Dhananjay Gavade

About Dhananjay Gavade

Total experience 22+ years of in IT industry playing various roles as Client Relationship Director, Head BFSI Solutions & Pre-Sales, Global Delivery Leader, Account Manager, Program Manager, Project Manager.• Skilled in managing the software development process with hands-on experience in BFSI domain mainly in Banking Sector (Private & Institutional banking). • Successfully managed multiple software projects with large team size both at onsite (USA, UK & EUROPE) and at Offshore (India). Has excellent people management and communication/presentation skill.• Overall project management experience involving project planning, team management, and effort optimization.• Exposed to all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, user acceptance and production support. Sound understanding of software engineering concepts and business process re-engineering• Has coordinated with Clients and business/technical team(s) to understand the requirements and has worked successfully as a Single Point of Contact for many onsite-offshore projects.RESPONSIBILITIES SUMMARY:• Onsite Account/Program Manager, Offshore Project manager/Project Leader• Business Development • Experience in application development projects as a Project lead/Program Lead• Participate in discussion with Client for acquiring new business. • Technical Proposal Preparation, Effort/Cost Estimation for the same & Review. • Interaction with Clients on new project & project issues (Scope, Contracts, Hardware/Software, and Design & Implementation.) • Technical presentation to the Clients.• Project Planning, Estimation, Scheduling, & Management.CLIENTS: Worked for following clients on various assignments • ABN AMRO – Private Banking • Morgan Stanley• General Electric (GE Financial Assurance, GE Commercial Finance –Fleet Services, GE Lighting/Consumer)• First Indiana Bank• Unisys Corporation

Experience

1. Client Relationship Director

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Jun 2016 — Present

   As a Client Relationship Director (CRD), I am responsible for sales growth, profitability and building relationships for large strategic accounts.It involves managing the P&L, development, implementation, and achievement of the business vision, strategy, financial metrics and execution for the account.

Education

• IIM Kozhikode

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Finance and Financial Management Services

  2011 — 2013

• Walchand College of Engineering

  B.E.(Bachelor of Engineeing), Mechanical Engineering

  1992 — 1996