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Shripad Shinde

@shripadshinde

Sr. Program Manager at Provakil Solution Pvt Ltd.

Pune

https://www.linkedin.com/in/shripad-shinde-72483a37/

Provakil Solution Pvt Ltd.A. M. College, Pune University

Shripad is a technocrat with 18+ years of experience in Project, Delivery, and Release Management, including onsite experience in the UK. He specializes in end-to-end SaaS projects, delivering optimized digital experiences across websites, mobile apps, and online platforms. His expertise spans multiple IT domains (e.g., Azure, AWS, Salesforce, TIBCO) and includes managing IT Compliance, ensuring adherence to standards like SOC 2 Type 2. He is skilled in leading cross-functional teams to achieve business process improvement and quality assurance.

Experience

Sr. Program Manager/Project Manager

Provakil Solution Pvt Ltd.

Jan 2024 - Sep 2024

Project Management: Plan, execute, and monitor the progress of multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered within scope, budget, and timeline. Technical Leadership: Provide strategic direction and technical leadership to the engineering team in the product development processes. Define and execute the engineering roadmap aligned with the company's business objectives. Team Management: Build and nurture a high-performing engineering team, attracting top talent and fostering a culture of excellence. Project Planning and Execution: Collaborate with product management, design, and other stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables. Develop and manage project plans, budgets, and timelines to ensure successful and timely delivery of engineering projects. Quality and Innovation: Drive a culture of quality and innovation, ensuring that engineering best practices are followed throughout the development lifecycle. Collaboration and Stakeholder Management: Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and operations, to align engineering efforts with overall business goals.

Project/Delivery Manager

iProgrammer Solution Pvt Ltd.

Jul 2023 - Dec 2023

Project Management: Plan, execute, and monitor the progress of multiple projects simultaneously, ensuring they are delivered within scope, budget, and timeline. Client Relationship Management: Establish and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs, and proactively addressing any concerns or issues that may arise. Team Leadership: Lead a team of project managers, technical experts, and support staff, providing guidance, motivation, and support to achieve project objectives and deliver high-quality services. Resource Allocation: Effectively allocate resources, including personnel, equipment, and tools, to ensure efficient project execution and optimal resource utilization. Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize their impact on project delivery. Proactively communicate risks to stakeholders and implement appropriate contingency plans. Performance Monitoring & Process Improvement: Track project performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions as needed. Provide regular status updates and reports to stakeholders. Financial Management: Collaborate with finance and accounting teams to monitor project budgets, ensure accurate invoicing, and maintain profitability targets. Quality Assurance: Implement quality assurance measures to ensure deliverables meet client expectations and comply with industry standards. Knowledge Sharing: Promote a culture of knowledge sharing and learning within the organization, facilitating the transfer of best practices and lessons learned across projects and teams.

Project Manager

Atos/Syntel Ltd

Sep 2021 - May 2023

Define and develop the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a ground breaking project in the embedded systems domain. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, design, and sales, to develop and launch innovative solutions that meet market needs and adhere to industry standards. Identify and prioritize features and functionalities based on market research, customer feedback, and competitor analysis. Manage product development through the entire lifecycle, ensuring timely delivery, high quality, and compliance with relevant regulations and best practices. Establish and maintain relationships with external partners, vendors, and clients to facilitate product development and adoption. Communicate and present product updates, plans, and progress to stakeholders, including executive leadership. Supporting through multiple implementations delivery, UAT, production readiness, and go live activities. Responsible for handling the Dev/Test team to make them deliver the services on time and will manage both IT operations and developers. Coordinate the release schedule and resources required depending upon the third-party applications, defect backlogs, planned releases, and infrastructure updates. Lead the Go-Live activities to deploy the software successfully. Team up with relevant development teams responsible for building the automation tools used to develop and deploy the software. Maintain documentation related to procedures on build and release, various notifications lists, and dependencies.

