Arun Kumar, IT Program Manager

Arun Kumar

IT Program Manager

allianz

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, MBA Operations and Systems Management
Experience
17 years, 4 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 4 months

IT Program Manager at allianz
  • India - Thiruvananthapuram
  • My current job since November 2019

Global engineering program mnager for Hybrid cloud program.

Portfolio Manager at Ernst and Young
  • India - Thiruvananthapuram
  • September 2016 to November 2019

IT portfolio manager for global office infrastructure projects

Project Manager at Ford Motor Co
  • India - Chennai
  • December 2009 to January 2016

Designation: Project Manager - Application Development
Duration: Dec- 2009 to Jan 2016
Project: Finance Systems implementation (May-2012 to Jan 2016)
Role: Systems Launch Lead
Responsibilities: Co-ordinate all systems launch for new implementation project.
Project Description: Finance systems launch for Greenfield site project aimed to launch all finance systems readiness on time with all cross functional interfaces. Portfolio includes both Corporate and Commercially Off-The Self Applications (COTS) for implementation.

Previous Projects:
1. Project: QAD Exit Strategy (May-2011 to May-2012)
Role: Project Lead / Lead Business Analyst
Responsibilities: Analysis and current state documentation.
Team size: 6
Project Description: FORD APA markets moving out of QAD application for finance and non finance portfolios. This project is aimed to document the current business processes handled in QAD and identify other corporate applications to replace QAD modules. Responsibilities - Coordinate review meetings with Process technology group managers towards identifying replacement solutions. Preparation/ maintenance of Project deliverable documents - Master business process list, QAD Exit Scorecard, Interface summary documents, Market specific Custom module documentation, etc.

2. Project: QAD Enhancements (May-2010 to May-2011)
Role: Project Lead/ Lead System Analyst
Responsibilities: Change request review, approval and implementation.
Team size: 3
Project Description: Responsible for QAD enhancement requests raised in e-tracker tool. Review the change requests raised by business. Prepare the approach document and estimation and get approval from QAD governance board. Once approved, the approach will be discussed with business and the changes will be implemented as per the CSDM methodology followed in ford application development. Handled critical enhancements for FORD APA markets and received several customer appreciations.

Software Engineer at IBS
  • India - Chennai
  • January 2009 to December 2009

Designation: Software Engineer
Duration: Jan-2009 to Dec-2009

Project: Tour Partner/Cruise Partner Support.
Project Scope: Level2 support
Platform: Windows/UNIX/LINUX
Languages: Progress OE10.1A/B, Webspeed, JavaScript
Team size: 6
Role: Programmer/Technical support
Responsibilities: Development and Technical support

ERP - Techo-Functional anlayst at Bluechip
  • India
  • December 2006 to January 2009

II. Organization: Blue Chip Computer Consultants PVT Ltd. Bangalore.
Designation: Software Engineer- ERP systems
Duration: Dec-2006 to January 2009.
Associated with QAD ERP projects such as
• AAP Hub Project - Acer Computers International.
• MTR (Mill Test Report) - Ameriforge Group, USA
• MFG/PRO Customization - VSPL, Gujarath
• Bank Reconciliation - VSPL, Gujarath.
• Sub-contracting - VSPL, Gujarath.

Education

Master's degree, MBA Operations and Systems Management
  • at University of Kerala
  • September 2006

Duration Course Attended Institute/University 2004-2006 M.B.A (Operations & Systems) TKM Institute of Management, University of Kerala.

Bachelor's degree, BSc. Instrumentation
  • at Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum, University of Kerala
  • June 2003

2000-2003 B.Sc Instrumentation Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum, University of Kerala

High school or equivalent, Science
  • at Kerala State Secondary Education Board
  • March 2000

1008-200 - HSC- Kerala Higher Secondary Board (Science) 1997-1998 SSLC Kerala State Secondary Education Board.

Specialties & Skills

Business Analysis
ERP design
Computer Science
Project Collaboration
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
DOCUMENTATION
ENGINEER
ESTIMATION
FINANCE
MAINTENANCE
SOLUTIONS
TEST CASES

Languages

Hindi
Intermediate
Malayalam
Expert
English
Expert
Tamil
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Project Management Professional (Training)
Training Institute:
PMI
Date Attended:
March 2015
Duration:
35 hours
ITIL foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2017
DASSM (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2020
Valid Until:
October 2021
Six sigma GB training (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2011
Valid Until:
February 2011