•	Managed a diverse portfolio of vendor relationships, ensuring service excellence, risk mitigation, and maximum value for money in accordance with Bank Policies.
•	Led initiatives in the market data domains, including demand management and support for sourcing teams on pipeline opportunities, resulting in identified cost savings.
•	Successfully led a small team of vendor managers supporting specific lines of business under Wealth, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
•	Oversaw onboarding of new vendor initiatives, conducting extensive risk and sourcing due diligence, and obtaining necessary approvals in alignment with Bank Sourcing Policies.
•	Facilitated ongoing vendor governance and oversight, varying with risk ratings, to ensure compliance and effective relationship management.
•	Developed and maintained strong relationships with internal TD business partners, control partners, and external vendors, ensuring clear alignment with business objectives.
•	Evaluated vendor performance against agreed service levels, resolving/escalating performance issues promptly, and managing associated risks.
•	Interpreted contractual terms and conditions, representing business needs during vendor negotiations, and ensuring effective management of vendor agreements.
•	Demonstrated understanding of technical/business aspects of vendor services, identifying synergies and implementing initiatives to drive savings and efficiencies.
•	Managed and tracked contractual amendments, understanding commercial benefits and risks, and facilitated approval processes involving appropriate stakeholders.
•	Monitored service credits and penalties against vendor performance, reviewed negotiated rates, and ensured compliance with contract commitments.
•	Conducted regular audits of vendor invoices, facilitating the resolution/escalation of invoice or credit-related issues in accordance with contract terms and conditions.

Vendor Manager

HCL America, Inc.

-Supporting the Global Procurement Service Team, IT Leadership Team, VMO, and Project Management Office (PMO). Functioned as a trusted resource, advisor and trusted SME in project and program efforts focused on IT sourcing, supplier onboarding and engagement, negotiations, contracting, and category management.
-Liaise with C- Level Executives to bridge the relationships and support business developments.
-Partner with Legal, Finance, and Compliance as necessary to author and review contract terms and conditions for various contractual agreements (e.g., MSA's, SOW's, SaaS, Consulting, Technology Implementations, Staffing, etc. Consulted with and advised business partners to reach acceptable outcomes while mitigating potential risk (e.g., financial, quality, regulatory, supply chain, legal, performance)
-Led negotiation strategy and conducted contract negotiations on terms and conditions of high-risk, complex, and potentially long-term agreements in support of high impact IT and Commercial agreements.

Global Category Manager | DC & Hosting

Responsible for  HCL NORAM region 
-DC and Hosting, Audio Visual, Field Services, Other Professional Services Category
-RFP/RFI
-Vendor Management 
-Streamline the process flow to eliminate delays
-Global / MultiCultural / Cross Functional Team

Regional Category Manager - DC | Cloud | Field Services | Audio Visual |

•I have been very grateful to perform several roles and be an integral part of the company's growth.  
• During my term I have played several roles in various verticals and seamlessly executed several projects in Infrastructure, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Insurance, Airline, and Supply Chain. 
•  Meticulously worked as a front runner and took ownership of the problems as opportunities. 
• Serve as a single point of contact for the client on all contractual matters, including contract performance/ compliance, SOWs, change controls, extensions & renewals, and contractual interpretation.

Manager

Northeastern University

Student Proctor

Survey Assistant ( Registrars Office )

Prashanth and Kalyani come from a long line of prosperous farmers, spanning four generations. Raised with the belief that investing in the land yields abundance, they grew up tending to crops, nurturing growth, and harvesting the fruits of their labor. However, as urbanization and corporate careers gained popularity, their family's agricultural business began to decline.

Seeing their parents take different paths - one into entrepreneurship and the other into corporate life - taught Prashanth and Kalyani a valuable lesson: corporate jobs offer stability but require long-term commitment and can feel monotonous, while entrepreneurship is risky yet promises greater rewards.

Despite initially following the corporate path after receiving education from prestigious institutions and moving to the United States, Prashanth and Kalyani soon realized their passion for creation and cultivation, valuing time over money. Rejecting the sedentary corporate lifestyle and living paycheck to paycheck, they sought a more fulfilling pursuit.

Motivated by a desire for meaningful work and a balanced life, they embraced the role of "people farmers," investing in the growth of others. With guidance from mentors, they achieved success both personally and professionally.

While balancing their corporate endeavors with family life, they pass on their cherished values to their children and actively nurture others to unlock their potential. Prashanth and Kalyani are advocates of principles that foster personal growth and provide a platform for others to flourish.

If you identify with their journey, Prashanth invites you to start a conversation. Together, they believe, we can grow.

🚀 Professional Expertise:

With over 11 years of experience in vendor management within the IT environment, I bring a wealth of expertise to the table. A seasoned professional, I possess a deep understanding of vendor performance and relationship management intricacies. My track record includes successfully navigating complex contract negotiations, conducting competitive price analyses, and excelling in procurement and project management.

Let's connect and explore how my unique blend of personal insights and professional expertise can contribute to your journey or organization. 🌐

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Prashanth P.

