Venkata MBA, PMP, SSM

Experience

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  Accenture

  Jul 2005 - Mar 2015

  • Led projects and test efforts in a CISCO Unified Communications transformation program with a roll-out to 18K agent offices, 34 contact centers, and 180K end points.• Directed off-shore Development and Test Teams, forecasting resources and managing project budgets and spend.• Facilitated status meetings with clients and team members to coordinate scope changes and any resource or scheduling issues. • Ensured adherence to quality processes throughout all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).• Implemented process improvements in release management to deepen participation from 45% to 90%, increasing quality, minimizing production issues, and exceeding enterprise KPI. Show less

  • Project Manager / Test Manager

    Mar 2011 - Mar 2015

  • Delivery Manager / Portfolio Test Lead

    May 2007 - Feb 2011

  • Test Lead

    Jul 2005 - Apr 2007
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  State Farm ®

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2018

  Project Manager

  • Led multiple, concurrent Infrastructure and Software Development projects• Coordinated the research effort for determining an appropriate distance between Data Centers in a metro-pair.• Spearheaded projects to consolidate testing capabilities from 4 test centers to a single data center.• Implemented several legislative and critical maintenance projects in the life Insurance applications.• Coordinated the project workload and the schedule for both internal resources and vendors.• Created forecasts for managing both labor and non-labor budget requirements.• Managed relationships by serving as a liaison between business partners and stakeholders. Show less

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  Hiscox USA

  Jun 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Senior IT Project Manager

    Jul 2019 - Oct 2020

  • IT Project Manager(Consulting)

    Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
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  Alpha Centauri Consulting LLC

  Dec 2020 - Mar 2022

  Senior IT Project Manager
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  Kemper

  Mar 2022 - now

  Senior IT Project Manager