Akash Shinde

About Akash Shinde

Experienced Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the telecommunications industry. Skilled in Project Management, Contract Management, Commissioning, Telecommunications, and Procurement. Strong program and project management professional with a Engineer’s Degree focused in Electronics and Telecommunications from Atharva College Of Engineering Mumbai.

Experience

1. Assistant Manager - Program Management-prince2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management

   Tata Communications

   Jul 2015 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Key Deliverable -Working as Program Manager at Tata communication on Service Delivery projects dealing with international clients. Proficiency on products delivery like GVPN MPLS, IP-DIA, NDE / GDE, Multipoint Ethernet. Expertise in Negotiation Skills, Resource management, People management and communication skillsKey Points –1- Products implementation– GVPN/ MPLS/ IZO / IP-DIA/ NDE/ GDE.2- UAT support for any new product or change in product or Process change.3- Project implementation.4- Project handover to assurance team.• Part of the Global Service delivery team handling the International entity projects• Understanding the client\'s requirements by involving in the Pre-Sales cycle (80% opportunity stage). Provide PM estimation, risks/assumptions and high-level delivery schedule.• Order Verification along with Sales/ Sales Support and customer. Single point of contact post Sales during the project execution• Expertise on products delivery like GVPN MPLS, IP DIA, GDE and Data Center deliveries.• Proficiency on tools like Salesforce.com, VIZNET, Metasolv.• Working with solution engineering, product engineering and network operations for setting up service backbone for the customer and its successfully implementation.• For Project delivery working with finance, commercial and Material & Logistic teams for releasing Purchase Order, tracking the equipment Purchase Orders with vendor like Wipro, Neeco, Dimension Data.• Co-ordination with service assurance team to maintain the quality of service to the customer post-delivery• Develop and document the Acceptance criteria. Closure of project as per customer satisfaction• Focus on early revenue realization and customer satisfaction

Education

• Atharva College Of Engineering Mumbai

  Engineer’s Degree, Electronics and Telecommunications

  2011 — 2014