Vinay Reddy

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Delivery Manager - TechMahindra

Summary
- SAP HANA Program Management for HEC (HANA Enterprise Cloud) Projects
- Service Management, Service Delivery, Service Transition for Global Customers
- 14 Years of SAP Application Management and Application Development
- 7+ Years of SAP Service Delivery,Program,Project &Transition Management
- Managed Cross Functional Global teams of size 100+ and revenues of +$10M
- Worked in different delivery models – Managed services, T&M & Fixed bid programs
- Contract Management, SOW creation, SLA adherence/reporting
- Working Experience in multiple countries - USA, Europe, UK
- Strong Client Management, People Management, Resource Management, Account Management
- Vendor Management skills , experience managing resources from multiple vendors
- Contract Management, Creation of SOW, SLA Management/Reporting
- Pre-sales activities include RFP, Due Diligence, POC 's
- Extensively used Agile-Scrum Methodology & PMP processes on the projects

Experience
SAP Manager - HEC - MCD (Managed Cloud Delivery) - TechMahindra at SAP America Inc
January 2015  -  Present  (1 year 6 months)
- Program-Management for the on-boarding of SAP HEC(Hana Enterprise cloud) projects
- Responsible for delivery of multiple SAP HANA Cloud hosting projects
- Technical Knowledge on HANA Installation, Upgrades, Migrations of Various SAP Components
- SAP Components include BW,ERP,HANA, S4 HANA, SFIN2.0
- Identify, assigning of skilled-resources to the SAP HANA projects
- Maintaining deep client-Relationships, networking with internal & external teams
- Negotiation Management & Escalation Management
- Manage day-to-day operational activities for Multiple projects
- Work closely with customer in fulfilling the open positions and in finding new opportunities
- Attentive to details and deadlines, managing multiple initiatives
- Financial Management,PMO activities

Program Delivery Manager - KMD at Tech Mahindra

April 2011  -  Present  (5 years 3 months)
 Plan, execute, and finalize projects within triple constraints of delivering on time, within budget
and scope objectives, including acquiring resources and coordinating efforts of team members in
order to deliver projects according to plan. Identify, effectively communicate, and resolve project
issues and risks. Develop risk mitigation plans. Effectively communicates projects status to project
stakeholders. Coach, mentor, and motivate team members, influencing them to take positive action
and accountability for assigned work.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership and superb project management skills, consistently scoring
high on Customer Satisfaction throughout the Engagement.
• Pioneered innovative team building and cross-functional project management techniques to
expedite workflow, simplify processes, and reduce operating costs.
• Manages and drives client relationship, people development, and overall delivery of a multiple
projects. Responsible for successful delivery of all projects on the parameters of Schedule, Budget,
Quality and Customer Satisfaction.
• Client management skills
• People Management Skills
• Manage multiple teams at Onsite/Offshore
• Conducting Workshops, Proposal preparation there by creating service orders.
• Strong Resource Management Skills
• Review meetings , Provide continuous Delivery Excellence by new initiatives, CSAT
• Monthly invoicing process and Report generation through PMO functions and tools

Sr.Project Manager at GE
June 2014  -  January 2015  (8 months)
• Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, scope and time
• Define Project Scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables
• Ensure business requirements are suitable defined, understood and signed-off
• Adopting the Agile-Scrum methodology, conducting daily stand-up meetings
• Monitoring the project timelines and tracking the deliverables
• Project Execution, resource deployment (Onsite/Offshore),and overall leadership
• Oversee product planning, delivery & release management
• Confer with project personal to identify and resolve problems
• Pro-actively manage project risks and issues and minimize their impact on the project
• Submit project deliverables and ensuring adherence to quality standards
• Co-ordinate and manage project reporting, project reviews and project steering meetings
• Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel

Program Transition Manager- SAP AMS at Mahindra Satyam

June 2011  -  September 2011  (4 months)
• Activities involve Transition Planning & Transition Management
 • Developed detailed transition plans and sign-off on Transition Plan, milestones with Gate model
approach and deliverables with Customer
• Actively involved in developing the Transition Management plans covering Transition governance,
model, Communication & Change Management, Steering committee meeting schedules, Progress
reporting and reviews
• Execution of Transitions in Waves there by leveraging the lessons learnt in every phase
• Resource Management, Hiring new skills, building of resource pool for the Transition activities
• Estimation of Transition efforts and Cost there by preparing the service order for converting the
Program from T&M to Managed services mode
• Organizing and overseeing of workshops happened at different phases
• Orientation and Transition sessions for Transition teams to ensure Transition objectives and
Methodologies are well understood
• Tracking the Transition Risks and review the Transition risks with Customer and internal
stakeholders
• Preparation of KPI’s and agreement with the customer on the KPI’s
• Tracking of KPI’s and presenting the KPI’s to the customer and stakeholders for review
• Effective utilization of resources there by better managing the cost and deliverables
• Strive for Continual Improvement through Retrospectives, documenting the lessons learnt and
implementing Best Practices

