Anoop Thomas

Background

About Anoop Thomas

01 > PRODUCT OWNER - O365 (Allianz - Current Role) 02 > LEAD IT CONSULTANT (Allianz/MSG - Prior Role) Rollout of Allianz Virtual Clients for Allianz OEs across Europe • Project management • Lead role to align and co-ordinate between Allianz OE & Service provider for OE • Leadership skills • Application packaging lifecycle 03 > PROJECT MANAGEMENT (Allianz - Prior Role) • As a Migration Manager in Allianz Technology • Datacentre consolidation • Prince2 • ITIL • Take a lead role to align and co-ordinate between Allianz OE & vendor • Align stakeholders to prepare migration scenarios for selected Allianz Core applications into target landscape • Skill at managing stakeholder groups and balancing diplomacy and tact with assertiveness • Very good prioritization skills to balance key priorities • Resilient, self-starter with high confidence levels, the ability to work to tight deadlines and multi-task. • A strong customer centric approach • Manage & co-ordinate OE DCC migration execution process. 04 > SERVICE MANAGEMENT (Allianz - Prior Role) • AGN Associate Service Manager in Allianz Technology • Excellent proficient in PRODUCT LIFECYLCE MANAGEMENT (PLM) – The end-to-end lifecycle management of services. • Manage the PLM phase from Evaluation, Definition, Implementation and finally to Handover. • Creation and central management of all product data and technology used in AGN • Ensuring an efficient way of ‘Service Offering Readiness’ fulfilment. • Consulting and dealing with the different process owners, PLM interfaces and related dependencies. • Service evaluation on the project plan, scope & customer needs • Integration of various tools, people, process and expertise through all stages of a product’s lifecycle. 05 > CROSS PLATFORM EXPOSURE (Allianz - Prior Roles) • As Senior Technical Specialist • Mainframe/Windows/Unix batch processing and online systems. • Excellent Proficiency in TSO, file transferring methods, JCL, ISPF/SDSF commands, JES2/JES3, CA7 monitoring and Scheduling • Responsible for the MVS health checks. • Responsible for the system backup cycles for all platforms (NT, UNIX, AS400 and Mainframe) • Datacentre server Operations • Proficient in UC4/Automic tool • Production changes in UC4, Multi-platform job scheduling.