Curriculum Vitae of GAURISHANKAR VISVANATHAN
OBJECTIVE
To establish a symbiotic relationship wherein my experience and expertise could be applied to transform an “as-is” company into a “to-be” organization which would become larger than its geography and I in turn would benefit with a corresponding career graph and a supportive environment.
BACKGROUND
20+ years in the industry, the last 10 years of which were in managing end to end engagements in diverse technologies and domains. Worked with cross functional teams, across time zones, with different cultures.
SUMMARY
Worked on application development & support, product development & support, transitions & transformations, business analysis, infrastructure, quality, testing, knowledge management and marketing & pre-sales
Interaction with North America and Europe for 15 years; and APAC for 10 years
Successful offshoring of program/delivery management
Team player with flexible and positive attitude
WORK EXPERIENCE (CURRENT)
CGI, Bangalore, July 2005 to Present
Role Tasks Achievements
Business Analyst/Project Manager Managed a team towards cloud migration. Worked towards migration of Applications well within the stipulated period and garnered favourable acknowledgements from the Client.
Product/Project Manager Initiated and managed a Product customization and implementation project. Secured additional requirements from the Client that increased the team by 10 FTEs.
Built up a Development + Testing Team from scratch.
Incident/Change/Problem Management Managed a 24/7 support for a major European Telecom company. Closed a backlog of 1000+ Tickets; established a process to manage Incidents/Changes effectively; worked with the Client and Infra teams to close/monitor 50+ Problem cases.
Service Provision Manager Deliver enterprise wise support and service to the Customers; a Public Sector Transport company and a UN Established operational cost savings of 30% from 2009 to 2014.
Increased the Offshore : Onshore blend from 40:60 in 2010 to 90:10 in 2016.
Transition Manager Transition a support operation from Paris to Chennai for a major French Bank. From recruitment, through infrastructure building to go-live of a support team; established a 70-seat ODC in seven months. Ensured that the respective Gate reviews were successfully completed.
Transition/Transformation and Take-On Manager Transition and Transform a multi-technology multi-geography service support to a successful project for a multinational Brewery. Established a 40-member support team in Bangalore in various technologies to cater to different geographies; thereafter successfully managed it to stabilization within 1 year. Engaged the relevant stakeholders for all phases of the project lifecycle. This was a Euro 30 million project for 5 years.
Project Manager – Tools and Automation Presented Solutions to Internal Groups and worked along with the team to deliver those Solutions. Designed, developed and rolled out two in-house tools for the India operations; this was done over a five month period.
Project Manager – Banking Applications Manage a 35-member Development + Testing Team in Bangalore for services rendered in Netherlands. Managed the ongoing BAU Contract and was instrumental in bringing in additional modules for support from Netherlands to Bangalore.
WORK EXPERIENCE (PREVIOUS)
HCL Technologies, Noida, January 2002 to June 2005
Role Tasks Achievements
Project Lead Work with the Account Manager, the Program Manager and the Leads of multiple teams to develop and deliver a travel portal for a major airline Worked under tight deadlines to deliver within SLAs; co-ordinated with multiple teams across geographies; won appreciation from the client and senior management on quality and timeliness of deliverables
Business Analyst For a publishing domain project acted as a conduit between the stakeholders and different teams Set up a common workspace for knowledge management; authored documents for clients and teams’ benefits; streamlined the recruitment process for teams
Quality / Testing Lead Testing Lead and SQA for an travel portal project Identified critical bugs in relation to security and function; implemented quality processes and trained fellow members on quality related topics; raised the testing and quality to significant standards for this project
WORK EXPERIENCE (EARLIER)
June 1994 to September 2001
Company Role/Responsibilities Domain Period
HCL Perot Systems PMO / Business Lead Mortgage Applications Oct ’00 to Sep ’01
Business Analyst Investment Banking Aug ’00 to Sep ‘00
Quality Lead Analyst Mortgage Applications Apr ’00 to Aug ’00
Tata Infotech Ltd Project Lead Scanner Application May ’99 to Mar ‘00
Programmer Y2K May ‘98 - Mar ‘99
Programmer e-Modules (In-House) Dec ’97 to Apr ‘98
Product Co-ordinator Retail Banking May ‘97 - Aug ‘97
Business Support Business Office Feb ‘96 to April ‘97
Marketing Co-ordinator Corporate Marketing Oct ‘95 to Jan ‘96
Systime Corporation Marketing Analyst ERP Marketing Nov ‘94 to Aug ‘95
Kale Consultants Business Analyst Airlines Jun ‘94 to Oct ‘94
EDUCATION
Masters in Business Administration, San Jose State University, August 1989.
Bachelors in Commerce, Osmania University, Hyderabad, April 1986.
DOMAINS WORKED
Finance / Banking / Mortgage
Telecommunications
Airlines / Travel / Transport
Beverages
Publishing
EDUCATION / WORK RELATED
Thesis on ‘Investment Banking’
White paper on the Travel Industry with specifics relating to the Internet
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION
Certified Scrum Master
Agile Methodologies
ITIL Foundation / PMP
BVQI Quality Auditor
Project / Service / Quality / Testing Management
Coaching
Inclusivity Management
Eagles Management Program
Behaviour Analytics
CO-CURRICULAR AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Conducted Summer Camps for disabled children
Hosted programs at the University Radio Station
Quiz Competitions
NCC (Naval Wing)
French Language skills
CLIENTS SERVICED
AON, UK
Latitude Financial Services, Australia
British Telecom, UK
International Maritime Organisation, UN
Transport for Greater Manchester, UK
BNP Paribas, France
Anheuser-Busch InBev, Belgium
AEGON Bank, The Netherlands
Pearson Group (Penguin Publishing, Financial Times), UK
Air Canada, Canada
Cendant Group (Mortgage), USA
UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland), USA
CANTV (Venezuela Telecom Company), Venezuela
Philadelphia School Board, USA
Centurion Bank, India
Grindlays Bank, India
Mukand Iron and Steel, India
Castrol, India
Kenya Airways, Kenya
Air New Zealand, New Zealand
Air India, India
CONTACT DETAILS
Tel: (080) 4148 1462 (LL) / +91 9945 2828 12 (Cell) / +91 866 059 1290 (Alternate Cell);
Email: gshankar3@yahoo.com