Suresh Lokghnadhan, PMP

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Program Manager, NA SAP HANA/In Memory Services at SAP

Summary
• Currently working as Progam Manager with SAP Americas SAP HANA Services.
• Over past 22 years has gained wealth of experience in IT in which 18 years in Business Intelligence
and related technology as Program/Project Manager
• I'm a certified PMP (PMI) Project Manager..
• Play key role, in the Field Services under various capacities including Project Management,
Enterprise / Technical Architect for Business Intelligence Solutions, Conducted Business Strategy
meeting to decide what is best for the client, Pre-sale activities and assist Sales Team with client
relationship.
• Have high knowledge in Retail/CPG, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Finance and Insurance
industry.
• Experienced in all the stages of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from Scoping, Risk
Analysis, Time and Cost Estimating, Requirement, Design and Development through Deployment
of various Data Warehouse and BI projects. On time status reporting to Internal Management and
Client on process of Project.
• Possess vast experience handling projects, involving Enterprise Reporting Deployment, Migration,
Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Data Warehouse., Hands on development experience in EPM,
DI, Data profiling, Data Quality, Semantic Layer (Universe, Business Views), Reports (Crystal, Webi,
DeskI), Business Objects Security Integration, Performance Tuning, Capacity Planning, Sizing and
troubleshooting Deployment in both Windows and Unix environments.

Specialized in
Project Management:Scoping, Planning, Estimating, Scheduling, Risk Identification, Tracking, Status
Reports and Closing of Projects
People Management: Manage medium to large size transnational project team with the mixture of
Direct Reports and Consultants.
Program Management: Data Management and BI programs . Setting up BICC, Data Management
and BI Standardization and Best Practices, Engage with C level excutives and Sr. Management to
understand and recommend the best solution.

Leadership Skills: Mentoring, Best Practices and Methodology development, recruiting strategy and
Skills training
Enterprise / Solution Architect: Architect BI and Data Warehouse solution enterprise wide for medium
to large companies Intranet and Extranet for all Industries.
Industry Specilization: Healthcare, Retail, CPG, Distribution, Transportation, Banking, Insurance,
Manufacturing and Hospitatily

PMP - Certified Project Manager

SAP HANA 1.0 Certified.
BOCP - BOE Certifed Perfossional
.

Experience
Program Manager, NA SAP HANA/In Memory Services at SAP
August 2005  -  Present  (10 years 11 months)
Support HANA projects in NA Central and Canada region. Provide guidance to customer upper
management on use case and assist in successfully implementing HANA in their organization and
adopt HANA technology.

Senior Project Manager - Delivery Execution - Central Region at SAP

January 2009  -  July 2012  (3 years 7 months)
• As a Project Manager / Progam Manager for SAP Amerivcas Field Services work with clients to
understand the requirements and place the right candidate with right skills for right project on right
time which help the client to be successful with their BI implementation.
• Act as mentor for consultants and help with technical questions.
• Help client by conducting vision work shop and understand how to help them success in BI
implementation

Sr. Consulting Manager - Global Field Services at Business Objects an SAP Company
December 2006  -  December 2008  (2 years 1 month)
• As a Sr Consulting Manager / Project Manager / Progam Manager for Field Services work with
clients to understand what the requirements are and place the right candidate with right skills for
right project on right time which help the client to be successful with their BI implementation.
• Act as mentor for consultants and help with technical questions.
• Help client by conducting vision work shop and understand how to help them success in BI
implementation

Principal Consultant / Solution Architect at Business Objects, USA

August 2005  -  November 2006  (1 year 4 months)
• As a Lead Technical Architect managed Technical Architecture and Implemented XI on large
scale implementation
• Worked on Capacity expansion to identify the future growth.
 • Worked on design to convert the reports from Microstrategy to Business Objects XI.
• Requirement gathering and Manage the project by understanding the system and work with
Business users to meet the requirement.
• Developed development standards and guided developers with Best Practice and approach

Project Manager at Medtronic Inc MN, USA

October 1999  -  August 2005  (5 years 11 months)
• Managed Business Objects upgrade projects, Fincanical report and Centerpiece impact projects
• Performed major process improvement initiative in and around data management team
• Involved in developing enterprise wide Business Intelligence Stratergy. Conducting vision
workshop with different business units
• Implemented much best proactive initiative for Decision support system admin activities
• As lead technologist and system admin worked closely with other Business and geography to
make sure the systems are stable and resolve most of the reoccurring problems
• Managed Business Objects Migration project from 5.1.5 to 6.1b.
• Managed Business Objects Migration from Windows to Unix AIX and 6.1b to 6.5.1
• Involved in Resource management for the Business Intelligence team.

