Experience

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  Pmipcc

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2006

  Student volunteer

  Raised funding for one workshop on PMIPCC-Project Management Competency Development Program at Vasavi College of Engineering.Student Volunteer: Asia Pacific Conference on Project Management in ISB, Hyderabad

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  Cognizant

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Programmer analyst

  Bug fixing, application maintenance

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  Maq software

  Aug 2007 - Feb 2008

  Software test engineer

  - Perform build tests, regression tests, functional tests, automation tests, adhoc tests on Microsoft's Office builds.- Escalating issues in the builds using bug tracking tools- Engaging in weekly status update calls with clients/ Test leads in US- Lead test team in development of Internal Human Resource Management System- Giving training sessions on CSTE- Participating in boot camp training, which was inducing trainee engineers into the company and various projects- Working with Director and HR to help with branding initiatives Show less

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  Berker solutions

  May 2009 - Dec 2009

  Business consultant - unpaid internship

  - Research and feed data for the Directors of the company. Our directors are currently touring middle east to pitch few software applications for the banks and financial institutions- Negotiate with parties in various parts of the world to deliver services required for our partner firms.

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  Euro-phoenix

  Apr 2010 - Sept 2010

  M&a analyst intern

  Euro-Phoenix specializes Mergers and Acquisitions in the Central and Eastern European region and is one of most competitive consulting firm in the Public Sector Consulting domain with extensive experience in Africa and CEE/SEE.

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  Royal bank of scotland business

  May 2011 - Mar 2013

  Sr. executive

  - Conducting process capability assessments on processes that have undergone Lean transformation to identify continuous improvement needs to teams- Driving Lean culture and sustaining it- Collaborating a virtual team of 80 Lean Sustainability agents to sustain Lean transformation projects- Identify best practices from RBS – UK and deploy them with teams in India- Improve customer experience by improving focus on customer, process efficiency, inspire positive mindset & behaviour and deploy a transparent performance system based on KPIs- Leading Yellow belt and White belt projects- Supporting senior stakeholders at Vice President level and above with and driving continuous improvement projects Show less

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  Barclays wealth management

  Apr 2013 - Sept 2014

  Assistant manager

  Lean Implementation Consultant: Asset Servicing Operations, Barclay's Chennai:- Delivered 30 % efficiency in ,Wealth and Investment banking operations through Process Changes, Tactical automation opportunities and core apps changes- Identified opportunities for team's re-alignment to bring in synergies using SMED principles

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  Cognizant

  Sept 2014 - Nov 2017

  Analytics: Time series forecasting - ARIMA model, R programmingProgram Management - Robotics Automation, Integrated workflow management - deployment of Pega, Support Point etc. MIS/ PMO/ Process Excellence/ Business Analysis/ Leading Change projects

  • Manager - Operations Change | Business Excellence | Process Improvement

    Sept 2014 - Nov 2017

  • Manager - Business Excellence | PMO

    Sept 2014 - Mar 2015
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  Ubs

  Jun 2015 - Nov 2017

  Lean six sigma, process re-engineering consultant

  Current Project: Working as Change / Process Consultant for implement ing E2E transformation of IB Client Onboarding process and delivery Compliance and Regulatory changes within Client Onboarding.Project 2:Have worked on re-engineering of Wealth Onboarding process as Change Business Analyst.

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  Novartis

  Nov 2017 - now

  Currently engaged as Post Merger Integration Manager for $3.2 Billion+ major aqusition for Pharmacovigilance.My role has three components:1. Project manager for large scale IT Transformations : - IT Project manager for large scale IT Platform upgrade for Safety Platform for Novartis - Engaged from the RFP phase; Contributions: Analyze and present solution provider landscape, work on framework for collecting information required for decision making, working across stakeholder to achieve a fair and strategic outcome- Took up the role of IT PM to develop the detailed plan, project schedule, manage resources, budget- Responsible to deliver through project team: Third Party Risk assessments, Vendor technical / platform assessments, facilitate future state Architecture development, facilitate assessment on current systems, change management, contract management with vendors etc. - Project size is $ 20 million+ over a span of 4 years2. Project portfolio management: Manage the portfolio- Provide Project management expertise: Managing a portfolio of 40+ projects with $ 30 mil+ budget including IT and non IT projects3. Mentoring Operational Excellence projects: As a Black belt, I am responsible for delivering Green belt training, mentor projects and deliver tangible business impact. Currently mentoring 8 Green belts with combined savings of $200,000 annual savings Show less Key Responsibilities: Business Transformation | Operational Excellence | Change Management and IT & Business Project ManagerPart of a $ 1.7 billion strategic group-wide exercise to optimize spending on external agencies.Two key projects handled as part of that:Media - Pitch Consultant• Pitch / RFP Consultant for $ 600 million contract; Played instrumental role in awarding large Media contract for Novartis; • Pricing Analytics: Base lined the pricing across all media channels for different business lines and geographies, countriesMarket Insights:• Project Manager responsible to support re-engineering of Market Insights functions that delivers $42 million savings over 2.5 yrs• Contributed to creating new Operating Model, picked up domain knowledge and PMO support for all the solutions that deliver the required savings.IT Project Manager: Managing the system migration of evidence generation system of Drug Development organizations: (Work Flow system for tracking clinical trials data)• Identified the business issues and root cause of these issue to be legacy system• Created the business with 7 different IT systems as options; Secured the budget and • Currently project managing the system migration applying PRINCE2 frameworkMentored and certified 6 Green belt projects:• Mentored 6 Green belts since beginning of 2018 that have resulted atleast $ 1.2 million savings annually Show less

  • Global Project Portfolio Governance Lead, Pharmacovigilance and Patient Safety

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Senior Project Leader / Associate Director - Pharmacovigilance/ Patient Safety

    Sept 2022 - Feb 2024

  • Associate Director Global Process Excellence

    Sept 2020 - Sept 2022

  • Senior Consultant - Operational Transformation Consulting

    Nov 2017 - Aug 2020