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Gopinath Karthikesan

Gopinath Karthikesan

Solihull

Summary

  • Program Manager with 20+ years of experience in implementation of PLM programs in Automotive, Formula 1, Manufacturing & Industrial domains.
  • Effective in project management aspects including planning, budget management, team organization, contracts negotiation and coordinating all working parts of a project.
  • Experienced Scrum Master with proven track record of successfully leading teams in developing high-quality software solutions on time and within budget. Skilled in multiple Agile methodologies, stakeholder management and sprint planning. Highly organized in managing complex projects with multiple deadlines.
  • Experienced in working directly with clients from North America, EU and UK to ensure all the goals of a project are achieved and met within scope and budget.
  • Played technical and functional roles in variety of 3DX projects involving E2E implementation, upgrades, migration, maintenance and support.


Overview

20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager

@Atlas Copco, From Atos
10.2022 - Current
  • Deliver the onboarding to 3DX of the different divisions in Atlas Copco from legacy systems(including data migration, 3DX solutions implementation and integrations with external systems)
  • Perform the role of Scrum master. Coach the teams on Agile practices and facilitate the various scrum framework.
  • Manage product backlog and support Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
  • Lead the sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
  • Monitor project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Develop and implement project plans and budgets to ensure successful execution.
  • Track project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Schedule and facilitate meetings between project stakeholders to report status on deliverables, schedules and conflicts.

Technical Project Manager

@Jaguar Land Rover, From Processia an Atos Company
06.2021 - 08.2022
  • Managed the technical upgrade of 3DX to 22x for Jaguar Land Rover.
  • Coordinate with the development team to implement upgrade process.
  • Resource management - Manage team's availability, organizational structure and their deliverables.
  • Schedule management - Prepare and maintain plan for upgrade implementation in non-prod and prod instances.
  • Risk management and mitigation plan.
  • Implemented Rapid environment switchover methodology that can rollout Prod upgrade in lesser time period compared to past instances.

Project Manager/Architect

@Alpine Formula 1, From Processia Solutions
01.2019 - 04.2021

Implement 3DX in Renault Formula 1 to build their race car.

  • Managed the E2E implementation of the solution from requirements consolidation, implementation by sprints, UAT, deployment, data migration from legacy system, production support and training.
  • Schedule management - Prepare and maintain plan for key milestones in the project.
  • Provide project updates to stakeholders and supervisors.
  • Resource management - Manage team's availability, organizational structure and their deliverables.
  • Risk management and mitigation plan.
  • Manage and implement project budget and requirements.
  • Prepare technical design specifications for user stories.

Project Manager

@Valeo, From Tech Mahindra
01.2017 - 12.2018
  • Responsible for the overall PLM delivery at offshore with a team size of around 60.
  • Manage resources, timelines, planning, risks, customer relationship.
  • Manage and implement project budget and requirements.
  • Provide project updates to stakeholders and supervisors.
  • Implement Continuous improvement, Devops.
  • Implement tests automation for better quality.

PLM Techno Functional Architect

@Valeo, From Tech Mahindra
12.2013 - 01.2017
  • Interactions with end users to consolidate requirements.
  • Design solutions based from functional specifications.
  • Coordinate with the offshore team, provide technical/functional guidance on the solutions.
  • Identification of bottlenecks in the production systems and improving the performance at the system level.
  • Conduct functional workshops with the business users to integrate the TVC framework in PLM system.

PLM Consultant

@FLSmidth Inc
10.2011 - 12.2013


  • Interactions with end users to consolidate business requirements.
  • Prepare the technical specifications.
  • Work package development.
  • Unit/Integration tests.

Team Leader

@Johnson Controls, From Tata Consultancy Services
09.2010 - 09.2011


  • Manage the delivery of development projects with fixed deadlines.
  • Worked closely with project managers to ensure project needs were fulfilled and budgets were honored.
  • Resource, Planning, Risks management.
  • Preparing proposals for roping in new projects for the company.

Enovia Production Support executive

@Johnson Controls, From Tata Consultancy Services
07.2008 - 09.2010


  • Identification of bottlenecks in the production systems and improving the performance at the system level.
  • Preparing design documents for work packages.
  • Work package development.

Enovia Developer

@Johnson Controls, From Tata Consultancy Services
09.2005 - 07.2008
  • Implemented application modules under the direction of Senior Software Developers.
  • Development based on specific design specifications.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Madras University
Chennai, India
05.2004

Skills

  • 3DX Projects implementation and delivery
  • Project scheduling
  • Deliverable tracking
  • Productivity improvement
  • Risk management
  • Agile Methodology
  • Backlog management
  • Sprint planning
  • Agile best practices
  • Customer interaction
  • Scrum processes
  • Leading scrum meetings
  • Presentation skills
  • Microsoft office suite expert
  • Software development lifecycle
  • JIRA - JQL, Advanced Roadmaps, Xray, Tempo, Rich Filters, Confluence
  • Eclipse
  • Core Java

Certification

  • Certified Scrum master, 07/2022
  • Sun certified web component architect, 06/2010
  • Sun certified java professional, 05/2008

Languages

English
Tamil

Interests

  • Football, Formula 1, Badminton, Cricket
  • Fitness run
  • Music

Timeline

Project Manager

@Atlas Copco, From Atos
10.2022 - Current

Technical Project Manager

@Jaguar Land Rover, From Processia an Atos Company
06.2021 - 08.2022

Project Manager/Architect

@Alpine Formula 1, From Processia Solutions
01.2019 - 04.2021

Project Manager

@Valeo, From Tech Mahindra
01.2017 - 12.2018

PLM Techno Functional Architect

@Valeo, From Tech Mahindra
12.2013 - 01.2017

PLM Consultant

@FLSmidth Inc
10.2011 - 12.2013

Team Leader

@Johnson Controls, From Tata Consultancy Services
09.2010 - 09.2011

Enovia Production Support executive

@Johnson Controls, From Tata Consultancy Services
07.2008 - 09.2010

Enovia Developer

@Johnson Controls, From Tata Consultancy Services
09.2005 - 07.2008

Bachelor of Engineering - Computer Science

Madras University
Gopinath Karthikesan