Results-driven Service Integration and Management (SIAM) professional with over 10 years of experience in optimizing ITIL-based SIAM processes.
Highly skilled Service Manager with relevant background in leading customer-focused teams and implementing effective service strategies. Strong managerial capabilities, including team leadership, problem-solving skills, and a keen ability to multitask under pressure. Demonstrated success in improving customer satisfaction levels, streamlining operations, and fostering positive work environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SIAM Lead (Change, Peak, Risk & Security)
Accenture
Chennai, India
01.2022 - 09.2024
As a SIAM Service Manager for a leading UK retail client, managing various processes (Change, Risk, Security, Peak, Incident, Availability, and Capacity) to ensure timely, scalable, and stable platform delivery.
Focused on improving processes through expertise in peak and change, risk, Security & Capacity Management.
Conducted weekly sessions with vendors & Suppliers to improve processes and achieve better customer outcomes.
Regularly conducted weekly and monthly business review meetings with clients to evaluate project and process performance, addressing major issues, environmental risks, planned changes, and open problems
Skilled in tracking risks and providing live updates to customers through JIRA, ensuring transparency and timely communication.
Refined SIAM Critical workflows using JIRA aligned with comprehensive Continuous Service improvement strategies.
Played a key role in approving or rejecting changes during change freeze periods to protect the platform, while participating in Project Exemption Boards to facilitate critical projects and ensure timely completion.
Created techniques to measure KPIs to and drive the process to the next level of technology.
Proficient in leading teams, collaborating with stakeholders, and delivering scalable solutions to achieve organizational objectives and operational excellence during the PEAK critical days for the trading platform
Dedicated to ensuring adherence to Peak Stages during planning, design, testing, implementation and execution.
Conducted routine training sessions with suppliers and vendors to maintain adherence to processes.
Initiated War Room and Command Center bridges to manage critical peak days, ensuring rapid issue resolution with a proactive approach
Excelled in implementing an Agile Change project within the Change Management process.
Recognized with multiple rewards from the CEO for driving peak excellence without major issues or escalations.
Collaborated with BI teams to develop sales automation reports, eliminating manual efforts and enhancing efficiency.
Provided excellent service and attention to customers when face-to-face or through phone conversations.
Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
Worked effectively in team environments to make the workplace more productive.
Provided support and guidance to colleagues to maintain a collaborative work environment.
Ensured accuracy by updating and reviewing the Process Run book every six months.
Played a crucial role in coordinating teams during platform load testing.
Service Level Manager
Larsen & Toubro Infotech
09.2019 - 09.2021
Overseeing delivery of IT services to ensure alignment with agreed targets.
Recorded metrics and provided detailed summaries.
Developed weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly decks per client requirements.
Ensure timely tracking of every SLA breach with proper explanations.
Updated critical service metrics and key performance indicators each week according to business guidelines.
Ensured business satisfaction by driving backlog tickets through the SLM team.
Reduced instances of ticket hopping and re-openings, ensuring a monthly decreasing trend.
Ensures that the customer’s current and future Service requirements are identified, understood and documented in SLAs and SLM deck
Ensures that improvement initiatives identified in Service Reviews are acted on and progress reports are provided to business owners
Multiple trainings sessions are taken across the project to have a better understanding about SLA’s
Preparing Productivity sheet for each and every engineer to increase the efficiency of the resource
Investigate new technologies and methodologies to automate and maximize efficiency of services
Drafts and gets sign off the underpinning contract every month and provides data evidence to the customer
Experience is ITSM Service Desk tools (Service Now, Remedy)
ServiceNow enhancements has been provided and created multiple dashboards as per the client Requirement
Promote and support the deployment of Service Management processes to all groups interacting with Problem Management, Change Management, and Incident Management.
Monthly meetings with business owners to identify areas of improvement
Closely working with Service Now team to ensure the SLAs are configured properly after SNOW upgradation
Monthly PPT presentations are created and presented over to business Owners and identify areas of improvement
Read through contracts, regulations and procedural guidelines to verify comprehension and compliance.
SIAM IT Specialist
HCL Technologies
Chennai
05.2015 - 08.2019
Service Integration and Management (SIAM) - Specialist
Provide and deliver focus for customer satisfaction across the relevant customer base
Ensure the information systems and the review structure for SLAs and client satisfaction are in place and effectively delivered
Develop reports for customer requirement
Hosting Change advisory board meeting
Implemented Change approval Workflow according to business owner requirement
Driven successful Customer satisfaction survey by providing trainings and feedbacks to the Service Desk engineers
Any Dissatisfaction request would get into bigger forum and discuss with owner to understand what has gone wrong
Provides the same feedback to the engineer and ensures Service desk doesn’t repeat it
Setting up KPI goals to tower leads and ensures that has been driven.
Participated in ongoing training and compliance activities.
Defined team directions and provided guidance to members.
Managed and resolved incidents according to service agreements.
Coordinated and managed various programs or projects to achieve established objectives.
Balanced competing priorities through deliberate project and time management practices.
Identified opportunities to enhance specialization resulting in increased efficiency.
Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
Maintained positive working relationship with fellow staff and management.
Identified areas for improvement, narrowing focus for decision-makers in making necessary changes.
Set specific goals for projects to measure progress and evaluate end results.
Analyzed key performance indicators to identify effective strategies.
Evaluated needs of departments and delegated tasks to optimize overall production.
Tracked project schedules and encouraged teams to complete tasks on time while staying on budget.
Organized client meetings to provide project updates.
Created plans to propose solutions to problems related to efficiency, costs or profits.
Worked closely with human resources to support employee management and organizational planning.
IT Support Executive
CSS Corp Pvt.Ltd
06.2014 - 05.2015
Technical support for SOHO networking products
Coordinated with other departments to ensure timely resolution of customer complaints or requests.
Handled client and customer onboarding to answer preliminary questions and concerns, preventing unnecessary support tickets.
Delivered consultative support to guarantee customer and consumer satisfaction.
Noted, documented and quantified customer queries to deliver accurate quotes and estimates.
Updated support manuals and guides to smooth assistance processes for support staff.
Managed and sorted customer portfolios to accurately track customer satisfaction.
Resolved complex and escalated support issues.
Analyzed data to identify opportunities for improving support levels.
Consulted with customers to gather and define requirements.
Led weekly team meetings to communicate business updates and review team performance.
Evaluated performance of support staff and provided coaching to improve performance.
Created weekly schedules for team members and enforced timely shift start and end times.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Application
Apollo Arts & Science College /Madras University
05.2014
HSC -
Anna Adarsh Matric. Hr. Sec. School
05.2011
SSC -
Ambal Matric School
05.2009
Skills
Performance Improvement
People Management
Service Level Agreements
Key Performance Indicators
Resource Allocation
Quality Improvement
Customer service management
Coaching and mentoring
Negotiation
Stakeholder management
Risk management
Project management
Change management
Complex Problem-solving
Certification
CERTIFICATION ITIL V3
SIAM Certified by HCL technologies
Completed Agile Change implementation Certification in Accenture Technologies