Sasikanth Pulugurtha

Experience

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  Garmin Italy Technologies

  Aug 2001 - May 2008

  Project Leader

  I was involved in new products development & testing of Marine and Land Navigation system. Successfully handled multiple projects as Project lead

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  NIIT Technologies

  Aug 2008 - May 2015

  Involved in various roles during my journey with this company and successfully managed/delivered large scale projects/enterprise web Applications to various clients and domains like Electrical Utilities, Irrigation, Urban development and Highways Provided suitable solution architecture and functional design for integrations with external applications (i.e. ORACLE WAMS, CCB & MDM applications) as part of the Enterprise GIS applications development  Handled multiple projects in different verticals and maintained the Gross margins defined for the projects by properly utilizing the resources and reducing the overhead costs Successful negotiations with Partners/Clients on change of Scope with effective Change Management processes. Identified the risks and issues at early stages of project and mitigated efficiently Worked in pre-sales activities (Technical/Commercial) for successful bids/Customer enquiries and participated in client presentations and pre-bid meetings Maintaining all documents of the projects as per QMS standards and was part of internal audits core team. Played vital role in attaining ISO re-certification and ISMS certification Show less

  • Sr. Project manager

    Apr 2014 - May 2015

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Technical Manager

    Apr 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Asst.Project Manager

    Aug 2008 - Sept 2010
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  Sterck Systems

  May 2015 - Nov 2018

  Delivery Manager

  Responsible for delivering two custom ERP products (Campus Management Solution & Smart Fleet Management) and taking to market with proper Go-to- Market strategies Participating in Strategy meetings with top management and sharing the ideas/value propositions on the new products by conducting proper market analysis Work closely with Product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features  Acted as a Scrum master with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the efficiency of their work, Assisted them to remove Impediments by finding the right personnel Organized and facilitated Project Planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, Sprint release planning, demo’s and other scrum related meetings  Identifying the risks of the project and mitigating them at the early stages, manages project performance using appropriate tools and techniques and ensuring on time delivery within budget Participations in Client Meetings and Senior Management Review Meeting and appraise the project Health during Implementation phase through presentations Engaged with additional responsibility as solution architect, assisting top management, sales & marketing, business development team, for product costing, promotions and sales  Issue tracking, assisting the team in trouble shooting and resolving in less turnaround time as defined in the SLA, Performing root cause analysis on major/critical production issues Monitoring the team and guiding them in functional & technical aspects and conducting performance appraisals, trainings, mentoring, verifying the quality of deliverables on need basis Acting as a SPOC for all service related issues/incidents and ensured resolving the issues by assigning to appropriate resource, effective communication to stakeholders after resolution Show less

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  Virtusa

  Nov 2018 - Mar 2022

  Delivery Manager

  Responsible for delivery of projects, coaching Agile Teams as part of SAFe implementation process and conducting SAFe ceremonies. Responsible for maintaining all artifacts of CMMI 5 quality standards Responsible for delivery of Consumer & Community Banking and Home Lending LoBs projects/programs using Agile - Scrum methodology and principles by handling cross functional teams Work closely with Product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features  Acted as a Scrum master with a focus on guiding the teams towards improving the efficiency of their work, assisted them to remove Impediments by finding the right personnel Interacting with client on regular basis to appraise the status, understanding the requirements for new features Coordinating with Product owner/Business users for any clarifications in the existing stories and help the developers to make them understand  Organized and facilitated Project Planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, Sprint release planning, demo’s and other scrum related meetings  Presenting the sprint dashboards, Burn down charts to client at the end of every sprint  Managing the project accounting, revenue forecasting, contracts & amendments Coordinating with finance teams on projects percentage completion and accrued revenues Helping the Pre-Sales teams on RFPs by providing the project execution plans, resource plans and commercials Managing the operations and supporting the PMO team on monthly billing and Invoicing Show less

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  EPAM Systems

  Feb 2022 - now

  Project Delivery Manager