Ravi Kumar

About Ravi Kumar

Achievement-driven professional with experience of over 20 years in providing optimized solutions for various industry verticals such as Banking, Financial, Capital Markets, Logistics, Energy Utilities, Telecom and Manufacturing domain Wealth of expertise entails Delivery, Program Management (including Legacy and Distributed Applications), Presales, Bid Management, People Management, Test Environment Management, Transformation Activities Creating and working in Center of Excellence (CoE)/Factory model Worked at onsite with client and handled responsibility of development and enhancement of most critical applications Managed the Software Development Life cycle (SDLC) using the Agile (Scrum/Sprint) methodology right from requirement analysis, documentation (functional specifications, technical design), coding and testing, release & deployment, including post deployment maintenance of solutions Acquired new projects from pre-existing clients, as well as provided business volume growth by developing new client base Renowned for excellence pyramid management skills; used convenient tool to master the new skills and behaviors of successfully managers Experience in managing testing projects in a mixed team model. Responsible for an engagement to grow successfully with headcount, expected margins (P/L), Revenue generation Manage and improve Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) Complete Quality Ownership along with Metrics (Presenting to CxO during Weekly/Monthly and Quarterly Meetings) Maintaining the margins and growth of the account as per the targets Strong experience in leading the QA transformations for large customers including the workforce transformation, skill-lead, replacement plan etc. Knowledge in vendor management, resource planning, risk management, Quality control and cost management Effectively managed FP/TM project delivery for large customers of various domains Consulting experience on Application Life cycle Management solutions, Center of Excellence, Managed (Test) Services, Consulting, Presales and implementation both in SDLC and Testing. Experience in multi-vendor environment in delivering the projects and handled independent testing engagements in Financial, Retail, Health Care and manufacturing clients Have built High performance teams, empowered second line, create work life balance for the team members, thereby controlling attrition, improving team member stickiness and create value for the firm / customer. Led the on boarding, Knowledge acquisition, parallel perform and transitioned the CoE to steady state

Experience

1. Director

   Everest Technologies, Inc

   Feb 2022 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   In my role as a Director at Everest Technologies, Inc, I extensively managed the Software Development Lifecycle using Waterfall, Agile, and Iterative methodologies. I led teams in delivering solutions for clients across the globe, ensuring post-deployment maintenance and client communication.

Education

• Amravati University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering Technologies

• MBA

  Masters, Business Administration and Management, General