Ravi Shankar

Senior Technical Project Manager with 16+ years of IT experience, including 10+ years in Project & Program Management, delivering large-scale digital transformation, SaaS, enterprise, and government technology programs across Agile and Hybrid delivery environments. Proven expertise in end-to-end project delivery, PMO governance, stakeholder management, release governance, vendor coordination, and cross-functional team leadership. Successfully delivered 10+ enterprise and government platforms supporting 50,000+ users, including large-scale event management and digital governance platforms, AI-driven learning platforms, SaaS applications, and unified digital governance portals.

Strong technical background in Java-based enterprise applications enables effective collaboration with engineering, DevOps, QA, and architecture teams for technical delivery oversight, API-based integrations, release planning, and cloud-hosted platform execution. Experienced in driving strategic delivery governance, executive stakeholder management, and enterprise-scale transformation initiatives across multi-vendor environments.

Delivery Lead / Technical Project Manager at Room To Read (2025-11 – 2026-02)

• Led end-to-end delivery of AI-driven Teacher & Coach Instructional Platform supporting 10,000+ users during Phase-1 rollout
• Managed project planning, sprint execution, release tracking, stakeholder governance, and milestone adherence
• Coordinated global delivery teams, engineering teams, vendors, and donor stakeholders across multiple workstreams
• Oversaw procurement coordination and vendor execution using ZIP Tool
• Managed delivery risks, dependencies, release readiness, and production rollout governance to ensure successful platform deployment

Senior Consultant – Project Management (Contract) at Ernst & Young LLP (2025-04 – 2025-06)

• Managed delivery governance and execution tracking for 4+ digital transformation initiatives across government programs
• Established structured RAID governance, milestone dashboards, and stakeholder reporting mechanisms
• Coordinated cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between scope, timelines, and delivery objectives
• Facilitated executive reporting, risk tracking, and program-level status communication
• Supported PMO governance and delivery monitoring activities across concurrent projects

IT Project Manager / Delivery Manager at Khelo Tech and Strategy Pvt. Ltd. (2014-07 – 2025-01)

Delivered 10+ large-scale enterprise, SaaS, and government technology platforms for the Sports Authority of India, National Games, and state-level digital transformation programs.

• Led Agile and Hybrid delivery execution across multiple concurrent projects involving engineering, QA, DevOps, business analysts, and vendors
• Managed cross-functional teams of 20+ members and coordinated delivery across multi-vendor environments involving 5+ external partners
• Directed sprint planning, backlog grooming, release planning, stand-ups, sprint reviews, and production rollout coordination
• Managed end-to-end SDLC governance, delivery timelines, resource planning, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication
• Facilitated governance reviews, executive stakeholder communication, and cross-functional delivery alignment across enterprise-scale digital transformation programs
• Improved release cycle efficiency by ~40%, reducing deployment timelines from 6 weeks to 3.5 weeks
• Delivered scalable platforms supporting 50,000+ users across distributed locations and venues
• Managed GeM procurement coordination, RFP preparation, and vendor onboarding activities for government initiatives
• Managed delivery operations across multiple concurrent enterprise programs spanning distributed teams, vendors, and stakeholder groups
• Environment: ReactJS & NodeJS, REST APIs, AWS, SaaS Platforms, Agile, JIRA, CI/CD, Cloud-hosted Applications

Project Manager / Java Team Lead at Medulla Soft Technology Pvt. Ltd. (2012-05 – 2014-07)

Owned end-to-end delivery of enterprise application projects across the full SDLC

• Managed a team of 8 developers across the full SDLC
• Improved application stability and reduced production issues through structured SDLC and quality governance practices
• Reduced defects by 50% through quality improvements

Development Team Lead at Sirius Mobile Works (2010-01 – 2012-12)

Java Developer at Design Art Group (2009-01 – 2010-12)

Master of Computer Applications in Computer Applications – Indira Gandhi National Open University (2007)