International Project Management & Agile Consultant, Authorized ICAgile Trainer
Lavanya has spent about 20 years in IT industry. Starting as a programmer in Compaq, Malaysia and had grown all the way up to be a project manager with Hewlett-Packard Singapore. Later she joined Microsoft Singapore as a consultant, mainly taking care of service delivery management and Project Management. She implemented TDD and XP practices and change and release management in her work environment, managing a virtual team from China, Hong Kong and India.
Since 2006 she has been a trainer and coach in Project Management (Agile and Traditional), process management and leadership skills. She has delivered courses and coached teams across Asia, Middle East and in Europe. Lavanya is both an accredited PMI Trainer and an authorized ICAgile trainer.
Today, as a freelancer trainer, facilitator, and coach, Lavanya is working with project teams to help them successfully transform into a self-organizing team and coaching in Agile and Risk management. She is experienced in quickly understanding complex objectives, managing cope and building stakeholder consensus to a structured delivery approach. She collaboratively manages global team resources to deliver objectives and relies on extensive technical background especially in Microsoft technologies to quickly assimilate new information technologies. Lavanya acts as the calming influence in resourcing matrices of objectives, cultural differences, vague and politically charged cross-functional activities.
Experience:
▪ 20 years in IT industry.
▪ Starting as a programmer in Compaq, Malaysia and had grown all the way up to be a project manager with Hewlett-Packard Singapore.
▪ Joined Microsoft Singapore as a consultant, taking care of service delivery management and Project Management.
▪ Implemented TDD, XP practices, managing a virtual team from China, Hong Kong and India.
▪ Trainer and coach in Project Management (Agile and Traditional), process management and leadership skills since 2006.
▪ Delivered courses and coached teams across Asia, Middle East and in Europe.
Certification & Current Role:
▪ Accredited PMI Trainer.
▪ Authorized ICAgile trainer.
▪ Working with project teams to help them successfully transform into a self-organizing team and coaching in Agile and Risk management.
▪ Manages global team resources to deliver objectives and relies on extensive technical background especially in Microsoft technologies to quickly assimilate new information technologies.
▪ Acts as the calming influence in resourcing matrices of objectives, cultural differences, vague and politically charged cross-functional activities.