Venkidesan Narayanan

Background

About Venkidesan Narayanan

28 years of IT experience (12 Years of Delivery Management Experience), 6 years in retail banking · 9 years, as Delivery Head, managing total project effort of approximately 140K person days (Dev. & Testing). Extensive SDLC experience (including Agile, Mainstay ( ITIL Compliant )) · 1.5 years, as SEPG Head / CISO ( Taking care of Quality & Information Security ) Intermittently, for 7 years working as an Independent consultant, in the area of Delivery Management. The Consultancy services done was in the nature of Advising, Supporting Organizations for achieving Effectiveness & Efficiency in the area of Application Software Development & Maintenance activities. The specific areas are, Strategizing & Supporting Delivery / Program / PMO Management Interim Project Management & Auditing Auditing the Efficacy of Processes & Suggesting Improvements ROLES PERFORMED • Delivery Head : 103 months • SEPG Head/ CISO : 17 months • Project Manager : 23 months • Project leader : 40 months • Quality Lead -SEPG : 9 months • Analyst Programmer : 58 months · Extensive experience in managing the development of applications in various platforms. · Consistently demonstrated professional credibility with a proactive approach · Extensive contribution in process improvements, in delivery area, HR, technical infrastructure · Very well conversant with Onsite Offshore processes. · Graduate in Physics from Kerala University. PGDCA in Computer Applications from NITIE, Mumbai. Goal : To be effective Change Agent for Effectiveness & Efficiency in the area of Software Delivery / Program / PMO Management. Specialties: TQM focused approach in Deliveries, Risk Management implementation in all aspects of development consistently using LEAN, AGILE based methodologies, Insistence on Detailing & timely preventive approach in all aspects of SDLC with focus on Productivity, Continuous improvement.