Harshad Palsekar

Experience

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  Infosys Ltd

  Oct 2003 - Dec 2013

  Worked on enhancing several key features of the application. Also worked on Project Planning, Tracking, Staffing, Estimation, Invoicing. Incident Management, Risk Management, Change Management, Performance Management, Monitoring, On-call support, Planning and prioritizing tasks for the team.Analysing and defining business and functional requirements, created High-level Design and Detailed Design for the new enhancements.Created weekly and monthly service reviews, created management metrics, trend charts.Mastered in handling client escalations, worked on creating a Statement of Work for a project extension.Lead and mentored an offshore team of 15 or more. Show less Performed a role of a team lead with offshore members to develop the system, starting requirement gathering till implementation and the post-production support.Done coordination with customer to understand the business requirement, performed analysis. Coding was done for the required extracts, interfaces, enhancements.Performed testing and deployment of code to production, resolved data and production issues.Involved in post-production support, batch monitoring, data fixes. Show less Worked in developing an application with VB.Net applications.Involved in preparation of detail design, code walkthrough, coding, resolving technical and design issues, performing independent unit testing.Bug Fixing for the existing application implemented specific functionalities for the applications. Performed independent unit testing, performed validation and support activities in line with architectural requirements. Also participated in knowledge management activities. Show less

  • Technology Lead

    Sept 2009 - Dec 2013

  • Programmer Analyst

    Nov 2006 - Aug 2009

  • Software Engineer

    Oct 2003 - Oct 2006
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  Infosys Ltd

  Feb 2014 - Jan 2022

  Working as Technical Program Manager/IT Project Manager/Scrum Master/Product SME for DataVisa, the HSBC Data Governance tool. This tool provides streamlined processes for the approval of data sharing and associated outsourcing engagements. The tool significantly improves the bank's data management processes and accelerates time-to-decision outcomes from several months to minutes.DataVisa tool is powered by Dealmaker, a transformational digital platform that automates the deal process while revolutionizing the way the deal teams collaborate globally. Also supported by Solidatus, a rules warehouse and data lineage application. Coupled with MongoDB, Solidatus positions their solution towards complex and multi-dimensional data models using Graph DB.The role demands working with various stakeholders and performing digital transformation of business-critical demands using DataVisa tool. Also playing a pivotal role in leading the IT team with the day-to-day management of project activities, risks and controls. Show less Previously worked as a program manager on the petabyte scale open-source data management platform(JuniperX) that enables seamless movement of data to Google Cloud/AWS using lift & shift methodology utilizing native Google utilities. This is a metadata-driven solution enabling migration to GCP/AWS from traditional data stores such as Big Data, SAS, Oracle, Flat File and Teradata. It provides reconciliation on data migration and data ingestion(Batch/Near real-time). It also focuses on built-in configurable permissions, data archiving, data security, data privacy, data lineage and data classification using microservices architecture, Apache NiFi, Kafka, pub/sub, spark etc. The role also included oversight of a big data lake; encompassing data ingest/egress, capacity management, operational control and production support for a large financial institution using various relevant tools and technologies. Show less Worked as a Project/Test Data/Automation Manager; in a leading UK bank ring-fencing program. Handled multidimensional projects by providing innovative business solutions to clients.This project was based at a client location and was called the Structural Reform Program (SRP) or Ring-fencing. Ring-fencing of essential retail banking services is one of the reforms brought in by the UK government to separate the retail and smaller corporate banking activity and products.Managed 3+ complex projects simultaneously in personal banking, mortgage, data automation in the test data management area. It included the use of a methodical data discovery process, data parameter settings, creation of data in a faster and efficient way through automation. Completed delivery of projects to plan, budget with agreed quality and governance standard while using automated process and techniques for data verification, integrity checks with the team size of 60+. Show less Played the role of Project Manager/Test Automation Manager for Functional and Automation Testing using Agile methodology with a team strength of 60+.This comprised test management of E2E testing project, implement Automation with Hybrid framework with an expert team. Took bottom-line responsibility for a project, ensuring successful delivery and implementation. Formulating execution plan/test strategy, maintaining the metrics of the test cases executed and defects reported.Also worked on driving live support activities for the release and resource alignments as well as prioritize tasks to fast track the live issues, identifying and analyzing testing risks upfront and track them to closure.Involved in stakeholder management, environment management, release management, test reviews, preparing a weekly plan for the team and tracking the daily assignment as per assigned target, resource planning, reviewing and validating defects during the execution phase, ensuring their closure. Liaising with component teams for defects and their resolution. Have also participated and worked on the proposal, estimations, scope for a project, created Statement of Work, budgeting, invoicing, monitor and review the project status, created management metrics, handled client escalations, ensuring successful delivery and implementation.At the organization level, took end-to-end bottom-line responsibility for a project, participated to create a proposal, estimations, scope for a project, build the project team, staffing, scheduling, weekly and monthly service reviews, monitor and review the project status, manage project risks. Show less

  • Tech Program Manager | IT Project Manager | Scrum Master | Product SME - Data and Analytics(GCP)

    Oct 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Program Manager | Project Manager - Google Cloud Platform (Data and Analytics)

    Nov 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Automation Manager | Test Data Manager | Project Manager

    Feb 2017 - Nov 2018

  • Project Manager

    Feb 2014 - Jan 2017
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  Capgemini

  Jan 2022 - now

  FXPT (Foreign Exchange Pricing Transformation) GCP Migration project is related to migrating legacy feeds and the legacy GWBI data warehouse (Teradata) to a new, optimized design version on GCP. This new platform will enable visualization of pricing, price management and consumer consumption data that will provide insight on customers on a per market and ultimately a per banked market view.The responsibilities include but are not limited to • Migrate existing trusted, Golden source, legacy feeds to GCP so that these data sources can be consumed as needed. • Perform review and analysis on legacy sources and data warehouse to determine and define a business sanctioned and approved approach. • Migration of agreed data from GWBI and the ability to decommission all feeds.• Ensure that the new repository in GCP can act as a trusted source of data for other consumers. Show less

  • Portfolio Manager/Program Manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Technical Program Manager/Senior Manager

    Jan 2022 - Feb 2024