Kedhar Thiruvalam

About Kedhar Thiruvalam

Strategic leader with 17+ years of progressive and proven expertise in R&D operations…

Experience

1. Associate Director, Portfolio Leadership and Governance, Research and Development

   Biogen

   Mar 2020 — Present

   Taking the lead for providing strategic and operational leadership to ensure the R&D senior leadership team (RDLT) spends >90% of their time evaluating key aspects of the business, addressing strategic priorities, facilitating key leadership decisions, and recommending efficiencies to drive the R&D business. Enabling data-based decision making for senior leaders and executives by providing strategic view of the \"state of the R&D\", proactively allowing the functional heads to understand and address key areas of the business that are sensitive to change. An active member of a critical project team, responsible for leading and collaboratively delivering cross-functional R&D initiatives and strengthening of functional culture.

Education

• West Virginia University

  MS, Industrial Engineering

• Annamalai University

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Manufacturing Engineering

Skills

• Sdlc
• Process Optimization
• Project Control
• Sharepoint
• Process Improvement
• Project Coordination
• Project Planning
• Program Management
• Budgeting
• Microsoft Project
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Pmo
• Process Mapping
• Earned Value Management
• Project Server
• Ms Project
• Business Process Improvement
• Data Analysis
• Management
• Industrial Engineering
• Business Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Change Management
• Project Management
• Cognos
• Integration
• Cost Reporting
• Data Mining
• Project Execution
• Process Assessment
• Reporting & Analysis
• Pmp
• Project Management Office (Pmo)
• Software Project Management
• Project Portfolio Management
• Quality Management