Janagoudar S (Jana)... PMP, Agile, AWS Cloud, AI Prompt Certified

About me

With 19 years of experience in IT, I have successfully delivered LARGE PROGRAMs of $35 million, mostly related to Cloud Migration, Application Modernization, and Digital Transformations. I also drive key initiatives - strategic road map, growth planning, process automation, operational efficiency & cost optimizations. Here's what I bring to the table: 1. Experience handling LARGE, critical programs: I spearheaded a $35M cloud migration program, which Google recognized as a pioneering initiative. I have also led many other large programs. 2. Strategic Vision & Leadership: Led the setup of a centralized governance framework across 34 projects, reducing senior leadership review time by 87%. These efforts underline my capability to establish and govern leading practice technical standards. 3. Building productive large teams: I have managed a team of over 300+. So, I have extensive expertise in grooming and building highly productive teams. 4. Customer-Centric Results: Drove a $14M modernization program, boosting productivity by 12% and saving 1,840 person-days. Thus, bring a strong sense of process automation, operational efficiency & optimization skills. 5. Growth planning: Actively participated in proposals & RFPs and secured many new engagements, programs and Change requests. Thus, have vast exposure to various Delivery models, Contract negotiations, and POC work. 6. I am at least 30% more productive with effective AI prompting using ChatGPT and CoPilot. 7. Genuinely strong at Stakeholder engagements, Communications, Structured thinking, Simplifying things & Problem Solving. Please check my "recommendations" section to know more about my work, capabilities & contributions. Outside of work, I • Write content, articles, Linkedin posts on project/program management, leadership, and personal experiences. • Public speaker, give Keynote speeches & Tech Talks at many Engineering colleges. • Play Competitive badminton. • Coach and Mentor project/program managers. I would love to connect and work with you on related opportunities. Key Certifications completed include: • Completed courses on "Managerial Economics", "Strategic Management" - from IIM-Bangalore • Completed course on "Digital Transformation" - from IIM-Ahmedabad • AI Prompting - ChatGPT, O365-CoPilot • PMP; Generative AI for Project Managers - from PMI • Cloud – AWS Cloud Practitioner, GCP (ACE - in progress)