Gopinath Ramachandran

GOPINATH RAMACHANDRAN

SUMMARY

• An accomplished senior management professional with 15 years of industry experience (including 2+ years of onsite experience) with wide ranging capabilities on leading/managing big engineering teams with delivery ownership
• Currently working as Director - Program Management in Aricent, Bangalore, managing Large deal Proposals worth over US$ 25 million as part of Strategic Programs Team
• Extensive experience in Program/Project management for Java/C++ projects in Telecom (Intelligent Networks, IMS, EMS/NMS, Service Delivery Platform, VAS and VoIP) and Digital Media (CMS) 
• Rich work experience of global delivery with multi-cultural teams/clients across geographies
• Experience in seeding, managing Off Shore Development Center for large OEM 
• Successfully transitioned and managed customer products (R&D and Sustenance of product lines), ensuring Delivery Commitments and adherence to defined SLA’s
• Experience in managing programs/projects in Waterfall, Iterative and Agile across different business models
• Ensured Highly Engaged Team through various engagement initiatives and continually enhance team competencies & Skills enhancement through proven competency framework
• Managed annual budget reviews and forecasting for the customer accounts worth about US$ 2.5 million per annum
• Extensive experience on pre-sales support activities including analyzing customer RFP’s, developing proposal and business cases
• Managed the Innovation Projects as part of Aricent Center of Excellence (CoE) for Social, Cloud and Video Analytics
• An accomplished senior management professional with 16 years of industry experience (including 2+ years of onsite experience) with wide ranging capabilities on leading/managing big engineering teams with delivery ownership
• Currently working as Director - Program Management in Aricent, Bangalore, managing Large deal Proposals worth over US$ 25 million as part of Strategic Programs Team
• Extensive experience in Program/Project management for Java/C++ projects in Telecom (Intelligent Networks, IMS, EMS/NMS, Service Delivery Platform, VAS and VoIP) and Digital Media (CMS) 
• Rich work experience of global delivery with multi-cultural teams/clients across geographies
• Experience in seeding, managing Off Shore Development Center for large OEM 
• Successfully transitioned and managed customer products (R&D and Sustenance of product lines), ensuring Delivery Commitments and adherence to defined SLA’s
• Experience in managing programs/projects in Waterfall, Iterative and Agile across different business models
• Ensured Highly Engaged Team through various engagement initiatives and continually enhance team competencies & Skills enhancement through proven competency framework
• Managed annual budget reviews and forecasting for the customer accounts worth about US$ 2.5 million per annum
• Extensive experience on pre-sales support activities including analyzing customer RFP’s, developing proposal and business cases
• Managed the Innovation Projects as part of Aricent Center of Excellence (CoE) for Social, Cloud and Video Analytics

SKILLS & STRENGTHS

● Program / Project Management
● Agile Transition
● Engineering Transformation
● Team Building & Leadership
● Large Deal Management
● Driving Pre-Sales Activities
● Cross Functional Team Coordination
● Budgetary/ Revenue Management

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• “Leadership Quotient Award” for Turnaround the program from Red to Green by streamlining the processes, improving Product Quality, increase Employee Engagement and Customer Satisfaction
• Customer Appreciation from VP Engineering(Digital Media Client) for Engineering Transformation Initiatives to improve Product Quality and increase Productivity
• Customer Appreciation from Head of Engineering (Tier-1 OEM) for outstanding contribution towards continuous improvements in managing their product deliveries
• “Aricent Team Award” to recognise the successful delivery on-time, budget and quality
• “Aricent Milestone Award” for 10 years of Distinguished Service with Aricent
• “Coffee with Aricent CEO” to recognize high employee engagement in the program
• Recognized as Best Manager for Process Improvements by Aricent Quality Team
• SEPG (Software Engineering Process Group)  at organization level, shared various Best Practices
• Presented Agile Best Practices at Agile India, PMI India conference and Aricent Agile Events

EDUCATION

Masters in Business Administration
Specialised in Systems and Marketing Management
University First Rank/Gold Medallist

Bachelors in Engineering
Specialised in Electronics & Communication Engineering

CERTIFICATIONS

●  PMP (Project Management Professional) from Project Management Institute (PMI)
●  CSM (Certified Scrum Master) from Scrum Alliance
●  ITIL v3 Foundation from APMG

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

● Leadership Development & Soft Skills
● Agile Workshops
● Agile India / PMI National Conferences
● Webinars / Paper Presentations