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PMP-Certified IT Technical Project Manager | Enterprise Infrastructure & Data Centre Migrations | Project Governance, Risk & Compliance (ISO 27001, SOC 2) | 17+ yrs incl. Thomson Reuters | Bengaluru | Immediate joiner

About

I deliver enterprise IT projects where infrastructure, risk and compliance meet. I spent more than 15 years at Thomson Reuters in Bengaluru, progressing from systems engineering into project management. As a Systems Engineer I handled 16 computer equipment rooms (CERs) across APAC, disaster-recovery planning, and major data centre and data migrations. As a Senior Systems Engineer I led enterprise support projects using PMI practices. As a Project Manager from April 2020 to January 2025 I ran cross-functional projects through planning, phase gates, cutover and handover, managing scope, budgets, vendors, risks and dependencies, and I set up OneTrust consent and cookie management. After Thomson Reuters I founded and ran Elevana, a technology and project delivery consultancy, until September 2025. Since October 2025 I have worked as a freelance consultant with Cornerstone Consulting Group. There I led a 25-member team of DevOps engineers, developers, a project manager and a coordinator on a FedRAMP project, bringing a cloud environment into compliance with FedRAMP and US federal security requirements and owning KPIs, dashboards, reporting and governance. I also support ISO/IEC 27001, 27017 and 27018 and SOC 2 audit readiness. What I bring • Infrastructure delivery: 16 CERs, data centre and data migrations, disaster recovery, controlled change, cutover and operational transition • Technical team leadership: a 25-member DevOps and development team on regulated cloud (FedRAMP) work • Project governance: integrated plans, RAID management, KPIs and dashboards, phase gates, budgets, vendors and executive reporting • Risk and compliance: FedRAMP, ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audit readiness, control evidence, privacy operations on OneTrust • Credentials: PMP (PMI, valid to 2029); LLB; Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD), in progress I am looking for IT Technical Project Manager, IT Project Manager and infrastructure or migration project roles, as well as IT governance and compliance project roles. Based in Bengaluru, available to join immediately, and open to hybrid, remote, and relocation to the UAE or GCC with employer sponsorship. Contact: jonathanjustus@yahoo.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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codex

deepmind

gemini

github copilot

Work experience

Consultant, IT Governance and Compliance at Cornerstone Consulting Group, Oct 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Consulting engagement supporting clients on IT governance and compliance. • Led a 25-member team of DevOps engineers, developers, a project manager and a coordinator on a FedRAMP project to bring a cloud environment into compliance with FedRAMP and US federal security requirements. • Owned the project's KPIs, dashboards and leadership reporting, and drove strategy, governance, operations and optimisation across the team. • Coordinate ISO/IEC 27001, 27017 and 27018 and SOC 2 audit-readiness workstreams: map controls to evidence and track owners, gaps and remediation actions to closure. • Run control-validation and risk reviews, and maintain the risk register, documentation and traceability ahead of audit fieldwork. • Cover cloud-specific controls, including shared-responsibility mapping and access governance. • Report status, blockers and decisions to client leadership and escalate gaps that threaten audit timelines.

Founder and Consultant, Technology and Project Delivery at Elevana, Jan 2025 - Sep 2025 · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Founded and ran an independent consultancy providing technology and project delivery support to small and mid-sized teams. • Turned client priorities into scoped plans with milestones, owners and decision points across concurrent engagements. • Set up stakeholder communication and accountability tracking that gave client leaders one view of status and risk. • Closed the consultancy in September 2025 on joining Cornerstone Consulting Group.

Project Manager at Thomson Reuters, Apr 2020 - Jan 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Managed cross-functional enterprise IT projects across APAC covering enterprise support, infrastructure, and privacy and compliance workflows, working with engineering, privacy, legal, business and third-party vendor teams. • Planned and governed projects from initiation to closure through phase gates: scope, schedule, budget, risks, dependencies and change control. • Managed delivery and budgets across multiple third-party vendors. • Ran sprint planning, reviews and retrospectives and managed backlog and priorities for Agile workstreams. • Coordinated testing, deployment readiness, cutover and handover into operations. • Set up OneTrust consent and cookie management and supported privacy, policy and ethics workflows across OneTrust, HighQ, PolicyTech and EthicsPoint. • Supported policy and standards management, control implementation and audit-readiness activities.

Senior Systems Engineer at Thomson Reuters, Oct 2016 - Mar 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Led enterprise support initiatives using PMI-aligned planning, risk, dependency and stakeholder-management practices. • Coordinated infrastructure deployments, change execution, resource allocation and operational readiness across cross-functional teams. • Strengthened delivery performance through mentoring, training, execution reviews and clear accountability. • Tracked milestones, operational risks and escalations to support predictable implementation and service continuity.

Systems Engineer at Thomson Reuters, Jun 2009 - Oct 2016 · 7 yrs 5 mos, • Managed enterprise IT infrastructure across APAC, covering system administration, network coordination, service continuity and disaster-recovery planning. • Handled 16 computer equipment rooms (CERs) and led major data centre migrations and data migrations, coordinating cutover readiness while minimising operational disruption. • Developed and implemented data-privacy practices aligned with regulatory and enterprise requirements. • Worked with regional stakeholders and technical teams to maintain resilient infrastructure services and resolve operational risks.

Education

Doctor of Juridical Science, Law, Golden Gate University

Master of Science - MS, Information Technology, Alagappa University

Public links

github: https://github.com/svtkumar

youtube.com: https://youtube.com/@elevana-pro