Akarshan Puri

Production Planning and Smartsheet Specialist with 7+ years of experience supporting global production, operations, and data-driven project delivery. Proven expertise in designing and managing scalable Smartsheet solutions, production trackers, dashboards, and automated workflows to support international portfolios. Strong collaborator with experience working across multiple regions, ensuring delivery visibility, milestone governance, and accurate reporting for stakeholders.

Tech Lead- Smartsheet Admin/Developer - HCL-Tech - Noida, India

(2026-04)

Led Smartsheet transformation initiatives for Wolters Kluwer by implementing Control Center, Portfolio Dashboards, Operations Dashboards, WorkApps, reports, and automated solutions. Designed and delivered 50+ executive dashboards, aligned project, program, and portfolio planning processes, and integrated enterprise project data using the Jira Connector to enhance visibility, governance, and operational efficiency across the organization.

• Lead end-to-end Smartsheet solution implementation for Wolters Kluwer.
• Implement and administer Smartsheet Control Center.
• Design and develop Operations Dashboards and Portfolio Dashboards.
• Create and maintain dashboards, reports, sheets, and automated workflows.
• Develop and deploy WorkApps to improve user experience and process efficiency.
• Align project, program, and portfolio planning frameworks.
• Integrate Smartsheet with Jira using the Jira Connector.
• Drive reporting standardization and portfolio visibility across business functions.
• Partner with business stakeholders to optimize project and portfolio management processes.
• Provide governance, best practices, training, and ongoing support for Smartsheet solutions.

Project Planner & Smartsheet Developer - Pearson - Noida, India

(2023-04)

Drove the implementation of enterprise-scale Smartsheet solutions for global production tracking, milestone management, and financial planning, partnering with stakeholders to automate workflows, enhance reporting accuracy, and enable effective collaboration across distributed teams.

• Creating and maintaining detailed production plans for international projects. Ensuring timelines, milestones, and dependencies are clearly defined and tracked.
• Supporting multiple regional production streams(for example, Europe and LATAM
• Coordinating with cross-functionalstakeholders such as production, editorial, vendors, and operations teams. Ensuring smooth handoffs between stages of production and flagging risks or delays early.
• Maintaining production trackers and dashboards (for example, Smartsheet-based workflows). Providing regular status updates in weekly touchpoints and regional syncs. Ensuring data accuracy so stakeholders have a reliable view of progress.
• Participating in recurring weekly meetings for different regions (France, Italy, Benelux, LATAM, AI Translation), helping align plans and resolve blockers. Acting as a point of contact for production planning queries related to international portfolios.
• Contributing to process improvements in production planning and reporting. Actively engaging in learning and skill-enhancement sessions to improve efficiency and maturity planning.

Associate Project Manager - SPI GLOBAL (STRAIVE) - Noida, India

(2021-12 - 2023-04)

• Working on Smartsheet's for project tracking for Pearson International.
• Daily reporting to internal & external stakeholders.
• Data reconciliation for reports and dashboards.
• Handling 10 geographies for international products.
• Schedule migration & linking in Smartsheet.

Senior Project Coordinator - Evelyn Learning Systems Pvt. Ltd - Noida, India

(2020-04 - 2021-11)

• Hiring freelancers and vendor management.
• Training, assigning work, collecting deliverables.
• Daily & weekly reporting.

Project Coordinator (SPOC) - Veloce Tech Information Pvt. Ltd - New Delhi, India

(2019-08 - 2020-04)

• Activating project sites, Real-Time support, Managing 15 teams.
• Quality Control, Customer Communication.
• Managing Payments, WCC certification.

Operations Executive - Fourth Dimensions Solutions - New Delhi, India

(2018-06 - 2019-07)

• Training 20–25 executives.
• Quality Control, Customer Communication & Daily Reporting.

B. Tech - Maharishi Dayanand University (2012 - 2016) Rohtak