Manivannan Kannan , PMP, CSM, IMYB™

• Managing Research grants with a value of over $8.4 Million with Federal/Provincial/Industrial Funding. • Scope Refinement and Objectives: Collaborate with the Management Team and stakeholders to clarify project boundaries and goals. • Working with Research team to develop grants and to successfully scale up the research. • Reviewing Projects and working with the Advisory committee to award the project with the agency funding. • Project Planning & Financial Management: Create initial baseline plans for project phases, budgets, and financials, outlining scope, milestones, task timelines, and required resources. • Thorough Research and Foundation: Conduct in-depth research for each project to establish a strong foundation for success. • Inter-project Coordination: Identify inter-project connections and dependencies while engaging stakeholders and seeking necessary approvals. • Execution Strategy and Oversight: Devise strategies to achieve project goals and ensure timely, budget-conscious, and high-quality completion, overseeing gate evaluations and producing relevant communication materials. • Problem-Solving and Conflict Resolution: Serve as a catalyst to resolve project issues and disputes, escalating matters when necessary.

• Managing Research Project portfolio with a value of over $7.5 Million. • Demonstrated ability to effectively use waterfall, agile, or equivalent project management methodologies. • Recruiting, training, Project and research professionals with Research Methodologies, Business Intelligence tools such as Excel and Tableau. • Managed project budgets by tracking, analyzing, and advising the project team about spending trends and forecasted the budget trend to minimize risk and spend efficiently • Creating Dashboards, and Surveys using Qualtrics, Tableau, and Excel.

• Creating Dashboards, and Surveys using Qualtrics, Tableau, and Excel. • Research on Skills Gap Analysis. Published in Journal in Polytechnic education. • Development of Change Management/Leadership methodology Framework. • Development of people analytics and succession planning • Using Research methods, ethics, project management techniques, literature reviews, data collection and analysis, and report writing for the projects and assignments given. • Completing tasks and projects assigned on a timely fashion working individually and along with the team. • Working with an investigator to answer a research question. • Work collaboratively with the project manager and team to maximize productivity.

• Mentored over 100 students on real-world project scenarios, enhancing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. • Integrated current industry trends and best practices into coursework in collaboration with faculty and industry professionals. • Delivered a comprehensive curriculum on I.T. project management principles, methodologies, and tools, enhancing students' practical skills in managing technology projects.

• Provided outstanding customer service by answering through emails, chats, calls, and questions related to products. • Verify and process financial transactions. • Processed the orders and fulfilled them efficiently. • Logged all contacts in customer database system accurately and handled disputes and concerns.

• Handled inventory worth more than $100,000 and published weekly/monthly reports of inventory based on need. • Assisted in recruiting, hiring (full cycle recruitment) and training staff. • Handled the team and responsible for the efficient running of the business. • Assisted manager in payroll using kronos software. • Worked with manager in scheduling the staffs based on the business needs. • Responsible for staff’s time sheets and handled them accurately.

• Maintained revenue reports, payroll using QuickBooks, Excel, and word. • Worked on full cycle recruiting of staffs. • Performed scheduling of staffs, tech visits of clients as per the company’s norms. • Promptly resolved customers disputes through calls and emails and assisted in products and services information. • Generated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to management.