Chak Tukkadi,  Founder of pVector Technologies.       

Mr.Chak Tukkadi is currently serving as Principal Consultant for pVector Technologies. Chak has over 15 years of experience in design, development, and implementing client/server, web applications, and PMO applications.

Chak has worked with Microsoft Project since 2000, and has been providing EPM consulting services to Fortune 500 clients and worked with MS Project Server versions 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010 and Project Central.

For the last seven years, he has been working on Project Server and customized the Project Server infrastructure and created custom reports, PMO dashboards, and metrics for a host of respected companies. He has been supporting Project Managers on day-to-day project management activities by providing training on Microsoft Project, PWA, and Windows SharePoint Services.

Chak also hosts and maintains the website called EPM Central for Project Management community on usage Project Server tool. This site is very useful to get some tips and help on MS Project Server tools.

 Skill Summary:

 Strengths:

• EPM Tools (Project Server, MS Project, Project Web Access, Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Server, EPK Suite, PDS)
• Project Server Installation, Configuration and Migration
• Web Development Experience (ASP, ASP.NET; Developed numerous custom PMO web applications)
• Databases Programming(SQL Server, Oracle, MS-ACCESS)
• Excel VBA Proficiency (Developed numerous automated excel reports for PMO)
• Reports Design and Development (SQL Server Reporting Services on MS Project Server)
• Training sessions on MS Project Server/SharePoint/Project Server Administration

Awards/Certificates:

• Microsoft Certified Professional in Enterprise Project Management Solution  (Microsoft Exam: 70-281; Candidate ID: 3844591)
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist of Enterprise Project Management with Project Server 2007  (Microsoft Exam: 70-633)
• Received award from Cisco, IT/PMO
• Received award from CSAA (AAA), Enterprise Program Management Office
• Received award from GAP IT, Project Management Center of Excellence
• Received outstanding performance award from SFO airport, City of San Francisco county

Chak has worked with following prestigious organizations and delivered EPM/PMO solutions.

AAA Northern California (CSAA, San Francisco)

• Responsibilities include supporting project management activities as projects begin to utilize EPMO tools, helping develop and making improvements in the tool set and facilitating compliance and governance to Enterprise PMO standards.
• Designed and developed PMO metrics custom reports as per PM COE standards
• Developed the custom tool to track the project baseline activities and developed the summary report to show the baseline log with Earned Value Calculations
• Developed custom reports for Windows SharePoint Services 2003 (Enterprise level summary/details reports which shows the Risks/Issues/Documents metrics across the projects)
• Integrated MS Project Server with CSAA time tracking system and also responsible for generation of weekly actual vs. planned hours/cost reports for each project.
• Responsible for distribution of weekly EPMO reports (Project Allocation, Milestone, Resource Over Allocation, Project Dashboard and EPMO Project metrics) to Executives, Program Managers, Portfolio Managers and PM Community in CSAA
• Designed and developed the Enterprise Capacity Analysis Reports by using EPK Suite and SQL Reporting Services
• He has been supporting Project Managers on day-to-day project management activities by providing training on Microsoft Project, PWA, and Windows SharePoint Services.
• Worked with CSAA PM COE team in development of procedures and training materials

• Conducted pilot phase of Project Server deployment and prepared the EPM requirements gathering
• Setup MS Project Server environment and customized as per PMO needs; implemented customer level security on programs; provided support entire PMO team in managing their programs using Project Server
• Involved in the migration process from Project Server 2003 to Project Server 2007
• Conducted the numerous training sessions on usage of Project Server. Also worked with technical writer and prepared the user guide
• Designed and developed the custom application to capture and report the weekly program status to PMO director and Cisco executives
• Developed automated SRS reports to show the program status, dashboards and compliance summary for each program/portfolio

• Responsible for entire MS Project Server/Project Central administration
• Involved in the migration process from Project Central to Project Server 2003
• Configured and customized the PWA security model
• Designed and developed interface between MS Project Server, People Soft HR database, Contractor database to update the enterprise resource pool
• Extended MS Project Server to flow the actual hours and cost into Oracle financial system
• Designed, developed and automated enterprise resource allocation/Project & Portfolio reports from Project Central/Project Server databases
• Developed PMO web application to manage project stages/budget information and provided the interface to Project Server
• Responsible to train the project managers on MS Project and Project Web Access

• Conducted training sessions to Safeway Project Server administrators on managing MS Project Server
• Prepared technical documentation, best practices and guidelines of MS Project Server
• Automated Enterprise PMO Status Reports using Excel Pivot tables

• Installed and Configured Project Server 2007 on Verizon provided servers
• Migrated Desktop version of MS Project 2003 plans to MS Project Server 2007
• Build new enterprise resource pool by consolidating the desktop project plans
• Conducted Project Server administration training to Verizon team
• Prepared user guide on usage of MS Project and MS Project Server 2007