Nandakumar Pillai, Project Leader

Nandakumar Pillai

Project Leader

HERE Technologies

Location
India
Education
Master's degree, Systems
Experience
15 years, 7 Months

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Total years of experience :15 years, 7 Months

Project Leader at HERE Technologies
  • India - Navi Mumbai
  • My current job since June 2016

HAD (Highly Automated Driving - Driverless Car Technology) Program:-

 Manages daily execution of production projects and ensures timely delivery with required quality and ensures effective monitoring and control, for readiness and execution.
 Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans and project tracking/reporting to effectively manage each project.
 Works with concerned functional groups globally to prioritize project execution, delivery planning, and source/resource availability; and for timely resolutions of issues.
 Provides technical and analytical guidance to production teams and ensures employee involvement in all quality processes and required trainings/updates to project processes and specifications.
 Identify, analyze, communicate, and solve problems related to projects, processes and staffing and ensure timely escalations/mitigations.
 Ensure adherence to management processes, quality standards and project specifications; and foster a culture of quality and performance.
 Ensure timely and appropriate employee performance planning and evaluation.
 Identify actions/opportunities for continual improvements; and support positive change management with initiative.
 Have experience of setting up a production center in Seoul, South Korea, and upscaling resources for specific Customer deliverables.
 Responsible for overall execution of Gottlieb Program for Lane Model and providing technical assistance to other Lane Model Programs.

Associate Project Manager at Lionbridge Technologies
  • India - Mumbai
  • July 2014 to June 2016

• Project : Windows 10, PayPal & Requests for all Indian Sub-Continental Markets
Duration : Since July, 2014 - till date as Associate Project Manager
Role :
 Project analysis, create project plan, project kick-off (customer and internal)
 Training internal & external resources on project process & tools
 Looking after the project execution & control, schedule management and troubleshooting part of the projects.
 Supervise project team, delegate work and track utilization, training new team members, handle queries, etc.
 Review project status and corrective action plans (if required)
 Review changes affecting scope, timing, cost, and/or quality, as required
 Post project maintenance, post project/quarterly business review, improvement plan, etc.
 Preparing the Delivery Performance Matrix on weekly basis to see the On Time Deliveries & First Time Right deliveries and generate other monthly reports for local management.

Project Manager - Model II at Lionbridge Technologies Private Limited
  • May 2011 to February 2014

Lionbridge Technologies Private Limited
• Project: Office 14 Web Applications & Components, Windows Live, Windows 8, Windows Blue, PayPal, Twitter & Adobe Web Help Text
Duration: Since May, 2011 - till date as Project Manager - Model II
Role: ➢ Checking initial requirement, checking availability of resources
➢ Training internal & external resources on project process & tools
➢ Looking after the project execution & control, schedule management and troubleshooting part of the project.
➢ Interacting with the client for updating on the progress of the project
➢ Interacting with the vendors as and when required
➢ Review project status and corrective action plans (if required)
➢ Review changes affecting scope, timing, cost, and/or quality, as required
➢ Identify consistency in QA, performance and leadership qualities in individuals and groom them for the next level

Looking after the project execution & control, schedule management and troubleshooting part of the project at 7 and Office 14 LIP Localization
  • October 2009 to April 2011

• Project: LLP 3.0 (Win 7 and Office 14 LIP Localization)
Duration: Since October, 2009 - April, 2011 as Project Co-ordinator
Role: ➢ Looking after the project execution & control, schedule management and troubleshooting part of the project.
➢ Interacting with the client for updating on the progress of the project
➢ Interacting with the vendors as and when required
➢ Review project status and corrective action plans (if required)
➢ Review changes affecting scope, timing, cost, and/or quality, as required
➢ Review project lessons learned and post project reports for continuous improvement action

Project Co-ordinator at Nokia UI Localisation Project
  • India
  • May 2009 to September 2009

• Project: Nokia UI Localisation Project
Duration: Since May, 2009 - September, 2009 as Project Co-ordinator
Role: ➢ Ensure smooth transition of projects from Singapore & Beijing site to Mumbai
➢ Nurturing a new team with little experience in the same field
➢ Communication between vendors and clients
➢ Training for soft skills and software related trainings to all Project coordinators
➢ Working closely with sites and team member to understand needs and requirements timely

• Project: Indic Language Projects

Project Co-ordinator at Language Co-ordination
  • June 2008 to April 2009

Duration: Since June, 2008 - April, 2009 as Project Co-ordinator
Role: ➢ Worked with multiple Lionbridge Sites and Motorola India as direct Client.
➢ Experienced almost all aspects of Localization with this team.
➢ Along with regular PM task, there was active participation in People Management, Project Co-ordination, Engineering, Language Co-ordination (especially as a Tamil language Expert), Vendor Management and Study of Client specific tools and train team members as well as external vendors.

Accolades & Laurels
• Received Rewards & Recognition certificate as a Star Perform of the Quarter.
• Attended workshops conducted by Management.
• Consultant for a Six Sigma Black Belt Project.
• Successfully completed Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training & Certified for the same.
• Managing Customer Care Database for the Project Account
• LTB Site Expert

Education

Master's degree, Systems
  • at Mahatma Gandhi University
  • December 2014

• MBA in Systems from MGU University of Meghalaya in 2014 – 71.5%

Bachelor's degree, Information & Technology
  • at K.J.Somiaya College, Mumbai University
  • June 2008
Bachelor's degree,
  • at University of Mumbai
  • January 2008

• B. Sc. in IT from University of Mumbai in 2008

High school or equivalent,
  • January 2004

• HSC from Maharashtra Board in 2004

High school or equivalent,
  • January 2002

• SSC from Maharashtra Board in 2002

Master's degree, Information Technology

• MBA in Information Technology - Appeared IT Proficiency

Specialties & Skills

Customer Relationship Management
Knowledge Management
Operations Management
Product Management
Project Management
BLACK BELT
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
CORRECTIVE ACTION
DATABASE
MOTOROLA
PROGRESS
PROJECT MANAGER
TRAINING

Languages

Hindi
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • Reading novels and listening to music