Rajthilak Loganathan

Mississauga,Canada

Summary

Associate Director of Projects-IT |12 years in IT | 3 years in Construction | 13 plus years of experience in IT industry with more than 7 year’s experience in Engagement Delivery and Management Reporting in Technology, Supply Chain, Energy and Data Analytics Domain
Certified in PMP, SAFE Agilist and ScrumMaster.
Experience in business analysis, requirement gathering, Impact analysis, test plan preparation, biz & end user support in Finance, Manufacturing and HR domains.
Lead and manage end-to-end project delivery by delivering on targets and deadlines, while maintaining an excellent customer experience.
Responsible for being the customer success manager and maintaining an excellent relationship with all the stakeholders involved in project delivery and organization growth.
Identified further growth opportunities, being the lead for transformational programs and engage with account partners fulfilling the business and staffing requirements Overseeing and reviewing the structuring of contracts to ensure high quality and appropriate scoping to meet the customer's requirements and risk management.
Proven skills in managing multiple projects in parallel, identifying improvement areas in testing process, coordinating Automation and Performance testing and Leading and coordinating offshore and Onsite teams.
Worked in Agile and waterfall Methodologies with extensive experience in entire Software Development Life cycle involving Analysis, Design, Development and Testing.
Develop an in-depth insight into the issues and data challenges of client’s organization.
Demonstrated strong technical leadership, interpersonal skills and organizational abilities in large/complex engagements.
Ensure healthy rhythm of business is in place by conducting regular Delivery Reviews with the customer, along with the Program & Delivery Managers.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

LTIMindtree

Associate Engagement Director

08.2011 - Current

Job overview

Reporting to the Director of Projects-IT, I as associate director led and managed a team of skilled IT resources including Managers, Business Analysts, Technical Leads, Developers and QA – in geographically dispersed locations
Lead and manage team to provide successful solution deployments and ensuring proper business value while maintaining high customer/partner satisfaction
Collaborated with executive management and busines on a biweekly basis to appraise the progress and call out any risks and mitigation plan impacting the priorities aligned to maximize business value and meet compliance requirements
Responsible for Defining plans, monitors tracks, metrics development and actively manage projects and Oversee the development of project deliverables, consult with technical team and other teams involved in projects to provide solutions in adherence to delivery schedules
Performed the role of Scrum Master, Coached and mentored development teams to the successful completion of releases, facilitates all Scrum Ceremonies- the Daily Stand-up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, and Iteration Retrospective
Established PMO practices, Instructed and modeled core Agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability and visibility; ensured consistent application of scrum methodologies
Articulate project forecasts, responsible for budgeting & tracking over the fiscal year, financial metrics reporting, track purchase orders, manage SOW’s & PO’s, MSA
Collaborated and owned monthly portfolio reviews, senior management reviews, quarterly business review with the client and status reviews, quarterly reporting of the business
Conduct in-depth analysis of business operations metrics, margin analysis and provide key business insights to identify improvement areas, opportunities and improve predictability
Organize & drive employee team building and brainstorming sessions
Clients handled, CISCO, MICROSOFT, TRAVELERS, GUY
Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports.
Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
Established milestones and objectives based on input from functional areas and stakeholders.

Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.
Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
Implemented best practices to drive quality IT project delivery.
Formed strategic partnerships and connected with potential clients to drive business development, by leveraging professional networks and industry knowledge experts
Spearheaded innovative approaches to resource allocation and strategic planning.
to strengthen client relationships.
Monitored expenditures to mitigate risk of overages.
Observed tight deadlines and strict budgetary controls to avoid waste and streamline costs.
Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.

Honeywell Technology Solutions

Program & Project Management Specialist

04.2009 - 08.2011

Shapoorji Pallonji Constructions

07.2005 - 01.2007

Job overview

Developed and implemented project time schedule by P6, WBS and related procedures based on the contractual obligations and company procedures
Conceptualized and Co-ordinated in implementation of Enterprise portfolio processes
Prepared periodic schedule reports on the status of activities and supported reporting requirements for invoice submittals and monthly status reports using EVM techniques
Collaborated and owned monthly portfolio reviews, senior management reviews, quarterly business review with the client and status reviews, quarterly reporting of the business
Conducted various senior management, QBR’s, MBR’s, portfolio, All hands meeting
Collaborated with support functions, motivated project teams to innovate by organizing discussion forums, brainstorming sessions, value creation
Set up communication Interface with stakeholders and customer regularly to apprise the program status and ensure all program artifacts are maintained and updated periodically
Responsible for portfolio projects -quarterly budget & expense tracking and reporting.

Education

Griffith Uni

M.S from Engineering Management

R.V. College of Engineering

Bachelor of Engineering from Civil

Skills

E2E Project delivery
Business Operations
Change Management
Vendor Management
Customer Success Management
Project Forecasting, reporting

Release estimates and planning
Resource management
Cloud Services - Azure, AWS
Positive Customer Engagement
Engagement Management
Subcontractor Relations