C-001, Terrace Garden Apartments, Banashankari 3Rd Stage, 3Rd Phase, Bangalore - 560085

Anupama R Das

C-001, Terrace Garden Apartments, Banashankari 3rd Stage, 3rd Phase, Bangalore - 560085 Tel: 91-080-26725321(Res); +919845162623 (Mob) Email:

Seeking position as…

PROJECT MANAGER

Successfully directed work teams through development and program release, while managing multiple priorities and projects in a dynamic environment. Strong functional background in operations, quality, and systems

Dynamic IT professional with extensive technology expertise, general management and leadership expertise. Recognised for results-oriented approach, ability to take on challenges and deliver impressive bottom-line impact.

CORE STRENGTHS

·  Excellent Interpersonal skills, confident and poised in interactions with individuals at all levels readily developing rapport with clients and colleagues / ·  Organized individual with exceptional follow through abilities and strong technical skills.
·  Product development & enhancement - complete lifecycle / ·  Driving systems, processes, methodologies to deliver Quality
·  Analytical, conceptual, problem identification and problem solving skills / ·  Planning & execution of projects within stringent time / budgetary constraints.
·  Staffing plan, team ramp up, people management; Competency building / ·  Certified Lead Auditor from IRCA, UK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

i2 Technologies Software Pvt Ltd May 1994 till present

Associate Manager – Content & Data Services Projects

i2 is a leading provider of demand-driven closed-loop supply chain solutions designed to enable business agility. i2 is also the leading worldwide provider of enterprise systems for Supplier Relation Management (SRM) and Component & Supplier Management (CSM).

i2 Content and Data Services Group is a leading provider of content solutions, with over 12 years of proven customer-value delivery. These solutions are designed to help customers achieve measurable bottom-line results—leveraging the latest emerging technologies and standards to maintain a competitive advantage.

Winner of "Customer Satisfaction Award" for Q3 – 2003 for exemplary performance and outstanding contributions in Package Project for ED, requested by SUN Microsystems

Winner of "Customer Satisfaction Award" for Q4 – 2004 for exemplary performance and outstanding contributions in GENERIC & Lead Free Critical Mass Projects for ED

Current Responsibilities include:

·  As Project Manager, driving high quality, profitable, and timely completion of projects.

·  Directing a team of engineers in system study, analysis, requirements specification, product design, development, testing, troubleshooting and implementation.

·  Owning the Projects so the focus and project timelines are controlled and predictable

·  Propose various options possible along with pros and cons to address the product requirements from Product Management specified in the requirements document

·  Prepare a Proto/Demo for the designs suggested and provided inputs to the Product Management team for taking the final decision on design.

·  Own the Design - All aspects of Design and Engineering of an enhancement were addressed /documented. This includes usability, ease of installation, viability in production/ implementation, compliance with the proven release process

·  Consider implications of New Design or Design Change on existing functionality, data model and installed base - configuration control

·  Maintain ongoing dialogue with Product Management team/Operations Management so that Project priorities, approvals and customer feedback are obtained expeditiously from Product Management

·  Complete accountability for implementing various processes and quality improvement activities including the ISO 9000 procedures to meet the quality targets set by the management.

Related Skill-set:

·  Domain Knowledge in Content Management

·  Experience in building/enriching Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Content

·  Training, development and mentoring of new recruits on i2/Aspect products and content management processes.

EARLY EMPLOYMENT

Employer Name / Position Held / From Date / To Date
i2 Technologies Software Pvt Ltd / Associate Manager / May 1994 / Till Date
Aptech Computer Education / Honorary Faculty / Mar 1993 / Apr 1994
DCM-Aspect Pvt Ltd / Trainee / May 1992 / Feb 1993