BI-Technical Project Manager at Intelligroup Inc

June 2008  -  April 2011  (2 years 11 months)
 Abroad working Experience in US region – worked in Onsite/Offshore model
 Worked with Fortune 500 clients in US region
 Managing of projects from onsite & worked in many client facing roles
 Handling of project activities through the project initiation till completion phase
 Acting as SPOC for client & Company
 Managing of associates at onsite/offshore

Consulting Manager at Intelligroup

September 2004  -  April 2011  (6 years 8 months)
Competency Management:
• Excelling in Competency Management, managing teams with in the competency, Team building,
Team appraisal, defining career path, mentoring/training, building assets, hiring laterals/trainees,
leadership activities, team meetings, resource fitment to projects, knowledge management.
Presales Activities:
• Active participation in Pre-sales activities in proposal preparation, responding to RFP’s/RFI’s,
Effort estimation, sales questionnaire, POC & Case study preparations for the business growth
Technology Front:
 • Proven experience in working & managing the SAP projects in the areas of Implementation,
Support, Technical Up-grades/Functional Migration at Onsite and in offshore.

Education
University of Mysore
Bachelor’s Degree
Vinay Reddy
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area
Delivery Manager - TechMahindra

10 people have recommended Vinay

"He is one of the most valuable people I have ever worked with. Very good, loyal, motivated and
result driven manager. Always maintains very good relation with co-workers and clients. Perfectly
organized colleague, has no problem to work hard when necessary. It's amazing to work with such
a person. Shows all the time natural ability to manage people."

—Suneel T, SAP Analyst,  ExxonMobil,  worked indirectly for Vinay at Mahindra Satyam

"Vinay Reddy could always be counted on to deliver exceptional support and guidance to the
technical team . His ability to clearly articulate and lead the team made him an invaluable asset . It
was a pleasure to work with Vinay Reddy and I hope to be able to do so again in the future."

—Vinay Kumar, Lead Consultant,  OpenText Corp,  reported to Vinay at Tech Mahindra

"Vinay is very sincere and organized and helps the team that he is a part of stay on top it's game all
the time. With his level of maturity, Vinay is an asset as an individual contributor and has a bright
future in a leadership role."

—Sameer Deshpande, Business Head & SVP; Discrete Manufacturing, Telecom, Media &
Entertainment,  NTT DATA Americas,  managed Vinay indirectly at Intelligroup

"I worked with Vinay. He is an excellent Delivery Manager. He possess good analytical skills and
he do detailed due-diligence before taking any decision. His people management is another area to
highlight - he can get the work done by the team with his close/ friendly intreaction with them."

—Ajayan Edasseri, Sr. Program Manager,  EY,  managed Vinay at Tech Mahindra

"Vinay is very good SAP BI Consultant. He is a great mentor to juniors in the team. He worked in
one of the first SAP BI 7.0 projects in India (Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd) which got
published by SAP as a case study. He is the lead for the project and helped us to get the approval
from the customer to publish this case study. He is very committed, hard working individual. I wish
him all the best. V T Reddy"
—V T Reddy, SAP Digital Practice Head - North America,  TechMahindra Americas Inc,  managed
Vinay at Intelligroup

"I have worked with Vinay through a new project, where we used new methods and processes.
Vinay provided the ressources and excellently he kept track on all issues here and our mutual
project was very succesfully completed."

—Lilian E. Soerensen, Leadership Advisor and Business Coach,  360Management,  was with

another company when working with Vinay at Tech Mahindra

"Vinay is a technically strong SAP BI professional with high levels of dedication towards his work.
His technical concepts are very good. He is also a very good people manager and motivates his
team to deliver. His team find comfort in him as a leader and he can extract best out of his team."

—Deepak Jain, Entrepreneur,  Entrepreneur,  managed Vinay at Intelligroup

"Vinay is a go to person for any technical help on professional front and a very amiable and helpful
person on the personal front. These are some of his traits which have put him on a successful
note in his career. He is a dedicated and committed soldier who never compromises on quality. I
personally think that he is capable of delivering much more than what he is doing right now. I wish
him all the best in his career- Kiran"

—Venkata KiranKumar Nedunuri, SAP Competency Head,  GENPACT,  worked directly with Vinay
at Tech Mahindra

"Vinay...is a perfect example of very good human being. I believe only a good team member can
lead a team with right balance. He is very good coordinator and passionate about work. his skills /
resilience / consistency / teamwork and ability to team up on impossibility. He was appreciated and
valued by other members of the team for his technical know-how and experience."

—Potturi Varaprasad Raju, BW & BPC Team Lead,  Jebsen & Jessen,  worked with Vinay at Tech
Mahindra

"Vinay was very assertive leader who established great rapport with all his stakeholders. His
command over the business processes and the releveant technologies earned his respect
among the team members. Vinay was very diligent, candid, efficient, goal-oriented manager who
demonstrated inclusive style of Leadership. Vinay's wealth of knowledge and experience along
with his excellent networking skills will make him very valuable asset to any team/organization he is
associated with. It was a pleasure working with him."

—Prakash Devendra, Program/Delivery Manager,  Tech Mahindra,  worked directly with Vinay at

Tech Mahindra
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