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How Project Management Certification Increases Opportunity

Sriram Sridharan

Sriram Sridharan

7+ years

Business Intelligence Team Lead

Business Intelligence Team Lead

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Staff Engineer – Industrial Engineer

Staff Engineer – Industrial Engineer

Applied Materials

As documented by Sriram Sridharan.

As your career grows, you constantly have to keep adding to your skills or you can become obsolete. This was true for me too, as I was rising up the ranks in my job, I realized that I would have to keep adding to my skills to become better.

When I worked for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, I realized pretty early that project management would be an essential skill that I would need to climb the corporate ladder.

I completed my bachelor’s in production engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Trichy, followed by a master’s in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University. Previously I’ve worked for GE as a product safety engineer, and for Shell as a material data engineer.

I then got the opportunity to work for Hewlett Packard Enterprise as a team lead for the business intelligence team. While I was confident about my skills, I knew I should also look at project management training.

I was given more responsibilities at work. I had to work on a project management dashboard, work in collaboration with cross-functional teams, business intelligence (BI) tools, and at the same time, I had to manage a large team.

Training Makes All the Difference

Luckily I found Simplilearn’s PMP® Certification Course. I found Simplilearn using an online search. I felt the course was comprehensive, and it covered all the components of the PMP exam. The course had case studies, industry-based scenarios, hands-on projects, and self-paced and instructor-led classes.

Simplilearn’s PMP Certification Course helped me understand project management basics. Plus, I was able to interact with industry expert trainers Jeff Allen and Tim Jerome.

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Achieving Positive Outcomes

After I completed the course and became PMP certified, I could communicate better with other cross-functional teams. My work efficiency also increased, which gave me more time to spend with my newborn son.

Another happy result of completing my PMP certification was that I found a new job with a decent salary hike. I now work as an industrial engineer at Applied Materials.

However, I’m not yet ready to rest on my laurels and am looking forward to taking the Data Analytics course.

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