Vijay Ramaswamy

Current

• Director - IT Domestic Television at Sony Pictures Entertainment

Past

• Project Director at Snap On Business Solutions
• Project Director at Proquest Business Solutions
• Solution Architecture / Management Consulting at TABC Toyota

• Senior Manager at Syncata
• Solution Architecture / Management Consulting at Motorcycle Industry Council
• Strategy/Process Consulting at American Honda Motor Company
• Implementation Mgmt/Technology Consulting at GR8RIDE.com
• Principal Consultant at Netbase Computing
• Implementation Mgmt/Technology Consulting at Semisales
• Solution Architecture /Technology Consulting at 20th Century Fox

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Education

• University of California, Irvine
• Central Polytechnic

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Information Technology and Services

Vijay Ramaswamy’s Summary

Led cros-functional teams to define,develop, and implement innovative business solutions utilizing leading edge technologies in Automotive, Entertainment and Finance Industries.

Implemented multiple solutions from inception to production deployment utilizing various SDLC methodologies including RUP,RAD, and ESDM.

Vijay Ramaswamy’s Specialties:

Broad portfolio of projects including custom development, complex integration, process improvement, and package selection, installation and customization. Experienced in technical and data architecture,design, management analysis, and implementation of solutions for Automotive,Finance,Entertainment and Healthcare industries.

Vijay Ramaswamy’s Experience

• Director - IT Domestic Television

  Sony Pictures Entertainment

  (Public Company; SNE; Entertainment industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Manage emerging digital media projects for performance and reporting. Rights and Availability system for Domestic TV

• Project Director

  Snap On Business Solutions

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; SNA; Computer Software industry)

  October 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Define Service engagements strategy and direction. Lead Cross functional team on project pursuits to define scope,technology, schedule, and budget. Acquire program funding from executive management. Oversee projects for scope,budget,staff and schedule.

• Project Director

  Proquest Business Solutions

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PQE; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2005 — October 2006 (1 year 9 months)

  Lead proposal development for automotive OEMS. Manage client relationship for multiple projects. Lead new product development. Develop and maintain partnership with product companies. Serve as business unit partner to devise appropriate technology solutions.

• Solution Architecture / Management Consulting

  TABC Toyota

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TM; Automotive industry)

  August 2004 — July 2005 (1 year)

  Lead solution vision,scope,successful roll-out of an Optimized Order Fulfilment Solution utlizing mixed integer programming.

• Senior Manager

  Syncata

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 2001 — February 2005 (4 years)

  Independently plan and manage large projects for multiple clients utilizing diverse technologies and emerging standards. Define, document and manage formal processes for Project planning and execution. Manage executive level relationships.

• Solution Architecture / Management Consulting

  Motorcycle Industry Council

  (Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Automotive industry)

  January 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 8 months)

  Represent MIC in STAR standards working committee. Contribute in creation of Web Services specification for the auto industry and gain consensus from multiple organizations in the industry. Build and deploy a Proof of concept to effectively implement standards based communication. More details at http://psp.mic.org/AboutPSP/TechnicalOverview/DevelopmentHistory/tabid/58/Default.aspx

• Strategy/Process Consulting

  American Honda Motor Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; HMC; Automotive industry)

  March 2001 — October 2001 (8 months)

  Helped Launch an organization-wide multi-million dollar Warehouse Management System implementation project spanning 10 part centers throughout the country. Prepared business case,Vendor scorecard, KT analysis matrix for vendor selection.

• Implementation Mgmt/Technology Consulting

  GR8RIDE.com

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Automotive industry)

  January 2001 — May 2001 (5 months)

  Led the implementation of e-Commerce framework for Automotive enthusiast sites and strategy/scoping effort for the commerce platforms

• Principal Consultant

  Netbase Computing

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 1994 — February 2001 (7 years 1 month)

  Define Technical Architecture for large scale projects based on client strategy, application requirements, emerging technology and client standards. Provide technical leadership for large project teams with complex technical and functional requirements. Recommend technology strategy and roadmap for migrating from current state to future state

• Implementation Mgmt/Technology Consulting

  Semisales

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Semiconductors industry)

  March 2000 — November 2000 (9 months)

  Led the implementation of e-Commerce Framework to enable electronic catalog, Buy,Sell,Auction and form online exchange of semi-conductor parts

• Solution Architecture /Technology Consulting

  20th Century Fox

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; NWS; Entertainment industry)

  June 1997 — January 2000 (2 years 8 months)

  Architecture,development,management , and deployment of a Windows and Availability System and a Worldwide distribution rights system.

Vijay Ramaswamy’s Education

• University of California, Irvine

  Project Management (20 Credits) 2001 — 2002

• Central Polytechnic

  Mechanical Engineering 1981 — 1984

Additional Information

Vijay Ramaswamy’s Interests:

Innovative business solutions utilizing emerging technologies, Web Services, Project Management, Technical Management

Vijay Ramaswamy’s Groups:

PMI, The Instituition of Engineers(India)

•    Syncata Alumni

Vijay Ramaswamy’s Honors:

Presented Papers in
Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences Conference 2005
PMI Global congress 2004 at North America
PMI Global congress 2003 at The Hague

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