Gautam Gidwani

About Gautam Gidwani

Actively leading cross-functional teams as Project Manager at SoftwareOne India, driving development & delivery of AWS, SAP, & Google Cloud solutions• Managed all aspects of Agile projects, from requirement gathering, estimation analysis, development & testing coordination, ensuring smooth integration/ deployment/ support and Customer Beta Testing• Led end-to-end Project Management functions including Initiation, Requirement Analysis & Finalisation, Project Scoping, Planning (Estimation, Scheduling & Milestones), Quality & KPI Monitoring, Risk management and Delivery within agreed timelines• Digital Transformation Change & Turnaround Agent; proficient in executive-level interactions, rendering strategic consultancy to companies in driving their Strategy for long-term critical business applications implementation & excellent project delivery• Bootstrapped Scrum Framework by engineering LEAN practices and coordinated all Scrum Ceremonies, including Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Reviews, Sprint Retrospectives & Release Review• Experienced in CPQ, service design, Agile transformation, customer relationship management, ServiceNow-driven service management, resource planning, and presales.• Differentiator & Success Levers: Result-oriented professional with established skills in people & project management, relationship building, working with multi-cultural professionals, coaching & mentoring, critical thinking & leadership acumen

Experience

1. Global IT Project & Release Manager

   SoftwareOne

   Jan 2024 — Present

   Management & coordination of multiple global IT projects and releases.# Roll-out of global delivery standardisation projects with the KPIs of efficiency improvement of 20%-35%.# Project management of internal services and tooling modernization projects for topics such as software publisher advisory, digital supply chain, resource capacity planning & portfolio roadmap management.# Release management & alignment with multiple programs such as AWS, SAP & ITPM; in relation to artifact delivery, stakeholder coordination and other business units alignment such as marketing & legal.# Revamp and improvement of global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process & Definition of Done (DoD).# Financial reporting and tracking of major global product & service offerings on various hierarchy levels for multiple stakeholder groups.# Creation of process flow diagrams, presentation templates, Jira & Confluence structures + other artefacts used within the organization.

Education

• Barkatullah University, Bhopal

  Bachelor's degree, Commerce/ Computers, General

  2001 — 2004

• Institute Of Marketing and Management

  PGDBM + MBA, Marketing & Finance

  2005 — 2007

Skills

• Key Accounts Management, Client Servicing, Team Management
• Team Management
• Integration
• Enterprise Software
• Business Analysis
• Sales & Marketing, Strategic Planning, Liaison & Coordination, Revenue Expansion
• Management
• Strategy
• Sales
• Crm
• Itil
• Channel
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Business Development
• Storage
• Relationship Management
• Cloud Computing
• Partner Management
• New Business Development
• Virtualization
• Key Account Management
• Account Management
• Pre-Sales
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Solution Selling
• Team Leadership
• Vendor Management