About

Phani Dittakavi is a PMP certified Project Manager with over 7 years of experience in project management and a total of 15 years of experience in the IT industry. He has successfully managed several Enterprise Web Application projects using Java/J2EE as well as some MS technology based projects for global customers. Phani is proficient in conventional water-fall model as well as Agile Scrum methodology. He has worked in various functional areas including Banking, Content Management, Mobile Applications, Learning Management, HRIS Systems, Intranets, and Portal Development. Phani has presales experience which includes RFP response, Requirements Analysis, Gap analysis, Solution Architecture, POC, and giving product demos. He has 4 years of onsite US experience and has handled many other onsite assignments successfully in Singapore and UK. Phani is an excellent people manager and can lead and motivate the team, facilitate conflict resolution, and manage distributed cross-functional teams. He is proficient in Microsoft Project, Open Source Project Libre, TeamworkPM (Cloud-based PM tool), and MS Excel. Phani has used Agile-Scrum Methodology and has experience in Requirements Analysis (User Stories), Interaction with Product Owners, work breakdown, size and effort estimations, end-to-end project management, Sprint planning, execution, change and risk management, closure, Daily Scrums, Removing Impediments, Velocity Calculations, Conducting Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective meetings, Budgeting, Cost Control, Resource Utilization tracking, invoicing and billing monthly for T&M projects, driving on-time on-budget delivery with quality focus, and high customer satisfaction at every stage of the project. He has experience in metrics collection, senior management reporting, corrective actions, Best Practices/Lessons Learned documentation, responding to RFP's, POC, Fit Gap Analysis, product demos, stakeholder communication management, team performance management (Appraisals), build and release management, UAT Support, User Documentation, and User Training. Phani's current company is Vertex Computer Systems where he is working as a Project Manager. He has previously worked with Stoapps as a Project Manager and with Compaq as a Senior Consultant/PM. Phani completed his B.E in Electronics and Telecommunications from Osmania University in 1997. He has a relevant experience of 25.44 years and possesses skills in test, product management, Java, Mobile, and Web.