Nishant ماهيندرا, Manager-Projects

Nishant ماهيندرا

Manager-Projects

Cognizant

البلد
كندا - Toronto
التعليم
ماجستير, MBA
الخبرات
13 years, 11 أشهر

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الخبرة العملية

مجموع سنوات الخبرة :13 years, 11 أشهر

Manager-Projects في Cognizant
  • كندا - Toronto
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ يوليو 2021

Leading, Managing and supporting Oracle Utilities product & platform .
Supporting the biggest utility in the North America with their enhancements and testing efforts based on Oracle Utilities CC&B platform.
Working with all stakeholders towards continual improvement of the process and timely delivery of all the tasks.
Consistently managing client expectations and ensure delivery of highest quality service.
Keep peers and seniors updated on client status, proactively identifying and resolving, or escalating as appropriate, issues that might impact business strategy
Managing the offshore team, educating them on client requirements, working with them on various CC&B tasks and making sure the deliverables are as expected.
Cordinating with Client’s Business Analyst, Developers and Business owners for understanding, review and approval of requirements.

Senior Business Analyst في VertexOne
  • كندا - Toronto
  • يونيو 2020 إلى يوليو 2021

• Working as Subject Matter Expert for Meter Data Storage Product Team
• Determining the requirements of the product from business perspective and the value it will create after the completion.
• Writing requirements and user stories for the product being developed.
• Defining the scope and solution design of the product with the involved parties. (Development Team and Professional Services)
• Translating end user and stake holder high-level business requirements in to detailed solution design documentation.
• Creating UI Use Case for Product testing and Validation of functionalities.
• Completed Unit Testing, Functional testing and UAT for a CIS Client in Arizona
• Incorporating Best Practices followed in standard business process for the product being developed.

IT Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst في NIIT Technologies
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • فبراير 2020 إلى يونيو 2020

• Working in Business Technology group of Dubai Airports as Subject Matter Expert for Smart Metering and Energy Managment System.
• Determining the requirements of the project from IT perspective and the value it will create after the completion.
• Understanding the current functions in the environment of business and mapping it to the proposed requirement.
• Defining the scope and solution design of the project with the involved parties. (Dubai Airports, Contractors/Vendors)
• Translating end user and stake holder high-level business requirements in to detailed solution design documentation.
• Establishing evaluation criteria for reviewing and evaluating the vendor’s proposed solution and system.
• Liaising with external suppliers to do proof of concept for evaluation and feasibility study.

IT Project Manager في NorthStar Utility Solutions
  • كندا - أونتاريو
  • يوليو 2018 إلى مارس 2019

• Working with all stakeholders in Professional Services towards continual improvement of the project management practice.
• Working closely with the Customer to ensure successful completion of the implementation.
• Developing and executing the project plan and project charter’s based on Agile and Waterfall and monitor progress.
• Keep peers and seniors updated on client status, proactively identifying and resolving, or escalating as appropriate, issues that might impact business strategy.
• Ensure the technical and application consulting team members are appropriately tasked for successful execution of the established project plan.
• Conduct post implementation reviews to identify and measure results. Capture and apply lessons learned for continuous process improvement.
• Conducting weekly Scrums and Project meeting, tracking progress of project and defining next week’s deliverables.
• Consistently managing client expectations and ensure delivery of highest quality service.
• Working closely with R&D and Support departments to achieve NorthStar corporate objectives.
• Contribute to improved levels of employee satisfaction through motivating other employees towards improving the success of the company and develop their knowledge and skills.
• Deliver monthly revenue and billable hour targets as assign.
• Take responsibility and drive initiatives for improvement.
• Assist in the overall scheduling of NorthStar consulting team members.
• Responsible for reporting project and financials to Manager of Project Management on an ongoing

Tech Lead في Tech Mahindra
  • ماليزيا
  • سبتمبر 2017 إلى يوليو 2018

 Working as Functional Lead for Utility Domain with focus on CRM & Billing(CIS) systems.
 Currently working in Kuala Lumpur for Malaysian Utility project as Functional Lead.
 Managing client and understanding their requirement and mapping them to the CIS.
 Show casing the solutions developed in the CIS system and giving demo to the client on regular basis.
 Interacting with the client and getting clarifications for the offshore team regarding requirements and changes suggested by client.
 Participated in UAT and UAT signoff process along with the management.
 Provided Training to the client to understand the functionalities developed in the CIS system as per To-Be documents.
 Prepare rollout planning and service delivery framework for the project.

Solution Architect في Ericsson India Global Services Ltd.
  • الهند - دلهي
  • مايو 2016 إلى أغسطس 2017

 Working as Subject Matter Expert for Utility Domain with focus on Smart Metering (AMI & MDM), CRM & Billing(CIS).
 End to end solution preparation for CIS & Smart metering including devices, communication, application and service delivery
 Good understanding of communication technologies like RF Mess, ZigBee, LoRa and LTE.
 Analysis customer RFP and prepare right technical response align with organization strategy
 Prepare rollout planning and service delivery framework
 Support sales and deliver consulting engagements and build intimacy and drive transformation projects with targeted customers.
 Vendor solution evaluation and selecting right product and solutions to prepare winning proposals.
 Market research and competitive analysis to develop region level strategy
 Technical solution design based on multiple telecommunication technology for smart metering and IoT applications
 Solutions are focused on implementing Smart Metering, AMI & ERP solutions for utilities.
 Preparing RLS and determining estimated cost for the solution proposed.
 Coordinating with various teams involved and working on solution for proposed RFP/RPI.

Consultant في Wipro
  • الهند - دلهي
  • نوفمبر 2014 إلى مايو 2016

Functional Consultant-Oracle CC&B

Consultant في IBM India
  • الهند - دلهي
  • أكتوبر 2012 إلى نوفمبر 2014

Consultant-Energy and Utility, Oracle CC&B

Associate Consultant في Infosys limited
  • الهند - حيدر اباد
  • مارس 2012 إلى أكتوبر 2012

Consultant-Energy and Utility, Oracle CC&B

Consultant في HCL Technologies
  • الهند - دلهي
  • سبتمبر 2010 إلى مارس 2012

Consultant-Energy and Utility

Production Engineer في Birla Tyre, A Part of Kesoram Industries, B K Birla Group
  • الهند
  • أغسطس 2007 إلى يوليو 2008

Meeting Production Targets, Human Management

الخلفية التعليمية

ماجستير, MBA
  • في National Power Training Institute, Ministry of Power, Government of India
  • مايو 2010

MBA with major in Power Management and minor in Finance

بكالوريوس, B.Tech in Industrial Production Engineering
  • في Dehradun Institute of Technology
  • مايو 2007

Specialties & Skills

Business Analysis
Utilities
Smart Metering
IT Project Management
Agile Project Management
Oracle CC&B
Requirement Gathering
Consultant-Utillties
Smart Metering
IOT-Utilities
Agile Project Management
Project Management
Scrum Master
Oracle MDM

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس

التدريب و الشهادات

Project Management Professional-PMP® (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
November 2020
صالحة لغاية:
November 2023
Certified Scrum Master (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
April 2018
Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing 2 Certified Implementation Specialist (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
April 2015