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Sivaram is a hands on project & risk management veteran with over 2 decade long experience across  world specifically USA, Singapore, UK, Japan and the Middle East. His experience is across different verticals such as Education, Government, Healthcare, Information Technology, Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Information Media. He has attained Managerial Excellence Program – from Duke University, USA. 

As a Coach/Consultant, he has received many kudos by helping clients overcome their Business/Delivery/Technical Problems at Strategic, Planning and Execution level.  He focuses on providing solutions to customers utilizing their existing investments and resources.  He has architected PMO setups & its operations.

 As a Trainer, he conducted 400 plus sessions on Project Management and 200 plus sessions on Agile frameworks (Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, DSDM Atern).  He trained over 5000 professionals Provide services to Customers in a blended model (Virtual or Physical).

His professional Certifications include Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching, Certified Coach, Marshall Goldsmith Global Leadership Assessment, Managerial Excellence Program from Duke University, Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI, USA, Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) from PMI, USA, Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) from PMI, USA, AgilePM Practitioner Certificate from APMG International UK, Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance, USA, Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) from Scrum Alliance, USA , Certified Scrum Master(CSM) from Scrum Alliance, USA, Microsoft Specialist: Managing Project and Portfolios with Project Server 2013,Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects, IPMA Level C Certificate from PMA,IPMA Level D Certificate from PMA, Certificate in Project Risk Management from PMA, Certificate in Project Management (CIPM) from PMA & IBM Certified Enterprise Architect

Speaker Presentations

  • “Transformation Tool Kit” at Singapore, 2019
  • “Product Owner’s Tool Kit” at Agile Meetup Group, Singapore, 2019
  • “Skills & Tools for Project Success” at Singapore, 2019
  • “Agile for Value driven Results” at Singapore, 2019
  • “Empower the Hidden Powers” at ‘BEACON 2017’, Hyderabad, India
  • “3 Impediments for CEO of Start-up Products” at ‘Agile Tour 2016’, Chennai, India.
  • “Baby steps to become Agile (for Bigger Organizations)” at ‘Regional Scrum alliance 2014’, Hyderabad, India.
  • “Thinking and Customizing Agile” at ‘Agile Tour 2013’, Chennai, India.
  • “Integration of Project Management and Risk Management” at ‘5th Annual Construction Risk Management Conference 2014’, Mumbai, India
  • “Project Management Workshop” at ‘The Big 5 Construct India 2014’, Mumbai, India

Book Reviewed & Contributed

  • Reviewer to book “Agile Project Management for Governments” by Brian Wernham.
  • Contributor to book “A Day in Life of Project Manager” by Frank P. Saladis
  • Significant Contributor to book “Say Yes to Project Success” by Karthik Ramamurthy, Sripriya Narayanasamy.
  • Contributor to book “PMI Agile Certified Practitioner: Excel with Ease” by Subramanian Chandramouli.
  • Provided IT Solutions to Clients such as World Bank, IFC, Reuters, BPL Mobile, Qatar Fertilizers, Roca, SingPoly, DBS Bank, HP, etc.
  • Has extensive Technical and Managerial experience.
  • Played multiple roles such as Delivery Manager, Practice Manager, Project Manager, Solution Architect, Project Lead, Onsite/Offshore model. 
  • Played vital role in Presales, Service Offerings & Centre of Excellence in presenting/submitting innovative technical proposals/solutions and participated in Technical Defence programs with various Customers.
  • Acted as Single Point of Contact with various technical sales teams, relationship teams, business development teams and customer representatives
  • Managed large-sized teams in collaborative environment with multiple Business Units
  • Handled / Managed a range of Fixed Bid, Maintenance, Production support and T&M projects.