Ayyappan Chidambaram

I am a PMP certified Program & Project Management expert with 24+ years of successful history of managing & delivering complex web-based software development programs/ projects. A Certified CMMi & ISO Assessment Team Member with proven expertise in defining process model, quality control, tracking mechanism for change management and migration of business processes. Well known strategist who has successfully executed programs with overall portfolio size of ~ $ 10 M. Known to be dynamic & gogetter who has successfully worked across different geographies and time zones including London(UK), US and Moscow. I have solid organizational leadership and decision-making skills that can make an immediate contribution to your project portfolios. I can manage stakeholder expectations and willing to take full responsibility for delivering of project objectives. I am an easy going individual who enjoys challenging and diverse roles and confident working with technical experts from any industry. My key strengths include coming up with inventive, elegant solutions that offer a smarter way forward and always operating with a sense of urgency and discipline. Challenges and career progression motivate me to perform better. I look forward to take-up roles with greater responsibilities and create landmark. 

Experience Company HCL Technologies, Bengaluru Job Title Group Project Manager Description I joined this organization as Software Developer and later promoted to the position of Project Lead, Project Manager, Sr. Project Manager, and Group Project Manager. Being the project Group Manager I was responsible for consolidating employee / trader’s registration business processes with the Employee Due Diligence (EmDD) Platform for Citi Bank. Spearheaded various niche programs i.e., Trade Surveillance (TS), Anti Money Laundering (AML), Citi Gifts and Entitlement (CGE), and others in the same Citi Compliance engagement as additional responsibility. Successfully led second largest engagement in HCL-Citi Account called CitiChemistry. Played a key role in revamping Registration business processes within the EmDD Platform using Agile Methodologies . Delivered global roll-out of Employee Due Diligence (EmDD). Executed DB-Dare software project management using the CMMi – Level 5 highly matured practices. Duration Jan. 2003 - Aug. 2022

I completed B.Tech in Computer Systems at Aptech Computer Education in collaboration with British Columbia Open University, Vancouver, Canada from 1995 to 2000. At the same time, I did my Master of Business Adminstration(M.B.A) at Madurai Kamaraj University as a distance learning program.