Harsha Vardhan Pichika

About Harsha Vardhan Pichika

Professionally I\'m a PMO with 8+ years of experience and a strong interest in managing the projects and more specifically managing the \"Systems\" within a product development environment. As a graduate of Management Engineering I have captured the skills and knowledge essential for delivering successful projects achieving the goals within set scope, time, quality and budget standards. I have worked for both Agile and Waterfall PLM models in my previous organizations. Along with the project related tools and techniques my managerial strengths like Resource management, Time management, Scheduling, Risk management, Quality management, and Critical thinking aid me in obtaining absolute and innovative solutions. While doing my research as a postgraduate student, I had published my research findings through technical papers and conference proceedings (more details in achievements section).By nature I\'m a very positive and highly enthusiastic person. I always believe \"trust\" is the only factor which balances any relation personally and professionally in any situations. Other traits include honesty, ability to take criticism and being definitive and most importantly as they say \"personality begins where comparison ends\" by means I\'m always away from comparisons and very self-focused. I always love taking up new challenges in whatever I am into. Personal hobbies - I\'m an adventure lover and loves to spend my time travelling and besides I\'m a Cinephile.Please go to the achievements and recommendations sections to know more about my personality, professional skills and accomplishments. My core focus of interests currently include \"Project management, Project Engineering, Requirements management, Process innovation and other related areas\". If you ever think I\'m the one who fits your company and could work together please contact me at +91••••••••91.

Experience

1. Specialist - Program & Project Management

   ZF LIFETEC

   Apr 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Integral part of Global PMO team for ZF Lifetec (Vehicle Passive Safety Systems) projects- Establishing PMO activities with the global team in ZF Lifetec India (Hyd.)- Working with cross functional teams for the Program/Project management activities including project and PLM tool expertise, user onboarding, tool competences, etc- Leveraging on the cplace tool to execute all project management activities including project gates, risks, resources, escalations, etc- Creating user stories to meet the needs of project execution inside the tool cplace and testing the bugs related to the issues- Supporting project managers and users on cplace related queries as a core PoC- Standardising the project management processes for all product lines by establishing common frameworks and templates- Preparing power platform reports/ apps/ dashboards to efficiently monitor the key KPIs of projects and project health, etc.

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2015

• Politecnico di Milano

  Master of Science - MS, Engineering/Industrial Management

  2015 — 2018