IT PROFICIENCY

Skill Type / Skill Name / Proficiency / Last Used / Years of Experience
DATABASE/ ERP / Oracle-11i, MS-Access / Expert / 2004 / 8
SCM / SCP, DP / Beginner / 2004 / 0.5
i2 SOLUTIONS / Explore / Expert / 2005 / 10
i2 SOLUTIONS / Parts Universe, Strategic Sourcing, Product Sourcing (SRM Suite) / Proficient / 2005 / 4
UNIX / AWK & Shell programming / Proficient / 2004 / 8
OPERATING SYS / Win NT, 2000, Sun Solaris 2.9, UNIX / Expert / 2005 / 10
MS Office Products / MS Project , MS Power Point, MS Visio, MS Excel & MS Word / Expert / 2005 / 8

EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communications from Govt. B.D.T College of Engineering, University of Mysore, Karnataka, 1991 (Distinction)

SPECIAL COURSES & TRAINING PROGRAMMES ATTENDED

·  Lead Auditor Training by NQA – IRCA, UK

·  Quality in Design Training Programme conducted by Zandig TQM Solutions, Bangalore

·  ISO 9001-2004 Programme

·  Software Project Management conducted by SABCONs, Bangalore

·  PL/SQL programming at STG, Bangalore

·  Business Etiquette and Team Building Programme by Mr. Elangovan

·  Presentation Skills by Mr. Mohan Sivanand

·  Demystifying Management by Mr. Ranganathan of Symbiosis

PERSONAL DETAIL

Date of Birth : 14-Apr-1970

Marital Status : Married

REFERENCES

Available on request

SELECTED PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

HAZMAT Reference Database (3 months)

Project Manager Team Size: 30

Build a HAZMAT Reference Database that will provide current and future customers with information covering the Hazardous substances contained in electronic components, as specified by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union in RoHS Directive. This database will be used in i2 Hazardous Materials Management module in SRM solution.

Key Accomplishments:

·  Mobilized the resources to execute the project within the allocated budget & time constraints.

·  Prepared the plan in detail for the execution of project.

Package Enhancement (9 months)

Project Lead. Team Size 15

Enhance three major sections of the package information in the Electronics Database (ED): Introducing dimensional properties for the packages; Normalizing the existing package data and Introducing new package codes, that are normalized, standardized and generated by i2. This database is used to deploy the FFF (Form, Fit & Functional) alternates functionality in SRM solution.

·  Handled complete project from requirements gathering, developing detailed project plan to final delivery.

·  Implemented the Production Processes, Relational Checks and verification for content processing.

Key Accomplishments:

·  Completed the project 2 months ahead of the schedule with an estimated cost savings of $100K.

·  Proposed the most cost effective model - chosen by Product Management team for the project implementation.

Passives and Electromechanical Devices (EMD) Enhancement (1 year 3 months)

Project Lead. Team size 30

Implementation of a schema to take care of the Part level capture of passives and EMD content without much increase in the database size. This database is used in the Reuse and Product Sourcing module of SRM solution.

·  Handled complete project from requirements gathering, developing detailed project plan to final delivery

·  Added full orderable Passives & EMD part numbers to the database. Handled & re-linked customer links to the right series.

Key Accomplishments:

·  Completed the project within 15 months against 24 months schedule, due to out-of-box ideas like Preference Management and stage concepts.

·  Increased Customer PPL match % from 19% before the project to 55% after the project.

·  Controlled the part count growth (the database size as well) under 4 million using preference management which would otherwise have resulted in 25 million parts

Alternate Component Expert (1 year)

Project Lead. Team size 6

Alternate Component Expert (ACE) Rules for Electronics Database (ED) is a special functionality of ED designed to select Alternate Parts. This functionality of ED is used in Life Cycle Module of SRM solution to find the alternate parts for the DISCONTINUED parts. The function dynamically compares specification data within pre-specified limits across thousands of parts in the database to return alternates meeting the specification criteria.

·  Handled project from initiation, requirements specification to final delivery.

·  Prepared templates for rules creation for all part types in ED and handled updates configuration and testing of rules.

Key Accomplishments:

·  Successfully created a Process and documented this as per ISO Standard requirements, for ongoing quarterly loading of ACE Rules in ED.

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