HARI BR PILLAI, IT Governance & PMO Manager

HARI BR PILLAI

IT Governance & PMO Manager

National Food Products Company

Lieu
Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
Éducation
Master,
Expérience
25 years, 8 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :25 years, 8 Mois

IT Governance & PMO Manager à National Food Products Company
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • Je travaille ici depuis janvier 2017

 Implement and manage the IT Governance framework aligned with COBIT and ITIL to ensure IT investments and processes can support the organizations overall business needs.
 Design, develop and implement IT operational policies, processes models, procedures, working relationships, workflow aligned with proven frameworks to adapt technology usage standards and improve business performance.
 Manage internal and external technology and security audits.
 Conduct IT Service continuity assessment, findings reporting, solution submission and implementation planning
 Implement and manage project management standards, processes, tools& techniques based on the leading PM framework.
 Review all IT projects and present the portfolio summary dashboard as project briefing packs and fact sheets.
 Prepare reports for various management committees with a focus on accuracy, consistency and clarity.
 Ensure the implementation of a strong change management process and monitor its operational efficiency.
 Conduct project management concept selling. Assist sponsors, business heads and peer teams for the best use of project management standards and tools.
 Conduct audits, risk evaluation, RCA of various IT segments and present the outcome to the management.
 Lead vendor selection, solution evaluation and TCO comparison.
 Contribute to the formulation of business plans, operating plans, budgets and capital expenditure requests in line with organizational strategic goals and objectives.

IT Project Leader à National Food Products Company, UAE
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • novembre 2011 à janvier 2017

 Manage end to end project life cycle for various small and medium IT projects for the NFPC Group of companies.
 Successfully completed various projects related to communication, networking, infrastructure and application development, upgrading, intranet, security and process automation.
 Analyze the organization’s strategic business needs and map them to feasible IT solutions.
 Conduct brainstorm sessions, cost-benefit analysis, make or buy decisions.
 Prepare project plan, project documents, monitor project progress and engage in team& management communication and constant follow-up.
 Provide technical support and training to the project team when required.
 Conduct supplier/ product analysis for the project, POCs, negotiation, direct and control third-party solutions
 Work with other functional departments like marketing, HR and sales for Web and EDI project requirements.
 Provide technical support to the services desk team for escalated issues.
 Setup internal process maps and continues improvement.
 Conduct Product presentation and high- level technical training.
 Provide IT consultancy services to sister companies.

IT Support Manager à National Food Products Company
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • mars 2007 à novembre 2011

 Streamline corporate IT support activities and improve service level efficiency by adapting various methods and training.
 Manage and lead a group of IT Location Coordinators to support the UAE and OMAN operations.
 Train and equip team members to aid, support and problem resolution to more than 700 users.
 Manage day to day IT support services& projects across the group.
 Plan, implement and monitor various software applications including IT Helpdesk System.
 Annalise IT Support System activities, escalations and problem resolutions.
 Provide training to Improve team efficiency.
 Plan, Design and strengthen IT infrastructure, corporate network and security.
 Setup and manage internally hosted web servers, domains and DNS.
 Conduct initial study of ITIL for strategic implementation.
 Coordinate, review and publish IT Policies& SOP’s and deal with external IT audit team.
 Provide technical hosting support for in-house web development and SEO projects.
 Provide advance level support and fine-tuning of Lotus Domino messaging system.

Business Support - Technical à National Food Products Company
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • janvier 2006 à mars 2007

 Setup infrastructure requirements, upgrading assistance for the ERP upgrade.
 Handle various tasks related to CNC administration. Provide day to day system& application support and messaging system administration.
 Work with ERP team for JD Edwards, PeopleSoft upgrading projects
 Create user profiles, menus in AS/400 and PeopleSoft, define menu security.
 Electronic Software Update (ESU) and Package building.
 Corporate antivirus system maintenance.
 Maintain and support in-house developed applications.
 Lotus Domino messaging System administration and SPAM control policy fine tuning.
 End user and Data center support

Software Specialist & System Administrator à National Food Products Company
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • janvier 2003 à janvier 2006

 Develop and Implement software applications for other divisions.
 Evaluate security requirements and implement necessary third-party systems.
 Provide support and training for end users and administer IT infrastructure.
 Understand Software requirements, develop & implement applications
 Evaluate third party products and services and lead implementation.
 Administer Lotus Domino Messaging system
 Maintain and support in-house developed applications.
 Provide Antivirus, Backup, Linux and Windows server and Hosting server support
 Day-to-day end user support for hardware, networking and software.
 Conduct application and technical training sessions.

computer programmer à National Food Products Company
  • Émirats Arabes Unis - Abu Dhabi
  • septembre 1998 à janvier 2003

 Develop new applications and modify existing applications for various departments.
 Troubleshooting, diagnosing and resolving issues with PC, network connectivity, printers and peripherals.
 Develop Application for manufacturing divisions.
 Maintain and support in-house developed applications.
 Hardware, Networking and Software installation support.
 Server Installation and configuration and end user support.

Éducation

Master,
  • à Sikkim Manipal University
  • avril 2008
Baccalauréat, Mathematics
  • à NSS College, Pandalam, Kerala University
  • mars 1994

Specialties & Skills

IT Governance
IT Service Management
IT Management
IT Project Management
Project & Program Management (PMI, Agile methodologies)
IT Service Management, IT Service Continuity
Infrastructure Planning & Designing
IT Service Continuity Planning
Change Management

Langues

Anglais
Expert

Adhésions

Project Management Institute (PMI, USA)
  • Member
  • December 2007
Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA)
  • Member
  • November 2019

Formation et Diplômes

Project Management Professional (Formation)
Institut de formation:
PMI Kerala Chapter
ITIL Foundation (Certificat)
Project Management Professional (PMP) (Certificat)
Date de la formation:
October 2008

Loisirs

  • Listening to music, Photography, Digital Arts