Saravanan S

Experience

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  SATYAM COMPUTER SERVICES, LTD

  Feb 1998 - Nov 2004

  System Analyst
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  SOGETI USA LLC

  Nov 2004 - Dec 2008

  Senior Consultant
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  PROFICIENT BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC.

  Jul 2009 - Mar 2010

  Consultant

  • Architected and Designed solution using J2EE Framework• Created application framework for invoking BEA Tuxedo Services • Modified existing framework to serve the needs of the new application• Participated in JAD sessions, created Architecture Design document and Detailed User View document• Identified interface requirements, and created prototype

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  Wipro Limited

  Apr 2010 - Sept 2010

  Architect

  • Architected and Designed solution using Comergent eCommerce Framework• Reviewed Detailed System Design, Code, Unit Test Cases, and Component Test Cases • Gathered, documented requirements and estimated effort requirement for future projects• Prepared System Deployment Plan and overseen Preproduction & Production deployments.

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  HCL Technologies

  Sept 2010 - Apr 2016

  Technical Architect

  • Project Planning, Resource Planning, Time Management, and Status Reporting• Created WBS and monitored project progress as per the plan to ensure successful implementation• Analyzed, reviewed business, system requirements and architected/reviewed solution with review board• Reviewed, approved multiple tollgate artifacts pertaining to various phases of the project• Conducted load estimates meetings to figure out load increase for ramping up server capacity. • Facilitated network requirements meetings to identify internal and external firewall requirements • Played as a release coordinator for multiple releases• Responsible for Sprint(Scrum) Planning, Sprint Showcase, Sprint Retrospection, backlog grooming • Analyzed business and system requirements to architect solution using Java, Spring, and Hibernate• Developed architecture document and obtained approval from architecture review committee • Status reporting, team management and resource planning Show less

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  HTC Global Services

  Jul 2016 - Jul 2017

  Project Manager

  • Project Planning, Resource Planning, Time Management and Status Reporting to the client• Reviewed functional requirements, technical design and other key artifacts developed by the team• Adhered to quality processes by participating in monthly QA review and quarterly audit processes• Attended monthly Steering Committee meetings with key project stakeholders.• Involved in project estimation and responded to multiple project proposals • Actively participated in interview process to fulfill project resource requirements and facilitated training sessions to enhance technical skills of the resources Show less

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  Aspire Systems

  Aug 2017 - May 2020

  Project Manager

  • Managed delivery of a large Fixed Price Cloud Migration(DB and DC migration) project and four other T&M project simultaneously• Assisted team by providing technical direction and liaised between Customer SMEs and Technical teams. • Coordinated with customer’s Performance Engineering team on improving various performance metrics of applications migrated to cloud to meet performance SLAs.• Managed projects in domains such as Education, Fintech, Finance and telecom• Responsible for Resource Utilization, SLAs on revenue generation, account mining, adding new business to the portfolio • Actively engaged in presales activities, worked with multiple new prospects and presented technical capabilities of the organization.• Involved in effort estimation process and responded to multiple proposals • Project Planning, Resource Planning, Time Management and Status Reporting to the customer Show less

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  UST

  Feb 2021 - now

  Senior Project Manager

  • Delivery ownership of entire java portfolio in a large account including but not limited to various concurrent project planning/tracking/monitoring, client status reporting, architectural leadership during requirements/design phases, etc.,• Managed scope/cost/risk at individual program level to ensure projects are delivered as per project schedule and within approved budget thereby meeting revenue/margin SLA at both account/organization level.• Vast experience in presales activities such as proposal development, effort estimation, cost/margin calculation, solution presentation to client, and participation in deal closure meetings.• Maintained good rapport with client portfolio managers/directors which paved a way for additional business.• Chairing standup meetings and other key architectural discussions to monitor project from project management and solutioning standpoint.• Worked on SOW amendment submission and tracking on-time renewal of contract ensuring continuity of projects without revenue loss.• Active contribution to Talent Assessor Community to identify new talent for account growth in java tech space through technical evaluation.• Conducting appraisal discussion with HR and finalizing annual pay revision for entire portfolio. Show less