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Karthik Kumar

@karthik.kumar

Senior Project Manager

Chennai

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Congruent Info techUniversity of Southampton

Karthik Kumar is a PMP-certified Project Management Professional with over 16 years of experience managing complex technology projects. His expertise spans the full project lifecycle, including requirement analysis, design, development, and implementation across diverse tools and technologies. He has a proven track record in leading initiatives in Software Development, Application Management, and IT Enabled Services, including managing 24x7 support teams.

Experience

Senior project manager

Congruent Info tech

Apr 2023 - Jul 2023Chennai

deliverables, ensuring the product team delivers against its commitments with the highest quality in a timely fashion.

Senior project manager

Disys India Private LTD

Apr 2022 - Dec 2022Chennai

communication, risk and scope of project & execute project within the defined timeline & Prepare Prod go-live checklist and communication plan in Azure DevOps.

Support Manager

Temenos India Private Limited

Feb 2021 - Mar 2022Chennai

support. Understand different milestones like UAT, Upgrade, go-Live etc., and keep department informed.

Project Manager – IT

Sutherland Global Services

Mar 2017 - Feb 2021Chennai

End to end build up on customer contact centre in Bangsar KL - Malaysia and also complete end to end Power BI automated report conversion from manual reporting system.

Business Relationship Manager

Sutherland Global Services

Mar 2016 - Mar 2017Chennai

Project Manager IT Infrastructure Services

Zanusys Limited UK

Jun 2014 - Mar 2016United Kingdom

Environment & Release Manager

Cognizant UK (Christie’s Transformation program)

Apr 2014 - Jun 2014United Kingdom

Project Manager

Cognizant UK (Astra Zeneca)

Jan 2013 - Mar 2013United Kingdom

Release Manager

IBM India Private Limited

Nov 2008 - Jan 2011Chennai

IT Administrator - Lead

Covansys – A CSC Company

Nov 2006 - Nov 2008Chennai

Function as the bridge between Temenos Internal teams and designated Client/ project team & Function as the Single Point of Contact(SPOC) for Prioritised open issues for analysis based on client’s feedback. Prioritised issues in Maintenance and ensure delivery as per SLA. Mentored support managers in specific regions and also take care of Top Tier clients. Function as Support Account Manager for specific PWM clients. Liaised with Clients and Account/Project Managers, who represent regional. Provided constant updates over conference calls or through e-mail. Provided oversight to deliver on strategic engagements and product. Lead workforce upgrade projects in terms of schedule, quality.

Education

University of Southampton

Master in Business Administration (MBA)

General Management & Business Consulting

Nov 2011 - Nov 2012Grade: Full Time

D.G.Vaishnav College

M.Sc. – Information Technology

Apr 2003 - Dec 2005Grade: Full Time

D.G.Vaishnav College

B.Sc. – Computer science

Apr 2000 - Jan 2003Grade: Full Time

Licenses & Certifications

Project Management Professional PMP

Issued: Jun 2016• No expiration

Agile Scrum master

Issued: Jul 2016• No expiration

PRINCE2 Practitioner

Issued: Jan 2013• No expiration

ITIL V3 Foundation

Issued: Feb 2010• No expiration

Oracle Certified Professional 9i & x

Issued: Apr 2007• No expiration

Skills

Project and Program Mgmt
Service Delivery Management
Interpersonal Relationship & Team Building
Vendor Management
Release Management
Leadership & People Management
Change Management
Client Support Management
Business Consulting
Agile Scrum master
PMP
PRINCE2 Practitioner
ITIL V3 Foundation