Praveen A

About Praveen A

Delivery Partner / Program Director in IT with experience across Airlines, Banking, Insurance, Supply Chain, Logistics, Freight Forwarding, Warehousing, Hospitality, e-Governance and Infrastructure domains.• Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner.• Certified Scrum Master (CSM).• Internal GDPR Auditor.A keen planner & strategist with demonstrated abilities.• Managed engagements with Revenue up to 15M EUR with large team sizes. • Key Stakeholders Relationship Management.• Maximize billable team utilization & revenue.• Accurate & timely Revenue Forecasts.• Part of team defining IT Strategies.• High Value Program/Projects Delivery.• Experience in Transition Programs.• Experience in Agile/ DevOps transformation projects.• Experience in PRINCE2 tailored project environments.• Sales/RFP.• Delivery using Waterfall & Agile/DevOps. Start-up, Execution, Windup and Service Delivery Transition.• Business and IT Change Management.• Budgeting Internal & External - CAPEX, OPEX/REVEX.• Effective Risk Management – Identify, Assess, Rank and Mitigation/Contingency Action.• Staffing and Skill development.• Performance Appraisals.• Talented leader with proficiency in directing highly skilled technical teams.HighlightsAs Delivery Partner• Managed Multiple Customer Accounts in Europe Geography managing all aspects of Delivery.As Global Transition Manager : • Successfully Setup Delivery Centers (ODC\'s) at 2 Global locations (Mexico,India) and Transitioned 200+ Applications (Development, Maintenance and Support) from incumbent vendors to TCS for InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). As Project/Program Manager Successfully Implemented and Rolled Out :• Global Baggage Management System (BMS) for Etihad Airways.• Baggage Reconciliation Systems (BRS) at multiple Airports globally for Etihad Airways.• Baggage Messaging Network for Etihad Airways.• DevOps Delivery Platform for Sanlam Insurance.• IIMS- State of Art Employee Management and Access Control System using palm vein scan for BPCL-KR.• Set Up Data Center at Singapore for Intel/STMicro.• Delivered e-Municipality for Local Self Governance in Kerala and Bhubaneshwar (India).• Multiple projects in Java/J2EE.NET, SAP, Main/Mid-frame.Clients: Intesa Sanpaolo (Trade Finance-Italy), Generali (Insurance-Swiss), Sanlam (Insurance), Etihad Airways, Intel / ST Microelectronics, Numonyx, Panalpina, P&O Ferries, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), Ann Taylor, Bed Bath and Beyond, Kingfisher IT - B&Q/Castorama, Corporation of Cochin (Local Governance), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (Refinery).

Experience

1. Delivery Partner

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Oct 2019 — Present · IN

   Managed a team of 250+, revenue 15M+ Euros.

Education

• University of Madras

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering

Skills

• Global Logistics
• Business Intelligence
• Outsourcing
• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Sdlc
• Requirements Analysis
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Management
• Service Delivery
• E-Government
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• Leadership
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• E-Commerce
• IT Service Management
• Quality Assurance
• Warehousing
• Logistics
• Product Development
• Team Management