Rupin Jeremiah
Rupin Jeremiah PhD
Agile Expert
Special Sauce
Combined technical Agile and coaching experience
High ranking academic specialising in Agile, business and ways of working
Effective coach able to translate technical details into understandable actions
Education
Stockholm School of Economics
PhD Business Administration, 2013 - 2017
IESE Business School, Barcelona
Visiting PhD Researcher, 2016
EMLYON Business School, France
MBA, Strategy, 2010 - 2011
University of New Delhi, India
BA Engineering (Computers), 1992 - 1996
Availability
Immediately
Languages
English
I am an experienced Agile consultant in project management, strategy delivery, and innovation consulting. I have in-depth knowledge of leading complex, international IT projects, implementing offshore engagements, delivering business transformations and Agile-based solutions. I hold a PMP project management certification with expert knowledge also on methodologies such as LEAN, Prince 2, & RUP
15+ years of software delivery experience in large multinational corporations
10 years as an advisor and coach on implementing LEAN methods including Agile
5 years as an expert and coach on innovation and decision evaluation models
Comprehensive end-to-end project and program management using various methodologies
Deployment/rollout experience of SAP, CRM, BI, DW, AS/400 and Client-Server/Web systems
Extensively used PMI, Prince 2, and Agile methods to deliver complex projects
Expertise in delivering data migrations, business transformation and infrastructure projects
Monitoring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
Establishing Project Management Offices (PMO), and onsite-offshore shared delivery centres
Managing relationships with internal stakeholders, partners, vendors and systems integrators
Managed multi-functional team sizes of 5-25 and budgets of up to $5 million
Green Zero | Agile Delivery Manager
Apr 2018 - Current
Collaborating with start-ups, small and medium enterprise to:
Manage and deliver agile methods based projects using Lean / Scrum / KanbanT
Teacher with Beetroot Academy to prove courses in Agile Project Management
Mentor to start-ups at Sting, to provide business model innovation
Provide research backed it/innovation strategies and deliver digital transformations
Produce detailed analysis, forecasting, and recommendations using data science methodss
Stockholm School of Economics | Doctoral Student & Agile Expert
Apr 2013 - Dec 2017
Project manager and mentor for various various SAFe implementations to deliver large scale rollouts
Agile mentor for several organisation transformations and supply chain optimisations
Contributed to theories in international business, innovation, and strategic management
Developed new models for R&D configurations, innovation outcomes, and decision evaluation
IBM | Project Delivery Manager
Jan 2010 - Jul 2010
Led technology and business consulting teams to deliver large scale complex data migrations for the client: Avis Car Rental and Realogy Real Estate
Managed the Remote Infrastructure team that delivered data centre migration, implemented
Cloud services, and led business transformations
Performed detailed business analysis to ensure complete functional coverage
Vendor and stakeholder management was a key responsibility
Idea Sphere | Project Manager
Feb 2008 - Jan 2010
Provided software delivery and project management services to small firms
Designed technical analysis for stock trading software for small firms.
HCL | Programme Manager
Apr 2018 - Current
Led the business change projects to develop financial services solutions, implement infrastructure services. Managed the group of projects using Agile as well as Waterfall delivery methods for client: Skandia Life Insurance, UK
Led several ILE and Synon deployments on the AS/400 system that also included Data
Warehousing, Business Intelligence and IMS data programming
Delivered large scale data migration and ETL based projects
Single point of contact for stakeholder and vendor management
International Golf & Yacht Club | MIS Officer
Hitachi Solutions | Scrum Master
Oct 2005 - Aug 2006
Managed the data migration and business transformation of telecom projects using agile delivery methods for client: Shaw Digital, Calgary
Managed 4 vendors - Shaw, Bell, Telus and CGI - to deliver the Digital Phone business change ▪ Oversaw the implementation of the service integration with SAP systems
Delivered large scale data migration and ETL based projects
Led a team of 20 people across development, QA, infrastructure and application supportReuters | Systems Designer
Birlasoft | Project Leader
2003 - 2005
Led the project development and business analysis of financial services modules on the AS/400 and managed the offshore business analysis in India for client: Countrywide Financial, USA
Delivered financial IT projects involving Synon, IMS, DW and BI solutions on the AS/400 system
Led the business analysis teams to ensure complete requirements coverage
Managed the offshore delivery centre in India for the AS/400 projects
Single point of contact for stakeholder and vendor management
Fidelity Investments | Business & System Analyst
2001 - 2003
Developed financial IT enhancements on the AS/400 system and led the offshore business analysis teams
Implemented a tax enhancement on the IBM AS/400 system
Managed defect tracking system for the mutual funds administration system on the AS/400
Part of the core team in the CMM and ISO audit groups
HCL Technologies | Senior Software Engineer
1996 - 2001
Designed and developed financial IT software on the AS/400 for Citigroup and Infinium. In addition, provided business analysis and technology expertise, and led the offshore feasibility study
Developed financial IT modules using Synon and the ILE environments on the AS/400 system
Transitioned the projects to the offshore development centre in India
Wrote a synchronization tool on the AS/400 allowing concurrent development