Satheeshkumar Padmanabhan
Senior Project Manager
Tracy,California
Summary
Adept IT Project Manager with a proven track record at Cognizant Technologies Solutions, excelling in leading cross-functional teams and driving successful IT project deliveries. Skilled in cybersecurity best practices and project development, demonstrated through effective risk management and stakeholder engagement. Achieved significant cost savings and quality enhancements in fast-paced environments.
Experience in the Information Technology industry in various aspects of SDLC such as Requirement Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Migration of applications. Experience in doing Maintenance and Production Support of the applications.
Core strengths include databases Sybase, SQL Server, Oracle on creating Backend Stored Procedures, Functions and Triggers. Involved in the application development using PowerBuilder, Net. Possesses a sound understanding of technology and has excellent problem solving and communication skills. Ability to adapt to demanding, fast-paced environments requiring highly flexible and resourceful technical & management skills. Experience in various development projects in the Capital Markets Domain, Banking & Financial Services domain (Fixed Income Trading System, Equity Trading System, and Pre/Post trade compliance), Automobile, ERP products, Energy & Utilities Domain.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
IT Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
06.2004 - Current
- Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.
- Led technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
- Led and managed staff of 50+ team members engaged in administering complex IT infrastructure.
- Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
- Identified and implemented cost-saving measures in IT projects.
- Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
- Created and implemented contingency plans to address potential risks.
- Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.
- Application health migration program lead to migrate 300+ Apps from 2021 from out of support Windows/Linux operating system, SQL Server/Oracle database, legacy technology apps(Visual Basic, MS Access) to the latest Windows/Linux operating system, SQL Server/Oracle database and latest .Net framework/Core.
Responsible for Managing the development of legacy technology to the latest technology, and migrating applications which are in out of support operating system, database version to the latest operating system, latest SQL Server/Oracle version.
- Application production support lead/Development lead for the Utility ops/Fleet/RPA/Enterprise Mobility suite of applications (80+) which consists of different lines of business Gas Transmission & Distribution, Electric Transmission & Distribution, Energy Supply and Power Generation, Transportation services – Fleet, Enterprise Mobility, Robotic Process Automation related applications.
- Maintenance, Enhancement & Production Support of the Longview Trading System, Fixed Income Trading System and also did all the database related activities like table creation, Stored Procedures, Triggers, and Views in Sybase ASE 12.5 for customized stored procedures.
Software Developer
Accenture Services Pvt.Ltd
12.2003 - 06.2004
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
- Designed customized solutions for proposals to potential customers.
- Developed software for desktop and mobile operating systems.
- Participated in software field testing to verify performance of developed projects.
- Translated customer requirements into written use cases.
Software Developer
Ecotech Solutions Private Limited
12.1999 - 12.2003
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
- Designed customized solutions for proposals to potential customers.
- Translated customer requirements into written use cases.
- Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products.
- Designed and implemented scalable applications for data extraction and analysis.
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Bharath Institute of Science & Technology
Chennai, India04-1998
Skills
- Project scheduling
- Project development
- Cybersecurity best practices
- Enterprise architecture
- Software testing
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Root-cause analysis
- Stakeholder management
- Risk management
- Scrum framework
Timeline
IT Project Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
06.2004 - Current
Software Developer
Accenture Services Pvt.Ltd
12.2003 - 06.2004
Software Developer
Ecotech Solutions Private Limited
12.1999 - 12.2003
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Bharath Institute of Science & Technology
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