Vijay Kasandi

About Vijay Kasandi

Highly committed, action-oriented, self-directed, seasoned technology leader with 25+ years of experience leading progressive organizations focused on delivering business value and bottom-line results. I have global experience working with Manufacturing, Engineering, Functional, IT, Technical and Support teams located across multiple global locations to conceptualize, design, deliver and support high quality customized IT application solutions. The highlights of my experience include:• Leader and strategist with a strong Global business acumen that enables the organization to achieve business transformation & competitive advantage at a reasonable cost.• Seasoned at cultivating strong partnerships throughout the organization in order to define and execute high impact programs/projects on-time and on-budget.• 12+ years in People Leadership role as Director & IT Leader with an experience of leading a highly talented and diverse team managing a diverse portfolio of critical applications across multiple GE businesses. Outstanding accomplishments in talent development & retention, people leadership through guiding, mentoring and growing the team• Program/Project planning & execution with complete ownership and Delivery Management including Budget Management, long term road map planning• Resource Planning, Recruiting/Staffing, Talent Growth & Retention• Stakeholder and Vendor Management while working with globally distributed teams• People Leadership, Team building, Performance and Career management• Lean Six Sigma Champion

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Honeywell Technologies

   May 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Senior Engineering Leader responsible for product delivery in Honeywell Connected Enterprise. Currently taking care of Forge Labs – Forge Labs is setup to accelerate SAAS product development for Honeywell businesses leveraging Forge platform and other industry best practices. Honeywell Forge Labs focuses on building SaaS applications that uses IoT edge connectivity, data aggregated in the cloud, providing real-time predictive analytics to increase the overall performance of assets after market services and improve visibility of Honeywell install base.

Education

• International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore

  Post Graduate Diploma, Data Sciences

  2018 — 2019

• Railway Mixed Higher Secondary School

  Higher Secondary School

  1985 — 1992

• THE AMERICAN COLLEGE

  Master's Degree, Master of Computer Applications

  1995 — 1998

Skills

• Process Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Requirements Analysis
• Program Management
• Six Sigma
• Consulting
• IT Strategy
• Vendor Management
• People Management
• Pmo
• Pmp
• Multi-Cultural Team Leadership
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Talent Management
• Software Project Management
• Performance Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Web Services
• Project Management
• Sdlc