Project Manager SANKAR RAMANATHAN

SANKAR RAMANATHAN
Phone (M): 408-835-8764 Phone (H): 408-926-2975
Email: sramanathan02@gmail.com Linked-In Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rsankar

PROFILE:

More than 12 years of experience in software industry. More than 7 years of experience in management
of software programs, projects, products, operations and teams. Proven ability to form, lead and
maintain teams and to deliver successful results in Internet and Enterprise based tools and
technologies. Extensive experience in areas of coordinating multiple projects, project planning, risk
analysis and mitigation, resource allocation, execution and follow-up. Strong team player with
proven ability to excel in cross-functional teams. Excellent oral and written communication skills
complemented with persuasive presentation skills. Looking for a challenging and intrinsically motivating
opportunity in project and program management that fosters corporate objectives and value to
business.

EDUCATION:

Master of Business Administration (MBA) – Technology Management & Marketing, University of

California, Davis – Expected - 2009 (CGPA – 3.94 / 4.0)
Bachelor of Technology, National Institute of Technology (REC), Calicut, India (First Class)

EXPERTISE:

Program/Project Management:

• Experience in contract and vendor management, and in documentation and review of SOWs
and RFPs
• Building, guiding, and nurturing development teams. Anticipating and managing priorities
and resolving contentious issues within the team.
• Managing teams with onsite and off-shore resources. Managing teams to a strict timeline,
budget, and delivery objectives.
• Selecting and implementing development strategies, guidelines, protocols and practices to
suit the requirements of the product.
• Experience in waterfall, Agile (Scrum, XP), MSF and RUP methodologies.

Technical:
• Experience in the architecture, design and development of mid-to-large scale systems for
several verticals including Government, Financial, Healthcare, and Internet industries.
• Diverse experience in several aspects of enterprise software including online marketing, data
warehousing (EDW) and business intelligence, content management solutions,
internet/new media industries, web and service oriented architecture.
• Experience in recommending and implementing process methodologies
• Detail-oriented in object-oriented design and analysis, and in the preparation of technical
specifications from business requirements.

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• Experience in multiple programming languages (Microsoft and Java based tools), reporting
solutions (MicroStrategy and Crystal Reports) and databases (Oracle and SQL Server)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Engineering Manager – Online Marketing, Spot Runner Inc, March 2008 – November 2008

Responsible for project and program management for the core product offering of the division. Played an
anchor role in several integration projects. Proposed several process improvements and provided
technical leadership and guidance. Responsible for decomposition of business and product requirements
into functional specifications

Director of Engineering, DMX Group, November 2006 – March 2008

Engineering Manager, DMX Group, October 2005-November 2006
Client: Yahoo!
Responsible for project and program management of multiple on-going engagements with the client.
Secured projects by participating in extensive requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders.
• Project and technical management, and design and architecture of a time and mission critical
application to monitor the SLAs of operational data processes.
• Project and technical management, and design and architecture of a data warehouse/data mart
that provides easy-to-use reports including KPIs and relevant metrics. Revived the ailing project
to deliver successful results in a short period of time.
• Product management of a leading in-house web analytics solution that provides insightful
information to business and data analysts aiding in key decision-making.
• Project and technical management of a data warehouse/data mart/web user interface application
that allows internal users to perform advertising-campaign management and bidding of search
keywords.
• Process management of a scalable and available data warehouse that that provides an
infrastructure to build analytics applications.

Technical Project/Program Management, October 2002 – October 2005

Clientele: Working Machines Corporation, Hewlett Packard, MagicWalk Inc, Synergex Inc

Responsible for project and program management of multiple engagements with the clients. Involved
with gathering stakeholder requirements and presentations to executive teams. Managed projects and
programs for Fortune 500 clients and for start-up organizations. Lead the architecture and design of
enterprise and web-based solutions.

Technical Skills
Enterprise/Internet Technologies

Object Oriented Programming C#, VB.NET, Visual C++, Visual Basic, Java
Development Tools Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/2005, NUnit, VIM
Web Technologies ASP.NET 3.0, ASP.NET Web Services, WCF, SOA, SOAP
Scripting Technologies ASP, PHP, CSS, JSP, JavaScript, Perl, Shell
Web Servers IIS, Apache, Tomcat
Middleware Technologies COM+, ATL
Frameworks .NET-1.1/2.0/3.5, WF, COM, OLE, J2EE
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Communication Protocols SOAP, TCP/IP, Sockets

Data Access Technologies ODBC, OLE-DB, DAO, DTS, ADO, ADO.NET
XML Technologies MSXML, XSLT, XPath, XML Schemas, DOM & SAX, XHTML
UML Tools Rational Rose – 95/2000, Rhapsody-2.0, Visio
Source Control Visual SourceSafe 2005/2002, CVS, WinCVS, Perforce
Reporting Tools Crystal Reports, Business Objects, MicroStrategy
Others Design Patterns, MS-Office, MS Project, Sharepoint

Data Technologies
o Data modeling using star and snowflake schemas for OLAP systems.
o Data modeling techniques to optimize performance of reporting tools and dashboards.
Proficient in the analysis and optimization of SQL queries to aid high performance data
retrieval.
o Extensive experience in Oracle-10i/9i/7x and Microsoft SQL Server-2005/2000/7.0/6.5.
o Experience in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) and SQL Server Analysis Services
(SSAS)

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS:

• Recipient of best contributing member award twice in succession, within the Asset
Management team, during the tenure with Hewlett Packard.
• Received an award for project and technical management during the tenure with Synergex,
completing the project in less than 50% of the expected time frame.
• Innovative Challenge Alumni Member – 2007
• Recipient of Beta Gamma Sigma award for academic and business excellence.

WORK STATUS:

Authorized to work for any employer in the US (Permanent Resident)