Shanthi Ayyagari

Work Experience

Total years of experience :20 years, 11 Months

IS Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager at Nissan Middle East

United Arab Emirates - Dubai
My current job since January 2014

 Driving innovation and technical thought leadership for the enterprise, liaising with AMI IS General Manager and Business Departments Heads in developing the IS Roadmap for future business requirements.
 Leveraging project management excellence, defining project scope, budgets, and schedules to balance business needs, budgets and risks. Ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget & to agreed scope.
 Identifying and evaluating inefficiencies in existing systems and processes and recommending solutions for improvement.
 Partnering with local IT team in developing legacy applications and/or implementing global applications.
 Acting as a change agent by anticipating technology opportunities, researching software applications and hardware requirements to propose viable solutions and enable process/technical innovation.
 Significantly contributing to developing strategic IT implementation plans designed to achieve the business functionality of the organization thereby propelling revenue.
 Acting as Central Reference, providing guidance & training on GRM solutions. Managing all audit reporting relating to GRM applications and users.
 Evaluating Vendors & Solutions and providing strategic insight thereby enabling IT Head to make decisions.
 Driving Business Continuity initiatives, establishing and maintaining IS Continuity Program to mitigate damage/loss from any incident; swiftly restoring technology services and IS operations after an incident.
 Coordinating with IS/IT teams across other Nissan entities for rolling out global applications locally.

ORION ERP Implementation Consultant at 3i Infotech

United Arab Emirates - Dubai
June 2003 to December 2013

Accomplishments:
 Recognized for repeatable delivery of successful projects.
 Successfully implementing fully-integrated enterprise-wide ERP functions for a litany of key clients including ASMAK Fish Farming (Ajman), Bahrain Precast Company, United Precast Concrete UAE & United Precast Concrete Qatar, EPM, Ajmal Perfumes (Dubai), Al Dobowi Ltd (Jebel Ali), Bahrain Airport Services (Bahrain), Icell Telecoms (Dubai), Gulf Plastics Industries (Bahrain), OTSC (Oilfield & Technical Supplied Centre, Bahrain).
Key Responsibilities:
 Commanded ERP implementation functions - BPM lifecycle including business process study, gap analysis, writing functional specifications for new functions & reports and configuration.
 Partnered with offshore Development team in creating holistic solutions - design, development & unit testing.
 Developed User Manuals for end user training.
 Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT) Process Owner, ensured that the technology solution provided satisfies the documented, approved requirements.
 Successfully rolled- out ERP Solutions, modules implemented - Finance (GL, AR, AP, FA, Bank Reco), Supply Chain (Manufacturing, Inventory, Procurement & Sales), HRMS.