Basavaraj Kerur

BASAVARAJ KERUR Mobile: - E-Mail:- Experience Summary: Project Manager with over 18+ years IT industry experience including Project Management, Program Management, Operations Management, Service Delivery Management in Manufacturing &Hitech, BFSI, Telecom, Automotive High performance computing industry domains. Experienced in IT Projects Agile /waterfall projects, DevOps, SDLC, IT Infrastructure projects, Cloud migration, Change Management, Quality Management, Service Delivery. Competencies: IT Project Management, Operations Management, Agile Methodologies Scrum/Kanban Implementation and Operations management, Data Center Migration of IT Infrastructure projects of Unix/Linux/Solaris/ AIX, Windows, Database, Networks, IT security, migration Physical servers to virtual servers, SCM tools migration, Devops, JIRA implementation, Incident/Problem management Risks, Issues and Dependency management Internal and External Quality Audits of projects Staffing & Resource Management, Team building and Competency Management, managed team size of 85+ members ( offshore and onsite teams of US/Europe clients accounts. Increase productivity and business profitability Stakeholder Management, Escalation Management Revenue Management, Cost-Of-Delivery Management Pre-sales Support, Invoicing / Billing Transition Management, IT Infrastructure transformation, Agile transformation. Experienced in Software Development Life Cycle Test Cases Development and Automation – BT, FT Defect management, build management and Testing. Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment Analytical and has sound problem solving skills Worked in onsite/offshore teams environment Process improvement, research and introduce industry best practices and tools Creativity in bringing new processes to continuously improve the service delivery and improve the CSAT, ESAT IT Infrastructure Env RedHat Enterprise Linux, IBM AIX, Microsoft Windows Series, Cloud environment - AWS, VMware , Veritas Cluster Server, SAN Storage, Cisco Networking, High Availability, Big IP Load Balancer. Languages C, Java, Shell /Perl Scripting Database Oracle8i, MS SQL Release Management Jenkins, Maven, IBM Tivoli, Devops in Banking and Telecom Dev Env. Tools/Utilities MS Project, MS planner, Remedy, ServiceNow, JIRA, Trello, Jenkins, Git, Gerrit, Continuous Integration (CI), Test Automation, MS Office, MS Outlook, Lotus Notes. IBM Rational ClearCase / ClearQuest, Microsoft teams, CISCO Webex, Microsoft planner WORK EXPERIENCE: IBM-Kyndryl (through Enratec Consultancy Services) India | April2021 – Dec 2022 Project Manager (Infrastructure Delivery Manager): IBM- kyndryl, Bangalore, India Project Management for a large UK Banking group account, Project Governance of FPP and T&M projects, handled PoC( Proof of Concept) projects of IT Infrastructure involving AIX Redhat Enterprise Linux/ Solaris/ Windows platforms, Cisco Network. Project Management for Data Centre migration for a large Automotive client. Delivered the multiple projects within Scope, Schedule and Budget by tracking all activities of IT Infrastructure including Servers, Storage, Networking as per approved plan and account/client specific process established for Production and Nonproduction Servers cutovers. Plan / Schedule and team alignment for Migration event as per the number of servers and types of OS. Participate in Change Review meetings and Manage changes as per Change Management plan . Tracking and Monitoring the progress of tasks, Update the status to Weekly Review PMO meetings. Project status Reports for Weekly Review meetings, status updates to Daily Standup calls within account / client. Coordination and communication with various delivery teams for implementation / Cutover activities. Manage Risks, Issues, impacting project deliverables. Coordinate and resolve the Dependencies. Manage security vulnerability, Cyber Security assessment and testing , tracking and reporting of the same. Estimate the efforts for tasks and updating the same. Share the Servers cutovers list to update the Asset Inventory as per the process. Escalation of relevant Issues and Risks according to account / client process. MOVIEQU LLC, Bangalore, India | August 2019 – Dec 2020 Project Manager: IT transformation across development and IT Infrastructure teams globally. Implemented Agile Scrum, Kanban methodologies Implement and manage projects in JIRA across the teams of s/w development – Backend DB Operations, Data teams, UI teams, Mobile Apps team – iOS, Android Handled Scrum master role. Transformation and Develop process improvements for IT operations AWS Cloud computing, storage, networking, execute projects for weekly releases, tracking projects deliverables Implement operations Checklists, Testing processes, monitoring AWS cloud servers Identify Risks / Issues and tracking for fixes Management Status reporting Plan and implement DB SQL query performances improvements Staffing of Internship/ lateral teams. Develop IT Infrastructure plan for Web scrapping project and tracking progress, Analysis of Data, issues and fixes tracking. WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES, Bangalore, India| Dec 2003 – June 2017 Project Manager / Scrum Master; Clients: Telecom client – Ericsson, Ireland Hitech and Manufacturing client - Pitney Bowes, USA BFSI client – StateStreet, USA Energy & Utilities - Transco- National Grid Communication client - Cosine Communications, USA Successfully delivered Projects for large Telecom client – Ericsson, Ireland Quality management – Metrics, tracking, Audits SLA tracking for TRs. Major Milestone deliveries Managed 3 scrums teams. Contributed as Scrum Master of teams for IT Platform development Manage Transition of projects to offshore locations. Project tracking and reporting of features /TRs Bug fix delivery Involved in client co-ordination and vendor co-ordination Responsible for Project Management of IT infrastructure projects for US based client as part of PMO group for Redhat, Solaris, Windows servers, EMC Storage, Oracle