SRINIVAS JAGADISH SARATHY 32 Autumn Court, East Windsor, CT
Project Management Professional (PMP) 06088
Six Sigma Black Belt

205.999.2710
Immediate Career Objective: I seek a dynamic role in the areas of project management, process improvement, or outsourcing management wherein I could contribute and develop my leadership and analytical abilities.
MAJOR SKILLS and KNOWLEDGE ASSETs
Ability to identify and deliver upon opportunities for strategic improvement of business/IT alignment, process and organizational design.
Proven experience in managing transitions from current state to future state offshore based IT delivery teams; Strong grounding in the fundamentals of offshore program management.
Ability to mediate and negotiate through conflict to create winwin situations for concerned parties.
Motivating and energizing a team to resolve risks, issues and drive change efforts to completion in the face of constraints, ambiguity, and cultural barriers.
Proven skill and knowledge in project management knowledge areas of cost, schedule, scope, and risk management.
Strong grounding in application of Six Sigma DMAIC methodology to analyze and improve IT/business processes
Significant Recognitions/Awards/Certifications
Receiving Six Sigma Black Belt training through CIGNA's Six Sigma Program.
Received PMP certification from PMI in 2004.
Awarded the CIO award for the year 2002 by CIGNA's Chief Information Officer, Andrea Anania in support of the performance as an Infrastructure Project Manager for the business critical CGI Acclaim Project. The award was sponsored by Chief Information Officer for CIGNA Group Insurance, Jeffrey Novak.
Selected into the Emerging Leadership Development Program (ELDP) at CIGNA IT in Feb 2004.
Awarded the Cigna Fellowship in the year 2001 during a graduate program for Information Management at Syracuse University.
EXPERIENCES
1) Six Sigma Black Belt, CIGNA Offshore Program (Rotation #3 in ELDP): April 2005Present
Responsible for improving cost savings, speed to transition, delivery, and quality of offshore resources through the application of six sigma DMAIC methodology
Responsible for creating an end to end balanced metrics system for the management of the offshore program.
Received Black Belt training from Smarter Solutions Inc.
2) Transition Coach/Manager, Cigna Offshore Program, Applications Management Practice (Rotation # 2 in the ELDP), Cigna IT May 2004April 2005
Designed and led the process of selecting second strategic offshore vendor for the CIGNA Offshore Program
Responsible for the identification and fulfillment of cost reduction opportunities by transferring ownership of application management responsibilities to the offshore partner for Cigna.
Responsible for design, oversight, and improvement of communications/operations model between offshore and onsite Infrastructure and application teams.
Directly contributed to cost savings of approximately $ 6 million across 10 application teams in a period of 6 months.
3) Project Leader, Application Production Support Methodology Improvement (Rotation #1 in the ELDP), Applications Management Practice, Cigna IT May 2004January 2005
Led a team of 8 parttime resources to improve 10 processes related to production support and maintenance of applications; Reported into a vice president responsible for process and methodology.
Influenced and delivered process changes across a community of 3540 teams in the application production support space.
Led the compilation of light weight and actionable toolkits documenting the improved upon processes.
4) Project Manager, Infrastructure Implementation Services, Cigna Systems: Feb 2002April 2004
Overall responsibility for project management of Infrastructure components in CIGNA's technology projects. Has successfully led teams of over 1015 individuals in projects costing over $200,000.
Successfully project managed the infrastructure delivery of a mutimillion dollar claims management system called Acclaim for CIGNA Group Insurance: The project had an Infrastructure budget of $ 5 million and over 6 full time and 25 part time Infrastructure engineers, 3 database architects/modelers and 1 chief architect.
Other projects include
Content management and deployment system for DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) in Open Deploy
Help Desk Call Monitoring System in Etalk
Medical Management Operating System Upgrade
System to purchase and settle Mortgage backed securities for CIGNA Investment Mgmt
HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Infrastructure improvements
5) Event Manager, CIGNA IT Emerging Leadership Development Program Curriculum Committee September 2004Present
Responsible for designing and executing Quarterly Learning Events for the associates of the ELDP.
EDUCATION
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, IT Strategy & Business Team, BoozAllen & Hamilton Inc: Summer 2001
Performed IT workforce assessment and developed a workforce management plan for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Department of Transportation.
Designed a Management Information Portal for the Chief Information Officer, FMCSA.
Developed a policy framework for the IT Investment Management process at the FMCSA, Department of Transportation
Project Manager, Community and Information Technology Institute: Fall 2000Spring 2001, Fall 2001Spring 2001
Successfully managed the execution of a value on investment analysis for deployment of video conferencing services in telemedicine services for Upstate Medical University, New York.
Successfully managed the project team for installation of a prototyped solution of Voice over IP system and created a value on investment analysis for the CIO, Syracuse University.
Responsible for evaluation of Voice over IP solutions from various vendors.
Received certification as a qualified field professional from Alcatel on their VOIP solution.
Introduction Seminar Leader, Landmark Education India: April 1999Present
Led over 25 presentations to sell selfactualization programs offered by Landmark Education India.
Maintained a consistent and exceptional sales record.
Responsible for training volunteers in customer service.
PERSONAL INTERESTS AND PURSUITS
Philosophy, Spiritual Discovery Travel, Music, Languages, Cooking and reading books on management and leadership.
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent), French (Beginner), Hindi (Fluent), Brazilian Portuguese (Rudimentary), Tamil (Fluent)
REFERENCES: Available upon request
Syracuse University
School Of Information Studies
M.S: Information Management
December 2001
GPA: 3.699
Thesis in IT Enabled Change Management
University of Mumbai
Vivekanand Institute Of Technology,
Bachelor of Engineering,
Computer Science: July 2000
GPA: 3.5
Conc. TCP/IP (Internet protocol) on microcontrollers

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