Biju Nair

Biju Nair

Project and Resource Manager, Architect

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  • About me

    Senior Director, Governance and Portfolio Management at American Tire Distributors

  • Education

    • University of Kerala

      1988 - 1991
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics and Computer Science
    • Wake Forest University School of Business

      2006 - 2008
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Finance, General
    • University of Kerala

      1991 - 1993
      Master of Science (MS) computer science
  • Experience

    • Whittman-Hart / marchFIRST

      Jan 1997 - Jan 2000
      Project and Resource Manager, Architect

      Consulting- Feralloy: High Volume Steel Processing Company- Board of Trade Clearing Corporation: Clearing House for Global Exchanges and OTC Traded Derivatives- Lesco: Manufacturer and Retailer of Golf Course and Lawn Care ProductsProject ManagementResource ManagementArchitecture Programming

    • Boise Office Solutions

      Jan 2002 - Jan 2005
      Project Manager, Architect

      Project ManagementArchitectureIBM WebsphereSAP NetWeaver Portal

    • Belk

      Feb 2005 - Nov 2016

      Launched initiatives and directed teams in the Digital and Omnichannel customer experience, outsourced call center, fraud, supplier direct fulfillment (drop ship), content quality assurance and User Acceptance Testing, digital and mobile Project Management and digital operations areas. - Pioneered multiple cross-functional initiatives in the Omnichannel Customer Service area resulting in a sustained high Customer Satisfaction Score, beating competitive benchmarks. Streamlined business processes resulting in expense savings and efficiency improvements across vendor and internal teams that manage multiple customer interaction points such as phone, email, chat and social media. - Collaboratively interacted with multiple internal teams including Supply Chain, Digital Marketing, Web Merchandising, and Information Technology, improving relationship and gaining stakeholder commitment for process changes. - Improved workforce utilization and reduced ‘false positives’ while maintaining the extremely low charge back rates in the Omnichannel fraud area. Chaired the team successfully through the migration to a new payment authorization supplier.- Refined multiple processes, engineered multiple KPIs and implemented various exception reporting tools in the SDF area, resulting in faster problem identification and resolution. - Restructured the digital content QA and UAT areas reducing production defects while improving the resource utilization of the team. The improved work-life balance enabled the team to cross-train and take on career growth training opportunities.- Oversaw Sub Matter Expert (SME) teams for Customer Experience, Fraud and Supplier Direct Fulfillment during the requirements analysis and design phase for the highly strategic and business transformational Digital Replatform Initiative, implementing a new Omnichannel platform using SalesForce / DemandWare’s SaaS model. Show less - Establish processes, standards and procedures for the QA organization- Establish, monitor and enhance metrics for QA, including vendors- Develop Performance Engineering Strategy, Tools and Teams- Develop Mobile Testing Strategy, Tools and Teams- Develop Test Automation Strategy, Tools and Teams- Manage QA environments including Ecommerce and Merchandising applications- Standardize usage of QA tools such as HP Quality Center, Load Runner, QTP, as well as SOASTA CloudTest and TouchTest Show less

      • Director, Digital Delivery and Operations

        Nov 2014 - Nov 2016
      • Manager, QA

        Dec 2012 - Nov 2014
      • Manager, IT PMO

        Feb 2010 - Dec 2012
      • Manager, IT Governance and Finance

        Sept 2008 - Feb 2010
      • Architect, Project Manager

        Feb 2005 - Aug 2008
    • Brighthouse Financial

      May 2017 - Feb 2024
      Director, QMO and Test Engineering
    • American Tire Distributors

      Feb 2024 - now
      Senior Director, Governance and Portfolio Management
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools on Aug 2012
      Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsAssociated with Biju Nair