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Surenda Babu Varigonda

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Senior Information Technology Manager
(STRATEGIC BUSINESS,  IT MANAGEMENT, PROGRAMME / PROJECT MANAGEMENT, BUSINESS / SYSTEM ANALYSIS & DESIGN) 

(Surenda will head the Dialogue Technology Initiative for the Centre with a group of young team members from around the world. The team is being constituted.)

Abridgement
  • A dynamic professional with an experience of over 17 years in complex IT Solutions Development, including over 10 years in Strategic Business Analyses, Project Management, Software Architecture, System Analysis and 2 years in Systems and Network Security in various IT organizations which including MNC’s in Asia and Middle East.
  • Last associated with SMR Group, Kula Lumpur, Malaysia as Senior Technical Consultant / Project Manager
  • Insightful professional with notable success in directing a broad range of corporate IT initiatives, while participating in yearly planning, analysis & implementation of solutions in support of business objectives; holds full accountability for business transformation and projects.
  • Forward-focused Project Manager with expertise in concepts of end-to-end project planning and implementation from scope management, to activity sequencing, effort & cost estimation, risk analysis to quality management in line with international guidelines and norms.
  • Problem solver with a passion for technology; skilled in grasping the big picture, conceptualizing, developing, implementing solutions & partnering closely with business leaders & stakeholders.
  • IT support management professional - envisioning usage of new technology and tailoring its usage for achieving desired results. 
  • Solid management skills, capable of leading & motivating individuals to maximize levels of productivity; a customer-centric professional and knack for motivating large workforces for exceeding customer expectations in delivery of committed services.

Career Contour
  • Feb’08-Jan’12: SMR Group, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Senior Technical Consultant / Project Manager
  • Feb’04–Mar’07: VirtualLink Solutions SDN. BHD., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as Chief Software Engineer
  • Jan’01–Mar’03: Globalknowledge Network, Singapore, as Systems Engineer - Asia Pacific
  • Jan’00–Jan’01: Foxtech2000 Pte Ltd., Singapore, as Web application Consultant
  • Aug 98–Jan’00: Realm Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India as Project Manager
  • Jan’94–Jul’98: CDS Technologies Pvt Ltd., Hyderabad, India as Programmer/Team Leader

Work Experience Focus

Project Management: 
  • Planning project activities viz. scoping, estimation, tracking, change management, delivery management & post implementation support. 
  • Monitoring onshore & offshore delivery management for technical deliverables of concurrent projects. 
  • Understanding client needs, requirements, and expectations and devising solutions accordingly.
Enterprise & Solution Architecture: 
  • Architecting & developing designing solutions for the product & managing process setup & development. 
  • Mapping clients’ requirements and providing them best solutions within the scope of project requirements. 
  • Framing architectural decisions, providing leadership & direction in the areas of technology and product development to facilitate and enable growth and business agility. 
Service Delivery Operations: 
  • Heading service delivery functions, to ensure end-to-end ownership of incidents and service requests. 
  • Meeting deadlines and Turn-Around-Time without compromising quality norms and adhering to SLA. 
  • Implementing short/long-term plans for achievement of process objectives. 
SDLC Planning & Management: 
  • Overseeing the entire product lifecycle: feasibility through scoping, requirements definition through specification, design, development, quality assurance, integration and implementation. 
  • Responsible for client/user interaction for requirement gathering, risk assessment, finalization of technical architecture and discussions for effort/cost/time estimation and client co-ordination and reporting. 
People Management: 
  • Managing recruitment, training and selection of technical personnel as well as organizing, planning, and staffing operations. 
  • Identifying the team’s training & development needs, designing and developing the appropriate training program and afterwards coordinating appropriate internal training programs.

Notable Highlights
  • An efficient SOA Practitioner with passion for business and IT integration.
  • Managed large scale projects with budgets exceeding $1 million.
  • Project management skills include PRINCE II, AGILE Methods, DSDM & Glacial Methodology, UML Model, Prototyping and SSADM.
  • Proficient with IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Standards for Helpdesk/Support, PMBOK, CMMI and ISO 9001-2008 standards.
  • Experience in Mobile Device Applications development including SMS, RFID & GPS technologies.
  • Efficiently handled major project including Development & Implementation of Integrated System for Succession Planning and L&D in Ministry of Works, Manama, Bahrain.
  • Successful management of end-to-end development, integration and implementation of enterprise processes which includes Payroll, Recruitment, Time Management, Competency Management, Performance Management, Succession Planning, Learning & Development, Procurement, etc. 

Education
  • M.Sc. (Strategic Business IT) from Portsmouth University, UK. 
  • PG Diploma (IT) from - NCC, UK.
  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI. 
  • International Certificate in Training Practice from Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development U.K. (CIPD) in 2010.
  • Certified Diploma Course in Oracle 7.x, Dev 2k. Forms 4.5. from Genesis Computers in 1995.
  • Diploma in Oracle 8.0, with Sql, PL/Sql and Forms5. from SSI Pvt. Ltd. in 1999.
  • Diploma in Java 1.1 Swings, Servlets, RMI, CORBA from SSI Pvt. Ltd. in 1997.
  • Diploma in Coldfusion 4.0.1 from SSI Pvt Ltd in 1999.

IT Forte
  • Operating Systems: Windows 2003/2008, Linux (Red hat, Ubuntu 6.0)
  • Programming Languages: PL/SQL, Java, CFML, PHP 5
  • RDBMS: Oracle 7.x, Oracle 8.0/9, Sql Server2K, MySql 5.0
  • Case Tools: JAVA, J2EE, APPLETS, Java Script, VB script, Servlets, Swings, Java Beans, 
  • HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP.Net & ColdFusion MX
  • Communication Servers: Microsoft Exchange 4.5/2K/2003, Lotus Notes
  • Project Management Skills: UML Model, AGILE Methods, DSDM Methodology, Glacial Methodology, PRINCE II, 
  • Prototyping, SSADM, and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
  • International Standards:  IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL), UK., PMI

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This site promotes the orientation, activities, resources and projects of the Centre for the Study of Sustainable Futures and Spirituality (GCSSFS). The Centre is supported in the area of content generation, project execution, design and general administration by Public Media Agency (PMA),  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia under the direct care of one of their creative consultants, Dr. M. Nadarajah (Nat). Nat works as consultant on different projects.  He supports PMA on its various projects supporting social causes. Nat is presently engaged with Xavier University@Bhubaneshwar, India, with it School of Sustainability. He works with Loyola College@Chennai, India on issues related sustainability and spirituality. He is associated with the Centre for Diaspora Studies@MSU, Tirunelveli, India. He continues to support Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP), which is based in Penang, Malaysia, as consultant on a project to set up a 'blended' institution, International People's Agroecology Multiversity (IPAM), to promote agroecology across Asia and the Pacific. He is also a member of the Asian Public Intellectual (API)  community.

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