Database, Cisco networking Delivered large, complex and fast track projects. Managing Multiple Projects for Server and Infrastructure on MS Windows, Unix Environments involving, networking load balancer, IBM Rational tools, Oracle Database, Tivoli Release tools. Responsible for tracking the project, communicating with the customer and multiple stakeholders involved, addressing the Risks, Effort and CRs, tracking the projects. ● Responsible for grooming L1 and L2 Engineers to the next level ● Responsible for the resource planning with the DM. Managed successfully implementation projects of Multisite for Wipro India / China / Toronto / Australia locations. Built a team at offshore to provide 24x6 support globally for UCM and Release Management. Implemented SOPs, Escalation procedures/charts for RGSD / RM support. Implemented KEDB Error database and published to the client. Created UCM Projects for different applications of customer. Written scripts to automate bulk label application, label creation, report generation, regular CM admin tasks. Implemented triggers to enforce the policies. Defined the process of notifying the multisite sync. status to Build, process and CM team. Coordinating with vendors like IBM Rational support team. Plan and conduct training on CM processes and tools usage. Support and troubleshoot the user community day to day requests, multisite sync. Requests, license upgradations Environment:MS Windows, Unix, Sun Solaris10/11, Sybase, CI/Jenkins, VPN Network, VApp Cloud. RH Linux. ROBERT BOSCH INDIA LTD; Bangalore, India | Nov 2000– Dec 2003 Project Leader Build & Release Management, Software Configuration Management Projects Leading a team of Build & Release, SCM Dev. The project is to develop SCM, Build and release, Administrate and support the Development Environment of Embedded System. Team mentoring, Developers training, Oracle 9i, Perl scripting, ClearCase, maintenance and support, Knowledge Management, Technical Documentation, Training, CMIP & MANAGED OBJECTS, TCP/IP, PERL, ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, Maintenance and Support, Embedded Systems Involved in Software Configuration Management, ClearCase Administration, writing Shell & Perl scripts for SCM, Build and Release processes and for automation of system jobs. VOB & View server maintenance, movement of VOBs & Views across the file systems & platforms. was actively involved in CMM Level3 assessment for Robert Bosch from the Configuration Management. Involved in CMM Level3 process implementation for the organization. Environment: Sun 480R, E250, 420R,220R, Sun Solaris 2.8, NFS, NIS, DNS, Exceed, Sendmail, Apache web server. Adobe Acrobat, Crystal Reports, MS Office, Unix Shell Scripts, vi, Apache web server, C-DAC (Government of India), Bangalore, India - Oct 1997 – Nov 2000 Technical Leader This project was to setup the high-performance computing environment (which needs to have different tools like ClearCase, etc.) of Sun Solaris, Linux, apache webserver at IISC, Bangalore Involved in Unix System Administration. Installed, configured and administered Cluster of Sun Enterprise 450 servers. Configured NIS, NFS for the Cluster. Installed and configured Web Server, Firewall. Day-to-Day sysadmin activities over Solaris, Linux and Windows. Configured NIS, DNS, DHCP, NFS using automounter, for parallel computing. Providing user level training on Unix & Solaris System administration to industry professionals. Environment: Sun E450, E250, Sun Solaris 7/ 2.8, Redhat Linux, NFS, NIS, DNS, Exceed, Sendmail, Apache web server. Solaris / RedHat Linux, Shell Scripting, Apache Webserver Maintenance, Training, Mail Service, TCP/IP, Assembly Language, C/C++, PERL, ClearCase, MS Office. MAGIC TECHNOLOGIES, Bangalore, India | Sept 1995 – Oct 1997 Development Support Engineer - Unix Dev Env. The project was to do the Unix Shell Scripting for Dev. Support, implementation of Dev Environment, Information security policies, implement firewall at all locations of the client HLL. Shell Scripting, vi, Apache webserver Maintenance, Training, Mail Service, TCP/IP, Assembly Language, C/C++, PERL, ClearCase, Involved in Unix Development support on IBM AIX , Digital, Sun Solaris servers, Firewall ● Installed & configured Seagate Backup Exec for all the unix servers and Windows servers. Developed and implemented the Information Security policies using ESM Enterprise IT Security Manager Software for HLL for all of their locations Environment: IBM AIX, Digital OSF, Sun, NFS, NIS, DNS, Sendmail. Oracle 8.x, RDBMS, Crystal Reports, MF-Cobol, MS Office, Unix Shell Scripts, Vi. Key Certification/Trainings Attended: PMA -Project Management Academy- Wipro certified ITIL foundation course Customer Leadership Interface Program (CLIP). Emerging Leaders program. Leadership Experience and Practice Data Center Virtualization, Solaris Systems Administration by Sun Microsystems Agile Scrum, Kanban training International Certifications: Accelerate – Project Management Certifications in: High Impact Presentations, Six Thinking Hats, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Agile Scrum Master – Wipro certified Six Sigma – Advanced Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified German Language course–G1 Awards/ Recognitions: Awarded with “Best Project Manager” by large Telecom client account. “Feather in My Cap” for implementation of High Availability solution for projects for a large E&U client. “Feather in My Cap” for smooth transition of project to offshore for a large Telecom Client “Feather in My Cap” for timely resolution of Multisite sync issue in complex Heterogeneous Infrastructure for large E&U client. “Best Team Member” award by C-DAC Govt of India for timely Implementation and Training on PARAM Super Computers projects in IISC, Govt Institutes of India Education: B.E. in Computer Science (with 68.93%). Personal Details: Address : 412, 2nd D Main, 11th Block, 2nd Stage, Nagarabhavi, Bangalore - 560072 Nationality: Indian Languages Known: English,Kannada,Hindi,Marathi