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Suresh Pandian

@sureshpandian

Senior Project Manager

Chennai, India

HCL Technologies LimitedIndian Institute of Higher Education

Suresh Pandian is an experienced and self-motivated Project Manager with over 15 years of experience across the Banking, Pharma, and F&B industries. He is adept in all aspects of project management, including planning, budget management, and coordinating complex working parts. He is a self-starter committed to continuous learning and taking on new challenges.

Experience

Project Manager - Cloud

HCL Technologies Limited

•Jun 2021 - Present•Chennai

Deployed a financial solution for Novartis Cloud team to better manage their financial reporting, which led to a 30% improvement in cost savings. Played a key role to review the current processes within the Novartis cloud team and to help update some of these processes for faster results and improve ease of use. In process of deploying a cloud native security platform to manage cloud security posture, secure cloud workloads & govern identity & access management for the Novartis cloud SecOps team for both AWS and Azure platforms.

Project Manager - Infrastructure

IBM Corporation

•Aug 2019 - Jun 2021•Chennai

Successfully delivered over 30 small and large size projects for the client McCain Foods. Successfully refreshed 100+ domain controllers across the globe with the least amount of down time. Migrated over 13000+ endpoints from McAfee to Microsoft Security Solution. Migrated data of almost all McCain users from shared network drive to OneDrive with zero data loss. This project was delivered both ahead of schedule and under budget during peak Corona period. Successfully refreshed all the Commvault commserve and mediaagent servers across multiple sites.

Project Manager/Account Manager

DXC Technology

•Apr 2017 - Jun 2019•Chennai

Spearheaded multiple net new projects to realization for multiple Healthcare and banking customers like Vale and American Express. Managed multiple small scale contracts where I was the single point of contact for any additional customer requirements with regards to the solutions provided by DXC. Single point of contact for all upsell deals less than $5 million for all banking and healthcare customers.

Project Manager - Infrastructure

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

•Nov 2010 - Apr 2017•Bangalore

Responsible for Requirements gathering & high-level scoping of projects. Responsible for requisition for resources with the right skill set for the project. Responsible for estimating, planning and scheduling the project. Conduct weekly governance meetings and project status review meetings for continuous improvement and incorporate lessons learned. Act as a single point of contact for escalations and service delivery. Responsible for managing stakeholders and updating them on project progress. Interface with engineering teams, customer service managers and other change management functions.

SME

Sutherland Global Services

•Jun 2007 - Oct 2010•Chennai

Providing technical support for consumers of HP and Dell laptops / desktops. Acting as a trainer for new hires in process as well as in work responsibilities. Managing key process metrics with transition queue teams. Managing the transition team and providing timely resolution. Ensuring quality work output and playing a key role in sustaining process scores with Transition Queue. Worked to ensure a positive and hassle-free customer experience.

Education

Indian Institute of Higher Education

B.C.A

Mar 2008 - Apr 2010

Green Valley Matriculation School

H.S.C

Apr 2001 - Apr 2002

Green Valley Matriculation School

S.S.L.C

Apr 1999 - Apr 2000

Licenses & Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert

Issued: Sep 2023• No expiration

Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate

Issued: Sep 2023• No expiration

Certified Project Management Professional

Project Management Institute (PMI)

Issued: Mar 2020• No expiration

Certified Ethical Hacker

EC-Council

Issued: Jan 2022• No expiration

Microsoft Projects trained

SABCONS

Issued: Apr 2018• No expiration

Skills

Problem Solving
Teamwork
Ability to Work Under Pressure
Effective Time Management
Fast Learner
Communication
Cloud
Infrastructure
Project Management
AWS
Azure
Stakeholder Management
Requirements Gathering