Economic Development Assistant / Analyst Resume
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SUMMARY
- Goal oriented professional with 10+ years of experience in Agile & waterfall project management, Scrum framework, business analysis, SAFe (Scaled Agile for the Enterprise), process improvement, forecasting, scheduling and planning, capital budgeting, variance analysis, business development and customer service in collaboration with cross functional and self - organizing teams across various business areas to deliver cost-effective, high performance technology solutions to meet challenging business demands.
- In-depth knowledge and hands-on expertise in implementation of project life cycle in various phases and stages of New product development (NPD), LEAN, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in Waterfall, Agile (Scrum), Kanban and Hybrid (Waterfall-Scrum) methodologies, SAFe (Scaled Agile for the Enterprise) and PMP methodology and 9 knowledge areas
- Successfully planned, managed, executed and implemented various Medium to Large-scale project with process improvement, engineering, manufacturing, product development, software development, cost reduction, Kaizen (continuous improvement) and six sigma programs with budget up to $25million
- Monitored the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Continuous improvement through Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation.
- Successfully led a cost saving project within eight months, that reduced the cost per vehicle transmission by $49.07, saving the company $875,000 annually
- Experience in consulting, project management and education qualifications i.e. Bachelor of technology, PGD in product and tool design, MBA, and PMP certification
- Gained in depth experience of tools i.e. SharePoint, Power BI, MS Project, Jira (Core, Software and Service Desk), MS Office, MS Dynamics (CRM & ERP), Visio, AutoCAD, Skype for Business, WebEx, SQL, Catia, UG-NX, Pro-E, PLM (Agile and Teamcenter)
- Adept in team management, problem-resolution, conflict management and people management .
- Possess excellent soft skills, writing skills and oral communication
- Proven 10+ years of strong experience with project planning, work plan development, resource levelling and planning, and project management processes.
- Hands on experience in helping scrum team with Product Increment (PI) Planning
- Well versed with estimation techniques (Planning Poker) to help product owner in picking Product Backlog Items (PBIs) to commit to in the iterations (Sprints)
- Experience in using different elicitation techniques for requirement gathering such as conducting JAD sessions, Requirement Workshops, Focus Groups, Document Analysis, Brainstorming, Prototyping, Survey/Questionnaire.
- Created Budgets and invested wisely to manage cost and produce highest ROI from the project
- Knowledge and experience in performing GAP Analysis, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Feasibility Study, Root Cause Analysis, SWOT Analysis and Impact Analysis for planning and execution of several business decisions
- Skilled Scrum Master with very good understanding of Scrum Process, Scrum Ceremonies and Scrum Artefacts with strong facilitation and team leadership capabilities
- Facilitated various Scrum ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospection, Daily Scrum and Backlog Grooming to improve the team’s performance and maximize value while focusing towards a Sprint Goal
- Knowledge and experience with widely successful Agile techniques: User Stories, Velocity, Story Points, Backlogs, Burndown Charts
- Demonstrated experience in using Microsoft Suite tools such as MS Project, MS Visio, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint .
- Successful as a team player with excellent problem solving, team building, decision making skills coupled with good communication skills to work in conjunction with product owners, DBA's, testers, developers and other team members.
- Planned Resource on-boarding through interviews and using Schedule Management Plan
- Sound knowledge of User Acceptance Test (UAT), Black-Box testing, Smoke testing, Sanity testing, Load testing, Stress testing, Volume testing, Unit testing and Regression testing
- Guiding and mentoring the team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to delight customers.
- Successfully published 6 economic reports for city of Pittsburg (state agency), Kansas with all data analysis and trends for various economic variables.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential
Economic Development Assistant / Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Extracting required information using advanced excel skills and data analysis (e.g. V-lookup, pivot tables, charts and other functions & formulas)
- Analysing economic trends on local, county, state, and national levels for various economic variables such as employment, labor force, payroll, banking etc.
- Ensuring and verifying accuracy of information in quarterly and annual reports
- Prepare data tables and demographic summary
- Participated in various Agile Scrum Ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective and Daily Stand-Ups.
- Helped build the Product Roadmap by working with the Lead Product Owner and align to the sprint goals and with quality acceptance and assurance
- Clarify, identify, and track agile requirements and issues, removed barriers, resolved minor project issues and escalated to immediate manager where required.
- Made sure that the delivery timelines are on schedule for the identified use cases.
- Recommended best solutions based on my understanding of business issues
- Preparing PowerPoint presentations for top executives and conferences
- Provided task-based schedule and cost forecasts and assisted in assessing risk-based provisions.
- Captured and tracked Agile project / program metrics and performed analysis .
- Responsible for change management, resource allocation and release management.
- Creating, maintaining, and entering information into economic office databases
- Conducting cost of living survey in Pittsburg area (State Agency)
- Maintaining and updating Kelce Website under Confidential section with latest economic information and reports
Confidential
Scrum Project Leader, IT Department
Responsibilities:
- Managed cross-functional team (PODs) of IT professionals to support assigned partner/client requirements through SAFe Agile methodologies .
- Worked directly with business stakeholders, clients, designers, developers, and engineers to coordinate the building of applications to specification and on time and budget
- Identified various stakeholders and prepared RACI matrix accordingly for the project
- Prepared power-interest grid for the stakeholder management
- Evaluated and documented stakeholders’ requirements for a project by using requirement elicitation techniques.
