SIVAKUMAR NETHAJI PMP

Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.

• Assessed and analyzed customer requirements to develop effective IT project plans.
• Served as technical liaison, supporting engineering, management, procurement, sales and marketing, quality assurance and supply base.
• Managed 5 service teams and 3 project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
• Trained personnel on use of IT tools and applications.
• Developed and introduced IT strategies to improve operational efficiency.
• Accomplished client goals by providing quality technical projects.
• Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
• Created and implemented contingency plans to address potential risks.
• Developed project plans and managed project scope using methodologies to guide projects from conceptualization to implementation and maintenance.
• Formulated integration system process flows based on stakeholders' specifications.
• Collaborated with business users, technical teams, database administrators and testing teams during kickoff meetings, joint application designing, and planning sessions to validate requirements.
• Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
• Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
• Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion.
• Managed design and manufacturing teams to build proprietary process equipment within aggressive cost and time constraints.

• Presented category insights and new item recommendations to major retailers and led teams in developing marketing, pricing, product and sales strategies.
• Developed and introduced IT strategies to improve operational efficiency.
• Established and enforced project timelines and deadlines.
• Generated reports for IT project progress and performance.
• Monitored and tracked project progress to support timely completion.
• Trained personnel on use of IT tools and applications.
• Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.
• Wrote, updated and maintained project documentation.
• Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
• Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
• Procured 10+ servers and upgrade them in 6 months in all environment.

• Offered experience with IBM DataPower, IBM MQ, Java and XSLT.
• Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
• Provided direction and guidance to process improvements and established policies.
• Identified and documented project changes with proactive budget oversight.
• Provided technical support using knowledge of complex technology to solve problems and support new projects.
• Delivered unit-tested systems within customer-prescribed timeframes.
• Practiced and encouraged respectful and transparent communication in interactions.
• Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
• Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions that met or exceeded performance expectations.
• Conducted regression testing and submitted observations to development team.
• Developed strong communication and organizational skills through working on group projects.
• Worked on production support and fixed 20+ incidents per week.
• Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.

• Treasurer of Thiran Intra College Event - 3rd semester, 2006
• Editor of Tamil edition science news paper - 2nd & 3rd Year
• Mess Representative of Hostel - 2nd year, 2006