Manas Ippalapalli

Background

About Manas Ippalapalli

Forward-thinking professional with an MBA and over ten years of experience in coordinating complex and large-scale projects within the Information Technology and Business Intelligence (BI) fields. Adept in overseeing the planning, design, and execution of projects that are consistently completed on time and within budget. Well versed in leading and managing top-performing teams committed to meeting project deliverable.Much of my success is due to my background in: Establishing project scope, requirements, and deliverables. Monitoring project status and updates. Optimizing allotted project resources and budgets. Identifying and resolving key issues/problems in a rapid manner. Leading installation and configuration projects centered around Cognos Analytics and Servers. Training and mentoring staff and product users. Assuming accountability for end user reporting and requirements gathering. Planning and documenting roadmaps for testing initiatives and Cognos upgrades. Improving efficiencies via the development of new self-servicing modes, cubes, and dashboards. Utilizing multiple versions of Cognos Enterprise Suite, including 11, 10.2.2, 10.1.1, 8.4, and 8.3.