Anand Kumar Peketi — Technical Program Manager

Highly accomplished Project Management Certified (PMP) professional with over 23+ years of experience and proven track record in IT portfolio, project & program management, project operations, consulting, and service delivery across various industries. My experience includes managing IT infrastructure, applications, and services across various domains, leading large teams, strategic outsourcing, and delivering cost-effective solutions while ensuring continuous improvement and high service levels. • Portfolio, Program and Project Management: 17+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, application projects, focusing on cost-effective solutions and continuous improvement. Skilled in building solutions, proposal writing, budgeting, governance and quality assurance. • Managed IT Services and Operations: 6 years of experience in implementing and delivering managed IT services, SLA and KPI targets, and improving service levels for clients globally. • Transition & Transformation: Experienced in managing the IT Transition and transformation programs. • International Exposure: 3.5+ years of onsite experience in IT consulting and Program Management in UK, USA, and Netherlands across various organisations. • Quality Standards: Experience in implementing ISO 9000:2001, BS 7799, and ITIL practices in service organisations. • Domain Expertise: Domain Expertise: Oil and Gas, Insurance, Transport, Banking and Pharma domains for various global customers (i.e., Shell, Zurich North America, CSC UK & Australia, Freescale, Transport for London, Dr Reddy’s). • Strategic Leadership: o People Management: Training, performance reviews, team building, motivation, hiring, retention, and downsizing. o Current Role: Leading a PMO team of 50+ analysts at Shell. o Previous Roles: Led teams of PMs at DXC Technologies and staff of 80+ at Wipro Limited. o Outsourcing & Vendor Management: Strategic engagement and proactive management. o Service Delivery Models: Onsite/offsite delivery, contract negotiation, and SLA management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Project Management expert in IT services and infrastructure across various industries.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 25 yrs 6 mos

Skills

Project Management
Program Management

Career Highlights

23+ years of experience in IT project management.
Led PMO team of 50+ at Shell, managing $425M budget.
Expert in IT infrastructure and service delivery across multiple industries.

Work Experience

Shell

Senior Manager - Program and Project Delivery (6 yrs 2 mos)

Senior Project Manager (4 yrs 2 mos)

CSC

Senior Professional - Project Management (9 yrs 7 mos)

Wipro Limited - Infotech Group

Program Manager / Project Manager / Operations Manager (5 yrs 6 mos)

Education

Bachelor's Degree at Loyola Academy

High School at Gautami Junior College

X at St Anns School, BHEL

Anand Kumar Peketi

Technical Program Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

23+ years of experience in IT project management.
Led PMO team of 50+ at Shell, managing $425M budget.
Expert in IT infrastructure and service delivery across multiple industries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Project Management expert in IT services and infrastructure across various industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementProgram Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesBS7799Business AnalysisCSMCommunicationComputer ScienceCustomer SupportData CenterDesktop AdministrationFinancial EstimationIT Infrastructure ManagementIT ManagementIT OperationsIT Service DeliveryIT Service Management

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Experience

Shell

2 roles

Senior Manager - Program and Project Delivery

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

Established a PMO capability center with team size of 50+ resources to support T&S portfolio investment budget of $425M, balancing internal and external resources across IT hubs and business locations.
Delivered PMO 2.0 – An improvement initiative and project to ramp up on PMO service offerings and project excellence to the T&S Portfolio
Provided effective leadership to project staff, ensuring compliance with standards, processes, and controls.
Led a strategic resourcing initiative for the PMO, onboarding talent from Shell Tier 1 suppliers, achieving annual cost savings of $0.6M per year.
Managed a team of 50+ in the capability center, focusing on talent development, staff planning, and maintaining close business relationships.
Program Management: Led the delivery of Retail Telecom Modernisation program of Total Cost of ownership (TCO) value $23M. Managed programs end-to-end within agreed timelines and budgets, ensuring safe execution per Shell’s frameworks (HSSE).
Project Management: Delivered Shell Downstream programs like SharePoint Online Migration, ODB, EXO, and Retail Telecom Modernisation for 8 markets using an agile and waterfall framework.
Standard Delivery Model: Implemented a factory delivery model to adopt standard processes and create value for the Retail telecom field services. Mentored project managers in Retail Telecom Modernisation programs. Achieved cost savings up to $1.2M.
Investment Planning: Led $15M investment proposal for Portfolio Field Telecom services in mobility downstream. Met customer expectations aligned with business needs and strategy.
Stakeholder Engagement: Engaged with senior leadership, retailers, IT managers, and suppliers.
Developed RFPs to support the tender process, investment proposals, project charters, and ROM estimates for infrastructure projects.
Vendor Management: Managed vendors and suppliers for competency center, portfolio, program, and project requirements.

