Guruprasad Dharmapal
Technical Delivery/ Project Manager
Darlington
Summary
IT professional with 18+ years of experience into Delivery /Project Management and Release Management cross industries such as Telecom, BFSI, Technology and Semi conductor
Proven experience in delivering IT/Digital projects using Agile and Waterfall methodology in Multi-Vendor and geography.
Excellent Customer engagement with multiple LOB's [Line of Business] to deliver business changes to realize quick business benefits
Good experience in leading 20+ members cross-functional teams
Self-organized at managing multiple priorities and willingness to take on additional responsibilities to meet business goals.
Collaborative management style with excellent analytical, presentation, problem-solving and communication skills
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Project Delivery Manager
British Telecom [ EE]
Darlington
07.2019 - Current
- Manage and lead delivery team to support projects and product enhancement
- Drive all project management activities from initiation to closer
- Oversee implementation and ensure all elements are considered and factored into delivery plan including build, testing, training, analytics, release planning, business readiness and optimization
- Managing capacity/ work, backlogs to achieve project goal
- Make sure projects are appropriately resourced in terms of people, skills and expertise
- Ensure that team maintains high level of competence and operational excellence
- Report delivery status to customers and develop required delivery
documentations - Make critical business decisions to meet customer expectations
- Manage all project reporting, providing transparency and updates to client stakeholders and senior management through project dashboards, status reports and financial tracking report
Agile Delivery Manager
Techmahindra [BT]
Chesterfield
06.2017 - 08.2018
- Lead project Discovery phases to capture project requirements, execute Discovery workshops and ensure the detailed Discovery output documents to summaries recommendations,
- Provide expertise and good decision making across multiple work streams to ensure the successful and effective Agile project delivery to time, budget and scope,
- Recognize and handle project risks, monitor progress and produce status reports both internally and externally as required,
- Run the consolidated component team daily standup and Triage call during the E2E Testing phase
- Liaise with project managers to ensure effective planning and scheduling of team projects.
- Liaise with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure all enabling activities are planned and delivered effectively
- Work alongside Technical Leads to develop project scopes and estimates based on customer requirements.
- Work alongside the Capability Manager to ensure a clear focus on team development (including development of people and facility / assets).
- Work alongside the Capability Manager to take a lead role in the team's improvement and assurance activity.
Project and Program Consultant
Techmahindra [Various Project]
Bengaluru
04.2015 - 06.2017
- Creates, manages, and understands impacts to project scope, constraints, and schedule. Performs critical path analysis
- Develop and implement plans (for example, the Risk/Opportunity database) to improve project results
- Asses programs as per the Program and project management Framework, Templates
- Provide the program assessment report to IBG head
- Extract and prepare weekly, bi-weekly and monthly BAU reports within SLA across different Line of Business (LoB), regions and functions.
- Working closely with owners Initiative and closely monitoring the Initiative progress and if required defining the templates
- Manage stakeholder communications and ensure reporting standard compliance as per the framework.
- Collate and reconcile data required to support the delivery of ad-hoc data requests and insights
Lead Project Management Consultant
Accenture
Bengalure
04.2011 - 10.2014
- Project plan creation and capacity planning
- Handling project status report
- Resource Management
- Asset Management
- Risk and issue management
- Configuration Management - Maintaining Team SharePoint site, managing and controlling folder structures, access rights and naming standards for project documents. Ensuring site operation is in compliant with Intranet Policy
- Weekly and monthly Client interaction for project status update along with project managers
Project Management Consultant
Tata consultancy
Bengaluru
07.2008 - 04.2010
- Implementation of Project management best practise for BFSI along with Delivery head
- Updated operational methods and oversaw accounting procedures for improved efficiency.
- Scheduled and participated in meetings to discuss project progress and identify solutions to bottlenecks.
- Organized and participated in meetings and workshops to foster shared project approach and track progress.
- Developed and initiated projects, managed costs and monitored performance.
Project Management Consultant
Enteg InfoTech Pvt ltd
Bengaluru
01.2007 - 07.2008
- Determined appropriate budgets and oversaw expenses.
- Established parameters and managed schedule throughout project.
- Updated operational methods and oversaw accounting procedures for improved efficiency.
- Maintained relationships with material vendors to lower costs and diversify capabilities.
PMO Project Coordinator
Vanguard Info solution
Bengaluru
11.2003 - 12.2006
- Coordinated presentations for customers and project members to detail project scope, progress and results.
- Tracked hours and expenses to keep project on task and within budgetary parameters.
- Supervised multiple projects from project start through delivery by prioritizing needs and delegating assignments.
- Kept corporate and client information confidential, adhering to data safety measures.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bangalore University
Bengaluru 04.2000 - 04.2003
Skills
Project Management
Certification
Certified Prince practitioner
Timeline
Project Delivery Manager
British Telecom [ EE]
07.2019 - Current
Agile Delivery Manager
Techmahindra [BT]
06.2017 - 08.2018
Project and Program Consultant
Techmahindra [Various Project]
04.2015 - 06.2017
Lead Project Management Consultant
Accenture
04.2011 - 10.2014
Project Management Consultant
Tata consultancy
07.2008 - 04.2010
Project Management Consultant
Enteg InfoTech Pvt ltd
01.2007 - 07.2008
PMO Project Coordinator
Vanguard Info solution
11.2003 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Bangalore University
04.2000 - 04.2003
Certified Prince practitioner
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Scrum Product Owner
Certified ITIL V3
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