Bijoe Kariapuram

About Bijoe Kariapuram

Results-oriented business transformation leader with a strong entrepreneurial mindset. Successful track record building business and IT strategies that drive digital transformation; managing large scale global IT and business services engagements; and driving market opportunities that impact top-line and bottom-line growth.

Experience

1. Client Partner

   Cognizant

   Jan 2003 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   Proven expertise in managing large scale Business and IT Transformation initiatives including strategy and roadmap development, program management, governance and deliverySuccessfully managed complex projects with global implementation and rapidly evolving requirements as part of the large transformation programs for various customers in Insurance, Financial Services, Health Care and Retail industries.Exposure to Agile and DevOps methodologies for software development and management. Implemented Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) concepts for customer projects using various CI tools such as Jenkins, ANT, JUnit and Selenium faster turn around and better s/w qualityExcellent exposure to various Program management platforms including PPM Tool, Changepoint tool, Microsoft Project Server, JIRA and various in-house tools. Expertise in managing various types of technology projects including Service Oriented Architecture, Mainframe, Middleware technologies, Data warehousing and Infrastructure Management. Sound knowledge in defining Process Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), industry benchmarks, on-going performance monitoring and continuous improvements.Creative thinker and analytical problem-solver with demonstrated ability to manage projects from solution definition, planning through completion under the pressure of fast-paced, time-sensitive environments.

Education

• Stanford University

  Certification, Executing Complex Programs

  2014 — 2014

• Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business

  Certification :Advanced Communications

  2014 — 2014

• Canadian institute of management

  2004, Information Technology and Management

  2002 — 2004

• College of Engineering Trivandrum

  BTech and MBA, EEE and IT

  1996 — 2000

Skills

• Business Intelligence
• Agile Project Management
• Business Analysis
• Global Delivery
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Program Management
• Testing
• Requirements Analysis
• Requirements Gathering
• Business Process Improvement
• IT Strategy
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Software Project Management
• Quality Assurance
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process
• Test Management
• Project Portfolio Management