Shrinivas Balakrishnan
Program Manager
Chennai
Summary
Versatile, goal-oriented Program Manager with 19+ years of experience in the IT industry and the last 9 years of extensive experience in program/project planning, execution and evaluation. Supporting the strategic direction of large-scale programs and managing risks while achieving overall company goals and exceeding customer expectations.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
3
3
Certificates
Work History
Program Manager
Trimble Cloud
1 2019 - Current
- Organizing programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization
- Defining program governance
- Managing risk and issues and taking corrective measurements
- Partner with stakeholders to understand Minimal Viable Product (MVP) that delivers incremental value; Ensured MVP aligns with product vision
- Organizing Collaboration agreement to bring together necessary stakeholders to agree on milestones and plan
- Communicating work in progress and upcoming work to key stakeholders
- Tracking project milestones and progress
- Organizing and monitoring inter-connected projects
- Coordinating cross-project activities and communication between Trimble Cloud and Business
- Defining processes, procedures, and reporting as necessary to keep the project or program moving along, ensuring milestones are being met to deliver on time
- Coordinating interdependencies between other, ongoing projects and programs.
Project Manager
Trimble Cloud - Telematics
07.2017 - 12.2018
- Managed day-to-day activities of the Project
- Ensured projects are completed on time and to the specification
- Developed and maintained project schedules and coordinated engineering resources amongst active projects
- Facilitated SW feature breakdown sessions, ticket estimations, setting up JIRA boards and burn down charts
- Facilitated project dashboards and release overview dashboards to enable streamlined reporting and tracking
- Presented project status to senior management at gate review sessions
- Identify high-risk tasks or issues and drive to resolution in a timely manner
- Created, gathered, and maintained as necessary, all project documentation in accordance with Trimble's project management process.
Project Lead
Trimble
05.2013 - 06.2017
- Executed planning, management, and delivery of the Project
- Resolved system design/interface issues that surface during implementation
- Presented Project health report
- Highlighted problem areas (with enough time to act) and took action to mitigate at their own level or to effectively escalate to the higher level(s) of engineering
- Developed estimates (size, effort) and plans (schedule, dependencies, deliverables, staffing plans)
- Developed a plan to close issues raised by customers in a timely manner
- Setting up acceptance criteria and resolving acceptance issues
- Introduced Customer centric testing to the Process.
QA Lead
Trimble
06.2008 - 05.2013
- Worked with Product Management to refine and come up with prioritized requirements
- Prepared/Reviewed the test plans, estimates, and test cases and provided inputs for the functional and regression scope
- Took ownership of the QA deliverables and QA schedule of the project
- Helped to resolve any blockers or impediments faced by the QA team and flag up any delays and risks to the Project and QA management
- Gathered metrics on bug leakage, test execution
- Able to identify risks and make quick decisions
- Ensured all Testing documents/artifacts are documented
- Contributed to project related meetings like demos, CCB, risk assessment, architectural or design reviews, retrospect, other stakeholder meetings
- Encouraged the team to refine and adopt effective QA practices
- Facilitated knowledge sharing across the teams
- Encouraged and contributed to the knowledge repository.
Senior Software Engineer - Automation
Trimble
12.2005 - 06.2008
- Developed and executed automated Test Script using Quick Test Pro 8.2
- Developed and executed automated test scripts for Functional, Sanity and Regression testing
- Used VB scripting extensively to automated functional test cases using QTP
- Created and executed test plans and test cases for various types of testing like Regression, Functional, Integration
- Documented and reported defects within the established process and tracking system.
Software Engineer
Applabs
05.2005 - 12.2005
- Involved in Functional Testing
- Involved in compatible testing of application on different hardware configuration.
Software Engineer
Softeon
04.2003 - 04.2005
- Involved in designing and execution of test condition and test cases
- Involved in build/deployment cycles.
Education
Master of Computer Applications -
Bachelor of Business Administration - undefined
MBA - Business Analytics And Data Operations
08.2023 - 08.2025
Skills
Program Management
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP), 12/2021, PMI - Project Management Institute
Project Summary
Program Manager - Trimble Cloud
Chennai, TN | 01/2019 - Current
The Trimble Cloud Platform develops core services such as data storage, authentication, authorization, and data processing for Trimble and its partners in the Buildings, Construction, Transportation, Agriculture, and Geospatial industries. Our cloud services enable Trimble businesses to efficiently build applications and connect content throughout its lifecycle.
Project Manager - Trimble Cloud - Telematics
Chennai, TN | 07/2017 - 12/2018
The primary objective of Trimble Telematics Services (TTS) is to provide a unified platform for telematics solutions across Trimble, offering centralized services for storing and managing CoreObjects and their relationships. Users can utilize the system as their core object store and perform additional operations via their own applications, leveraging TTS services such as 'Decoration Service' and 'Complex Event Processing'.
Project Lead - Trimble
Chennai, TN | 05/2013 - 06/2017
FieldMaster Technician is a business application designed to empower mobile technicians using the Trimble Field Service Management Fleet Management solution. It streamlines workflows and enhances service delivery by ensuring technicians arrive at the right place at the right time with the necessary information. FieldMaster Supervisor is a mobile app that enables field service managers to manage their teams remotely, increasing productivity in the field.
QA Lead - Trimble
Chennai, TN | 06/2008 - 05/2013
Trimble Fleet Management provides businesses with real-time visibility into vehicle location, status, and diagnostics. This allows for on-demand information, activity reports, and exception alerts, enabling intelligent and efficient fleet management.
Senior Software Engineer - Automation - Trimble
Chennai, TN | 12/2005 - 06/2008
Trimble Fleet Management provides businesses with real-time visibility into vehicle location, status, and diagnostics. This enables quick, intelligent business decisions for optimal fleet efficiency through on-demand information, activity reports, and exception alerts.
Software Engineer - Applabs
Hyderabad | 05/2005 - 12/2005
Applabs' FoolProof Security provides comprehensive protection for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems, preventing unwanted or malicious changes. It restricts access to control panels, settings, and applications, including the Internet, and helps prevent the movement, theft, or addition of applications and files.
Software Engineer - Softeon
Chennai, TN | 04/2003 - 04/2005
Softeon's Enterprise Logistics Information Technology (ELITE) is a next-generation supply chain management system built on a robust, scalable, web-based architecture. It provides maximum application portability and reusability, offering an integrated, real-time supply chain execution system that encompasses every function from order entry to shipping.
Timeline
LIBA - MBA, Business Analytics And Data Operations
08.2023 - 08.2025
Project Management Professional (PMP), 12/2021, PMI - Project Management Institute
12-2021
Certified Product Manager (CPM), 01/2020, AIPMM The Association of International Product Marketing and Management
01-2020
Project Manager - Trimble Cloud - Telematics
07.2017 - 12.2018
Certified Scrum Master (CSM), 08/2013, Scrum Alliance
08-2013
Project Lead - Trimble
05.2013 - 06.2017
QA Lead - Trimble
06.2008 - 05.2013
Senior Software Engineer - Automation - Trimble
12.2005 - 06.2008
Software Engineer - Applabs
05.2005 - 12.2005
Software Engineer - Softeon
04.2003 - 04.2005
St. Joseph's Engineering College (Madras University) - Master of Computer Applications,
D.G.Vaishnav College (Madras University) - Bachelor of Business Administration,
Program Manager - Trimble Cloud
1 2019 - Current
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