EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years of diverse experience in Information Technology with 10 years of Project Management, Business Analysis, Project Coordination and Programming.
• Experienced in projects related to Network Infrastructure, Finance/Banking, Insurance, Publishing and Telecommunication Domains.
• Experienced in Enterprise Analysis, Scoping, Creating Project Proposals, Budget and Resource Analysis, creating MS project plans. Define, track and escalate issues by managing issue logs, Change control logs and producing weekly status reports.
• Experienced in Conducting workshops, Facilitating meetings/JAD sessions, writing and distributing meeting minutes.
• Utilize different types of Methodologies and Modeling techniques.
• Full understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle and the standards to follow.
• Assist team in preparation and maintenance of deliverables.
• Experienced in providing project tracking on multiple, concurrent projects using tools such as MS Project, SharePoint and Visio.
• Involved in new implementation, Upgrade, Conversion (Migration) and Enhancement projects.
• Exceptional ability to build and maintain client relationships and converse with all facets in the client’s organization.
• US Citizen

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Windows 7, NT/2000, XP

Methodology: Scrum, SDLC, RUP, AGILE, and Waterfall Model

Tools: MS Office, MS Outlook, Internet Explorer, MS VISIO, MS ProjectShare Point, RPM

Database: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MS - Access

Languages: C, C++, JAVA, SQL, HTML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Currently, I am working as Project Manager on two different projects to rebuild / refresh two mid Size Data Centers plus I am working with Global Program Director to maintain Schedule, Budget and Planning of the project at Global level. It is an Infrastructure Project to transform Data Center Network for America and Global Level (Europe, Asia, and South America). Our goal is to refresh/ renew / consolidate all of the EOL equipment in all data centers.
• I am heavily involved with scope analysis, due diligence, project planning, creation and approval of project design proposal, tracking of budget and deliverables, managing schedules and resource, tracking issues and risk mitigation with SME’s of different sites.
• I am working very closely with Decision makers, Program Directors, Technical Director and SME’s of the project. Managing weekly status calls with clients, Producing status reports, escalating any issue, Managing one on one weekly meeting with service delivery teams, managing daily offshore calls, tracking and resolving any budgetary, resource or technical issue to achieve the target dead line and deliverables. Also, Preparing meeting minutes, status reports and updated MPPs for client.
• Also Producing Risk Reporting, Capital Budget Reports and several Ad hoc reports for Operating Committee.
• Environment: MS Excel, Word, MS Project, Power Point, SharePoint, MS outlook, Windows 7 Enterprise, IBM Lotus Notes

Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Project Manager (Scrum)

Responsibilities:

• I am a Certified SCRUM Master and worked with Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.
• Worked very closely with PMO and Program Level Managers of the company. Coordinated program activities with the Program Manager.
• Tracking budget, scope, schedule and phases of the projects.
• Creating and maintaining project documentation.
• I was Planning, Managing and Facilitating the weekly CMI (Change Management and Control) meetings for Management Committee.
• Keeping track of each and every project of the company. Gathering details about execution, cost, Deliverables and benefit status for each project. Tracking and Reporting the current Issues, StatusRisk and Progress for all projects to the Management Committee.
• Working very closely with Program level managers, facilitating the team core meetings andMaintaining the track record for the entire program.
• Arranging and facilitating Phase Gate meetings with Project leaders in rder to track and manage correct and up- to- date status for each project.
• Keeping an eye on the financial status of the projects and reporting it to the financial committee.
• Producing weekly status Report, Change Request and Issue Logs and having daily calls with offshore technical team to resolve the issue and mitigate the risk.
• Maintaining the SharePoint site with the most current information about Meeting schedules, Agendas, Meeting Minutes and Program Status Summaries.
• Maintaining and updating RPM with the most recent information and status about every project.
• Environment: RPM, MS Excel, Word, MS Project, Power Point, SharePoint, MS outlook, Windows XP

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Project Manager/ Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Plan, arrange and facilitate meetings with Business owners and stake holders.
• Working closely with program Manager and working on Detailed Team Activity Plan.
• Producing weekly status Report, Change Request and Issue Log.
• Working with Microsoft Project to make Project Plan and tracking deliverables.
• Also coordinating small scale project task to run the project smoothly.
• Heavily involved with helping users with their UAT and getting signoff. Providing guidance to end users about new features and test scenarios. Act as a liaison between stake holders and development team.
• Scope, plan, Organize and Facilitate the Project. Hold review sessions, brain storming sessions, gather data and record the requirements to be reviewed by Management and Tech Leads.
• Actively participate in JAD/JAR session.
• Actively involved with in UAT and session.
• Communicating and keeping track of any issues from UAT and acquiring acceptance of the stakeholders.
• Environment: Windows, MS Office, SQL, SQL SERVER, MS Outlook, MS VISIO

Confidential, Trenton, NJ

Sr. Business Analyst / Project Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Act as a liaison between stake holders and development team.
• Scope, plan, Organize and Facilitate the Project. Hold review sessions, brain storming sessions, gather data and record the requirements to be reviewed by Management and Tech Leads.
• Elicit customer requirements using different elicitation techniques.
• Gather and translate high level business requirements.
• Actively participate in JAD/JAR session.
• Develop Project Plan and maintain project status report, issue logs, change logs.
• Translated the business requirements into specific process improvements along with identifying benefits.
• Ensuring the effective preparation and delivery of all project events and meetings production of all necessary documentation.
• Communicating and keeping track of any issues from UAT and acquiring acceptance of the stakeholders.
• Maintain effective working relationship with client through continuous communication.

Environment: Windows, MS Office, SQL, SQL SERVER, MS Outlook, MS VISIO

Confidential, Mount Laurel, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Acted as a liaison between technical and non-technical groups, including developers and end-users. Held meetings with users and developers to gather requirements.
• Translated customer requirement into functional requirements and business requirements.
• Created high level data flow diagrams, flow charts, Activity/State diagram and Sequence diagrams.
• Prepare business Process model, logical data model, business use cases, use case description.
• Responsible for coordinating business meetings, JAD Sessions and generating monthly status reports.
• Researched and recommended solutions to design problems, including conflicts, interferences and errors/omissions.
• Involved at every stage of Testing, including UAT.
• Received, reviewed, coordinated, and replied to inquiries and requests by client.
• Provide ad hoc reports as required.
• Environment: Microsoft Office, MS Outlook, SQL and Windows XP

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• After understanding the scope of the project, I designed business rules, Use-Case Models, ER Diagrams, and Test Cases.
• Understood and articulated business requirements/Rules from government and then converted requirements into technical specifications.
• Verified the Business Scenarios on new builds to allow extended testing by the QA team.
• Facilitated new user and support of project.
• Environment: Windows 2000, Microsoft Office, SQL Server, SQL, Internet Explorer

Confidential, Piscataway, NJ

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Acted as an important developer and worked closely with system architect and business analyst.
• Actively participated in meetings with designers, engineers and users.
• Heavily involved with QA team on requirements and change requests.
• Assisted in Developing Test Plans and manual testing.
• Environment: Oracle, JBuilder, Java, JConnect, QTP