Lakshmi Sivakumar

Successful in implementing one of the biggest rollouts, Available to Promise (ATP), at target, which surfaces Inv availability across 10K+ locations with accurate guest delivery date all under 100 msec response time with 25K TPS.
Managed multiple team sizes of 15-70 people & delivered complex solutions flawlessly into production. Executed multiple projects with budgets ranging from 500K-5M while maintaining less than 2-5% deviation throughout.
Led the Order Management Team of Target.com from launch to 30+ releases for 2 years, including a Sterling upgrade from 8.5 to 9.2, which was the most complex upgrade completed in < 4months.

Managed the entire integration track which connects the .com systems with all the downstream applications as one of the top performing PM when BJ’s.com project was launched,
21+ applications which were impacted were consulted and successfully aligned to implementation.
The rollout impact was minimized for less than an hour while ensuring all the other systems could perform as usual.
After successful conclusion of the project, moved on to become the manager of the business analyst team mentoring the BA’s for requirement gathering, business process documentation, UAT coordination etc.
Aced as a liaison between IT team & business stakeholders ensuring business understanding/project execution is easier.

Lead teams to implement large scale solutions and implemented agile structure with 3 weeks releases instead of once in 2-3 months, which earned several accolades from Business teams.
Created strategic hiring initiatives to build high performing teams. Managed varying team sizes from 15-70 people and made huge contractor saving of ~250K/month, with right hiring strategies.
Facilitated teams in problem-solving that accurately assess business and technical challenges while successfully transforming ideas into workable solutions.
Conducted functional, UAT, Regression Testing and coordinated release Implementation planning of 30+ releases in 2 years
An effective communicator recognized for fostering cross functional, vendor and employee relationships.