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Aravind Chandrasekar

Aravind Chandrasekar

Technical Consultant

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  • About me

    Senior Consulting Manager @ Tata Consultancy Services | MBA | Programme Management Consulting, Tech MA&D

  • Education

    • TVS Matriculation Higher Secondary School

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      Computer Science Major

    • AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM

      2007 - 2011
      Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Computer Science and Engineering

    • Great Lakes Institute of Management

      2014 - 2015
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) General Management 3.4/4

      Activities and Societies: Part of the student’s core council for Academics in GLIM. Orchestrated various programs for student welfare. Coordinated with industry experts and organized workshops on effective consulting strategies; Compered for events during the Great Lakes consulting symposium.

  • Experience

    • Cognizant Technology Solutions

      May 2011 - Apr 2014
      Technical Consultant

      Led a team of Technical associates responsible for Content Mgmt. Systems (SharePoint, O365) /Dot Net projects – delivering projects using Agile & Waterfall models.

    • Cognizant

      May 2015 - Jun 2022

      Responsible for the applications' disposition strategies for manufacturing site divestitures, partnering with appropriate Software application SMEs(ranging from complex centralised systems as SAP, LIMS, MES systems to site specific systems), Deal / BD leadership, work streams like Legal (understanding implications of transferring licenses / applications), R&D, Q&L, WREF, Manufacturing, Supply Chain etc. Built Ramp down plans ( wave based approach) and performance management strategy for the Transitional Service Agreement period (TSA). Show less

      • Senior Consultant - MA&D Data Disposition

        Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

      • Consultant - MA&D Tech Assets Disposition

        Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

      • Consultant - Tech Portfolio Transformation

        Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

      • Program Manager - Data Integrity Remediations

        Jan 2018 - Feb 2019

      • Program Manager - Records Retention

        Mar 2017 - Jan 2018

      • Business Analyst - Portfolio Management

        May 2015 - Mar 2017

    • Tata Consultancy Services

      Jun 2022 - now
      Senior Manager (Consulting) - Programme Management & MA&D

      I am a part of TCS's Global Consulting Practice - specialising in MA&D / Programme Management Consulting; In my current engagement I am a Programme Governance Lead within the Technology Separation Management Office for one of UK’s largest retail spin offs (£6.8B) and digital transformation programmes; Involves 1000+ FTEs across TCS and Buyer and Seller Business and Tech delivering 7 major releases. Role includes implementing and embedding L0 /L1 milestones management, programme and releases Plan on pages, facilitating CxO steering, strategic reporting & dashboards, RAID & change mgmt. The programme is delivered using both Waterfall and Agile delivery models (depending on the nature of the release). Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Prince 2 Foundation and Practitioner

      PeopleCert
      Dec 2015

    • SAFe Advanced Scrum Master

      Scaled Agile, Inc.

    • SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

      Scaled Agile, Inc.

    • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

      Scrum Alliance
      Sept 2014