Lona Nellissery

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Executive Profile

High performance solutions delivered across multiple business units

Demonstrated effective leadership as Delivery / Program Manager by managing teams of 100+ engineers. Delivered for multiple business units in Wipro and Hewlett Packard (Financial Services, PLM and B2B). Experience spans across Product Development, IT Services and Consulting.

Result-driven and seasoned IT professional having over 27 years of varied and extensive experience, including over 8 years of direct engagement in International Environment. Primarily involved in Product & Solution Delivery Management for diverse domains using multiple technologies, extensive responsibilities of development - Design, Architecture, Project & Program Management, Solution Implementation & Integration Management and Team Development.

 

Profile Summary

People, Contracts, Cost Cutting, Leadership, Staffing, Training, and Vendor Management

Providing leadership in emerging technologies like Cloud, Data Analytics and Mobility solutions

(SalesForce - CRM, Product Lifecycle Management – SAP)

Hands on experience in various technologies like C, C#, Oracle, MS-SQL, UNIX, MF-Cobol, Java, XML, XSLT, .NET

Proficient in Project Management tools like MS Project and PPM

Project Delivery Methodologies: Waterfall and Agile

Involved in Forecasting and Budgeting for IT Projects

 

Professional Higlights

Successfully managed and delivered 50+ projects covering wide spectrum of technologies

Achieved 95% targeted resource utilization consistently and peaked up to 98%

Managed 100 FTEs and multiple vendor project teams

Mentored and coached project team on areas such as SFDC CRM, Product Lifecycle Management (SAP) and Financial Services. Planned and integrated the work of multiple teams on a project. Provided input on team performance and reward recognition

Provided solution optimization for projects which reduced code inventory and delivery efforts

Headed onshore/offshore, (10+ onshore) (90+ offshore) support team

Played a key role in overcoming resource management on time delivery challenges for execution of projects

Acquired additional business worth 350,000$+ such as Next Generation Partner Optimization (NGPO), A3, Open Text by delivering ahead of deadlines

 

Organizational Experience

Deputations:

Wipro Infotech, India        - Delivery Manager Apr’16 – Mar’17

Hewlett Packard, India     - Project/Program Manager  Feb’05 –Apr’16

Hewlett Packard, Ireland - Senior System Analyst  Jan’99 – Feb’05

Key Result Areas:

Managed the entire operations pertaining to key management, engagement management, program/ project management and software development

Delivered large projects within 6 to 8 months with a maximum team size of 30 people; engaged in Hewlett Packard Split for CRM application with large volume of data separation and business process

Headed and delivered large-scale programs in the optimization and enhancement of Hewlett Packard sales for direct and indirect customer (partners)

Headed service delivery functions, to ensure end-to-end ownership of incidents and service requests. Meeting deadlines and Turn-Around-Time without compromising quality norms and adhering to SLA; completed projects for varied Hewlett Packard Business Units (NA, EU and APJ)

Innovated and implemented new ideas into POCs on Cloud and Mobility, facilitated, ed and resolved conflict management issues among teams and various stakeholders

Planned project activities like scoping, estimation, tracking, change management, delivery management & post implementation support

Implemented project plans within pre-set budgets and deadlines; monitored onshore & offshore delivery management for technical deliverables of concurrent projects

 

 

Previous Experience

Information Architects, India - Analyst / Developer    Jul’97   - Jan’99

Genesis Integrated, India - Analyst / Developer Nov’95 - Jun’97

Al Abdulkarim Trading, Saudi Arabia - Developer / Analyst  Jul’93   - Jul’95

Fine Chem. Ltd., India                  - Developer Sep’91 - Jul’93

Computronics India Ltd, India            - Trainee / Developer  Feb’90 - Sep’91

 

Education

2009 MBA-IT from Sikkim Manipal University

1993 Diploma in System Management from NIIT, Mumbai

1989 Graduation Degree (Economics) from University of Calicut

 

 

Personal Details

Name:                             Lona Nellissery

Date of Birth:           June 8th 1965

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil

Mailing : B6-503 L&T South City, Arikari Mico Layout, Bannergatta Road, Bangalore 560076, Karnataka