Pardha Saradhi Mantravadi [MBA, Fellow of BCS, CSPO, CUA]
Founder, Director - TEXAVI
Pardha Saradhi Mantravadi is a seasoned and well-qualified trainer, coach, mentor, influencer and thought leader on digital transformation, product management, business architecture, business analysis, agile methodologies and user experience areas. The unique difference that Pardha brings to training is the rich experience and insights from working as an IT professional with over 25 years of experience. He is the founder and director of TEXAVI and is also the founder of the digital platform analyst-zone.com.
CERTIFICATIONS
TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Pardha is an accredited and qualified trainer, delivering training sessions across the UK, USA, Canada and India in the last 25 years. He is a certified trainer for IT, product management, business architecture, business analysis and agile product development courses by BCS and IIBA, the leading training bodies based in the UK and North America respectively. He is also proficient in imparting training on agile development, user experience, business architecture and UML. Over the past couple of decades, Pardha has been delivering the following types of training:
· Classroom training for general public
· Corporate training
· Instructor-led virtual learning
Pardha started delivering formal training sessions in 2006 covering numerous areas such as business analysis, software product development and analysis, UML (Unified Modeling Language), software engineering methods, social businesses, usability and user experience practices. He delivered customized corporate in-house training sessions in organizations such as Accenture, Merrill Lynch, Core projects and Technologies, Steelwedge Software, Aptech Limited, Pinnacle Info-solutions etc., to name a few. Pardha also delivered public domain training and conducted workshops in conferences, seminars and events such as Social Media Week in London, IIBA’s conference in Welingker Institute, USID’s Innovation in Software Development conference in Hyderabad to mention a few.
Pardha is an authorized trainer, approved by IIBA to deliver the IIBA’s certification courses (ECBA, Entry Certificate in Business Analysis, CCBA, Certificate of Capability in Business Analysis and CBAP, Certified Business Analysis Professional). Besides these, Pardha is also a BCS approved trainer for delivering training on BCS’ Business Analysis International Diploma certification courses, Business Architecture courses. Pardha is honoured to be awarded the prestigious Fellowship of BCS in the year 2013 and has been a Fellow of BCS (FBCS) ever since.
Recent delivery of training courses:
- Real World Business Analysis and Process Improvement
- BCS Professional Certificate in Business Architecture
- IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional
- BCS Requirements Engineering
- Introduction to AI in Finance
- User Experience Masterclass
- Root Cause Analysis
- Introduction to UML
- GDPR Practitioner Certification
- Dimensional Modelling Foundation
- Certified DevOps Practitioner
- Certified Scrum Master
- Agile Tester Certification
- Writing and managing User Stories
- IIBA – CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), CCBA (Chartered certificate in Business Analysis), ECBA (Entry Certificate in Business Analysis)
- BCS – Business Analysis Foundation, Business Analysis Practice, Requirements Engineering
Digital platform for Analysts and IT professionals – https://analyst-zone.com
Pardha conceptualised and developed this digital platform as a go-to place for learning and testing business analysis concepts, principles, methods and techniques in 6 different analysis areas:
- Business Analysis
- Systems Analysis
- Agile Analysis
- User Experience Analysis
- Process Analysis
- Data Analysis
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Seasoned IT professional with rich experience and expertise in digital applications, data analytics, cloud solutions and platforms development. An MBA and a Fellow of BCS having awarded the BCS ISEB International Diploma in Business Analysis, IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), B.Sc. (Statistics, Mathematics & Computer Science).
Worked with global leaders i.e., large organisations (eg., HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Dyson, Asda, ICON Plc, Roche Lifesciences, Royal Society of Chemistry, King’s College London, Becton Dickinson, American Chemical Society, Cambridge University Press and Assessment etc) and start-ups as well (eg., Global Dawn, Intent HQ, Texavi and Tally.sa) in developing and delivering large-scale enterprise digital platforms, Web and mobile applications.
Focus areas – Business analysis, product engineering, Analytics, Data modelling and agile development methodologies (SCRUM, User Stories, Backlogs, Kanban and BDD) and User Experience (UX).
