P Saravanan

Sr. Practice Consultant (Project Manager)

EMC2

Location: United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education: Master's degree, Computer Applications
Experience: 21 years, 4 Months

Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 4 Months

Sr. Practice Consultant (Project Manager) at EMC2

United Arab Emirates - Dubai
My current job since November 2009

Key Responsibilities:-

 Cross Competency Expert in Cloud, vDC, Disaster Recovery and Consolidation.
 Cloud & Virtual Data Center SME for EMEA Region.
 Project Manager and Senior vDC Consultant.
 Work with external Partners and external Vendors as part of PMO for DC Migration, Disaster Recovery and IT Transformation Programs.

Key Tasks:-

 Conduct Virtualization Assessment using VMware Tools like Capacity Planner, Health Analyzer.
 Perform Cloud Maturity Assessment.
 Perform Application Integration Analysis for Cloud.
 Produce Design recommendations, transformation roadmap and work packages for Cloud Initiatives.
 Create Services Catalogue for Public/Private Cloud.
 Business Case development and cost reduction initiatives for the Cloud adoption & IT Transformation initiatives.

 Conduct Current State Assessment using Workshops and Interviews for Organizational, Operational and Infrastructure.
 Create application and infrastructure dependencies matrix using EMC Methodology and tools.
 Perform Gap Analysis & Produce Design recommendations & alternatives for Infrastructure and Process improvements.
 Produce transformational roadmap and project plan documents.
 Conduct Business Impact Analysis for Application Classification.
 Create disaster recovery design for critical applications.
 Create Business Continuity plans.
 Create Data Center strategy (Active-Active).
 Create Disaster recovery & DC migration runbook and conduct recovery testing & DC Migrations.
 Create Decommissioning Plan for data centers.

Key Projects undertaken during tenure:-

 Cloud Advisory Services & vDC
 Virtualization Transformational Strategies
 Infrastructure & Data Center Transformation
 Business Continuity Planning
 IT Disaster Recovery Programme
 IT Processes and Security Assessments
 Data Center Consolidation & Migration

Infrastructure Solutions Specialist (Team Leader) at Gulf Business Machines (GBM)

Oman - Muscat
February 2006 to November 2009

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:-

 Designed and Implemented Infrastructure Virtualization Transformational Programs based on VMware/ Citrix.
 Designed and Implemented Desktop Virtualization based on VMware VDI
 Developed Disaster Recovery Strategies and run books.
 Designed and Implemented Disaster Recovery and High Availability solutions on heterogeneous platforms.
 Developed infrastructure designs, prepared proposals & presentations.
 Performed assessments and analysis for infrastructures and provide roadmap for implementation.
 Provided technical expertise on Windows, Linux and VMware platforms during entire project life cycle.
 Project Management for infrastructure projects managing internal delivery, teams and external vendors.
 Setup Services Organization and developed infrastructure services portfolio for GBM, Oman operations.
 Led the services team and managed team productivity.

Key Projects undertaken during tenure:-

 Disaster Recovery Transformation Programme
 Virtualization Adoption Programme
 Virtualization Assessments and Transformation
 Infrastructure Virtualization
 Mobile Number Portability Infrastructure Readiness
 Microsoft Infrastructure Services

Sr. Systems Engineer at Gulf Business Machines (GBM)

United Arab Emirates - Dubai
May 2004 to February 2006

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:-

 Designed and Implemented Infrastructure Virtualization Transformational Programs based on VMware/ Citrix.
 Designed and Implemented Desktop Virtualization based on VMware VDI
 Designed and Implemented Disaster Recovery and High Availability solutions on heterogeneous platforms.
 Developed infrastructure designs, prepared proposals & presentations.
 Performed assessments and analysis for infrastructures and provide roadmap for implementation.
 Provided technical expertise on Windows, Linux and VMware platforms during entire project life cycle.

Key Projects undertaken during tenure:-

 Disaster Recovery Transformation Programme
 Virtualization Adoption Programme
 Virtualization Assessments and Transformation
 Infrastructure Virtualization
 Microsoft Infrastructure Services

Sr. Curriculum Executive at Fourth R USA Ltd

India - Chennai
June 2002 to October 2003

Key Tasks & Responsibilities:-

 Develop computer-based curriculum for corporate clients.
 Deliver corporate training & present seminars.
 System administration & security consulting for internal network