Arvind Kinjarapu
Frisco,TX
Summary
Accomplished IT Sr Project Manager with over 8 years of experience leading diverse technology projects from initiation to successful completion. Proven track record in managing complex IT initiatives, driving process improvements, and achieving strategic objectives. Strong expertise in team leadership, budget management, and risk mitigation. Adept at communicating technical details to non-technical stakeholders, fostering collaboration, and ensuring on-time, within-budget project delivery. PMP certified. Seeking opportunities to apply my IT project management skills and passion for innovation to deliver transformative solutions. Forward-thinking project management specialist confident in leading team members, managing schedules and coordinating resources. Keeps projects on-track with decisive supervision and quick problem-solving. Persuasive in communicating and negotiating with internal team members, vendors and other stakeholders.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr Project Manager
Careington International
Frisco, TX
09.2022 - Current
- Facilitate requirement gathering workshops with various stakeholders
- Identifying individual team’s needs and prioritize to ensure maximum ROI to the company
- Coordinate with business analysts to translate stakeholder requirements into well-defined user stories, epics, and product backlog items
- Coordinating decision making to elect on the approach to be taken to address a given requirement (Waterfall vs Agile)
- When applicable ensuring adherence to the Scrum framework and Agile methodologies throughout the software enhancement and data migration project
- Manage project scope, schedule, and budget, ensuring successful delivery of software enhancements and seamless data migration
- Conduct Sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to maintain transparent communication and track progress
- Oversee the development process, coordinating tasks and efforts of developers and QA engineers to meet quality and timeline expectations
- Mitigate risks and resolve impediments by actively identifying and addressing potential roadblocks to maintain project momentum.
Sr Project Manager
Kone, Inc
Allen, TX
06.2015 - 09.2022
- Spearhead the project to harmonize installation kits used across continental North America to optimize them to reduce cost and increase efficiencies of the installers
- Nominated to be part of the core group conducting surveys at different job sites in NA facilitating meetings with stakeholders and installers and gathering requirements
- Collaborated with solution architects to design an efficient Power BI architecture that meets data visualization and reporting requirements
- Worked closely with business analysts to gather and document detailed business needs, translating them into actionable user stories and backlog items
- Managed stakeholder communication and engagement, coordinating with product owners to prioritize requirements and ensure business value delivery
- Addressed impediments and risks by proactively identifying and resolving challenges that could impact project timelines or deliverables.
System Design Engineer
Kone, Inc
Allen, TX
12.2013 - 05.2015
- Concepted the new modernization bedplate design to improve on revolution 2.1 limitations
- Performed traction calculation to aid industrialization for revolution 2.3
- Successful in limiting number of machines to 4 for capacities ranging from 2000 thru 4500 lbs
- Batch files were run for all combinations based on sheave diameters, windings and undercuts
- Performed overhead clearance checks for code compliance
- Performed FEA analysis on new bedplate.
Engineering Team Leader/Senior Engineer
Caterpillar, Inc
Mossville, IL
08.2008 - 11.2013
- Accountable for overseeing various tasks from cost models, design, procurement, installation on new and existing installations of test benches
- Mentor and lead group of seven engineers and technicians in guiding them through robust and cost-effective fixture designs to support corporate test facility
- Also, worked in mentoring offshore team in EDCI, India in reviewing prints and models
- Represent mechanical design team in planning meetings and provide design input and ensure conformance to cost, timeline and space constraints
- Maintain constant dialogue and healthy relationship with cross functional team leads from hydraulics, electrical and PLC to guarantee smooth installation phase and eliminate rework costs.
Senior Engineer - Engine Structures and Dynamics
Caterpillar, Inc
Mossville, IL
08.2008 - 11.2013
- Provide recommendations in implementing design changes to prototype parts before production release
- This was accomplished by conceptualizing robust designs for mounted equipment to eliminate failures on parent materials, welds and bolts under static, vibration and thermal loading conditions
- Mentor junior engineers and Interns in getting them accustomed to structural engineering
- Spearheaded the implementation of acceptance criteria for fillet welds which is now part of Caterpillar design standard
- Components are selected to have different design limit based on their failure mode
- Inputs from subject matter experts and historic failures played a crucial role
- Worked in ISO 9001 and 17025 testing environment and familiar with the use of Data Acquisition systems like EDAQ and LMS, transducers like Accelerometers, Strain gages and Thermocouples.
Lead Design Engineer – WTS Structures
Caterpillar, Inc (Adecco)
Decatur, IL
05.2006 - 07.2008
- Lead Engineer for NPI project in redesigning the scraper frame to sport an independent suspension
- Team lead for oversees team in India and guide them through design improvements and refinements
- Introduction
- This also involved extracting loads from Free Body Diagrams to understand frame loading condition
- Participated in Six Sigma project and earned Greenbelt certification in the process
- Current CPI issue was resolved during the process to get a better understanding of DMAIC principles.
Lead Design Engineer
Holtec International
Marlton, NJ
11.2001 - 04.2006
- Determine material allowable per ASME Section III subsection NF under normal and seismic conditions for lift rigs, cranes and Spent Fuel Storage Units; both wet and Dry
- Confirm the structures, bolts and welds to ASME standards
- Safety margins were met through the guidelines put forth in CMAA and NUREG 0612 lifting standards
- Performed Modal and static analysis and prepare calculation package for NRC (Nuclear Regulatory Commission) submittal
- Perform design optimizing and reduce cost of the structures based on strength of materials calculations using Mathcad
- Performed FEA Analysis using ANSYS
- 3D model creation, constraints and load application and post processing was done through input files.
Education
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering -
Old Dominion University
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering -
Kuvempu University
Skills
- SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile
- Documentation Tools: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project
- Tools: Azure Devops (Portfolio ), Jira Align, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft SharePoint
- Databases: SQL
- Mechanical Design & Analysis: Creo 7, Pro- Mechanica, ANSYS Workbench
Certification
- PMP Certification (PMI)
- Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (Caterpillar)
- Oracle Certified Professional (Oracle)
Core Competences
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Process Optimization
- Leadership Skills and Team Building
- Client Outreach and Retention
- Waterfall
- Agile Framework
- Risk Mitigation
Timeline
Sr Project Manager
Careington International
09.2022 - Current
Sr Project Manager
Kone, Inc
06.2015 - 09.2022
System Design Engineer
Kone, Inc
12.2013 - 05.2015
Engineering Team Leader/Senior Engineer
Caterpillar, Inc
08.2008 - 11.2013
Senior Engineer - Engine Structures and Dynamics
Caterpillar, Inc
08.2008 - 11.2013
Lead Design Engineer – WTS Structures
Caterpillar, Inc (Adecco)
05.2006 - 07.2008
Lead Design Engineer
Holtec International
11.2001 - 04.2006
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering -
Old Dominion University
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering -
Kuvempu University
- PMP Certification (PMI)
- Certified Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance)
- Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (Caterpillar)
- Oracle Certified Professional (Oracle)
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