1. Pradeep Pandavath, PMP, Certified ScrumMaster®
Pandavath House, Champannoor Kavala, Mekkad P.O., Ernakulam District, Kerala - 683589
Contact: +91 9809238205, +91 9495653927, +91 4842453927; Email: p.p.p.pradeep@gmail.com
Project Management Professional (PMP)® and Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM)
Offering 9 years of experience; seeking managerial level position across the industry
 Multi-functional expert,technically inclined and highly empowered IT professional with significant experience acquired over the
years in diverse areas encompassing Program / Project Management, IT Operations, Quality Management, Technology
Management, Client Relationship Management and Team Management.
 Currently spearheadingas a Project Manager with Notetech Software, Kochi. Demonstrated ability in Project Management Life
Cycle involving analysis, design, development, strategy planning, support, documentation, implementation and maintenance.
 Proven ability in providing thought leadership in overall project management, project planning, budgeting, resources
deployment & utilization and risk identification & mitigation.
 Established credibility in gathering & defining business requirements while managing the risks to improve business processes
and translating the requirements into systems solution by preparing functional specifications and technical requirement
document.
 Excellent team leader with a unique blend of Managerial, Technical, Functional and Qualitative skills backed by strong record of
facilitating cross-functional coordination for successful delivery of software solutions.
Areas of Expertise
 Hand-on-experience in end-to-end project management & planning and implementation from scope management to activity
sequencing, effort & cost estimation, risk analysis to quality management in line with international guidelines and norms.
 Planning project portfolio activities viz. scoping, estimation, tracking, change management, delivery management & post
implementation support.
 Deft in managing project deliveries in a timely manner involving seamless onsite / offshore coordination and transparent
communication with all stakeholders at all phases.
 Instrumental in finalization of project requirements and resource planningand playinga key role in strategic planningto assure
achievement of agreed to functional and business objectives.
 Provide leadership to the technology team in development of standards,reportingand monitoring system for IT with the aimof
providing high quality service and optimization of performance.
 Skills: Project Planning& Execution ♦ Systems & Procedures ♦ ITProject & Service Delivery Management ♦ Application & Product
Development ♦ Quality Assurance ♦ Technology Architecture & Integration ♦ Liaison / Co-ordination ♦ Process Enhancements /
Transition ♦ Resource / Team Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
NOTETECH SOFTWARE, KOCHI Since Mar 2013
Project Manager
 Managingthe complete lifecycleof development / supportprojects includinganalysisof theclientrequirements, translatingnew
ideas into clients’ solutions, requirements development, delivery, support, analysis and documentation.
 Gathering client requirements and converting it into requirement specifications or work packages also responsible for
understanding requirements in order to generate functional specifications and database design.
 Providing guidance on the projects and its requirements also communicating to the clients over the technology, processes and
applications while updating them on the regular project related developments.
 Carryingout detail planningand schedulingand coordinatingwith internal & external partners to ensure execution of projects as
per the defined technical & functional specifications.
 Interacting with project sponsors, project stakeholders and multiple business and technical teams to define and deliver project
scope.
NEWAGESYS SOLUTIONS, KOCHI Dec 2011 – Feb 2013
Project Coordinator
 Accountable for developing the responsibilities and specifications for projects by identifying project phases and elements,
studying project / client requirements, develop project teams, reviewing vendor / contractor bids and preparing cost estimates.
 Identified project risks and developed risk mitigation plans also made recommendations for executive action when required.
 Provided leadership to team and others, both intra- and inter-departmentally.Developed scheduleof activities outliningprogram
life cycle and responsibilities that when complete will meet the business plan expectations.

2.  Skillfully provided fiscal management of the projects within the capital and expense budgetary limits prescribed. Provided
workload balancing, prioritization, dependencies and integration of multiple projects to ensure feasibility of schedule.
 Handled the development of each aspect of the program / project resolving the most difficult problems. Solutions require
resolution of complex operational and integration issues.
 Acted as the technical project manager on the implementation team that is led by the overall client implementation project
manager or may serve as the overall client implementation project manager.
 Coordinated interdepartmental and corporate technology initiatives and commitment to client programs.
SELF EMPLOYED, KOCHI Oct 2011 – Nov 2011
Freelancer
Project
 Microsoft Access Development - This project required portingan entire Access based system to a Windows desktop application
with MicrosoftSQL Server as the backend. The clientwas a US company and the projectinvolved dealingwith financial data.The
existing system was a collection of identical Access databases distributed across their offices.
Highlight
 Designed a replica of the existing database in Microsoft SQL Server and port the existing data apart from redesigning the data
entry forms and reports as a desktop application.
