Ram Venkataraman
Atlanta,United States
Summary
Experienced Program Manager adept at working with CXO leaders, leading the development and execution of strategic initiatives to drive improvements in speed, quality, and cost efficiency. Results-driven leader with a forward-thinking approach and a proven track record in tech delivery. Responsible for managing a global team of subject matter experts to develop and deliver results. Expert in M&A, Integration, large scale strategic deliveries, budget, and P&L management, capacity management. Strong leader and problem-solver dedicated to streamlining operations to decrease costs and promote organizational efficiency. Uses independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact company success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager, Technology
Invesco
09.2012 - Current
- Provided strong leadership PMO Leadership in managing multi-million dollar project portfolios across global teams.
- Managed large-scale projects and introduced new systems, tools, and processes to achieve challenging objectives.
- Successfully program-managed $240B AUM M&A deal, managing multiple global teams right from discovery through synergy realization.
- Led a large-scale Technology integration and decommission effort, generating $25M in M&A synergies by People, Process, and technology optimization.
- Built M&A process playbook from pre-close to close. Directed the 2020 Strategic Initiative achieving ~$40M in synergy savings through location rationalization and decommissioning of 650+ apps and multiple data centers.
- Evaluated hiring, firing, and promotion requests.
- Held monthly meetings to create business plans and workshops to drive successful business.
- Implemented and developed operational standards, policies and procedures.
Senior Manager, PMO
Envision Financial Systems Inc
09.2008 - 09.2012
- Demonstrated exceptional project management skills, 95% on-time delivery rate, and10% defect density reduction.
- Developed/managed project plans, timelines, andbudgets ensuring successful initiative delivery.
- Led new product dev initiatives for US clients, 20% revenue increase, 15% time-to-market reduction.
- Driving end-to-end delivery framework, leveraging industry-leading tech & professional services, and achieving customer business outcomes.
- Established & scaled Agile PMO practices, 30% software delivery efficiency improvement, 25% higher customer satisfaction ratings.
- Addressed and resolved technical, financial, and operational concerns by working with team members and directors.
- Met with project stakeholders on a regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
- Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.
- Engaged and worked alongside cross-functional stakeholders to manage strategic initiatives.
- Facilitated workshops and conducted one-on-one training to educate team members.
Manager, Software Systems
Franklin Templeton Investments
09.2005 - 09.2008
- Worked closely with management teams to plan, develop and execute technical strategies aligned with the client's vision.
- Managed critical 674 overnight jobs required for IT operations on a daily basis
- Reviewed and assessed over 135 architecture designs, implementation, testing, and deployment needs to identify project requirements and costs.
- Supported implementation of warehouse management system software applications to enable centralized management of tasks that spanned over 500+ databases.
- Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Managed team size of over 20 engineers, business analysts, and testing team
- Worked well in aglobal team setting, providing support and guidance.
- Communicated regularly with customers concerning data exchange and technology integration.
- Led and assisted technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
Lead Business Analyst
Envision Financial Systems (India) Pvt Ltd
11.2003 - 09.2005
- Worked one-on-one with clients to improve requirement specifications.
- Performed gap analysis for over 25+ applications to identify areas of improvement and for implementation in a new product development
- Analyzed key aspects of the business to evaluate factors driving results and summarized them into presentations.
- Delivered analysis of market, sales, and consumer trend impact on long and short-term strategies.
- Conducted interviews with key business users to collect information on business processes and user requirements.
- Applied honed problem-solving skills to analyze and resolve issues impacting business operations and goal achievement.
- Improved business direction by prioritizing customers and implementing changes based on collected feedback.
- Executed analysis of risks and identified risk mitigation strategies.
- Designed and developed data pipelines to acquire, clean and process data.
- Deployed predictive analytics models to forecast future trends.
Education
EPGBM - Global Business Management
Indian Institute of Management
Kolkatta, India07.2012
Master of Science - Computer Applications
University of Madras
Chennai, India06.2000
Skills
- Project Management Expert
- AWS Certified Architect, Cloud Practitioner
- Oracle Certified
- Global IT Operations
- Agile, SAFe, Kanban
- Lean IT, ITSM, SDLC
- Application Portfolio Management
- Software delivery, Automation
- EA Governance
- Jira, Confluence, ARIS
- Workday, ServiceNow
- Software Compliance, MS Project, Office suite
Certification
AWS Architect Associate
Amazon
2023-2026
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Amazon
2021-2024
Digital Assets & Blockchain
DACFP
2022
SAFE Agilist
Scaled Agile
2021
ITIL v3 Expert
Axelos
2017
PMP
Project Management Institute
2006-2024
CSM, CSP
Scrum Alliance
2009, 2016
CMMi L-4 implementation
Carnegie Mellon (SEI)
Oracle Certified
Database Administration
AWS Architect Associate
Amazon
2023-2026
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Amazon
2021-2024
Digital Assets & Blockchain
DACFP
2022
SAFE Agilist
Scaled Agile
2021
ITIL v3 Expert
Axelos
2017
PMP
Project Management Institute
2006-2024
Additional Information
- US Permanent Resident
Timeline
Senior Manager, Technology
Invesco
09.2012 - Current
Senior Manager, PMO
Envision Financial Systems Inc
09.2008 - 09.2012
Manager, Software Systems
Franklin Templeton Investments
09.2005 - 09.2008
Lead Business Analyst
Envision Financial Systems (India) Pvt Ltd
11.2003 - 09.2005
EPGBM - Global Business Management
Indian Institute of Management
Master of Science - Computer Applications
University of Madras