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Vijaya Ayyalraj

Dynamic, result driven, Innovative and Trusted leader with 19+ years of experience in Process, People, Project and Program Management leading projects and programs in Agile,  Plan Driven ("Waterfall") and Hybrid approach. Successfully managed many complex projects (time frame of 2-12 months, team of 10 to 600+ people, effort of 32 to 600 man-months in a multi million US$ project budget). With excellent communication skills and experience managed software development projects, successfully completed E2E infrastructure set up of   Command-and-Control Center, Cloud Application Migration and Modernization, Vendor Management, Contract Management, Service Delivery Management etc. Excelled in performing different roles as Quality Manager, Work Force Team Manager, Mainframe SME etc. in delivering out-of-the-box solutions that exceeded stakeholder expectations.

Key Skills

Program/Project Management
People/Team Management
Cloud Computing
Security and Compliance Management
Cost Management
Risk management
Capacity planning

Professional Experience

Sep 2021
Present
Program/Project Manager
Kyndryl Solutions Ltd Hyderabad, IN
Currently managin Client requirements in terms of Cloud migrations, Application  Migration and Modernization, Monitoring the Events of client devices by integrating the hardware devices with Science Logic and Netcool, Cost preparation, SLA monitoring,  RCA analysis etc.  This involves managing multiple BUs across Globe, improvising current delivery by introducing Automation, optimizing delivery by removing non value add activities etc. 
Oct 2010
Sep 2021
Program Manager
IBM India Pvt Ltd Hyderabad, IN
Successfully completed the Transition of 100 +Clients from LA regions while managing multiple service line deliveries including Cloud Migrations and Application modernization projects. 
  • Handled Mission Critical Move of Command and Control Center that demanded the complete Infra establishment from Canada to India with stringent time line of 3 months, prepared the budget estimation of $3M, managed staffing challenge of identifying legacy skilled resources, RESO requirement,  delivery operation activities etc. 
  • As Work Force Manager, played a vital role in massive initiative of GH program while recruiting, training and deploying Graduate Hires to critical accounts. 
  • As a Quality Manager identified and recovered the EW & Troubled projects. As a Location Spoc successfully ISO & CMMI audits.
    Performed RCA, CI activities. Tracking and Monitoring the 7 Key reports, Status reporting to senior Leadership, PM&T , IPWC reporting etc

Sep 2009
Oct 2010
Project Manager
HCL Technologies Chennai, IN
Played the PM/Service Delivery Manager role and won the CSAT of 10/10 for Pearson Account and Successfully delivered the Mainframe projects worth $5M with 6 members. 
Developed and delivered the critical and complex CICS screen design on time with 100% accuracy and received client appreciation. 
Dec 2006
Jun 2009
Associate Project Manager
Capgemini Hyderabad, IN
 Performed the APM and Tech Lead role, involved in Mainframe program Analysis, Coding and Testing of applications with the team of 8-15 team members. 
Performed the below activities. 
  • Estimation 
  • Performance Analysis 
  • RCA for SLA deviations 
  • Introduced Process improvement 
  • Status Reporting to Client/Leadership 
Aug 2003
Dec 2006
Senior Software Engineer
IBM Bengaluru, IN
 Worked with different clients say AXA Life Insurance, NASCO Health Insurance in developing Mainframe coding analysis, estimation, testing and prod deployment activities with the team of 25-30 members. 
  • Handled small to complex program enhancements 
  •  Analysis, Coding, Testing, Prod Move 
  •  LOC estimation 
  • Weekly status reporting 

Education

Sep 1998
Jun 2001
Master of Science in Computer Science in Bharathidasan University
Bharathidasan university

Certifications

2021
Project Management Professional (PMP)
PMI
2021
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon
2021
Google Cloud Certified - Cloud Digital Leader
Google
IBM Advisory Project Manager
IBM
Applied Data Science with Python
IBM
Machine Learning with R and Python
IBM
IBM Design Thinking Practitioner
IBM
IBM Certified Mentor
IBM
IBM Agile Explorer
IBM

Achievements

2019
IBM Eminence & Excellence Award- 4 Times
 Received the award for Identifying and deploying the projects that are going to be in trouble based on the deliverables, CSAT and Cost in Early Warning/Trouble tracking system, bridged the gap between client and the team to ensure the project is brought out of trouble. Received the award four times consecutively for the years 2013, 2014,2016 and 2017
2018
IBM Best Employee Award in 2013 and Cash Award
 Played Individual Contributor role and introduced a new process of conducting the audit for the accounts spread across different zones , identified the gaps in delivery, proactively communicated the Practice Area Lead (PAL) leadership about the project status 
Best IC award from NA in 2019
 While performing the Transformation work for the North America clients received the Individual Contributor award from Ricardo Gazoli (Director, IBM for NA regions). 

Quote

Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.

Christian Lous Lange

Hobbies & Interests

  • Music

Languages

English
(Fluent)
Tamil
(Native)
Telugu
(Fluent)

Career Aspiration

Lead a large team of coders and engineers to independently manage a project for a Fortune 500 company while implementing latest technological solutions driven by AI and Machine Learning algorithms.

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