1. NAGARAJA NAIK GOVINDANAIK
E- mail: Nagaraj_naik@yahoo.com, Mobile: +91 9632470026, 7204070026
# BM05, Millennium Habitat,Gopalan Enterprises, Kundalahalli, Marathahalli,Bangalore,560037, India
Seeking Delivery / Program / Sales Manager role
Career Abstracts
Twenty years and Three months of IT experience in Application Development, Maintenance,
Integration, Testing, Implementation/Deployment and production support activities across Banking,
Financial, Insurance and Retail domains
Six Plus Years of experience in Program/ Delivery Management for large engagements, having
100+ team size, realizing revenue of around 12M (USD), per annum
Years of experience in Project Management, Release Management and execution of projects having
onsite/offshore models
Presently working in TCS as Program Manager, for Deutsche Bank customer
Proficient knowledge in Project /Program / Delivery Management
Proficient in managing and mentoring teams for successful execution of projects with quality
deliverables
Resourceful at maintaining business relationship with clients to achieve quality product and service
norms by resolving their service related critical issues/concerns
Possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills with proven abilities in training
& development, customer relationship management and planning
Post Graduate from IIT Madras and Certified Software Quality Analyst, QAI, USA, 2002
Professional Experience (TCS Ltd.)
Since Apr 2015 – Till Date Program / DR Manager
Deutsche Bank: Disaster Recovery Manager (Americas)
GTO DR Operations team is to manage and govern the DR exercises in all data centres globally
As DR Manager for Americas region managed all Data centres Full Loss Test exercises following DB's
Disaster Recovery Technical standards and DR Test Processes and according to Annual DR calendar.
Manage the Production support services/updates for seamless support services at DB
Planning and Executing DR Exercises during weekends in line with planned calendar
Training on tools (DR Portal etc) and test processes to all stakeholders along with preparing
the test plan and develop weekend timelines & logistics requirement for the DR Exercise.
During DR Exercise weekends managed the command center and ensure successful completion of
the test and publish the DR Test Reports to Management/stakeholders
Responsible for tracking and reporting non-compliant applications for DR test completion
Provide management the detailed reports required to minimize the risk in the process, Manage
escalations and initiate process improvements
Since Oct 2012 – Mar 2015 Program / Delivery Manager
DB and CS: Platform and Production support services Program Management (Customers,
Processes, Deliveries and Resource management)
Manage the Platform and Production support services team for seamless support services at DB and
CS (Bangalore)
Deliver end-to-end support services providing both L1 & L2 support
Planning and implementing the changes in production
Involve and support BCP and DR activities
Manage and ensure that the project set SLA’s and KPIs are met and reported along with tracking as
per the agreed contractual timelines
Responsible for preparing and presenting weekly governance updates, monthly service delivery
reports, Time sheet /shift trackers, calculation of FTE utilization and periodic dashboards
2. Provide management the detailed reports required to minimize the risk in the process, Manage
escalations and initiate process improvements
On-boarded and handled a team of 110+ members, where basic responsibility was to provide
managed capacity support services
Since May 2011 – Sep 2012 Program / Delivery Manager
TLM and LDCC Program Management (Customers, Processes, Deliveries and Resource
management)
Manage the Development of Business Requirement Documents (BRD) for reconciliation on-boarding
Deliver the standard reconciliation models agreed by the Reconciliation Architects and release
management
Get involved in the early reconciliation on-boarding process to ensure compliance with the agreed
standards
Reviewing BRD, FDD (Functional Design Document) and TDD (Technical Design Document)
Analyzing the TLM environments to be used and the availability of Smart Schema fields
Responsible for preparing the monthly MIS reports, Time trackers, calculation of FTE utilization and
periodic dashboards
Provide management the detailed reports required to minimize the risk in the process, Manage
escalations, and initiate process improvements
On-boarded, Mentored and handled a team of 80+ members, where basic responsibility was to
define and ensure smooth flow of the process and deliver with high quality
Since Feb 2005 – May 2011 Release /Program Manager
Deutsche Bank Trade Finance IMEX (Project and Release Management)
Planning the size (estimation) of the releases and on-boarding the resources
Manage the Design, Development, Testing and Deployment activities
Get involve in the early Business requirement discussion and Design phases
To liaise with Business, Operations, Development, Testing and Deployment Teams
Co-ordination and Managing the vendor deliverables (IBM and Surecomp)
