PRAJITH KUMAR
Oud-Heverlee
Summary
Results-driven IT professional with 19 years of experience in IT infrastructure, application management, and digital transformation.
Skilled in managing complex IT projects from conception to deployment, ensuring alignment with business goals.
Possess a deep understanding of project lifecycle, risk management, and stakeholder communication strategies. Strengths include leadership, problem-solving abilities, and adaptability to changing technology landscapes.
I have successfully led teams to deliver projects on time and within budget, improving operational efficiency and client satisfaction.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Project Manager
Etex Services NV
02.2021 - Current
- Lead IT infrastructure, technology standardization and application projects as a Project Manager, with a strong emphasis on improving the user experience and IT standardization for newly acquired companies
- Define project scope, timeline, and budget to ensure clear objectives and successful execution
- Drive stakeholder alignment, manage risks, and deliver solutions that enhance productivity and collaboration
- Transition from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, ensuring seamless migration and minimal business disruption
- Standardize IT infrastructure and applications to improve operational efficiency and reduce complexity
- Implemented SAP Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning, enhancing system resilience and recovery capabilities
- SAP Single Sign-On (SSO) implementation, streamlining user authentication and strengthening security compliance
IT Project Manager
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev)
05.2019 - 09.2020
- Lead workplace and collaboration projects as a Project Manager, with a strong focus on enhancing the digital user experience
- Ensure the projects are defined with a clear scope, timeline and budget
- End User Experience – Modern enterprise video and web conferencing solutions
- Collaboration - VALO Intranet portal and team work module
- Workplace - Win 10 migration, Mail migration and Intune
Senior Consultant and Service Delivery Manager
Infosys Limited
12.2011 - 07.2019
- The role is to understand customer issues, diagnose problems, design solutions and facilitate solution deployments
- Leading multiple projects and contribute to unit-level and organizational initiatives with the objective of providing high-quality and value-adding consulting solutions to the customer within the guidelines, policies and norms of Infosys
- Office 365 Rollout and SharePoint Online Migration
- Software Lifecycle Management & Windows 10 Rollout
- Service Desk Automation & Transformation
- DHCP 2012 Migration
IT Support Lead – Global Operations
JDA Software Group
04.2009 - 12.2011
- The role is to lead Global Operation Centre (GOC) at JDA software, managing the IT Infrastructure and internal IT Projects
- Global Operation Centre (GOC) plays a significant role to implement and support Servers, Networks, Systems and End users globally
- GOC monitor and ensure the server and network performance
Desktop Support Engineer
Network Solutions an IBM Company
02.2008 - 04.2009
Associate Engineer – Customer Services
Accel Frontline Global IT Solutions
09.2006 - 02.2008
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Computer Science & Engineering
Anna University
01.2006
Diploma - Computer Technology (DCT)
Board of Technical Education
01.2003
Skills
Project Planning and Execution
Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Risk Management
Budgeting and Cost Control
Stakeholder management
Technology standardization
Application Management
ERP and SAP systems
Certification
- VMware Certified Professional (VCP5-DCV)
- Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA 2012)
- IBM Cloud Computing Architecture V3
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library V3 (ITIL V3)
- VMware Certified Associate – Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)
Accomplishments
- Received impact award for SAP S/4 HANA and SAP DR exercise.
- Achieved Star Performer at Infosys Technologies Ltd.
Accountabilities
- Working closely with architects, technical teams, functional analysts to deliver project scope on time, on budget and with high quality deliverable’s.
- Develops project plans and cost estimates, including ongoing cost estimates for 1 YR and 3 YR plan, to include projects and products.
- Working with outsourcing models & multi-vendor IT landscape. Proven track-record of handling multiple projects simultaneously.
- Jointly with architecture team validates solutions proposed by suppliers.
- Verifies, negotiates and assures correct pricing for technologies offered by suppliers.
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
IT Project Manager
Etex Services NV
02.2021 - Current
IT Project Manager
Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev)
05.2019 - 09.2020
Senior Consultant and Service Delivery Manager
Infosys Limited
12.2011 - 07.2019
IT Support Lead – Global Operations
JDA Software Group
04.2009 - 12.2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Network Solutions an IBM Company
02.2008 - 04.2009
Associate Engineer – Customer Services
Accel Frontline Global IT Solutions
09.2006 - 02.2008
Diploma - Computer Technology (DCT)
Board of Technical Education
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Computer Science & Engineering
Anna University
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