About me

Chandrakumar Raman is an Engineering Graduate with PG Diploma having 22 years of hands on experience in across a wide spectrum of Organizational Quality Management, Improvements, Operational excellence and Customer loyalty. A Lean leader and Six Sigma Master Black Belt(MBB) with a proven track record in cost /defect reduction and Productivity improvement. Top 5 strengths from the Strengths Finder of Gallup Organization; Analytical, Ideation, Input, Learner and Restorative
  
He is currently working as Vice President and Head of Corporate Quality at CSS Corp. He had a long stints in Nokia, HP , Wipro and IBM in various roles 

He serves as AnnAdvisory / Board Member for various non-profit/social organizations and forums. 

Currently, Member - Board of Studies @ Anna University and  ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu at ICTAT

He was the President of SPIN Chennai and Member - Board of Studies He is also an invited speaker in various industry forums such as PMI, ASQ, ISACA, SPIN, ICTAT.


Proficiency
  1. Adept in application of process models / standards like ISO, CMMi, PCMM, PMP ITIL, Six sigma, Lean and the overall Quality and operational improvements
  2. An effective change agent in promoting  & institutionalizing the best practices and Software Engineering Practices
  3. He has conducted numerous training sessions covering in Project Management, Software Engineering, Six Sigma, Lean and TQM principles. 

Professional Certifications / Trainings


  1. Certified Master Black Belt - Indian Statistical Institute
  2. Certified Process Professional - Champion® - BP
  3. Certified Leader ‘Achieving Superior Service’ - Ron Kaufman
  4. IRCA Certified ISO 9000  Lead Auditor - BVQI
  5. IRCA Certified ISO 20000 Lead Auditor - BSI
  6. CRISC Exam review course ( Exam Preparatory Trg ) – ISACA  
  7. Certified Lean Leader - WIPRO 
  8. ITIL v3.0 Foundation Certificate -  BCS 
  9. Certified Professional Scrum Master- Scrum.Org
  10. Certified Black Belt  - WIPRO
  11. PMP Certification preparatory (36 hrs)  training PM Elite ( Equivalent to PMP ) - WIPRO

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Why is Lean Principles gaining importance in Software industry?

Image
The concept of Lean originated from the manufacturing industry as it focused on the theme of efficiency based on optimizing work flow. Lean principles evolved from Japanese manufacturing industry and the term was first coined by John Krafcik in a Fall 1988 article, "Triumph of the Lean Production System," published in the Sloan Management Review and based on his master's thesis at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Krafcik had been a quality engineer in the Toyota-GM NUMMI joint venture in California before coming to MIT for MBA studies. Krafcik's research was continued by the International Motor Vehicle Program (IMVP) at MIT, which produced the international best-seller book coauthored by Jim Womack, Daniel Jones, and Daniel Roos called The Machine That Changed the World. The fundamental focus of Lean in working from the point of view of Customer Value has already shown very encouraging results. Starting from cycle time reduction to throughput improvement...
Read more

Sustainable Operational Excellence

In the current industry scenario Superior performance, differentiated products & services, and focusing in a niche area, are the three key parameters that help a company grow. The concept of Operational Excellence addresses the first two aspects. The Wikipedia defines Operational Excellence as a philosophy of leadership, teamwork and problem solving resulting in continuous improvement throughout the organization by focusing on the needs of the customer, empowering employees, and optimizing existing activities in the process. From a practical perspective Operational Excellence involves continuous improvement and demonstrated, quantifiable, sustained improvement in all areas and functions of work in an  organization leading to continuous improvement in all business parameters, organization growth, customer delight and best in class benchmarking. As per the business excellence models, Operational excellence is typically demonstrated by results that reflect (1) sustained...
Read more