Praba Umapathy

Experience

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  Tech Mahindra

  Jun 2003 - Dec 2005

  SAP ABAP Consultant

  Clientele: Manufacturing : Saint Gobain Abrasives Semiconductors : Applied Materials Responsible for developing RICEF objects in SAP, Source code reviews, building technical specification, performance tuning of complex objects  Developed various ABAP objects involving interface programming from SAP to legacy & vice-versa Created an object that performs the Pricing for SGA Materials with the help of function modules that is invoked while creating a Material or Quotation or while changing a Quotation. A Custom transaction is created for Re-pricing the material and to maintain the Z-tables used in pricing the material with the help of Dialog Programming. Show less

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  Cognizant

  Jan 2006 - Jun 2015

  SAP Development & Operations Manager

  Clientele:Consumer Goods : The Clorox Company, Kimberly ClarkRetail : Walmart Stores Inc.,Lifescience : APP Pharma IL, Hospira Inc IL., Respironics As a Manager worked with multiple clients, projects with varied roles and delivered them successfully. Roles & Responsibilities: Led multiple SAP ECC implementations, Technical Upgrades, SAP SRM Implementaiton, Operations Support & SAP Solution architecture. Responsible for project management activities including, planning, execution, controlling, developing project schedules, identifying resources / requirements and project delivery Onsite & offshore Coordination,tracked status of developments and ensured no impact to project schedules As Operations manager responsible to provide status updates to project stakeholders on Incident, Problem, Change and Release Management. Drive severity issues involving necessary teams to war room for resolution As SAP ABAP Technical Lead, responsible to deliver Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements & Forms Show less

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  GSPANN Technologies, Inc

  Jul 2015 - Sept 2020

  Client - Lam Research Responsible for managing the Info Delivery Program, a multi million dollar initiative to build a Data Warehouse in SAP HANA platform and the responsibilities include the below Responsible for managing seven tracks or components such as building infrastructure, Conforming the master data, Developing dashboards from different source data across the organization, Migrating existing dashboards to source from Enterprise data warehouse, migration of applications from SQL Server to HANA, building security architecture through SQL/Analytical privileges and establish a support structure and process to handle the issue during sustenance.  Developed the program strategy, the supporting business case and various high-level project plans. Built road maps and led the development of complex application programs. Responsible for project prioritization based on the dependencies across the program and derive the delivery timelines so that the timelines falls under the strategic goal of the program Managed a team size of around 50 onsite and offshore, multiple stake holders and vendors Ensured integration of projects and adjust projects scope, timing, and budgets as needed, based on the requirements of the business. coordinated with other program/project managers to assemble overall program plan. Engaged in BI Tool evaluation for specific use cases, Steering investigations on performance/technical issues with product teams such as Qlik, SAP, Datazen and other customers in order to understand the best practices & deployment options As part of PMO, responsible for sharing weekly & quarterly updates on IT initiatives, issues, risks and the mitigation plans to Managing Director, Senior Executives and Business Stakeholders Show less

  • Associate Director - Information Security, Analytics & SAP HANA Implementation

    Jul 2018 - Sept 2020

  • Technical Program Manager

    Jul 2015 - Jun 2018
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  Lam Research

  Sept 2020 - now

  Sr Program Manager