Shiva J Asthana - Project Manager
- 1. Shiva J Asthana Page 1 Shiva J Asthana B-502, Siroya Sunshine RT Nagar, Bangalore, India, 560032 (+91)9886755904 shivajyoti@gmail.com Objective Project or Program Manager – with extensive experience to handle complex projects simultaneously. Having overall 15+ years of cross functional and strong technical experience. Aspire to work in a challenging organization which can harvest maximum from my skills and potential. Profile Seasoned Project Manager with 6+ years of Project Management. Proven ability to deliver complex and critical projects, like, software & firmware for Computed Tomography (CT) scanners. Track record to deliver the projects successfully in Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM and LEAN methodologies. Successfully lead the projects in regulatory and compliance audits, executed by FDA, US. Feeling proud to deliver a CT Scanner, specialized for Oncology therapy planning to the market in Q1 2016. Strong people management skills – executed projects in both functional and projectized organizations. Poised and competent with demonstrated ability to easily transcend cultural differences. Handling successfully the global project teams with stakeholders from different geographies, like, US, China, Latin America, Israel and EU. Thrive in deadline-driven environments. Excellent team-building skills. Skills Summary Project Management Vendor Management Healthcare Medical Systems IEC & ISO Standards People Management Solutioning Managing teams across geographies Excellent Communication Network & Security Scaled Agile and SCRUM Pre-Sales Stakeholder management Cloud and BIG data Confident on interpersonal skills Professional Experience SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER: IN PHILIPS INDIA LTD. Project Management / Resource management / Stakeholder Management. Complete end-2-end responsibility of the Projects, from Requirement gathering, Design, Development, Verification and Validation to the delivery of products like, Computed Tomography Scanners (CT); for the PHILIPS Big Bore, Ingenuity and iCT; CT scanners families. Currently, managing and owning delivery for 3 projects, 2 NPIs and 1 Research project. Successfully released 3 projects starting from Concept phase to release to Market. Latest release being in Q1 2016. For PMO; coming up with strategies to manage resources and cost of multiple simultaneous running projects associated with different product lines. In one of the case, came up with the strategy, where resources across the globe have been optimally utilized to have 3 successful project deliveries at same time. Stakeholder management for different set of cross-functional stakeholders across globe, mostly in China, Germany, Netherlands, Israel, Latin America and US. Slashed the cost of Automation project by 30% by using contract resources and successfully delivered it. Using automation slashed the verification time by almost 40%. Practiced Agile and Lean development methodologies, successfully reduced the time to deliver by almost 20%. Faced multiple internal and external audits. Planned and managed the quality processes and work-instructions to meet the expectation of different regulatory bodies like FDA, US. Successfully orchestrated the team of over 40+ developers and 20+ verification engineers, to work on multiple projects simulataneously. Knowledge of different processes for operations and assembly line. Vendor and procurement management for sub-contracting for fixed price and time-material projects. Addiotional to my regular role, I handled the automation project with outsourced vendors and executed the Time-material project with SCRUM methodology to produce best in optimal cost. TECHNICAL MANAGER – PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: IN SYMPHONY SERVICES Project Management / People Management / Stakeholder Management / Solutioning / Pre-Sales Managed and lead the team of direct reportees distributed across geographies (India, US and Bolivia). Extensively practiced Agile – SCRUM, optimized the resource utilization and velocity of delivery. With the team of 12 resources handled 4 projects simultaneously for the client (NetiQ) and delivered them on schedule. Owned the Product backlog for 3 products. Managed different stakeholders of Client for building the product roadmap.
- 2. Shiva J Asthana Page 2 Reduced the cost of project drastically, by reducing unfrutifull travels. Developed the practice in team to solve customer issues by using technologies like, WedEx, Lync and Tele-presence etc. Controlled the attrition in the team. Motivated team, by openning doors to different oppurtunities for the team members, like, cross site visits, co-located brainstorming sessions, workshops etc. Always had customer delight in mind, to give the customers ( like, NetiQ, Texas Instruments) quality delivery, within schedule and cost. Got Multiple awards from clients for producing good results. Member of Pre-Sales team, collaborated as Network, BIG Data and Active directory SME. Proud to be client winner, part of establishing three Global Operation Centers in Symphony, like MSC Software, Texas Instrument. Eloquent in preparing sales-decks and presenting to the potential customers and stakeholders. Few of the best were to Sailpoint and MSC software. Employment History Company Tenure Designation/Role Philips India LTD. (Subsidiary of Royal PHILIPS of Netherlands) July 2014 – Till Date Senior Project Manager July 2011 – July 2014 Project Manager / Architect (Dual role) Symphony Services (Owned by Harman) July 2010 – July 2011 Technical Manager – Product Development. September 2006 – June 2010 Technical Lead – Product Development Acusis Software India July 2004 – August 2006 Senior Software Engineer IT Park – Software Development Center April 2001 – June 2004 Senior Programmer Non Industry Experience Organization Tenure Role Aptech Computer Education May1999 – March 2001 Senior Facultyof VC++ & C++ and Center Resource Person. Datapro Infoworld October 1998 – March 2001 Free-lance C++ Programmer. *References can be made available Education EXECUTIVE MBA - Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore, India, Specialization in Product Management, Business Intelligence and Strategic Marketing. BACHELORE IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS – Uday Pratap College, Varanasi, India PMP TRAINED – SabComs, PMI authorized trainer, Bangalore, India. Computer Skills Microsoft Project Microsoft Office Oracle Agile Visio & UML IBM DOORS and Clear Quest Mobile Apps (Android) .Net & Web technologies C++ & Native Technologies OOAD and OOPS Active Directory MS Exchange Oracle and MS SQL databases ATL / COM Firmwares Clarity and XPlanner Personal Details Father’s Name: Mr. N. P. Asthana Mother’s Name: Late Mrs. Kanak Asthana Marital Status: Married Sex: Male Nationality: Indian Languages Know: English, Hindi and Urdu VISA : US - B1/B2