Reviewing Functional Specifications, Design Documents, Test Plan/Strategy
Planning and make available the Test Environments for parallel releases
Preparing and Managing the deployment checklists and tollgate reviews, after each phases
Provide management the detailed reports to appraise on the quarterly release progress along with
issues & Risks
Managing the issues, risks and escalations during the course of releases
Involve in Go-live support, post go-live support and PIR (Post Implementation Review)
Managing the Development, Testing and Deployment team along with mentoring and motivating
Involved in Billing and Account Management activities
Documented the lessons learnt and institutionalized the best practices
Involved in transformation activities to bring value add w.r.t process and artifacts
Handled a team of 100+ members
Since Feb 2003 – Feb 2005 Project Manager
DB EDI Testing (Frankfurt), Woolworths TCC (Australia) and AVIVA (UK)
Test Management using Test Director (Quality Centre)
3. Planning the size (estimation) of the Testing Projects and on-boarded the resources
Create / Manage Test Plan and Testing strategy documents
Get involve in the early Business requirement discussion and Design phases
Liaise with Business, Operations, Development, Testing and Deployment Teams
Reviewing Functional Specifications, Design Documents, Test Plan/Strategy
Planning and make available the Test Environments for parallel releases
Provide management the detailed reports to appraise on the testing progress along with issues &
Risks
Involve in Go-live support and PIR (Post Implementation Review)
Managing the Testing team along with mentoring and motivating the team
Documented the lessons learnt and implemented the best practices
Handled Team Size of 25+ members
Since March 2000 – Feb 2003 Project Manager
Target, Consumption Reduction (Performance Tuning) (USA & INDIA)
Identify the costly DB2 queries using STROBE
Optimize/ Re-write the expensive queries without disturbing the original functionality
Liaise with Application Development team, Business, Operations, Development and Testing teams’
Reviewing the analysis document and ROI upon implementation of the changes identified
Provide development community with tips and tricks document to minimize the consumption
Organize and conduct knowledge sharing sessions with development team
Appraise management upon the cost savings, due to ongoing consumption reduction activities
Managing the risks and escalations
Involve in Go-live support and post go-live support
Documented the lessons learnt and shared with other development teams
Managed team of 20+ members , along with mentoring the team (including HCL and Syntel)
Cost Savings of millions of dollars year on year for Target, due to tuning efforts
Significant reduction in the MIPS along with Batch processing window
Since March 1996 – March 2000 Developer, Test Analyst & Project Leader
NSDL (India), DB EDIFACT(Frankfurt) and SSG (TCS, In-house)
Involved in Design, Development and testing activities
Create and execute Test Cases and document the test results
Reviewing unit test plan and test cases to be in sync with functional specifications
Planning and monitoring the SDLC tasks
Provide management the detailed reports to appraise on project progress
Involve in Go-live support
Documented the lessons learnt and adopted the best practices, while developing
Received developer of the quarter award for rolling out MT100 changes for EDI, at Frankfurt
Enriched the EDI project documentation and workflows
4. Area of Expertise : Core Competency
Delivery / Program Management
Project & Resource Management
Production and Platform support services
Business requirement gathering and analysis
Expert in Application Development, Testing, Deployment, Performance Tuning and Environment
Management
MPP (Microsoft Project Plan)
Testing Processes and expertise in using Mercury Test Director
People Management skills
Account Management
Academic Credentials
o Certified Software Quality Analyst, Quality Assurance Institute, USA, 2002
o M.Tech, Mechanical (Manufacturing) Engg. , IIT.Madras, India, 1996.
o B.E, Automobile Engg. From Mysore University, India, 1993.
Additional Qualification
ITIL - Certified
iEST (estimation ) Certification
Project Management soft skills certified
Key Strengths
Self Motivator
Good organizational skills & Goal oriented
Multi-tasking skills to meet strenuous deadlines
Quick learner
Good Analytical and interpersonal Skills
Commitment to any work assigned
Creative thinker
Enthusiastic to learn and implement new things
Other Personal Details
Date of Birth : 17th
Jan 1971
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status : Married
Location : Bangalore (India)
Passport No. Z3121111 issued at Bangalore on 23rd
Mar 2015 and Valid till 22nd
Mar, 2025
Motor Car Driving Licence No. 274/93-94 issued at Chitradurga On 15/06/93. Valid Upto 16/01/2018
I hereby declare that the information provided above is factually true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Place: Bangalore
Date: (Nagaraja Naik G)