Project ManagementProgram ManagementVendor ManagementStakeholder EngagementInvestment Planning

Senior Project Manager

Oct 2015 – Dec 2019 · 4 yrs 2 mos

End to end Project management including safe execution of infrastructure projects through all phases of project as per Shell Project Delivery Framework and Information Risk Management requirements
Delivery of projects / programmes to agreed timescale and budget
Stakeholder management meeting customer expectations aligned with business needs and strategy
Handle project quality, risk & issue plans and tracking project progress against the plan, providing regular progress reports to the customer and steering groups as appropriate
Estimating project costs with cost effective mindset, handling project changes, business communications, manage timescales and resources as per project requirements
Providing effective leadership to assigned project staff in compliance with project standards, processes, and controls
Vendor / Supplier management related to projects
Mentoring other project managers for wellbeing, projects and career progression
Project delivery using agile framework and contribute to continuous improvement of departmental initiatives
Comply to company’s HSSE standards and golden rules

Project ManagementStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementVendor Management

Csc

Senior Professional - Project Management

Mar 2006 – Oct 2015 · 9 yrs 7 mos · Hyderabad, India

Managed external clients of CSC, including Zurich NA, Transport for London UK, as well as internal clients across the UK, EMEA, and Australia.
Managed the delivery of RFPs for major programs $4+ million, encompassing IT solutions aligned with cost models, proposal writing, project definitions, financial estimation, and vendor management.
Collaborated with the senior leadership of the UK CIO and CTO on internal projects
Oversaw the annual management of programs and projects of varying sizes (large, medium, and small) related to IT infrastructure, encompassing labor, Capex, and Opex.
Program and Project Management: This includes initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, governance, risk and issue management, assurance, project reporting, and closure processes.
o Ariba 9.1R Upgrade: Secured a $4.4M deal and oversaw the deployment of AIX servers
o GCINA Risk Intelligence: Secured a $2M deal, managed the deployment of Windows servers, implementation of disaster recovery services
o EMEA MPLS Redesign: Conducted network and IPT refresh at Coniston Park, Mawson Lakes, and Clayton data centres in Australia.
o UPS Program: Handled a $0.5M labour project and implemented UPS services for Transport for London, UK.
o Led multiple projects involving the commissioning and decommissioning of Wintel, Unix, AIX, VMware, and ESX hosts across various data centres.
Portfolio Management: Supervised the delivery of programs and projects within the Zurich.
o Oversaw RFPs for large programs exceeding $4M, including IT solutions, cost models, proposal writing, project definitions, financial estimation, and vendor management.
o Led a team comprising 5 senior project managers, 2 project managers, and 1 PMO analyst.
RFS Processes Management and KPI Implementation: Developed and implemented RFS processes, procedures, and templates from start to finish. Achieved RFS delivery within 21 business days, boosting RFS OLA from 30% to 80% in just 6 months.

Project ManagementVendor ManagementFinancial EstimationProposal Writing

Wipro limited - infotech group

Program Manager / Project Manager / Operations Manager

Sep 2000 – Mar 2006 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad, India

Held various roles including Implementation Manager, Transition Manager, Program Manager, Operations Manager, Site Manager, and Customer Support Engineer.
Managed key clients in a Pharmaceutical Bulk Drug Manufacturing company and over 15 accounts at Wipro Infotech, including those in banking, aviation, and semiconductor manufacturing.
As an Implementation/Transition Manager, implemented Managed-IT Services and continual improvement processes for the region, and conducted internal and external ISO and SOX audits for Wipro clients.
As a Program Manager and Operations Manager, oversaw 15+ Wipro clients, managing a total contract value (TCV) of INR 50.7 million, including renewals, new business generation, and gross margin accountability.
Led a technical team of over 70 engineers and 2 Operations Managers, ensuring customer satisfaction (C-SAT) and compliance with ISO 9000:2001 Quality Standards.
As a Site Manager, managed IT service operations, including vendor management, and contributed to business renewal, increasing business from INR 8 million to 23 million, and supervised a team of 25+ engineers.
As a Customer Support Engineer, managed server and desktop operations at client locations and provided technical support for raised tickets.

Project ManagementOperations ManagementVendor ManagementCustomer Support