Amit Ghaghra

Experience

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  Tata Elxsi, Bangalore

  Oct 2006 - Sept 2012

  Specialist

  • Managed ODC for major Japanese Electronics Conglomerate• Responsible for managing Interactive internet based application development from concept to market launch for Indian Market for Smart TV • Developed Application for US market for Set-Top Box • Managed maintenance of Application for Indian Market • Complete understanding of Application Eco-system(concept to deployment)• Managed a team of 10-12 team members • Managed and interacted with all leading Internet/Media group of India(like: Yahoo, Times, Star, Yatra, MakeMyTrip, Zapak & BigFlix-Reliance, Network18 and Hungama) Interacting with client and third party (content providers)• Responsible for planning and tracking of the project activities • Developing project schedule using Gantt (MS Project) • Identifying and resolving issues and managing project risks • Responsible for balancing the requirements of UI designer, customer and third party • Ramped up a team of fresher and augmented the project team• Experience of consistently delivering Projects within triple constraints (Time, Cost & Quality) and Process Improvements & Deployment • Part of Core team for process improvement for ISO certification • Earlier also played a role of Software Quality Analyst(Process Side): o Assisted PM for project planning and tracking o Implementing organization level process improvements o Ensuring process adherence in the project o Mentoring junior team members • Interaction with customer for quality and process aspect of the project Show less

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  Infostretch

  Oct 2012 - Mar 2023

  Working as project manager and experienced in managing large projects, I am responsible for project planning, effort estimation, scope definition and managing the entire operations of Information Technology project with successful track record of delivering on / before time and within budget. Working closely for decision making with business leaders, various stakeholders & senior management executives.Being the single point of contact for clients, manage client communications, escalations, expectations, and high level of customer satisfaction.Interact with client managers to expand the existing project and business opportunitiesTo improve the process at organization level and taking new initiatives for project management as a part of the executive team.Involved in interviews, define job description, hiring team members and training them.Identifying and resolving issues and managing project risks.Facilitate scrum team (Backlog grooming, sprint planning, Retrospective meeting and Daily stand up).Appraising team members performance, identifying strong and weak performers, salary hike recommendations, promotions, retain top performers, direct weak performers for performance improvement or expel resource. Show less • Handling multiple enterprise projects in Mobile and Web development and focused on successfully delivering the high quality applications.• Project management of various projects for Mobile Applications for various industries. • Working with Engineers, Designers, Artists, QA to drive results and outcomes.• Ensure timely delivery to fulfil sales commitments. • Procreate partnership and relationship with clients by playing an active role in weekly calls and securing major contracts. Also try and cross-sell other services offered by the company.• Coordinate across various departments like Sales, Pre-Sales, BA & BD teams and global management to ensure smooth functioning across various departments. • Mobilize, coordinate and disintegrate various activities/resources to achieve completion of tasks by appropriate delegation of responsibility and authority.• Improvised processes for status reporting, collaboration amongst teams, engagement across organization & making sure that the team follow the best practices• Enhance productivity by identifying operational bottlenecks and providing solutions to eliminate the same.• Experience in event management App development Show less

  • Associate Director

    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

  • Delivery Manager

    Apr 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Sr. Technical Project Manager

    Apr 2018 - Mar 2021

  • Project Manager

    Apr 2016 - Mar 2018

  • Associate Project Manager

    Oct 2012 - Mar 2016
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  Apexon

  Apr 2023 - now

  Senior Partner - Customer Success