Sandeep Pamarati, Certified ScrumMaster®, PRINCE2® Practitioner

Bengaluru, India | +91–9686942588 | Sandeep.Pamarati@gmail.com | https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeeppamarati

P ROGRAM M ANAGER & T ECHNICAL COACH – A NALYTICS & B IG D ATA

BI IT System Deployments  Global Business Integrations  Enterprise Education
Solutions-driven manager of value-adding programs fueling global growth, competitive advantage and
transformative change for diverse industries. Conceptualize and execute program vision from start to finish,
managing complex milestones while adapting to changes and shifting priorities. Lead international, cross-
functional teams in delivering strategic initiatives proven to improve systems, processes and bottom-line
results.
Expertise:
Program Management:  Strategic Training Plans  Process Improvement/ Learnings
 Business and IT Alignment  Global Value Chains
 Enterprise BI Implementations  Risk Mitigation
 Continuous Integration  Resource Management
Technology Skills:  IBM Cognos BI/Analytics, Oracle, SQL, MS Project, Agile Scrum & Waterfall

Work Experience Summary

 L&T Infotech, from April 2017 to May 2018 as Solution Architect (Program Management)
 Publicis Sapient Corporation (via Magna Infotech), from March 2016 to March 2017 as Senior
Associate – Program Management
 Oracle Solution Services India Pvt Ltd (via Primus Global), from September 2015 to February 2016
as Project Manager – BI/ DW
 Tech Mahindra Ltd, from June 2013 to September 2015 as Project Manager – BI/EDW/Analytics
 Kantar IT Partnership, from February 2013 to May 2013 as Cognos Technical Lead
 Mahindra Satyam, from February 2010 to September 2012 as Project Lead
 Zensar Technologies Ltd, from December 2007 to January 2010 as Senior Software Engineer

Overseas Work Assignments

CyberJaya, Malaysia
Singapore, Singapore
London, United Kingdom
Pittsburgh, USA
Melbourne, Australia
: April 2015 – June 2015
: March 2015 – April 2015
: January 2012 – April 2012
: January 2011 – April 2011 (Currently holding US B1 visa valid until 2021)
: January 2009 – April 2009

Passport # R2040176 (Valid until 28-May-2027)

Technical Corporate Trainings

Technical consulting/training at www.SandeepPamarati.com
Saama Technologies, Pune IBM Cognos 10.2.1 BI (Report Studio)
Oakton, Hyderabad IBM Cognos 8.4.1 BI (Report Studio)
Polaris Financial Technology Ltd, Hyderabad IBM Cognos 8.4.1 BI (Query & Report Studios, Framework
Manager)
 Work Experience

Project Manager @ LnT Infotech Ltd from April 2017 to March 2018
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Managed the implementation of custom application platform development which extends various
crucial functionalities of Enterprise Data solutions deployed on SAP HANA, Teradata and Hadoop Clusters. This
same platform facilitates provisioning of Business Intelligent content developed such as reports and Dashboards
on Tableau, Business Objects platforms.
 Facilitated Agile Scrum adoption in the program with the leadership support and guided teams with
outcomes resulting in enhanced performance.
 Facilitated Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Backlog Grooming, and Retrospective meetings
 Removed team impediments on a daily basis to allow the team to deliver the sprint goals and
deliverables.
 Worked with customers and product owner to prioritize and validate requirements.
 Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain
Product Backlogs
 Coached and trained new global teams, which resulted in early delivery of project and reduced process
waste caused by lack of common understanding.