VIDYATECH SOLUTIONS, KOZHIKODE Mar 2010 – Sept 2011
Executive, Software Development
Project
 ProofGuru - This project consists of an ASP.NET Web application and an associated Windows application which is a Microsoft
Word addin.The latter was a Visual Studio Tools for Office(VSTO) based project.It was a productof Vidyatech (not an outsourced
task).Technologies used include.NET Framework 3.5, SQL Server 2008,LINQ to SQL Classes,WCF Web Services,Windows Services
and WPF.
Highlight
 Handled the tasks of designing and developing the underlying (common) database and the Windows application
ACCENT TECHNOLOGIES, KOCHI Jul 2006 – Feb 2010
Programmer Analyst
Project
 Club Management System - This project was a database driven Windows application developed for Century Club, Kochi. The
solution required computerization of every activity of the club. For example, they had a front office, administrative section,
restaurant, bar, accommodation, swimming pool, cards room, shuttle room, etc. Each of these was a separate module in the
project.
Highlights
 Responsible for the design, development and deployment of the application as well as its database (MS SQL Server 2005).
 Installation and Configuration of eCommerce PHP Applications.
 Apart from software development, Accent Technologies had other electronic businesses online. Some such other activities I've
been a part of, at Accent were installation and configuration of eCommerce PHP scripts, such as Zen Cart and Megento for
overseas clients. This involved configuration and maintenance of web servers, database servers, DNS servers among other
network configurations. These constituted my secondary responsibilities.
 Database Designing, Troubleshooting and Normalization / Denormalization
 A number of database development projects would go on in parallel at Accent. My responsibilities also involved database
designing, normalization / denormalization of existing databases, fixing bugs and implementing post developmental changes
based on updated specifications,on such projects.Although most of these projects were Windows Forms applications,they gave
me good exposure to database programming.
EXSYST INC., INFOPARK, KOCHI Jan 2006 – Jun 2006
Programmer Analyst
Projects
 Airline Fleet Scheduling System - This projectrequired developing a solution which could createa schedule,over a period of time
for a fleet of n aircrafts.The clientwas an airlinegiantfromthe MiddleEast. It was soon discovered to be an NP hard problem (in
computational complexity theory). Such problems usually do not have a solution and even if they do, it's not possibleto find itin
polynomial time.

3.  EMSFDC - It was being developed for the Emergency Services Department of the government of United States. The system
consisted of exactly identical Windows Forms and ASP.NET Web applications. The Windows Forms application was designed to
be run on regular PCs whereas the Web application was meant for hand held devices. This meant whenever any change was to
be implemented, itwas to be done in both the versions.I worked on designingand bug fixingthe Windows application aswell as
its database.
 A reporting tool from LogiXML - This assignmentrequired the design and development of a reporting system which would meet
certain custom requirements of the EMSFDC project. Logi Report was a free web based reporting tool, based on XML. It had little
to do with programming and was more about designing.
Highlights
 Part of the algorithm design team, also responsible for the GUI.
 Worked on designing and bug fixing the Windows application as well as its database.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
M.Sc (Computer Science), 2005
Amrita Institutions, Kochi, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), GPA – 83.45
B.Sc (Computer Science), 2003
School of Technology and Applied, Kochi, Mahatma Gandhi University (MGU), GPA – 70.09
XII, 2000
Kendriya Vidyalaya – 1, Kochi, All India Senior School Certificate Examination, GPA – 76.00
X, 1998
Kendriya Vidyalaya – 1, Kochi, All India Secondary School Examination, GPA – 71.40
Training Undertaken
Title Certified ScrumMaster Workshop, SimpliLearn, Bengaluru
Duration May 2015 – May 2015
Synopsis Attended this two-day Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) course,as partof a requirement before attempting the CSM exam
Title Project Management based on PMBOK® Guide and Standards, Ipecc Consult, Kochi
Duration Feb 2014 – Feb 2014
Synopsis Attended this programme as part of the "35 contact hours of formal education" which is one of the items under the
PMP Eligibility Requirements
Membership
Scrum Alliance May 2015 – May 2017
A nonprofit membership organization that encourages and supports the widespread adoption and effective prac tice of Scrum.
Project Management Institute (PMI) Mar 2014 – Mar 2016
This membership was my first step towards PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) ® credential, one of the most important
industry-recognized certification for project managers.
Credentials
Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM) May 2015 – May 2017
Member: 000415769
A Certified ScrumMaster® helps project teams properly use Scrum, increasing the likelihood of the project's overall success. CSMs
understand Scrum values,practices,and applicationsand providea level of knowledge and expertise aboveand beyond that of typical
project managers. CSMs act as "servantleaders," helpingthe rest of the Scrum team work together and learn the Scrum framework.
CSMs also protect the team from both internal and external distractions.
Project Management Professional (PMP)® Feb 2015 – Feb 2018
PMP #1795329
Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP® demonstrates the experience, education and competency to lead and direct projects.
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