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Anand Ramachandra

@anandramachandra

Project Manager / IT Infrastructure Manager

Bangalore

Bharti Airtel LtdM N Technical Institute

Anand is an experienced Project Manager with over 19 years of experience managing complex projects across IT Infrastructure, Telecommunication, and Business Process Outsourcing. He has a proven track record of delivering projects on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards. He is adept at stakeholder engagement, risk management, and team leadership, and possesses 2 years of onshore experience in Australia.

Experience

Project Manager (Customer Experience)

Bharti Airtel Ltd

Feb 2001 - Dec 2001Bangalore

Led end-to-end project delivery for key services, overseeing planning, execution, monitoring, and completion. Acted as the primary liaison between customers, vendors, and internal teams. Managed resources, budgets, and risks, handling major projects such as end-to-end service delivery for large MPLS connectivity projects (SBI and C-Edge).

Customer Service Manager

Reliance Communications Ltd

Jan 2001 - Oct 2001Bangalore

Responsible for Service Delivery and Service Management for all Telecom products/Services for Corporate customers. Managed the complete Customer life cycle, including feasibility checks, budgeting, implementation, and testing. Managed Service Management (SLA) by supporting Incident, Risk, Change, Problem, and Release Management.

Infrastructure Delivery Manager

Refinitiv (Formerly known as Thomson Reuters)

Jan 2001 - Sep 2001Bangalore

Defined scope and managed medium-sized/complexity projects, ensuring technical and/or business objectives were achieved. Responsibilities included delivering projects within scope, time, and cost constraints, defining documents, managing risks, estimating costs and resources, preparing project plans, and providing effective leadership to the project team.

Project Specialist (Project Delivery & Partnering operations)

Telstra Limited

Oct 2001 - Aug 2001Bangalore, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Functioning as an Associate Project Manager, accountable for the delivery of Work Packages and Small / Medium / Large projects within the Project services team. Key responsibilities include ensuring project schedules are followed, building stakeholder management plans, reporting progress status and metrics, developing process improvements, managing project phases from initiation through close, and managing project teams and budgets.

Project Engineer (Network Service Delivery)

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Oct 2001 - Mar 2001Bangalore

Responsible for Service delivery (Data services - Lease Line, Internet, MPLS, IPLC, NLD) for Enterprise customers. Involved planning, implementation, configuration, testing, and handover. Managed MUX installation and Node integration for network expansion.

Team Lead

Accenture Services Pvt Ltd

Oct 2001 - Feb 2001Bangalore

Developed and executed activities related to end-to-end project management, including contract management for Novation projects. Responsibilities included monitoring project progress against SLA targets, ensuring strict compliance to timelines, managing the end-to-end Onboarding process for a Telecom client, and monitoring team performance.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Mphasis Limited

Mar 2001 - Jan 2001Bangalore

Managed a key portfolio for Service Delivery & Assurance. Key tasks involved Change Management, Release Management, Asset Management, and resource planning. Responsibilities included troubleshooting network issues, coordinating with development teams, and managing vendor/finance aspects like price negotiation and contract renewals.

Education

M V Jayaraman College of Engineering

B.E.

Electronics & Communication

Jan 2005

M N Technical Institute

Diploma

Electronics and communication Engineering

Licenses & Certifications

PMP

EXCELR

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Skills

Project Management & IT Infrastructure Management
Account Team Management & Penetration, Development & Retention
Service Order Management (Service Delivery and Service Assurance)
RFP/Bid Management & Support
Cost-Reduction Strategies & Process Improvement
Service Level Monitoring (Performance Reporting & Capacity Management)
Stakeholder Engagement and Communication Management
CLARITY APPLICATION
Metasolv (Delivery and assurance)
WorkFront - Complete Project Management tool
ServiceNOW
OpenAir
NetSuite