Janssen Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (of Johnson & Johnson group)| Raritan, NJ & Bengaluru, KA, India
Managed the upgrade of ‘Sector Customer Master Data Management’, implemented on Informatica
MDM Platform from v9.1 to v10.2 in major part due to statutory compliance & enterprise strategic reasons and
nearing End of Life of existing solution.
 Program Management: Managed program cost, schedule, quality, performance, processes and
subcontract activities. Employed metrics, risk management and project management methodologies
to ensure successful execution
 IT Infrastructure: Evaluated and streamlined core IT systems for multiple clients at downstream
systems and established scalable platforms supporting business growth and strengthened
information security.
 Team Leadership: Built and managed talented teams of MDM developers and MDM test specialists.
Supervised 18 personnel in this engagement, coordinating between offshore and client teams and
keeping stakeholders informed of progress on milestones and risks. Managed onboarding and training
for new employees and independent contractors. Directed and monitored organization staffing,
includes employee recruitment, selection, training, career development, performance assessment,
workload planning, recognition, salary actions and disciplinary actions
 Business Integration: Led integration of 5 downstream systems, processes and workflows with
deployed MDM solution. Paved the way for accelerated growth, seamless integration enabling
reduction in service downtimes within 2 months.
 Process Mapping & Solution Designing: Retired obsolete artifacts such as replacement of
Name/Address cleansing tool, Trillium with Informatica DQ and Address Doctor combination, re-
writing the current User exits into Informatica MDM API call based Java Framework.
 Project Status Reporting: Established and led program business rhythms to monitor program
technical and financial status, includes internal customer and senior business unit reviews. Provide
regular status updates on weekly basis to all stakeholders and review of all client deliverables to
obtain Signoff and subsequent Invoicing to Customer. Plan, Monitor, Control and Deliver daily work
tasks
 KPI Dashboards: Built Tableau KPI dashboards that improved the accuracy, transparency and
compliance of customer reporting for client businesses.
 Senior Associate - Program Management @ Publisis.Sapient from March 2016 to March 2017
JCPenney | Bengaluru, KA, India
Managed the 24/7 Production Support team that operates daily production deployment of new
products, pricing, inventory into JCP Oracle ATG eCommerce platform and related integrations with up/down
stream applications/teams.
 Program Management Office:
o Managed program cost, schedule, quality, performance, processes and subcontract activities.
Employed metrics, risk management and project management methodologies to ensure
successful execution
o End-to-end PMO responsibilities such as Onboarding/off-boarding, Shift Roster, Project
Administrative tasks
o Thought leadership on Continuous Improvement and delivery
o Supported Project Manager in running day-to-day operations
o Planned, Monitored, Controlled and Delivered daily work tasks across shifts ensuring smooth
handover
 Project Health Reporting:
o Contributed to the weekly client executive/operations health reporting ensuring the
accuracy, transparency and compliance of customer reporting for client businesses

Business Intelligence Project Manager @ Oracle Solutions & Services India Ltd from October 2015 to
February 2016
Multiple Customers | Bengaluru, KA, India
Managed the Production Support teams that ran daily operations involving enhancements to Oracle
BI EE reports and dashboards. Also managed development and Oracle BI HRMS Apps implementation projects
 Oracle BIEE Production maintenance:
o Managed the BI Production Support team handling over 2500 users, taking care of all
enhancements.
o Ensured timely closure of Work orders (UAT deployments) and Change Requests (Production
deployments)
o Ensured issue-free handover of new BI applications to BI Production Support team
o Planned, Monitored, Controlled and Delivered daily work tasks across shifts ensuring smooth
handover
 BigData Development:
o Churn Analysis using Big Data using Oracle R Enterprise
o Data acquisition of Call Data Records data using Hadoop Big Data appliance
 Oracle BI HRMS Implementation:
o Total delivery ownership of the BI Apps HRMS Implementation engagement for customer
such as
 Uganda Revenue Authority
 Kenyan Commercial Bank
 Fortis Healthcare
 Business Intelligence Project Manager @ Tech Mahindra Ltd from June 2013 to September 2015
Multiple Customers | Bengaluru, KA, India
Managed the Business Intelligence Production Support team that maintained daily operations
involving enhancements to IBM Cognos BI reports and dashboards.
 Program Management:
o Engage key customer/representatives in workshops to elicit business requirements
o Establishing and maintaining agreement between the business customer and solution
provider on both functional and non-functional requirements including traceability
management across the full project lifecycle
o Responsible for Contract document preparation, stakeholder review and sign-off with
customer procurement/legal/finance teams
o Engage key customer/representatives in workshops to elicit business requirements
 Team Leadership: Managing the BI Production Support team at offshore handling over 50 DMR
packages, taking care of all enhancements in these DMRs and support business users/groups in fixing
their own reports.

 Process implementation & Quality standards:

o Ran the Change Approval Board (CAB) meetings to obtain a go/no-go decision on CRQs and
more importantly on their prioritization.
o Executed a Lean Six Sigma project to reduce the number of average open incidents over a
period of 6 months to 50% less.
 Project Status Reporting: Conducted monthly Project Management Review with Program
Manager/Group Head/Steering Committee

Early Career:
 Managed IBM Cognos BI teams developing, enhancing & maintaining Cognos Reports & Transformer
Cubes as Cognos Technical Lead @ Kantar IT Partnership, February 2013 to May 2013
 Led/Coached IBM Cognos BI teams developing, enhancing and maintaining Cognos Reports and
Transformer Cubes as Project Lead @ Mahindra Satyam, February 2010 to September 2012
 Developed IBM Cognos BI reports as Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer @ Zensar
Technologies, December 2007 to January 2010

Education

 Post-Graduation : Master of Technology (in Computer Science and Engg) from Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University, Hyderabad, India 2004 – 2007
 Graduation : Bachelor of Engineering (in Electronics and Communication) from University of
Madras, Chennai, India, 2000 - 2004
Professional/Project Management:
 Certified ScrumMaster®, License Membership ID: 52393095
 PRINCE2® Practitioner in Jul 2013 Candidate ID: P2R/IN081923
 PRINCE2® Foundation in Feb 2013 Candidate ID: P2R/IN078953
Technical:
 IBM Certified Designer BI Author v10/v8
 IBM Certified Developer Metadata Modeler v10/v8