Mahwish de Silva

Director at Capgemini

Role
Senior Manager at Capgemini
Location
Houston, TX, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Mahwish de Silva

Mahwish De Silva is a senior manager and the Delivery Lead for the Solution Design Center (SDC), Capgemini’ s Houston, Texas based near shore center focused on end-to-end delivery of SAP projects. Mahwish is responsible for delivering design and development for multiple large scale implementations. Her responsibilities includes managing risks and issues across all SDC projects, leading design and development activities and ensuring smooth communication between distributed teams, including offshore, onshore and client locations. Additionally, she is responsible for status reporting, issue resolution and ensuring on time delivery.Solution Design Center Implementation Delivery Lead- Over 15 years of experience delivering and leading large, distributed teams on multiple end-to-end engagements- Responsible for a team consisting of 100+ onshore and 150+ offshore- Leads Delivery for the Solution Design Center (SDC) based in Houston TX across all SAP implementation accounts starting from the RPF process to forecasting, planning and executing the project- The scope of work at the center includes custom development objects for SAP, Basis as a Service, Data Migration as a Service, SAP Renewable Enterprise including Cloud based development, Testing as a Service- Manages Risks and Issues across all SDC engagements at times we have 20+ engagements running in parallel- People Leadership, mentoring and growing others, conflict resolution, retention- Leads projects for multiple large scale implementations. Successful track record in managing multiple delivery teams across geographies including US, India, Mexico and Argentina and across multiple work streams- Coordinate distributed teams between offshore, nearshore, onshore and client site to ensure on time delivery of functional specifications, technical documentation as well as development- Responsible for project schedules, status tracking, issue resolution and on time delivery- Conducts client visits and presentations on the center based model, including roadmaps and post go live enhancement projects for local Energy clients.

Experience

  1. Senior Manager

    Capgemini

    Jan 2017 — Present · Houston, TX, US

    Mahwish De Silva is the Delivery Lead for the Solution Design Center (SDC), Capgemini’s Houston, Texas based near shore center focused on end-to-end delivery of PRICEFW objects. Mahwish is responsible for delivering PRICEFW design and development for multiple large scale implementations. Her responsibilities includes leading design and development activities and ensuring smooth communication between distributed teams, including offshore, onshore and client locations. Additionally, she is responsible for status reporting, issue resolution and ensuring on time delivery- Over 14 years of SAP experience delivering and leading large, distributed teams on multiple end to end engagements- Experience includes Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Retail and Transportation industries- Leads Delivery for the Solution Design Center (SDC) based in Houston TX- Project Lead for multiple large scale implementations. Successful track record in managing multiple delivery teams, largest consisted of 68 team members (23 onshore, 45 offshore)- Coordinate distributed teams between offshore, Houston and client site to ensure on time delivery of functional specifications, technical documentation as well as development- Responsible for project status tracking, issue resolution and on time delivery of custom development objects

Education

  • University of Houston

    Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General

    1999 — 2002

  • University of Houston

    Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General

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