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Gopalakrishnan Ponnusamy

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Program Manager at IBM
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Gopalakrishnan is a performance-driven Program Management Leader at IBM with over 20 years of experience delivering large-scale technology programs in Banking, Healthcare, and Retail. A certified PMP with an MCA from Bharathiar University, he specializes in end-to-end program success through strategic planning and governance.

His expertise lies in aligning transformation initiatives with enterprise risk, compliance, and business strategy, particularly within Cybersecurity and Cloud domains.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Program Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Cybersecurity Governance
Leads initiatives in Identity & Access Management and Data Protection, aligning them with NIST and ISO 27001 frameworks in his current role at IBM.
Cloud Transformation
Manages cloud migration programs using Azure to ensure scalability, resilience, and regulatory compliance for banking domain clients.
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Work history

3-2024
Program Manager
IBM
6-2018 - 2-2024
Sr Project / Program Manager
IBM
4-2014 - 5-2018
Delivery Manager
IBM
9-2009 - 1-2012
Associate project manager
IBM
2-2007 - 8-2009
Project Lead
HCL Technologies, Singapore
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Education
2000 - 2003
MCA
Bharathiar University
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