Project Manager

Equinix ltd (Pathfinder)

Feb 2020 - Sep 2021

Communicate cloud migration project milestones, deliverables, and schedules to stakeholders as required. Develop comprehensive migration project plans, including deployment schedules, runbooks, and implementation strategies for seamless transition to cloud environments. Collaborate with the Enterprise team to maintain and update the migration project management calendar, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. Conduct cloud migration readiness reviews, milestone reviews, and business Go/No-Go reviews to validate preparedness for migration activities. Plan, coordinate, and monitor all cloud migration activities, ensuring timely reporting on progress, risks, and outcomes. Manage the readiness and successful execution of cloud migration deliverables in production environments with minimal downtime. Demonstrate proactive problem-solving, effective decision-making, and professional communication skills to address challenges during migration projects. Organize and lead weekly and monthly migration project review meetings, providing data-driven insights and metrics to leadership. Coordinate change impact analyses to assess readiness for migration and ensure alignment with key stakeholders. Perform change management assessments for migration projects to identify gaps, implement corrective actions, and drive successful adoption. Ensure thorough post-implementation reviews of cloud migration projects to validate that changes effectively meet organizational objectives. Utilize project management and cloud migration tracking tools to monitor progress, track changes, and manage risks effectively.

Project Lead

Barclays Technology Centre

Jul 2001 - Dec 2001

Determine the readiness of each release based on operational readiness criteria; quality of release, production environment readiness, rollout, and back-out plans, and risk management plan. Facilitate the Change Advisory Board providing the platform to Business Application Support team(s), and businesses to approve/ reject. Interact with other delivery leads, and change readiness teams to ensure the proper communication plan and implementation plan is available. Maintain all levels of security while working. Monitor the performance of the system at all stages of Software Release. Pro-actively contribute to the operational integrity of GBS operations globally through continuous improvement and operational excellence. Work involves direct day-to-day supervision and planning of work for the Bank Operations with the help of JIRA. To collaborate with different Service Towers of the GTIS community to take ownership of effective relationships and ensure that the Demand processes are understood and adhered with development. Manage and measure the accuracy of service interdependency information, the integrity of the service Change history data, and the impact of changes to production and Development environments. Tie-in the aspects of quality, release, and change management.

Tech Specialist

Tech Mahindra Pt. Ltd.

Jan 2001 - Jul 2001

Analysed project requirements and collaborated with business analysts and developers to define technical solutions. Developed and maintained complex PL/SQL scripts, stored procedures, packages, and triggers to meet project objectives. Conducted system and regression testing to ensure database performance and application stability. Managed defect tracking and analysis, coordinating with the testing and development teams to resolve issues. Raised and addressed client-reported issues, including gaps in requirements and proposed enhancements. Supported database release implementations and ensured production readiness of software updates. Delivered end-to-end support for database applications, including troubleshooting and performance tuning. Collaborated with infrastructure teams to design and implement end-to-end services. Handled release and change management processes to streamline production deployments. Focused on optimizing database performance and ensuring efficient query execution.

Tech Associate

WNS Global Service Pvt. Ltd.

Oct 2001 - Apr 2001

Served as a part of Service Delivery Unit dealing with Routing Parameters used in Aviation Links in Aviation Industry (SITA) Society of International Telecommunication and Aeronautics. Responsible for Installation, upgrade and downgrade of all types of Routers, Lease lines, Type A and Type B, X25, X28, Frame Relay, ATM connections. Router Parameters involved in Cisco Routers and Leased Line. Creation of stations for messaging that recognize and route the 7 characters sitatex address and also creation of 7 characters sitatex address.

Education

A. M. College, Pune University

Master of Computer Science

Computers

Wadia College, Pune University

Bachelor of Computer Science

Licenses & Certifications

PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate in Project Management

• No expiration

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

AWS

• No expiration

Certified Scrum Master

• No expiration

ITIL V3

• No expiration

SAFe

• No expiration

PMP

• No expiration

Business Analyst

• No expiration

Skills

Project Management
Delivery Management
Release Management
Transition Management
Scrum Master
Agile Coaching
SaaS
ITIL V3
PRINCE2
AWS
Java
DBA
Salesforce
CRM
Azure
MS Dynamics
TIBCO
Information Security
API
Mango DB
Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2
IAM Security