Priscilla Anbanandan, PMP® - IT Project Manager

Priscilla Anbanandan

PMP® - IT Project Manager

IBM India Pvt. Ltd

Location
India - Chennai
Education
Master's degree, Technology Management
Experience
18 years, 2 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 2 Months

PMP® - IT Project Manager at IBM India Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since September 2015

Managing and delivering a range of complex projects across the group
Liaising with and management of relevant stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery
Building client relationships and conducting business development activities, including preparation of proposals and bids
Working closely with small and large project teams and contractor groups to ensure project requirements are met
Provide leadership and planning, and coordinate the resources for each job including inputs from other offices, sub-consultants and other suppliers and manage all jobs to deliver them on time, within the budget
Opportunities to develop project management/project director, and people management skills.

IT Manager at Islamic Online University
  • Qatar - Doha
  • November 2013 to June 2014

IT, Last Employer - Islamic Online University, Qatar (Nov - May)
•Lead the IT team which develops and designs the Educational Programs online for the university
•Manage both the IT Hardware and Software Aspect of the Institution
•Bring in new developments to the IT Infrastructure (Introduction of Backup Servers, Buying of domains, Setting up of child domains for every new educational programs
•Manage the IT software Team to develop the coding and database for the new and existing programs. Manage the design of Webpages and Web content for the Programs.
•Develop ITIL based documents for the Programs, the process and procedure involved
•Develop and design recommendations for the implementation of programs on the basis of ITIL
•Conduct Team meetings and participate in Managerial Meetings to discuss the growth and the necessities of the organization
•Task Management, Incident Management, Service Management, Change Management and People Management are the primary activities.
•Co-ordinate between departments regarding the incidents and their respective urgencies

Sr. Specialist at Sutherland Global Services
  • India - Chennai
  • November 2006 to November 2013

Incident Management - ITSM
•Support the delivery of end-to-end services in line with customer and internal SLAs/KPIs.,
•Support a team of Incident Coordinators delivering the Incident Management process to one of the major accounts in the organization,
•Accountable for managing the Incident flow and escalation matrix
•Work closely with both the local and global delivery units and account service teams.
•Participate in client reviews and meetings on major incidents and critical situations

Sr. Specialist - Training,
•Responsible and accountable for the improvement of technical and communication skills of associates directed towards Client Metrics and other organizational objectives.
•Build credibility, establish high standards, and maintain business communication with clients, Top Managers, Team Leads/Supervisors and associates.
•Perform Root cause analysis to identify the areas of improvement and to device appropriate action plans and training modules.
•Define and initiate Quarterly plans, and co-ordinate with Operations Managers in managing training schedules, coaching and weekly audits on the performance of the floor, while working to ensure the ultimate success and acceptance of the program.
•Maintain continuous alignment of program scope with strategic business objectives, and make recommendations to modify the program to enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent.
•Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment.
•Prepare and Present periodic Dashboard reports on the current program, future opportunities and client issues.
•Honored by the program, participated in Interview Panels throughout, in bringing value added resources thereby to meet the capacity plans and quality needs.
•Responsible and accountable for the performance growth of transition and nesting teams which fine-tuned my leadership skills & people management.
•Have won numerous awards and recognition from Clients & Senior Management for Best Team and floor Management

Associate – Tech Support Executive at Wipro BPO LTD
  • India - Chennai
  • August 2004 to June 2006

Handle technical issues on Broadband and Wifi connections for Bellsouth Fast Access ISP, troubleshooting, problem solving, overall analysis and provide resolution
•Knowledge expertise on resolving more number of issues related to Client OS.
•Stood by the values of the organization and gained customer loyalty by ensuring that our customers fully utilize the value of our solutions and services.
•Delivered consistent performance as a topper through Quality service
•Have won many Awards and recognitions for my good work.

Education

Master's degree, Technology Management
  • at Anna University – Anna University of Technology Chennai
  • August 2015

Degree - Masters of Business Administration in Technology Management, a 2 year Part Time program Some of the Papers include, Management Concepts, Marketing Management, Human Resource Management, Finance Management, Statistical Management, Business Economics, Technology Commercialization, Technology Transfer, Project Management, e-Business Management, Organizational Behavior, Applied Operations Research, Business Research Methodologies, Total Quality Management, Inventory Management, SDLC, PDLC, Business Communication, etc.,

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science & Engineering
  • at University of Madras
  • April 2003

Degree - Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science & Engineering, a 4 year full time program Some of the Papers include, RDBMS, Database Management, Operating system, Network Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, Data Modelling, Data Warehouse, Discrete Mathematics, Numerical Methods, Microprocessor, Compiler, Programming languages such as Pascal, Cobol, C, C++, Java etc., Cleared all the papers on the first attempt with 72% aggregate

Specialties & Skills

English
Leadership
Customer Service
Training
Arabic Language Skills
Problem Management
English Language skills
Major Incident Management
IT Service Management
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Machine Learning
Data Science
Procurement Management
Schedule Management
Project Management
Resource Management
Cost Management
Risk Management
Communication Management
Scope Management
Quality Management
Stakeholder Management

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Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Tamil
Native Speaker

Memberships

Project Management Institute
  • Project Manager
  • June 2019

Training and Certifications

PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2020
Valid Until:
July 2023
PMI PMP PDUs (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2019
QAI Certified Major Incident Manager (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2018
IELTS English Language Assessment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2018
ITIL V3.0 Foundation (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2012

Hobbies

  • Writing, Reading
    Since my acceptance of Islam, Reading Islamic books became my full time hobby which improved to formal study of Islamic deen through a BA degree in islamic studies at a University in Qatar (Islamic Online University, founded by Sheikh Dr.Bilal Philips). Alhamdulillah !! Then, my skills grew to writing articles, blogs and finally publishing a paper in one of the International Conferences.