OBJECTIVE

Seasoned Information Technology Management professional with over 7 years of experience seeking a strategic management position that will enable him to put his strong management skills coupled with a sound academic and research background to an optimal usage at a demanding organization

Master of Business Administration                                       Sep’05 – Feb’08

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

Master of Science, Computer Science                                   Jan’02 - May’03

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science                         Nov’97 - Jun’01

Nagarjuna University, India

• Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Srinnath Tumu, Rajeev K. Bali, Arthur Tatnall: Using Actor Network Theory (ANT) as an analytic tool in order to effect superior PACS implementation. IJNVO 4(3): 257-279 (2007)
• Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Srinnath Tumu, Jonathan Schaffer: Critical success factors for video conferencing. IJNVO 5(2): 121-134 (2008)
• Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Srinnath Tumu, Ray Arias: Using ANT to understand the implementation of a billing and patient management system in an IPA. IJHTM 9(5/6): 552-568 (2008)

Finance IT Account Manager                                                Mar’08 –Present

Motorola Inc

• Collaborated with and acted as liaison among all project stakeholders to elicit, evaluate, and validate user requirements against system capabilities and ultimately deliver an effective solution.
• Lead the divestitures of a fortune 200 company in the separation effort of major Financial Applications from planning to management to execution.
• Managed IT suppliers through vendor evaluations and license negotiations to integrate the various IT tools into the standard systems, processes and technologies.
• Managed and supervised small contractor labor teams both onsite and offshore for various projects of strategic importance to drive and manage an effective change.
• Handled special projects of strategic initiatives that include Segregation of Duties and Sox Compliance tool selection, Streamlining IT Common Process and IT Governance model, Compass Content Alignment, Enterprise wide Cross Browser compatibility of all financial applications.
• Performed cost-benefit analyses, benchmarked solutions, and effectively measured results against industry standards.
• Contained cost structure and proposed cost-saving and cost-avoidance strategies across multiple areas within the organization.
• Contributed to atleast $100K savings in the overall savings of $3.31 million through IT cost structure transformation activities.
• Applied Lean Six Sigma to improve existing business processes and proposed strategic alternatives which are targeted to deliver atleast $50K of savings to the organization.

eCommerce Manager - COOP                                            Sept’07 – Feb’08

LINDO Systems Inc

• Formulated and executed e-commerce marketing campaigns consistent with and supportive of the company's strategy and budget. 
• Closely worked with cross-functional teams and formulated strategic and tactical plans to achieve marketing objectives and improve the overall customer experience.
• Managed all elements that go with a campaign from beginning to end, i.e., landing pages, banners ads, including graphic design, programming, database integration and overseeing technical issues and implementation.

Motorola Inc

Motorola Financial IT Solutions is responsible to support, enhance and develop future strategies for the Motorola Finance Systems. These include Oracle Financials, The Global Data warehouse, The Hyperion/Essbase Reporting and Analytics applications, and ARIBA Indirect Procurement. My role here is to support and understand the Financial IT applications and organizations as a whole.            

WebMaster and Documentation Manager                              Dec’05 – Jun’07

LINDO Systems Inc

• Provided e-Commerce Solutions and Enhanced the Online service 
• Designed the Content Management, CSS, RSS and Web Security and automation
• Performed Market Research for the new processors & technologies to be employed and tested at LINDO.
• Manages the Documentation and made sure that the technical features of LINDO's software gets presented to the outside world in a clear and attractive fashion
• Identified and proposed new technologies that can help the company retain its supremacy in Optimization Software. 

ORACLE Corp

• Ported the Oracle database server onto the different Flavors of UNIX over different processors.
• Assisted in defining and developing software for tasks associated with the developing, debugging or designing of software applications or operating systems. 
• Provided technical leadership to other software developers. 
• Specified, designed and implemented modest changes to existing software architecture to meet changing requirements. 
• Reviewed integration and regression test plans created by QA. 
• Interacted with QA and base development team about changes/problems in the code/product functionality and to ensure quality and consistency across platforms.

• Board Member, Chicago Health Executives Forum, 2008-2009
• Member, American College of Healthcare Executives, 2008-Present
• Mentor, Early Career Developer Network, Motorola, 2009 – Present
• Member and Volunteer, Asian Business Council, Motorola, 2008 – Present

• ACHE Chapter Merit Award 2008
• CHEF Student of the Year Award 2007

Skills

Information Technology Management

Project Management

Program Management

Resource Management

Strategy Management

Budget Management

Supplier Negotiations

Healthcare Technology Management

Certifications/Trainings

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Sun Certified Business Component Developer

Sun Certified Java Programmer