1. Key Skills Profile Summary
Project Delivery Life Cycle
Project Planning & Execution
Project Road-map & WBS
Project Monitoring & Control
Requirements Definition, Effort
Estimation; Agile Methodology
Stakeholder Management
Resource Management
Change Management
Team Building & Leadership
• Energetic and detail-oriented strategic solutions provider with strong
focus in project management activities including project scoping,
estimation, planning, risk management and quality management
• Sound understanding of both Agile and Traditional Project
Management principles & practices
• Excellent track record of managing projects of value up-to $ 2 Million,
with specialization in leading projects on roll-out of Mobile Virtual
Network Operations, 4G Services, 3
rd
Party Integration & MNP Projects
• Rich experience in successful project delivery, growing business
footprint and increasing customer & stakeholder satisfaction
• Championed project management disciplines and drove practices in
areas of services strategy, while improving delivery capability
• Impressive success in managing stakeholders throughout the project
lifecycle while managing priorities (time, budget/cost and resources) to
attain delivery excellence, decrease TAT and optimize cost
• Dynamic, agile, resilient & flexible with experience of working in cross-
cultural, multi-time zone environments
• An effective leader with excellent communication, negotiation and
relationship building skills and logical & diplomatic approach
Career Timeline
2006 -2009 2010 - 2011 2011 - 2012 2012 – 2013 &
2013 – 2014
Since 2015
BHARATH. A
ACCOMPLISHED PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL
Nearly 10 years’ rich experience with excellent track record in successful project / program
delivery, growing business footprint and increasing customer & stakeholder satisfaction
Targeting assignments in Project Management with a leading organisation in Chennai / UK
Irevna Research Services
Ltd., Chennai as Research
Analyst
Franklin Templeton
Investments, Chennai as
Associate Project Manager
Plintron Global Technology,
Chennai as Client Project
Manager
Scope Intl., Chennai as
Business Analyst & Functional
Lead – Data Sourcing &
Development
Cognizant Technology
Solutions, Chennai as PMO
Lead

2. Soft Skills Education
• Masters in Computer Applications from University of Madras in 2004
• Higher Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech in 2004
• Bachelors in Business Management (Commerce) from D.G Vaishnav
College, University of Madras in 2000
Certifications
• Prince 2 Practitioner in May 2013
• PMP Basic Classroom Training Certification in August 2011
Work Experience
Since Jan’15 - Till Date
Project Details:
• 3 projects including 1
product (each valued at
$ 2 Million) on Country
Operations & Migration
• Rolled-out of Mobile
Networks across
Tunisia and Macedonia
• 9 projects executed
over the last 1.5 years
(4G Services, Mobile
Number Portability, 3
rd
Party Integration, New
Product Launches and
Additional Feature
Testing)
Plintron Global Technology, Chennai as Client Project Manager
Role:
• Spearheading functional & tactical aspects of global signature projects, on
complete rollout of Mobile Business Operations, supported by a team of 8
• Driving projects from stage of initiation till monitoring & control including
planning, estimation & scheduling, budgeting, updating information to all
stakeholders, planning risk responses and contingency planning
• Developing project evaluation framework to assess the strengths of the
program and to identify areas for improvement; maintaining project
documentation such as RFPs, Project Charter, FSDs, Service Level
Documentation, SOW, Standard Procedure and Process related
documentation
• Defining service standards and guidelines that serve as benchmark for
excellent service delivery; establishing service level agreements, evaluating
risks, costs & resource requirements and submitting delivery opinions
• Interacting with the project stakeholders, and manage their expectations;
performing gap analysis of “where we are” and “where we need to be”
• Managing project governance encompassing sponsor meetings, project team
meetings, status reports, so on
• Supporting the Portfolio Manager, Head of Professional Services and Head of
PMO for formulating strategic information across all projects
• Working in close coordination with cross-functional teams such as
Commercial, Legal, Customer Service, Product and Marketing
• Implementing best practices across all projects by reporting the status in
timely manner to senior management and other stakeholders
Significant Accomplishments:
• Played a key role in turning-around the under-performing/ loss-making project
titled “Austria MNP” as a profitable venture
Communicator Analytical
Problem
Solving

