Sangeetha Panapakkam

About Sangeetha Panapakkam

Business Leader with 25 years of experience with a proven track record for Consistent, On-Time, High-Quality delivery meeting aggressive Organizational targets (Strategic, Product, Operational & Financial). • 7 years as Product Development Leader with Ericsson working across multiple products, solutions, stakeholders, geographies & technologies for Cloud Infrastructure with a focus on TCO improvement. • 2 Years as Head of ‘Business Benefit Accelerator’ function with Wipro achieving strategic goals across Organization defined in consultation with Executive Leadership (CXO). • 2 Years as Leader for Newton’s Cradle, Business Transformation Initiative, across Wipro improving cost of delivery & top line growth. • 2 years as Customer Engagement Leader with Wipro for a Tier-1 Telecom provider focusing on Customer Satisfaction & Delivery. • 1 Year as Head of Non-Linear Initiatives for Global Media & Telecom (GMT), Strategic Business Unit (SBU) focused on improving cost of delivery & margin. • 2 years as Chief of Staff to Sr VP, GMT with focus on Customer satisfaction, Delivery, Quality & Strategic Cost Management. • 2 years as Head of Business Operations and Staffing for Telecom Vertical with the goal of maximizing revenue & reducing cost of delivery. • 8 years as Delivery & Technology Leader for Nortel, Canada in Product Development and Services in Fixed Price and Time & Material Business Models.Specialization:• Business Leadership, Global Delivery, Technical Program Management, Agile Methodologies, Business Operations, Cost of Delivery, Talent Acquisition, Non-Linear business models, Analytics, Work-force variabilisation, Operating Margin Improvement, Fixed Price Project Optimization.

Experience

1. Sr R & d Program Manager

   Ericsson

   Apr 2017 — Present · IN

   Program Leader responsible for end-to-end execution of complex R&D program(s) for Ericsson\'s Operations Manager Cloud Infrastructure (OMC), Next Generation Cloud Networking product (SDN) & Cloud infrastructure portfolio (NFVI).• Leading a major program targeting the enhancement of the product capabilities of Operations Manager Cloud Infrastructure which is key to T1 customers. • Lead a major Life Cycle Management improvement initiative on the Cloud Infrastructure solution to improve the quality and speed of operations. Achieved ~30% improvement in quality & time leading to significant cost savings for the customers.

Education

• Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

  BE, Telecommunications

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Software Development
• Project Delivery
• Software Project Management
• Program Management
• Pmp
• Vendor Management
• Telecommunications
• Requirements Analysis
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Pre-Sales
• Service Delivery
• Global Delivery
• IT Strategy
• Outsourcing