Managing Consultant at RK Consultancy Services, MN USA

May 1998  -  October 1999  (1 year 6 months)
• Worked at ReliaStar in Information Technology department managed Software compliance and
Service Center 2.0 project implementation
• Gathered requirements by conducting interview with business and IT management to better
understand the system. Estimated and managed resources to make sure the project are
implemented on time and budget
• Worked as Project Manager for Select Consulting Inc for a project to implement Resume tracking
system over the web

Sr. Software Engineer at Taj Technologies Inc MN, USA

May 1997  -  April 1998  (1 year)
• Worked in Mayo Clinic Rochester on multiple web-based projects
• Responsible for gathering user requirement and implement system once completed

Project Manager at Citigroup NA, Singapore

September 1996  -  April 1997  (8 months)

Managing Consultant at EPS Systems Pte Ltd, Singapore

May 1995  -  September 1996  (1 year 5 months)

Sr. Consultant at Jass (P) Ltd India

October 1994  -  April 1995  (7 months)
Sr. Systems Engineer at The Residency India
June 1993  -  September 1994  (1 year 4 months)

Education
University of Madras
B.E, Computer Science and Engineering, 1989 - 1993

Interests
Business Intelligence, Data Management, Project Management, International Travel, Proffesional
Networking, New Technology
Suresh Lokghnadhan, PMP
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Program Manager, NA SAP HANA/In Memory Services at SAP

10 people have recommended Suresh

"Suresh is a great blend of Technical consultant and Project Management, with extensive
knowledge in SAP BI, EIM & HANA space. He is great and setting and meeting expectations and
putting the customer on the path to success. He will be a valuable asset to any strategic project
involving BI."

—Thiag Loganathan, Strategic Advisor,  Elixir Lab,  was with another company when working with
Suresh at SAP

"Suresh Lokghnadhan is a results driven, reliable and motivated Program Manager. He is

independent and customer focused - always working towards maximal customer satisfaction.
His technical background and experience makes Suresh Lokghnadhan view solutions instead
of problems. Suresh's passion for delivery coupled with his vast and thorough knowledge of
SAP solutions has enabled him to build great relations both internally as well as with current and
potential customers. He is an asset to any project."

—Cindy Niquette, Manager,  RCG Global Services,  reported to Suresh at SAP

"I have worked with Suresh in my capacity as a team member in a CPG client. He is an
accomplished technology professional with unrivaled work ethic. His deep end-to-end Business
Intelligence experience has tremendous impact on the success at this client. As a Principal
Consultant for Business Objects, he has advised many projects as an Architecture consultant for
tool selection, capacity planning, performance tuning, troubleshooting and other issues related to
BOBJ and BI in general."

—Ranjit Pradhan, Principal Consultant,  SAP America, Inc.,  worked directly with Suresh at
Business Objects, USA

"Suresh is a detail oriented PM, with extensive technical implementation background in BI, EIM
& HANA space. Given his experience in successful implementations at multiple customers, he
will be a valuable asset to any strategic project with tight timelines, budget and critical technical
deliverables."
—Rajesh Jayakumar, HANA Enterprise Cloud, SSEM,  SAP,  worked with Suresh at SAP

"Suresh is an excellent Business Objects/SAP consultant. Very experienced, talented and

knowledgeable on the product set. Suresh always exceeded customer expectations."

—Larry Zagata, Director Business Intelligence,  MiPro Consulting,  managed Suresh at SAP

"I have worked with Suresh in my capacity as the EBI TA Team Lead in a CPG client. Suresh has
demonstrated his capability as a deeply skilled BI Professional/Manager at this client for more
than a year. He is credited with various accomplishments for his work since last year as a Principal
Consultant for Business Objects. In this capacity he has advised many datawarehouse projects as
an Architecture consultant for tool selection, capacity planning, performance tuning, troubleshooting
and other issues related to BOBJ and BI in general. He is an asset for any organisation which can
employ him."

—Mohamed Afsaruddin, Associate Director - Business Analytics and Data Visualization,  AT&T

Entertainment Group,  was Suresh's client

"Suresh is a project manager with strong technical background. His expertise in various areas in
Business Intelligence space is quite impressive. I worked with him on many complex technical
issues and putting together multi-million dollar proposals. He is a practical and easy to work with
person."

—Sathish Rajagopal, Senior Director, BI Solutions GTM,  SAP,  worked directly with Suresh at SAP

"Suresh's is an accomplished technology professional. In addition to his deep knowledge of end-to-

end Business Intelligence, he is experienced in virtually all other aspects of software and hardware
architecture. His broad knowledge suits him well as a lead solution and technical architecture for
very large and complex programs. Suresh also has an unrivaled work ethic and is excellent at crisis
management."

—Eric Wansong, Vice President, Customer Advocacy,  VMware,  managed Suresh at Business

Objects, USA

"I had the opportunity to work with Suresh on multiple SAP BI related projects during the course
of a year here at Halliburton. Suresh did an exceptional job as a Solutions Architect in helping us
build the new SAP BI landscape Suresh is a versatile and dynamic individual who demonstrated
a high degree of expertise. He brings a wealth of knowledge to the table in the areas of Business
Intelligence and his experience and contacts in the industry has made him very resourceful. I would
definitely recommend Suresh anytime"

—Sathish Arya, Managing Consultant,  IBM,  was Suresh's client

 "Methodical, precise and calculative are a few of the strong words to describe Suresh's approach
towards his work. He is a very quick thinker on any project planning with a great emphasis on
risks. Suresh understand the technical and non technical sides of the project very well and is very
seasoned to pass on the right message candidly."

—Shibajee DuttaGupta, VP and Managing Partner,  Expedien, Inc.,  worked with Suresh at SAP

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