3. • Acquired additional business worth US$ 10 Million or secured new projects
such as Balkan Countries by delivering ahead of deadlines
• Overcame multiple challenges during the execution of projects
• Saving US$ 1 Million through innovative approaches such as effective
stakeholder management and connecting with 3
rd
parties
Dec’13 – Dec’14
May’12 – Aug’13
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai as PMO Lead
Role:
• Led PMO, involving defining, implementing & managing PMO process &
procedures, templates & tracking mechanisms, setting standards for project
life cycle, resource planning, cost analysis, budget forecasting, demand
analysis and allocation planning
• Functioned as a governing body for project management and as a source of
guidance & advice for Project Managers; supported the Program Manager for
formulating strategic information across all projects
• Tracked status of all projects based on updates from the project managers
• Provided guidance & coaching to novice project managers on writing project
charter, estimates and other elements in Project Documents
• Consolidated various status updates on program, project, sub-project status
level information; conceptualized various SharePoint Lists, Surveys and
Documents Library for PMO Operations
Significant Accomplishments:
• Successfully coordinated management of multiple related projects focusing on
strategic business and other organizational objectives
• Facilitated process improvement, as Lead Consultant, by recommending
corrective action for gaps in project management process areas
• Awarded as Best Analyst in Sep'12 for assisting the Project Manager during a
Strategic Transformation Project
Jan’11 – Apr’12
Apr’10 – Jan’11
Franklin Templeton Investments, Chennai as Associate Project
Manager (Contractual Assignment)
Role:
• Established project schedule & budget; set-up test plans and completed testing
assignments & project governance encompassing sponsor meetings, project
team meetings, status reports, so on
• Maintained policies, processes & procedures for all programs/projects
• Rendered centralized project administration for consistent implementation
Significant Accomplishments:
• Published information on lessons learned basis project post-implementation /
benefits reviews
• Escalated overall efficiency of projects by 75% by streamlining processes
• Completed a Business Conversion Project in 5 months, previously left

4. Feb’06 – Sep’09
Industrial Training
Dec’03 – Jun’04
IT Skills
Personal Details
incomplete by 2 Project Managers
Scope International, Chennai as Business Analyst & Functional Lead
– Data Sourcing & Development – FSSC (Contractual Assignment)
Role:
• Delivered assigned project from the stage of initiation till monitoring & control
including planning, estimation & scheduling, cost estimation till closure
• Reported on various metrics of wholesale banking customers, in coordination
with Strategic Information Management Team of bank, utilizing PeopleSoft
systems such as Funds Transfer Pricing, PeopleWise and General Ledger &
Rate Distribution System
• Introduced changes in ETL Logic for sourcing various requirements, through
timely updation of RGE Functional Analysis data
• Promptly addressed various requirements of BAU activities such as attending
queries, conducting root cause & revenue analysis, so on
Significant Accomplishment:
• Provided critical strategic information for analyzing case studies and
investigating core issues, by driving 4 systems by Team Leader
Irevna Research Services Ltd., Chennai as Research Analyst
Role:
• Managed Project Management Function for the assigned Account, involving
feasibility analysis, project costing, budgeting, procurement, contractual
management till stage of timely closure
• Performed detailed secondary research and generated reports using Factiva,
Nexis, Bloomberg, Hoovers & various other search engines
• Navigated process flows and managed database using applications such as
MS Visio & MS Access
• Consolidated reports, cash burns & database for Solar companies and various
other application software companies
• Generated various deliverables (research report) considered as a case study
for training and mentoring the team members
Significant Accomplishments:
• Led detailed analysis of DEF14A (Proxies) and 10K (Annual Report) of Stock
Exchange listed US companies & extracted critical financial data
• Increased the size of the adhoc team from 2 FTEs to 7 FTEs in 1 year
CitiBank, Chennai as Industrial Trainee
• Languages: C, C++; Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows
• Database & Tools: SAP Business Objects, HP Quality Center, SQL, Lexis-
Nexis, Bloomberg, Hoovers & Reuters
• Application Package: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project, SQL Server 2000
Date of Birth: 14
th
August 1980

5. Address: 3/20, Valluvar Salai, Ramapuram, Chennai – 600089
Languages Known: English and Tamil (Fluent); Hindi and Spanish (Basic)

6. Address: 3/20, Valluvar Salai, Ramapuram, Chennai – 600089
Languages Known: English and Tamil (Fluent); Hindi and Spanish (Basic)