CAREER SUMMARY

PMP, CSM, ITIL certified Software Project Manager with Business Analysis, Vendor relations and Contract Management experience. Technical background in code development and software design in object oriented design and UML. Global project management experience and customer and Supplier relationship experience. Successfully managed Java based web projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Manager/Scrum Master

• Working as Scrum Master for 3 teams of Software and QA Engineers.
• Leading User Story grooming and story point estimation sessions
• Working with Product Owner to gather and develop user stories for the product
• Organizing and facilitating Daily stand-ups, Sprint planning, Sprint reviews and demos, and Sprint retrospectives
• Using Sprint and Release burn-down charts to monitor and manage team progress
• Resolving road blocks to enable team progress
• Devising ways of improving Team performance
• Performing project management activities in the PMO such as progress reports, project status update in Clarity ppm, project planning using Microsoft project

Confidential

Project Manager/Scrum Master

• Worked as Agile Coach for a team of Software and Firmware Engineers to adopt Scrum.
• Organized and led Story-Writing workshops
• Leading User Story grooming and estimation sessions
• Facilitated Sprint planning, Daily stand-ups, Sprint reviews and demos, and Sprint retrospectives
• Used Sprint and Release burn-down charts to monitor and manage team progress
• Led software development and User story management in TFS
• Resolved road blocks to enable team progress
• Devising ways of improving Team performance

Confidential

Project Manager/Scrum Master

• Managed Medical Imaging software development using Scrum methodology
• Guided the scrum team and organization on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values to get the most business value
• Worked with Product Owner to groom and maintain product backlog
• Leading planning poker sessions for story estimation
• Led Scrum ceremonies for teams with members in US and India
• Organized and facilitated daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and demos, sprint retrospectives, and sprint planning
• Using Sprint and Release burndown charts to monitor and manage team progress
• Resolved road blocks to enable team progress
• Conducted Release retrospectives with Stakeholders for improvement of software releases
• Worked with Global PMO group to plan and follow project resources, budgets and timelines

Confidential

Project Manager/Scrum Master

• Managed several projects using various SDLC methodologies including Waterfall, RUP and agile. Project budget up to 2 million for sixth month period.
• Managed Nokia Browser and Digital Incentives project using agile methodology. Project teams consisted of in-house personnel and outsourced teams in India, China, Romania, Poland and Mexico.
• Acted as Scrum Master on high profile projects include Webkit, Web 2.0 and Digital Incentives projects with great success
• Managed several projects using Waterfall and RUP methodologies with teams ranging from 7 to 22 engineers
• Led vendor negotiations and contract management to drive competitive pricing for projects saving projects up to 20 in cost
• Actively participated in Request for Proposals and vendor selection through well-defined matrix criteria.
• Developed project plans, project scope and deliverables
• Managed day-to-day project operational aspects to mitigate against and reduce risk
• Managed changes in project scope, project cost and schedule and took corrective measures against project delays
• Project Planning using Microsoft Project Server 2010

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Business Analyst

• Held discussions with developer teams to conduct analysis of existing systems and document requirements for existing push applications for mobile phones and smart devices
• Led group discussions with stakeholders to gather document and analyze requirements for enhancement projects
• Developed use cases to translate business requirements into functional requirements
• Used class diagrams, activity diagrams and sequence diagrams to document requirements in developer language.
• Worked with QA Engineers to review test case and bugs in JIRA tool

Confidential

Business Analyst Consultant

• Identified and analyzed the business needs of stakeholders to help determine solutions to business problems,
• Served as a liaison between the business areas and developer teams
• Led group discussions with users to gather document and analyze requirements
• Developed use cases to translate business requirements into functional requirements
• Created business and technical requirements documentation that developers could use to create applications that support the functional, technical and visual requirements

Confidential

Snr. Requirements/Business Analyst

• Researched, defined, deployed and trained project team members in the Requirements process
• Evaluated various Requirements management tools including DOORS, Caliber-RM, Requisite Pro, RTM Workshop and Analyst Proto select a tool for the process.
• Led JAD sessions with stakeholders to gather document and analyze requirements for enhancement projects
• Developed Use cases to translate business requirements into functional requirements
• Used class diagrams, activity diagrams and sequence diagrams to document requirements in developer language.
• Reviewed test case and bugs in JIRA tool
• Worked with Product Managers and partner companies to evaluate, analyze and prioritize requirements
• Managed customer requirements in conjunction with Product Manager
• Led the Business Analyst team of 5 members and allocated resources to projects
• Successfully defined and deployed the Requirements Management process
• o Received a departmental award for my work
• Senior SW Engineer 1997 2001
• User Interface software development in C, C and Symbian OS
• Software Module Testing
• Software design using UML

Confidential

Software Engineer

• User Interface Software development in C, C
• Software design using UML and Object Oriented Software methodology
• Implemented add-in DLLs for Windows Applications MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint Lotus Notes and Windows File Manager
• Implemented installation program for macros and DLLS using InstallShield application.