- Prepared Business requirements document (BRD) and communicated with stakeholders
- Conducted feasibility study mainly financial (ROI analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis and payback period), operational and market feasibility
- Worked closely with technical and functional team to get the technical feasibility study done.
- Conducted gap analysis for the current or existing solution
- Prepared ballpark estimate for the project & obtained funding and executive approvals
- Assessed budget and schedule of the project requests
- Created Work Breakdown Structure for the project plan.
- Implemented SDLC ( Waterfall & Agile (Scrum framework )) method to execute the project
- Assisted manager to facilitate all the Scrum Ceremonies, such as, Sprint Planning, Grooming Session, Daily Stand-up, Iteration review, Retrospective, and Backlog Refinement.
- Successfully executed various releases and documentation of issue logs.
- Worked closely with product owner in defining, grooming and sizing of user stories
- Used JIRA tool in project execution to create tickets (epics, issues, tasks, stories and bugs) for the sprints .
- Helped testing team to create a test case and assisted to create test plan document
- Closely worked with testers to test a build and identify defects
- Assisted testing team to maintain Requirement traceability matrix (RTM)
- Managed sales ledger, client and inventory database using SQL (DML queries)
- Used MS Dynamics (CRM & ERP) for sales, customer Service, marketing and financials for managing a company's interactions with current and future customers.
Confidential, Kalamazoo, MI
Project Leader - Program Management
Responsibilities:
- Managed eight different, medium to large-scale projects such as new development, six sigma, Kaizen, value engineering, resourcing of bearings, metal to plastic and Engine ECU Software development project of estimated annualised sa vings of $6.4 million and with budget more than $60 million
- Successfully implemented a cost saving value engineering project within eight months, that reduced the cost per transmission by $49.07, saving the company $875,000 annually
- Prepared project plan, budget and identified capital or tool requirement
- Managed international cross-functional team of 15 personnel and planned, led, and executed technical development projects located in different time zones and geographical locations (e.g. Brazil, China, India, Europe and USA)
- Ensured alignment, collaboration, and delivery across large numbers of agile teams through SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)
- Established day-to-day management direction, define priorities and strategies consistent with business goals and aligned to the technology leadership team's direction
- Communicated business vision, goals and portfolio priorities to various team members and cross functional teams (e.g. subject matter experts, Application Owners / Development Managers, Business Systems Analysts, Platform / Service and/or Technology Project Managers etc.)
- Facilitated Scrum ceremonies such as grooming session, daily scrum, sprint planning and reviews, retrospectives meetings.
- Assessed issues or change requests, prioritized and determined what to report
- Prepared schedule for the projects and track milestones using Microsoft Project (MSP)
- Utilized JIRA tool (Core and Software) in project execution to create, manage and track project tasks
- Measured and prepared variance analysis, monitored projects and ensured to stay projects within budget and meet or exceed expectations
- Steered periodic reviews with stakeholders, shared and updated the project status
- Maintained the project tracking logs and follow up on all outstanding actions for completion within deadlines
- Conducted Program risk assessment, risk response & risk mitigation plan
- Assessed work plans, identified scheduling issues, reported and escalated, as needed
- Proactively highlighted potential issues to leadership with action plans & fall-back plans
- Actively gained the knowledge of the competition, customer and industry trends, innovation; pinpoint relevant research opportunities
- Maintained high level of customer service, ensure commitments are met; recommended appropriate actions to enhance service levels, through effective service level management practices/ agreements
- Ensured dynamic business requirement understanding and applied knowledge to prioritize new and existing project delivery
- Involved in creating, tracking and getting approval for Change Requests from the CCB members
- Involved in documentation of Implementation Plan and in all other Production validation activities.
- Conducted phase gate meetings for each phase and ensured that we met the requirement criteria.
- Set up Key performance Indicators (KPIs) for project execution and delivery phases to track and report On-Time Delivery (OTD), Quality, Risk Mitigation
- Assisted PMO in development and evolution of methodology, processes and best practice standards
Confidential, Savannah, GA
Project Manager
Responsibilities:
- Led a Scrum team of six engineers and launched three major New Product Introduction Telehandler projects during a span of 24 months in United Kingdom as an international assignment
- Worked closely with the internal engineering design teams, subject matter experts and various business and functional groups to gather requirements, to facilitate end to end workshops, for the validation, and for the implementation and training and for the completion and sign off the agile project
- Responsibilities include coordination and overseeing milestone, gates, and phases of projects.
- Delivered successful projects to the business partners / clients, meeting the approved scope, cost, schedule and quality for the project
- Prepared work breakdown structure (WBS) for the entire project
- Interacted with the business clients to facilitate smooth communication to understand and analysed the business requirements and to identify appropriate solutions for the clients.
- Created and maintained project documents including, but not limited to the project charter, project plan, statement of work, communication plan and risk management plan
- Responsible for work prioritization, estimation and allocation of a project work
- Maintain the project tracking logs and follow up on all outstanding actions for completion within deadlines
- Conducted design reviews for each phase of the project
- Involved in prototype manufacturing of the machine and testing of the machine
- Responsible for the training of new engineers for Agile project management, Scrum Framework, CAD, company standards etc.
- Prepared documentation - work instructions, process flows, process guides, procedures, status updates and presentations for all key stakeholders engaged in the respective process or projects
- Ensured client or stakeholder satisfaction with the project process and project team by effective and timely communication including status and financial reporting, continual risk/issue assessment/management and escalation, and resolution of issues as they arise
- Identified risks involved in every phase of the project and prepared risk response sheet