- Strong in 5 domains Financial Services, Wealth and Asset Management, Retail, Life Sciences, and Media/Publishing
- 25 years of solid IT work-experience covering 5 domains, 3 technology platforms, 3 Cloud platforms, 100+ products, 30+ Training Sessions, 50+ happy clients
- Technology Stack – Worked on leading teams, developing and delivering high-performance, scalable digital platforms using technologies such as Java, Microsoft Dot Net, SQL, JSON, Python, SAP S/4 HANA ERP platform (Order-to-Cash), Salesforce.com CRM platform and ServiceNow, to name a few
Hands on experience in Cloud Transformation initiatives involving Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure platforms encompassing Data Science/Machine Learning solutions and tooling. Solutions developed include full life cycle and POCs around building, training, testing and productionisation of Data Science/AI/Machine Learning models
Expert in using CASE/CARE tools viz., Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Visio, Miro, Figma, iServer, OmniGraffle, Invision, Rational suite, Enterprise Architect, Trello, Alfresco, Wiki. Also well-versed with Swagger APIs, Power BI, Microsoft SQL, Google Analytics, Tealium and Collibra. Also conversant with the applications used in Banking and Financial Services industry such as Avaloq banking suite, Finantix wealth management and SDK Finance digital retail banking solutions.
Skills/Areas of Expertise
- Digital Transformation
- Technology Leadership
- Business Architecture
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Business Analysis
- Agile Development Methodologies
- Product Development
- User Experience(UX)/Customer Experience
- Software Quality Assurance
- Cloud Migration
- Data Analytics/Data Science
- Personality Development/Behaviour Science
- DevOps
- Cybersecurity
Review/Feedback
“The delivery was consistent, thoughtful and measured. Texavi’s masterclass worked well for me.”
– Louise Caldwell, OMT Group
“I enjoyed the bootcamp and found it very inspiring. I found your description of digital transformation very useful and I liked the examples that were given about successful digital businesses.”
– Dr. Carrie Mowatt, Royal Society of Chemistry
“What I like most about Pardha is the way he easily blends empathy for users within day-to-day software development tasks. This mix of vision and execution is rare and powerful.”
– Sarbajit Sen, Steelwedge Software
“Recently Texavi conducted a workshop on Agile methodologies. The trainer’s knowledge on Agile methodology has its roots grounded in experience.”
– Tazeen Sheikh, Mastek
” The trainer is very well-informed. I learnt a lot of background to digital transformation and artificial intelligence and how businesses can use them.”
– Robert Bowles, RSC
“I attended Texavi’s training on Agile Business Analysis and had a lot of takeaways from the session. Pardha’s effective presentation skills supported with context you can relate to, makes the entire experience exhilarating.”
– Abhijeet Majumdar, Zensar Technologies
“The workshop was quite interesting. I found the exercises we did particularly valuable, as it was useful to discuss with the others present, and to then feedback to the wider group.”
– Holly Sheahan, Cambridge Partners
“Excellent speaker, very knowledgeable. Lovely manner and gentle approach.”
– Linda Clifford, Marketing Success
“Texavi has delivered a fantastic product which was above expectations. The ISBE DataHub will support operational and strategic efforts, at the same time reducing the burden of work for staff at KCL.”
– Christine Manoharan, King’s College London
“The workshop was quite interesting, liked the practical and interactive parts. Texavi’s Digital Business Maturity Model is really helpful and necessary for success.”
– Julio C Garcia, Creanto
“The trainer, Pardha is professional yet very friendly, made everyone feel welcome.”
– Chantal Gilbert, BusyBee Consulting
Recent Courses
- Artificial Intelligence Foundation Masterclass
- Artificial Intelligence in Practice Masterclass
- Applying Artificial Intelligence Masterclass
- Digital Transformation Professional
- Digital Transformation Practitioner
- Digital Transformation Foundation
- Agile Development – Foundation Course
- Deep dive into Scoping & Prioritisation
- Kanban in Software Development
- Fundamentals of Jira (Collaboration Tool)
- Advanced Concepts and Features in Jira
- IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
- IIBA Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA)
- IIBA Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA)