1. T. Aravazhi E-mail: thiruaravazhi@gmail.com Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/aravazhit Call: +91-9962855904
Project Management – Account Management – Software Testing – SDLC - Six Sigma - Process Quality Consultant – QMS – EMS
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Professional Summary
Experienced Support Quality Manager, Project, Program & Account Manager & Process Consultant with
20+ years and running. Active Change Agent towards lifecycle transformation initiatives for forward
looking improvement and implementation roadmaps. Consultant of iRapid (H-Polaris) & CRSA (ANB) for
Business Enterprise units, Process Improvements aided by Data Analysis through Six Sigma & Lean, with
flair for quality delivery and process excellence
Proficiency Summary
Process Consulting, (Engineering and Re-engineering) Elicited, assessed, defined, diagrammed, and
improved through Change Management routes for function wise processes for delivery & support groups,
leading to implementation and maintenance thereafter. 40+ Process documents to credit.
Vendor Management – Process created and implemented for Admin Team of H-Polaris including
initiation, gap analysis, approved, publish, and educate along with necessary Change Management and
facilitate implementation to bring in a structured and positive approach to the organization’s culture
Resource Management – EMS & EHS – Bring about Continual improvement on conservation of resources
namely Power, Water, Fuel, Food etc. Had taken up improvement strategies with SMART targets where by
conservation becomes the supreme goal for all stakeholders involved.
Compliance & Governance– Prepare, conduct and report audit results with hands on knowledge of QA
auditing procedures with ability to conduct Causal Analysis, and derive a mutually conducive CAPA. Have
to credit 100+ internal audits for support functions (Admin, Leagl, HR, IT, RMG and other support
functions), software projects (ThinkMoney, MAS, Barclays etc) and High Maturity implementations across
the organization. Conduct & Analyze CSS results on behalf of the respective Support Function. Initiate and
Implement CRSA with necessary Change Advisory procedures for ITG of ANB. 150+ Internal Audits to credit
Program & Project Management: Experience in managing Test Projects for domains, Banking (Core
Banking – Finacle v 7.1– Savings, Remittance Teller Mgmt, Syndication - Lending & Payments - Cash
Management, Thinkmoney – Internet Banking), Telecom (Verizon’s B3, ECMS) & Media (Signal Detectors
and Media Loggers), SDLC, ensuring on-time/early delivery of accepted components to achieve overall
business growth. Member of Change Advisory & Release Team
Team Building, Management and Delegation, Manage & Train, Coach, mentor and lead teams to achieve
desired business goals. Cohesively work with leaders of multi-disciplinary units enabling to build
credibility, rapport & communication with stakeholders at multiple levels and functions, ramp ups &
downs, internal & external.
Statistical Analysis & Predictive Models – Initiate, Analyze, Identify, Build, Train, Test and Implement and
educate teams over High Maturity Predictive Models.
Education Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics) – MVJ College of Engineering, Bangalore
Work Experience Virtusa Polaris, Chennai India – Jan 2006 – Till Date
Delivery Operations Manager – Standard Chartered Bank Account
Operations Manager, Affinion Account
Senior Project Manager – Head, iRapid & Consulting
Senior Project Manager – Head, Statistics, Models & Advanced Analytics
Project Manager – Support Quality Process Consultant for Admin, Legal and IT
Project Manager – Manual and Automation Testing – Arab National Bank Account
Consultative approach for process and improvement initiative to help team own all
process changes towards simple and effective process supported by analysis for
showcasing dollar savings across units of H-Polaris
Facilitate support groups for their end – to – end requirements wrt internal and
external ISO 9K, 14K and 18K audits
Compliance and other facilitation for Steering Committee Team for BCP & DR
CRSA for 10+ units of ITG, Governance in coordination with Infosec, IAG, DRC, BCG
Project Management - Manual and Automation Testing (QTP) – Domain - Banking
2. T. Aravazhi E-mail: thiruaravazhi@gmail.com Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/aravazhit Call: +91-9962855904
Project Management – Account Management – Software Testing – SDLC - Six Sigma - Process Quality Consultant – QMS – EMS
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Complete gambit of STLC and Instrumental in conduct of independent CRSA for ITG
Developed & Managed Use case and test case definition for Core Banking
Migration and Defect Management through Quality Center
Senior Analyst - Verizon Data Services India Ltd., Chennai, India – May 05 – Jan 06
Managed STLC (Manual & Automated QTP) & defect mgmt – TD - Telecom
Test Engineer - Radio Asia, Ras Al Khaima, United Arab Emirates – June ’04 –Dec ’04
Developed dashboards for senior mgmts’ awareness of the status quo on projects
Experience in team engagement and mgmt, BC & DR - Media
Test Engineer - Technomedia Solutions Private Limited, Chennai - Jul 03 – May 04
Test Engineer - Confluence Consultancy Services, Chennai - 01 Mar ‘02 – 30 Jun ’03
Assisted process improvements & re-engineering. Signal Detector improved by 50%
Sr. Executive - BITECH Systems Private Limited, India, Jan 01 – Feb 02
S/W Dev & Lead team for unit testing test case prep, SIT, functional & Traceability
Trainee Programmer - Pitney Browes Private Limited, New Delhi – Jun 96 – Jul 98
S/W Dev with VB plus unit testing. Conducted peer training - VB and VB Script
Six σ Programs Project Name Tangible Benefit Per Annum (USD)
& Consulting Reduce Rework Effort for GFTS & GTRS 1 lacs + Increased Productivity
TAT Reduction - iPlan Creation 23K + Org wide Promulgation
Effort Reduction in Test Data Preparation 26K + Employee Morale
Effort Reduction in PIID Mapping Reduced by 59%
Demand & Supply-DNS TAG – APMEA 15K + Customer delight, Imp Tracking
Reduce Development Timeline 92K + Decreased COPQ
Initiatives
Executed
Vendor Management (Admin)
Energy Conservation @ Hyderabad
Improved, Streamlined, transparent
76K + ODS Phase out & WOW
Energy Conservation @ Chennai 72K + WOW
Reduce On-boarding Time 39K + Unit wise Repeatability
Save Time handling IT tkts - SLA 23K + Improved Internal CSAT
Reduce consumption - Paper and Plastic 15K + Environment Awareness
Certifications Six Sigma Master Black Belt Indian Statistical Institute – Chennai
Lean Six Sigma KPMG (In-house - PCSL)
Technical International Oil and Gas NEBOSH
Certified Managing Safely (MS) Institute of Occupational Safety & Health
Certified Lead Auditor ISO 9001:2008 Det Norske Veritas (IRCA Certified)
Certified IA ISO 14001:2004 Det Norske Veritas (In-house - PCSL)
Certified in ITIL Foundation V3 EXIN
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Microsoft
Papers
Presented
Cross Application of Predictive Models across Project Types, Lifecycles & Support Functions
Bridging Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma – The iRapid Way
(In-house) Wisdom of the Group – Leveraging the Power of Crowd
Lectures & Six Sigma, Lean, SPC Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
Presentations Applied Statistics, Predictive Modeling PCSL & Freelancer
Quantum Leap – CMMi1.3 ML 4 & 5 PCSL
iRapid, Software Testing PCSL
Facilitations, ISO – 9001, 14001 and 18001– Mar & Oct ’12, ’13 & ’14, ISO 22301 - Facilitation
Other Controls & Risk Self Analysis - 10+ units of ITG, ANB – IC – Testing Specialist
Expertises Payment Card Industry (PCI) Audit – Yrs 2010 & 11 – Facilitation with External Agencies
Thinkmoney & Finacle – Functional Testing – Test / Proj Management
B3, TIGER, AVS (ESMAS div), eCMS (EMSA division) – Test Management
Signal Detector, On Air Radio-Video Logger – Developer, Testing & Implementation
References and Additional Details on Request