Prashanth Gnanadesikan

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  • Timeline

    Sept 2004 - Jun 2007

    Technical Lead

    HCL Technologies
    Aug 2007 - May 2009

    Masters in Information Technology(Software Engineering)

    Carnegie Mellon University
    Jan 2009 - Sept 2009

    Research Assistant

    Cylab Inc.
    Sept 2009 - Dec 2012

    Manager

    Deloitte Consulting
    Jan 2013 - Mar 2015

    Program Director

    Virtusa
    Apr 2015 - May 2019

    Business Unit Head

    Sysbiz Technologies Pvt Ltd (A subsidiary of BPI Technologies, USA)
    Current Company
    Jun 2019 - now

    Senior Director at Tringapps, Inc

    Tringapps, Inc
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
    Current Company
    Nov 2021 - now

    Sr. Director at JeanMartin

    Jean Martin
  • About me

    Sr. Director @ JeanMartin & Tringapps | Technology Executive | Digital Transformation | SAFe® Agilist | Ex-Deloitte | Carnegie Mellon

  • Education

    • Carnegie mellon university

      2007 - 2009
      Ms it software engineering
  • Experience

    • Hcl technologies

      Sept 2004 - Jun 2007
      Technical lead

      • Designed & developed the solution using Documentum suite, which eliminated paper, redundancies, and errors by 100%• Proactively identified bottlenecks and introduced automated indexing, imaging, data extraction; shortened cycle times and increased throughput gave the company $5M annual savings• Successfully integrated various third-party tools with Documentum suite; helped various clients to manage 90% of the unstructured information and handle 70% of the increased volume

    • Carnegie mellon university

      Aug 2007 - May 2009
      Masters in information technology(software engineering)

      Role Description:• Managed planning, scheduling, risks, issues and regularly reported project status to team members and clients• Led a team of 9 members & defined quality goals & metrics for the project using the GQM approach• Identified the architecture, analyzed the project metrics, gave recommendations for improved qualityTechnical Environment: Java, Struts, XML, Web Services, Glassfish, MySQL

    • Cylab inc.

      Jan 2009 - Sept 2009
      Research assistant

      • Researched and identified various privacy regulations• Researched various risk assessment techniques for privacy• Conducted risk assessment sessions with the various stakeholders of two projects for identifying and prioritizing project risks• Published a report for CyLab on the risk assessment techniques for privacy

    • Deloitte consulting

      Sept 2009 - Dec 2012
      Manager

      • Led a 30+ global team to deliver the solution in a year within budget and schedule and with 39.7% margin• Led Proof of Concept (POC) initiatives to assist in defining technology direction and enabling business strategy, resulting in the self-service solution being adopted by 15 states in the U.S• Provided business consulting, knowledge expertise in Health and Human Services, process assessment work, and the application of technologies to business, which helped Deloitte LLP win Affordable Care Act (ACA) project worth $100M• Part of the core team which helped to conceptualise and build the user interface design for the solution. The innovative user design reduced the amount of time needed to fill out the application by 80% and increased the no. of online applications from 22% to 36%• The next generation self-service solution won the Adobe award, among 10 other competitors Show less

    • Virtusa

      Jan 2013 - Mar 2015
      Program director

      • Led 80+ people, 5 projects, $10M in budgets (FY’13 & FY’14) for PayPal Inc and delivered all releases for all the projects on time (On Time Delivery = 100%) with ZERO defects post-live (Defect Removal Efficiency = 100%)• Served as an Agile Coach to eight scrum teams (~4 to 9 team members in each team), educating the teams on Agile best practices such as time-boxing, continuous integration, code/design reviews, transparency, accountability, tracking, product visioning, technical debt reduction, self-management, empowerment and role training resulting in velocity improvement of ~70%• Increased the Account Margin from 45.2% to 51.4% in FY’14 by devising key strategies [Pyramid correction; onsite ratio; cost savings; increased revenue] and implementing them• Increased the Client Satisfaction Score from 7/10 to 8.8/10 in FY’14 by understanding the gaps and correcting them• Introduced process techniques resulting in increased productivity by 25%; DRE to 100%; acceptance ratio to 100% Show less

    • Sysbiz technologies pvt ltd (a subsidiary of bpi technologies, usa)

      Apr 2015 - May 2019
      Business unit head

      • Led 60+ people, $5M in budgets over a period of 4 years to design & deliver Gross to Net implementations (SaaS) for 5 customers on time and budget, increasing the company’s portfolio compound growth rate to 49.53% (1 customer to 5 customers)• Introduced and managed the organisation's Agile processes, increasing the productivity by 35%, quality & predictability by 90%• Effectively implemented DevOps implementation for the organisation, improving the development cycle time by 33%• Established & implemented talent & workforce management as part of portfolio management, decreasing the attrition rate by 45%• Formulated & executed strategic IT roadmap, which helped the organisation increase the Bid-Hit ratio from 6:1 to 3:1 Show less

    • Tringapps, inc

      Jun 2019 - now

      • Design and implement business strategies, plans, and procedures• Responsible for strategizing and strengthening the market offering in Cloud, Mobile, Web, Media, Data Science, and IoT• Manage the Global Delivery of $10M - $15M Business with 500+ people and help to grow the business by 20% YoY• Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth• Establish policies that promote company culture and vision• Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives across Technology, Sales, Marketing, HR & Ops • Support current and emerging programs through interactions with high-level customers, business partners, and external vendors• Design enterprise-level technological blueprints and system architectures• Provide project leadership in a dynamic technology-driven environment with multiple priorities Show less

      • Senior Director at Tringapps, Inc

        Nov 2021 - now
      • Director

        Jun 2019 - Nov 2021
    • Jean martin

      Nov 2021 - now
      Sr. director at jeanmartin

      • Design and implement business strategies, plans, and procedures• Responsible for strategizing and strengthening the market offering in Cloud, Mobile, Web, Media, Data Science, and IoT• Manage the Global Delivery of $10M - $15M Business with 500+ people and help to grow the business by 20% YoY• Set comprehensive goals for performance and growth• Establish policies that promote company culture and vision• Oversee daily operations of the company and the work of executives across Technology, Sales, Marketing, HR & Ops • Support current and emerging programs through interactions with high-level customers, business partners, and external vendors• Design enterprise-level technological blueprints and system architectures• Provide project leadership in a dynamic technology-driven environment with multiple priorities Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified safe® 5 product owner/product manager

      Scaled agile, inc.
      May 2021
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