Niranjana Koodavalli, Founder and CEO

Niranjana Koodavalli

Founder and CEO

Sphoorthi Quality Management Solutions

Location
India - Bengaluru
Education
Master's degree, Business Analytics and Intelligence
Experience
32 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :32 years, 4 Months

Founder and CEO at Sphoorthi Quality Management Solutions
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since March 2009

Responsible for the development of consultancy practices for the company. Conducted gap analysis based on International standards and models, designed and conducted process improvement trainings for clients and formulated business transformation plans. Further, taught subjects like operations and project management for MBA program in various B Schools. Responsible for placements for all colleges under Alliance University and coordinated the activities of job placement service for students and graduates. Also developed placement office procedures and conducted in-service training program for placement personnel. Developed customized training programs to meet customer’s requirements. Developed new business leads for the executive education business unit. Solidified relationships with corporate houses and promoted education programs offered by the University. As a member of faculty, taught courses in management, viz., Project Management, Operations Management and Statistics for Managerial decisions etc. Founded Niranjana Assurance Services, serving Insurance sector at this moment with client development as the focus area.

Clientele: CoreEL Technologies, Continue Serve/Aguai Solutions, Zircast Precision, SSS Engineering, Creative Media Pulse, Hopkins College, and Alliance University.

Quality Manager at CoreEL Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd.
  • India - Bengaluru
  • June 2011 to November 2012

Lead Strategic Quality initiatives for the organization.
ISO 9001 recertification, ISO 27000k implementation, CEMILAC certification and Defence Project Quality Assurance.

Associate Director - QA at Aris Global Software Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • July 2008 to March 2009

Deployed and developed QMS and ISMS based on ISO, CMMI and GAMP 5 guidelines. Mentored the QA team, provided management insight and handled QA resources. Software Products: AG on-demand, Regulatory products etc

Hosted customer audits for vendor retention.

Assessment of US and UK Office processes to develop global QA standards.

Quality Assurance Director (QA Director) at Misys Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • October 2005 to March 2008

Achieved certification based on ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 standards in collaboration with the international team. Developed and institutionalized product development processes based on CMMI Level 3 process area goals. Lead various improvement initiatives of strategic importance to the organization. I Encouraged, motivated employees & stakeholders to participate in the process improvement projects. Mentored the QA team, provided management insight and handled QA resources. Software Products: Hospital R&D (Radiology, blood bank etc) and Physician R&D (VTiger)

Manager Quality Assurance at Evolving Systems Networks India Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2004 to October 2005

Lead Process Improvement initiatives for Bangalore centre of Denver, Colorada, USA based company. Also lead defect prevention program across India, US and UK centres.

Quality Assurance Manager (QA Manager) at Component Insights India Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2003 to February 2004

Lead TL 9000 and ISO 9000 certification implementation for the organization.

Quality Analyst at Texas Instruments through VXL e Tech
  • India - Bengaluru
  • June 2002 to February 2003

Defined and Deployed process standards required to achieve ISO 9000 certification for various R&D projects executed at TI Bangalore R&D center, BU. Achieved ISO 9000 certification.

Technical Lead Quality Assurance at Tarang Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • September 2001 to June 2002

Defined Quality standards required to manage technology development projects to achieve CMMI Level 4 certification. Also managed acquisition and cultural integration a company by the management.

Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst) at Philips Innovation Campus
  • India - Bengaluru
  • January 1999 to June 2001

Defined and implemented Quality standards required to achieve CMM Level 5 certification for Philips Software, Business Electronics, Digital Networks business units. Also helped Philips ASA Lab, Eindhoven, Netherlands to achieve quality standards for various R&D projects.

Quality Manager at Menon Information Technologies
  • India
  • January 1998 to January 1999

Lead ISO 9001 recertification project and implemented process standards for various software development projects.

Manufacturing Engineer at Molex India
  • India - Bengaluru
  • May 1994 to December 1998

Responsible for PPC function, MIS Deployment, Production Scheduling, Vendor Management, Quality System Internal auditing, and process deployment.

Management Trainee at SSS Engineering Company Ltd.
  • India - Bengaluru
  • August 1991 to May 1994

Responsible managing a steel rolling mill manufacturing project with more than 2000 components. Did Material planning, Production Planning, Vendor Management and stores management.

Education

Master's degree, Business Analytics and Intelligence
  • at SGV University
  • July 2018

https://www.sgvu.edu.in/programme-detail/mba/business-analytics?source=sgvu&media=website&campaign= https://www.sgvu.edu.in/examination-guidelines?source=sgvu&media=website&campaign=examination-guidelines Marks Sheets and Degree certificate awaited.

Diploma, Marketing
  • at Alliance University
  • January 2016

Executive PGDM

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at University of Mysore
  • January 1991

Bachelor of Engineering Degree from SJCE Mysore, University of Mysore

Specialties & Skills

Process Mapping
Six Sigma
Process Auditing
ISO 9000
PROCESS ENGINEERING
CUSTOMER RELATIONS
CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
MANAGEMENT
MICROSOFT OFFICE
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL

Social Profiles

Languages

English
Expert
Kannada
Native Speaker
Hindi
Intermediate

Memberships

Quality Circle Forum of India Bengaluru Chapter
  • Life Member
  • May 2017
Project Management Institute
  • Member and contributor
  • December 2014

Training and Certifications

Lead Auditor for AS9100C (Training)
Training Institute:
Plexus International
Date Attended:
October 2012
Duration:
45 hours
Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2000 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2009
Valid Until:
June 2010
Introduction to CMMI v1.1 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2006
Valid Until:
March 2008
Digital Marketing Certification Program (Certificate)
Date Attended:
June 2016
Certificate Program in Business Analytics (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2015
Six Sigma Black Belt (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2007

Hobbies

  • Drawing and Painting
    Done for self satisfaction and relaxation