Ajay Kumar

Current

Senior Consultant at Amdocs

Past

Project Manager at Nethawk
Release Manager at Verizon
Technical Project Manager at Verizon

Project Manager at Aspect Communications
Senior Consultant at KPMG
System Support Manager at Schneider National

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Education

Southern Methodist University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Ajay Kumar’s Summary

Expert in turning around high-risk IT projects to address complex business problems with extensive experience in new product development, Telecom, Big 5 Consulting and Operations Management. Strong client-facing and negotiation skills with proven ability to build consensus and to manage creative, highly energized & focused teams.

Ajay Kumar’s Specialties:

Technical Project / Program Management
People Management / Team Building / Mentoring
IT Merger Implementation
IT Organization / Management Reengineering
Business Process Mapping
Human Capital Development

Ajay Kumar’s Experience

Senior Consultant

Amdocs

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DOX; Computer Software industry)

October 2008 — Present (10 months)

Providing management consulting services to Tier 1 & 2 telecom, cable & wireless companies.
Project Manager

Nethawk

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)

August 2005 — June 2008 (2 years 11 months)

Recruited to introduce sound project management practices and customer orientation to a technology-driven department. Play major role in establishing and enforcing inter/intra-departmental processes. Full accountability for Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Core Network projects. Oversee a team of 40+ multi-tiered professionals.

Pioneered and led Product Integration team to improve customers’ usability of product.
Release Manager

Verizon

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

March 2004 — June 2005 (1 year 4 months)

Managed software build & release efforts for VoiceWing, Verizon’s inaugural launch of residential Voice-over-IP, and VerizonOne, an Internet device. Responsible for environmental readiness, defect management, pre-prod and production deployment issues.
Technical Project Manager

Verizon

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VZ; Telecommunications industry)

July 2002 — August 2003 (1 year 2 months)

Orchestrated turnaround of a high-risk, web-based software development project by improving key process areas from CMM Level 1 to CMM Level 2.
Project Manager

Aspect Communications

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ASPT; Telecommunications industry)

April 2000 — November 2001 (1 year 8 months)

Successfully managed over $3M in high visibility engagements. Accountable for multiple, simultaneous engagement lifecycles—from hardware implementation to application design, development, and deployment.
Senior Consultant

KPMG

(Accounting industry)

March 1998 — February 2000 (2 years)

Member of $20M transition project for Wells Fargo Bank and Norwest Bank merger. Led client teams from various departments to ensure bankers were trained on ‘best of breed’ financial systems.

Member of KPMG’s $50M initiative to combine Consulting’s global knowledge under one large-scale, integrated process. Managed team responsible for configuration management and content integration—successfully released product on schedule.
• Selected as one of two MVP’s of the project (from 50 candidates) by KPMG partner-in-charge.
System Support Manager

Schneider National

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1994 — 1998 (4 years)

Ajay Kumar’s Education

Southern Methodist University

MA , Applied Economics , 1995 — 1997
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

BS , Mechanical Engineering , 1989 — 1994

Activities and Societies:

Minor in Communications. Tau Beta Pi: President, Vice-President, and Treasurer; Pi Tau Sigma: Vice-President