PROFILE
Certified SAFe4 Agilist and PMP with around 22 years of Information Technology industry experience, in the areas of Project/Program Management, Software Testing, Projects Delivery in leading IT companies (Cognizant, HCL, Standard Chartered, Capgemini) in India, USA, Singapore & Czech Republic
Experience in Domains - Banking, Insurance, HealthCare, Aerospace, Shipping, Retail and ATM Banking in Waterfall as well as Agile methodologies
Playing the integrated PM role of managing and coordinating
between Agile Dev and QA teams to accomplish project deliveries
Managed medium and large long term end to end projects with international clientele in various domains thro the full life cycle - Requirements, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Support
BASKAR SUBRAMANIAN
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
? Monitor all stages of Project lifecycle, right from inception till delivery and implement tailor made processes based on projects for quick releases and faster delivery using Agile and Waterfall methodologies
? Currently in the Fintech banking industry for around 8 years, managing Dev & QA Testing teams spread across India, UK, Mexico, Italy, US and Australia to deliver Products and Project releases to several major Banking customers in Asia, Middle east, Mexico and the US.
? Delivered several back to back ATM banking application releases in the last 8 years for major world banks including HSBC UAE, HSBC US, HSBC Mexico, HSBC Malaysia, HSBC-Malta,Armenia,Bermuda
? Strong Customer relationship management, Cross team and Onsite-Offshore interaction.
?Acquired Strong knowledge of software development methodologies, quality assurance processes, and testing methodologies
?Exhibit good organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously
? Coordinating with Product Owners and Stakeholders to understand key business objectives, strategy and to align to achieve planned Deliveries
? Proficient in multi culture environments and able to communicate with various Stake holders, Subject Matter Experts across Geographies.
? Guide the team on the usage of Agile/Scrum practices
? Key strength in Motivating, Coaching and mentoring the teams in Agile methodologies and enhancing the team’s ability to self-organize and Creating efficient cross functional Agile Teams for Continuous Integration, Deployment and Release on Demand
? Empowering the team to self-organize and coordinate with Product Owner, stakeholders, and technical resources
?Monitor project progress, key metrics tracking, and report status updates to relevant stakeholders.
? Facilitate decision making, discussion and conflict resolution among the teams
? Expertise in implementing Best practices, value ads to Customers and controlling costs
? Resource & Portfolio management, Recruitment, Performance review, Attrition control etc.
? Experience in Risk Assessment & Management, Gap & cost benefit Analysis
WORK EXPERIENCE
COMPANY PERIOD/Role
KAL ATM Software - Chennai, India
(Headquartered in Edinburgh, UK)
Jan 2016 – Till Date : Senior Manager
Capgemini - Bengaluru, India Mar 2013 – Jul 2014 : QA Manager
Shriram Value Services - Chennai, India Sep 2011 – Feb2013 : Project Manager, QA
Client Network Systems India Pvt. Ltd., (CNSI)Chennai, India Dec 2010 – Sep 2011 : Consultant Manager
Freelance Consultant(Worked for Projects in Chennai, Singapore) April 2009 – Nov 2010 : Consultant Engineer
Scope International, Standard Chartered Bank - Chennai, India Dec 2007 – Feb 2009 : Project Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions, (CMMi level5, PCMM, , BS7799 Company) – Chennai & US
January 2005 – Aug 2007 : Senior Associate
HCL Technologies - (CMM Level4, BS7799 certified) Chennai, India March 2004 – January 2005 : QA lead
Isoft, (UK based HealthCare Innovator-ISO 9001:2000 certified) - Chennai, India May 2003 – February 2004 : Senior Quality
Executive
Cherry soft Information Technologies - ISO 9001 Organization(Assessed for CMM), Chennai, Singapore July 2000 – April 2003 : Software Engineer
CERTIFICATIONS
o Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
o Certified SAFe® 4 Agilist from Scaled Agile Inc
o Brainbench certified in Project management and Managing People
o CSTE (Certified Software Tester) Certified by QAI
o WebMethods (EAI) Certified Business Partner Integration Developer
o Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified.
o ATM (Appraisal Team Member) for SCAMPI A ver 1.2 Maturity Level 3 CMMI Appraisal
CONTACT
PHONE:
+91 9941630959
LINKEDIN:
www.linkedin.com/in/baskarsubramanian
EMAIL:
basvasnov10@hotmail.com
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth : 17th April 1973
Countries Worked : India, Singapore, USA, Czech Republic
MAJOR PROJECTS
KAL ATM Software, Chennai: Product & Program Delivery In Charge (Current)
Accomplished successful back to back major ATM software releases & hotfix deliveries to major Czech, UAE, Mexico, Saudi and Morocco banks by following Continuous delivery Agile methods, strategies and best practices
• Managed several internal products, including ATM controller, Platform, Core Application, Automation products thro parallel releases following Agile methodologies
• Completed several Win7 to Win10 ATM migration projects for clients and achieved smooth Go Live
• Cost saving benefits to Clients due to quick MVP releases and on demand hotfix releases to support quick Time to Market for their products
• Stabilization of application with less TAT and created new business opportunities for the company’s revenue
• Dashboard reporting to CEO, CTO and other Senior management periodically
• Presenting in Global calls with global teams and regular status calls with Clients and required stakeholders
• Program and Resource management, Recruitment, Attrition control and monitoring of projects health
• Increased Automation testing for multiple regression tests on application to find issues quickly
• Better utilization of resources across projects from different geographical locations
• Created cross functional, self organized teams for quicker resolution of work items and delivery of quality releases.
Capgemini, Bengaluru: Program management:
• Spearheaded an enthusiastic team to successfully deliver large warehouse management projects & products worth $5 million for Swedish furniture major IKEA
• Successfully managed the coordination between multi vendors of various systems and achieved the delivery as planned.
• Coordinated and ensured successful back to back Product releases
• Competent in overall release planning, strategy formulation, estimation of resources
• Effective coordination between various teams across the globe to collaboratively work on completing release targets by following Agile practices
• Instill continuous learning culture and Lean-Agile mindset among the teams across Program level
• Established daily standup meetings with involved teams and on demand standups helped to identify and sort out issues early
• Consistently delivered projects successfully on time to Client’s satisfaction as per Business priorities
• Signed several new business engagements worth $20 Million, based on our previous release performances and accomplishments
EDUCATION
Bachelor’s Degree(B.E) in Mechanical Engineering (1990 – 1995)
Shanmugha College Of Engineering (Now, SASTRA University), Thanjavur, Tamilnadu, India