of projects to strategy. People Management Cost Management Time Management Scope Management Risk Management Quality Management Contract Management Vendor Management Program/Project Management (PMP)(SCPM)Technical Skills: J2EE, C,C++, VB,VC++,COBOL, SMC/FP Estimation Oracle (SQL/PLQL), MS Access, DB2,MSProject,Unix, Windows

Experience

1. Senior Program Manager

   Infosys

   Aug 2015 — Present

   Own Client relationship and Program management for oil field Services Company at CIO & Senior Director level.• Drove program processes and actively managed risks to turn around high risk program. • All program releases were managed with 100% schedule, cost adherence, with zero escalations and multiple client appreciations.• Drove communications, staffing, team structure and stakeholder management strategy to bridge gaps between customer expectations and delivery.• Established monthly senior management review with CIO & Directors to proactively report health of the program and identify any gaps.• Led cross functional team of consultants in Global Delivery Model geographically dispersed across different locations and countries.• Responsible for performance reviews, career coaching and mentoring of team members.

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Master’s Degree, Software Engineering

  2000 — 2002

• Advanced Computing Training School (ACTS)- CDAC

  Master's Degree, Advanced Computing

  1999 — 1999

• Brigham Young University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Supply Chain,Strategy, Information Systems

  2011 — 2013

• Stanford University

  SCPM, Advanced Project/Program Management

  2011 — 2012

• University of Kerala

  BTech, Computer Science and Engineering

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Program Management
• Oracle
• Requirements Analysis
• Vendor Management
• C
• Requirements Gathering
• Engagement Management
• Management
• Cmmi Level 5
• Microsoft Project
• Pre-Sales
• IT Consulting
• J2ee Application Development
• Risk Management
• Delivery Management
• Pmp
• Leadership
• Pos
• Master Data Management
• Time Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Contract Management
• Enterprise Architecture
• Scpm
• Web 2.0
• Software Project Management
• Crm
• Itil
• Stakeholder Management
• Account Management
• Windows
• Db2
• Consulting
• Project Portfolio Management
• Strategy
• Key Account Relationship Management
• IT Strategy
• Quality Management
• Strategic Account Development
• Software Development