Venkata MBA, PMP, SSM

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior IT Project Manager at Kemper

  • Education

    • Bangalore University

      2003 - 2005
      Master of Business Administration (MBA) Information Systems and Marketing First
    • Sri Krishnadevaraya University

      2000 - 2003
      Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) Computer Science First
  • Experience

    • 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
    • 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

    • Hiscox USA

      Jun 2018 - Oct 2020
      • Senior IT Project Manager

        Jul 2019 - Oct 2020
      • IT Project Manager(Consulting)

        Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
    • Alpha Centauri Consulting LLC

      Dec 2020 - Mar 2022
      Senior IT Project Manager
    • Kemper

      Mar 2022 - now
      Senior IT Project Manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Instrument Rating

      Federal Aviation Administration
      Mar 2022
    • Private Pilot License

      Federal Aviation Administration
      Sept 2016
    • IBM Blockchain Essentials`

      IBM
      Feb 2019
    • PMP

      Project Management Institute
      May 2017
    • ITIL V3 Foundation

      ITIL Certified
      Oct 2013
    • Certified Manager of Software Testing (CMST)

      QAI Global Institute
      May 2016
    • SAFe® 4 Certified Scrum Master

      Scaled Agile, Inc.
      Mar 2018