Ambarish Nanda

Experience

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  IBM

  Jan 2008 - Oct 2008

  Senior Executive
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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Nov 2008 - Jun 2021

  Responsibilities:• Currently managing delivery of a project to migrate applications from Sitecore to AEMPlatform.• Managing delivery of new campaigns being built on the AEM Platform.• Delivered a completely new reporting functionality for the AGL customers.• Collaboration with multiple stakeholders within TCS, AGL and external partners.• Report to Senior Manager Digital Products, Product Owner, Product Lead, TCS higher management about the progress of the changes on a weekly basis.• Mitigate any risk/ impediments raised as part of the project efficiently. In order to do that I work with the team and understand the technical details which helps me to get issues resolved.• Represent and get approval for the changes at Change Approval Board before proceeding with the implementation.Achievements:• After the Reporting functionality was delivered, AGL awarded the project as the best project delivered and TCS awarded the team as the Best Team.• Multiple other appreciations received from AGL for the delivery being done as part of the Migration project.• On-time successful delivery and deep understanding of the digital landscape helped me bring new business for TCS worth of 220K.• Have been successful in placing a team of 7 AEM & UI resources who will be working along with the AGL team on an ongoing basis for long term Show less As Project ManagerResponsibilities:• Conduct discoveries with cross-domain stakeholders and teams involved in the project before commencing the weekly Scrum of Scrums.• Track the progress and help resolve any impediments as part of SoS.• Report to Squad Leads about the progress of the changes on a weekly basis.• Mitigate any risk/impediments raised as part of the project efficiently.• Represent the changes at Change Approval Board before proceeding with the implementation.Achievements:• Successfully delivered multiple projects.• Filled in the gap of test strategy process by utilizing and refining the existing process• Delivered a floor rate change part of serviceability requirements as requested by higher management in a week’s timeAs Release/Implementation ManagerResponsibilities:• Co-ordinate with the Dev, Test and the IM and prepare the release implementation plan.• Co-ordinate the change implementation plan with multiple technical teams within the bank (Local & TPB) / External Vendors / Business.• Proactively liaising with the front-end applications integrating with a decision engine in order to plan a release by having minimum downtime in order to make it beneficial for the Bank.• Manage the change activities and the present the changes in the Technical Review Board (TRB)/ Change Advisory Board Meeting (CAB) and get the approval for implementation• Perform dress rehearsal prior to the actual execution in the production.• Deploying changes into Production using the Urban Code Deploy application for applications• Assist the Environment Management team with the regular Patching activity.• Assist the BPM team in deploying Middleware changes.Achievements:• Defined the Release and implementation plan for a Squad when they initially started in Agile world. It was well received by the team and is being currently followed.• Worked with the team in defining the Pre-Implementation Checklist for the dev and testteam to have seamless implementation. Show less Responsibilities:• Manage delivery of product backlog for several banking features such as credit card origination, credit limit increase, branch income verification, signature pad integration, business process transformation and capability enhancement.• Facilitate scrum events (sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint retrospectives and sprint review).• Worked on Product Backlog refinement with the Product Owner.• Facilitate Scrum of Scrum for offshore teams in India.• Communicate with other management, engineers, stakeholders and support specialists on product issues.• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress.• Manage risks and issues in the PPMC tool.Achievements:• Successfully managed project with a budget of multi-million dollars and a team size of 50+ (Peak Team Size)• Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality.• Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects/bugs as evidenced by the on-time delivery of major initiatives• Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours• Received 100% CSS and highly appreciated by the customer Show less Responsibilities:• Manage delivery of performance enhancement, data management, business process automation and new application development projects for various insurance products.• Manage end-to-end delivery of large-scale enterprise application projects or a set of small medium sized projects.• Utilize Waterfall and Agile project management strategies, depending on client need.• Cost estimation, project planning, weekly status reports.• Facilitate feature demonstration with business.Achievements:• Successfully delivered a high-risk project with challenging timeline due to a delayed start by following a different approach of breaking down the implementation schedule• Recognized and awarded for delivering an in-flight project on time which was running one month behind schedule by proper planning, understanding key issue areas and good teamwork.• Received appreciation from clients for quick decision making.• Successful delivery of a major performance enhancement project in which 150K data was archived and the performance was improved by 20%-25% Show less Superpartners (Currently known as Link Group)Responsibilities• Management of key deliverables of a large Agile program which had 8 release activities planned over a span of 5 months’ period.• Refinement of the component requirements. • Conduct client training activities on new platform.• Participate in the configuration item integration and verification phases.• An active member of fun at work team.• Worked as a Crisis Management Lead.Achievements• Received Technical excellence award.• Promoted to Project Lead and successfully delivered 8 release activities planned over a span of 5 months’ period. 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  • Delivery Manager, AGL

    Aug 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Project Manager/Release & Implementation Manager , Bendigo and Adelaide Bank

    Jul 2017 - Aug 2020

  • Scrum Master /Program Solution Delivery Manager/Project Manager, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    Nov 2015 - Jul 2017

  • Project Manager, Legal and General

    Jun 2013 - Oct 2015

  • Project Leader / Senior Developer, Superpartners

    Dec 2009 - Jun 2013

  • Asst Systems Engineer

    Nov 2008 - Dec 2009
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  HCL Australia Services Pty Limited

  Jun 2021 - Mar 2022

  Release Manager, ANZ Bank
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  Capgemini

  Mar 2022 - now

  • Release Train Engineer - NAB / Associate Director @ Capgemini

    May 2024 - now

  • Parental Leave

    Jan 2024 - Apr 2024

  • Delivery Manager - ANZ Bank / Associate Director @ Capgemini

    Mar 2022 - Dec 2023