Ganesh Polji MBA CSM® ITIL®

Ganesh polji mba csm® itil®

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Sr. Project Manager at mPHATEK Systems

  • Education

    • Kes engineering college, pen, raigad, maharashtra, india

      1990 - 1995
      Bachelor’s degree bachelor of engineering in electronics (mumbai university) second class

      Activities and Societies: Degree from Mumbai University Successfully completed my 4 year degree in Electronics Engineering from Mumbai University securing first class honors acquiring Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics.

    • Wilson college chowpatty mumbai 400 007

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    • Sydenham institute of management studies, research and entrepreneurship education

      1998 - 2000
      Master of business administration (m.b.a.) systems management distinction

      Activities and Societies: Post Graduate Degree affiliated to Mumbai University Successfully completed Post Graduate Degree in Systems with distinctions from Mumbai University acquiring Master of Management Studies MMS,

    • Wilson college chowpatty mumbai 400 007

      1988 - 1990
      Science
  • Experience

    • Cmc ltd

      Jun 2000 - Dec 2006
      Project lead
    • Tcs

      Jan 2003 - Jan 2004
      Project lead
    • Silica

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2012
      Senior project lead
    • Zensar technologies

      Jan 2007 - Jul 2016
      Senior project lead

       Leading a team of 15 domain members by assisting them with their work and personal issues  I also assist them in coordinating for the value addition initiatives within the team Maintaining daily support Client coordination for the project  Review and control the change requests  Being in an Agile environment, we create a story for enhancement for the development team in conjunction with the product owner and the responsible analyst  Assist production support team (Zensar perspective) to understand the error and the issue and provide solution technically to the technical team for the fix and allocate the issue / enhancement work packs to the developer depending on the priority and the SLA set  Assist the reporting team inside and outside of the Line Of Business to create report in Crystal reports, SSRS and SSIS  Create Scrum documents for the scrum team Attending Clients / End Users Requirements kick off Meetings Business Requirement Analysis Implementing new enhancements as per business requirements Controlling and monitoring the quality of product/service Planning & Assisting the Production implementation Addressing issues and queries to closure Status Meetings Ensure adherence to the Client Standards Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation Ensure resource availability and allocation Show less

    • Fractal solutions

      Jul 2016 - Jul 2017
      Project manager

      Fractal Solutions is division of Strate (Pty) Ltd. Being a CSD of South Africa for so long is in limelight for its innovation in Blockchain and DLT technologies. Given the overwhelming momentum regarding the blockchain amongst CSDs, Fractal Solutions is directly pursuing a number of initiatives in this space. It is against this backdrop that blockchain will be one of the primary areas of responsibility for Fractal Solutions. Responsibilities Creating SOW and being the first deliverable the client sees it becomes an important document to be produced.Generate and manage the MS project plan and scope change log.Maintain weekly progress reports, flight plans, status reports, action items tracking, lessons learnt. Manage the scope, cost, schedule, scope, and contractual performance deliverables. Apply techniques for planning, tracking, change control and risk management. Manage all project resources, customer, and subcontractors. Established an effective communication plan with the project team back in India and business stake holder. Provide day-to-day direction to the project teams. Provide regular project status updates to the customer.Facilitate development of the application architecture, technology selection and detail application specifications. Define and monitor risk and risk mitigation strategies. Monitor and assess the quality of the deliverables. Facilitate sharing best practices, with documentation of best practices and lessons learned. Assisting project team in creating a benchmark document comprising of the performance benchmarking test results done on prototypes. Show less

    • Absa group

      Aug 2017 - now
      Sr. project manager

      ABSA is a diversified African financial services provider offering products and services across retail, business, corporate, investment and wealth banking as well as investment management and insurance.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified scrum master

      Scrum alliance
      Jan 2015
    • Itil foundation certificate in itsm

      Axelos global best practice
      Sept 2018