Homesite Insurance

Business Readiness Program Manager

Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS)

-	Work closely with Release and Deployment Management and Configuration Management to ensure all changes and releases are authorized and accurately reflected in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
-	Ensure aligned and sustainable Communication strategy ensuring Business Engagement at all stages

Business Readiness program Management

State Farm ®

Experience in gathering requirements and documenting by interacting with Business partners/Clients. Experience in demonstrating project plan, deployment options to leadership and conducting RID (Risk,Issues & dependencies) sessions. Experience in building business rules, business process for property & casualty insurance such as private passenger and commercial line insurance policy. Experience in coordinating multiple teams within a project and serve as a subject matter expert for Web applications. Excellent skills in Project Management, Business Analytics, Statistical Analytics, GAP Analysis, Risk analysis, Requirement Analysis, Business Modeling and Use Case Development.  Coordinate multiple teams within the project for weekly status. Conduct stakeholders meeting for dependencies. Prepare reports and presentations for stakeholders and clients about the project growth, risks and dependencies. Document project scope, determine SDLC approach for project. Hands on experience in pulling test data via Data flux tool with the help of SQL queries. Experience in develop, execute and maintain test plans, BDD Jbehave stories, Evidence of test, error log report, test scenarios, test cases and test scripts.

Systems Business analyst

As a project coordinator I monitor, analyze, daily and periodic project status, risks, dependencies and issues. Developed Business case documents, process improvement documentation and project charter for phased implementation of new project. Managed multiple teams and communicate with various stakeholders. Coordinate and document project scope, determine SDLC approach for project.Conduct planning sessions to Identify tasks and to help build project schedule.Conduct resource planning, project team meetings, requirement workshops. Assessed business value delivered by proposed solutions and business impact of defects and issues. Participated in RID (Risk, issue & Dependency)sessions and identify risks/issues/dependencies. Managed the quality assurance/testing process, Team of BAs and other resources. Collaborated with work initiation teams to develop documentation such as Business Case Proposals, Business Case templates, and Project Charters. Coordinate with business partners and systems team to build approval artifact package. Worked with Change advisory board to get approval for the CAB2, CAB3 and CAB4 checkpoints.

Project Coordinator/change co-ordinator

As a Service Business Analyst I'm responsible to understand both business and systems partners requirements and coordinate at service management level.  I have managed teams in offshore and onsite. Developed excellent skills around presenting business process models and business case to leadership. Excellent skills around MS visio, MS word, excel, lotus notes, share point & snagit. Creating and Maintaining Knowledge items and articles for the issues within the applications. Perform Functional checkouts for the projects implementation in production. Support all the Call Center applications, Activity management, Knowledge management, customer data management, Payment, customer identity management. Detecting, recording, Investigating and Diagnosing Incidents (includes Incident analysis, re-creation, identification). Providing support and maintenance for product process documentation. Investigating and determining the root cause of incidents, therefore preventing incidents from occurring in the future. With my ability to manage multiple projects and teams I have been asked to work as project coordinator for one of the projects.

Service Business Analyst

I Managed multiple projects for each release with combination of web service enhancements and new application development . Excellent skills in facilitating meetings, interviewing business owners and IT partners. Elicited and documented business requirements, functional specifications, traceability matrices. Crafted workflow diagrams, use case diagrams, detailed use cases. Able to quickly learn new methods and adapt to fast paced environment. As a BA, I have been the most amiable person in my team for all the business and systems partners. Acquiring all the above skills gave me opportunity to become a subject matter expert/Service BA for Customer Care Network applications.Created Business term model, Requirements inventory, use cases, Use case diagrams, Wireframes, Business rules, collected data elements for approval package. Partner with Response Center Services team to collaborate on incorporating change to the existing systems supported by the team. Understand system integration points and flow. Perform requirements review of dependent projects. Participate in development of CCC requirements; document requirements and ensure traceability. Review dependent project test cases, verify results (as needed), participate in resolution of defects. Consult on BVMs (Business Value Metric). Participate in Business Architecture and Business Requirements reviews. Participate in Business Architecture  High Level Solution Design

Execution Business Analyst

Pelcoat Formulations

	Managing Internal Audits, Operational Qualification and Performance Qualification.
	Involved in GLP and GCP audits as per the regulatory requirements.
	Understanding consumer complaints and consumer expectations. Trainee
	Involved in creating Project Charters, Scope, Resource Allocation, Requirement Facilitation & Documentation of the business and functional requirements. 
	In depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), with thorough understanding of various phases such as: Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development, and Testing.

Quality Assurance Analyst

Biological E Limited

	Industrial training in quality assurance department.
	First hand exposure in the following departments and areas in an industrial setting: Manufacturing areas involving –Tablets, Capsules, Liquid Orals and Topical Preparations, Ware House and R&D departments.
	Managing Audits, consumer complaints and ensuring the equipment measures throughout the calibrations.

Trainee

Murthy Educational Academy

Teaching mathematics & biological sciences to high school students. Conducting Debate Competitions, Group Discussions and Assisting senior Faculty.

Academic Tutor

I believe in "We Rise by Lifting Others!!!"

Experienced Program Manager skilled in managing functional operations and projects related to software development in Insurance. Proven success building and motivating program teams to meet project goals. Demonstrated leadership in systems implementation, program execution and process improvement engagements. Skilled in Business Readiness best practices for process improvement.

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