vSUMMARY:

• Possess 14 years of experience in Information Technology, 6 years of experience in Project Management and 3+ years of experience in PMO and its related initiatives. Hands - on experience in implementing PMI’s Methodologies aka, Project Management Body of knowledge (PMBOK). Advanced knowledge & experience in Time, Cost Risk and Portfolio Management. Know-how knowledge in Contract and Procurement Management. Increased ROI on IT projects substantially. Visionary leader, coordinator and mentor with excellent record of delivering complex projects within schedule and budget constraints. Possess both soft skills and hard skills. Industrious, thrives on challenge, works effectively with all levels.
• Six years of experience in Leading IT Projects and PMO initiatives. Led several projects at Confidential, UPS, Inc. and Confidential, Inc. on implementing Project Management Process and Methodologies, Application Development, Data warehousing and Enterprise Report Development projects. Responsible for coordinating & leading Confidential ’s offshore projects at COSL ( Confidential Offshore Software Limited, Confidential 's subsidiary in India). Handled projects at Financial and Insurance Industries.
• Managed all phases of projects including Project Initiation, Planning, Execution, Controlling and Closeout. Hands-on experience in identifying & managing Critical Success Factors (CSF), Scope, Schedule, Cost, Risk, Resource and Change Management. Prepared Project Charter/Proposal. Managed Quality Control and User Acceptance testing, Prepared post implementation Audit Reports, which includes project s & failures and lessons-learnt. Appraised and communicated project progress to project stakeholders at all levels.
• Implemented SDLC Methodologies - Well experienced in various Software Development Models such as Waterfall, Iterative and Spiral models. Took several projects successfully through various stages of SDLC process from Requirements Collection, Design, and Development to Testing and Production.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Management Tools and Techniques: MS Project, MS Visio, CPM/PERT/Critical Chain Analysis, Earned Value Analysis, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Decision Tree & Sensitivity Analysis, Balanced Scorecards, Gantt Chart, Risk Matrix, Risk Audits, TQM, Work Breakdown Structure(WBS) and Make/Buy Analysis.

Project Management Tools: MS Project, MS Visio

Change Management Tools: ClearQuest, TeamTrack

Technology Specialization: Operational and Analytical Reports. Reporting Architecture, Framework Development and Report Development.

Reporting Tools: Actuate, Crystal Reports

Languages: Actuate Basic, Visual Basic, C++, Java, IDL, SQL, TSQL, PLSQL, XML

Middleware: CORBA, COM, DCOM, Orbix

Databases: Oracle, DB2, Sybase, SQL Server and Access 2003

Database/ETL Tools: Informatica 6.2.2, DBArtisan, SQL Navigator

Versioning Tools: Clear Case, Visual source safe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked with managers to create Strategic Management Framework that helped us to develop Vision, Mission, Goals & Objectives, Strategies and Strategic initiatives/programs to implement our strategies. Used various analytical tools and techniques such as SWOT Analysis, Gap Analysis, and Benchmarking to periodically review the issues and developments on both inside and outside the organization and update our strategies accordingly. Created project selection scorecard, Cost Vs. Benefit Analysis template, Decision Tree, Sensitivity Analysis, Make/Buy Analysis for project selection/prioritization and portfolio management. Also developed Balanced Scorecard for managing project performance metrics.

Confidential

Project Leader/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led & Managed the entire Project. Worked with project stakeholders/compliance personnel to define project requirements and scope. Worked with project sponsor and business owner to get project budget and schedule approval. Worked with third-party vendor to develop interface with NSCC and Intermediaries. Effectively handled Schedule and Resource conflicts. Facilitated project status meetings. Worked closely with PMO

Confidential

Project Lead/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led & Managed the entire Project. Worked with project stakeholders to define project scope. Implemented an integrated change control system to effectively manage project scope. Created and managed Project Schedule, Cost and Resource allocation. Effectively managed Resource constraints. Facilitated project status meetings. Worked closely with PMO (Project Management Office).

Confidential

Project Lead//Mentor

Responsibilities:

• To reduce per Report development time and cost.
• To leverage latest technologies without increasing the learning curve for developers.
• To centralize all Report related implementation to enforce reusability and higher quality standards.

Confidential

Project Lead/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led & Managed Reporting Projects, Gathered Requirements, Managed Scope, Schedule & Quality. Created AFS Actuate Report Framework. Provided on Actuate Products to American Funds Employees.

Confidential

Actuate Project Lead/Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple projects including Enterprise Customer Analysis Tool (ECAT), Customer Volume Behavior Analysis Tool (CVBAT), Web PAT (Payroll Audit Tool), Brown Tail (for Air operations). Headed Requirement gathering efforts, prepared and managed project schedule & budget, designed and built Reporting environment to meet the business requirements. Helped to create Project Management processes and methodologies.

Confidential, NY

Project Lead & Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Headed pilot project to evaluate scalability, flexibility and advance features of various Reporting tools in search of best-of-the-bread.
• Led Confidential ’s remote team (offshore team at India) to implement LATAM (Latin America) and Asia Reporting requirements.
• Helped Design, Develop, Test and Deploy hundreds of Reports
• Responsible for coordinating between Business and Technology teams to resolve project related issues.

Confidential, NJ

Analyst, Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Used Classes, Sub-classes, ActiveX DLLs, Win32 APIs and Registry for implementing the front-end functionality.
• C++, CORBA-Orbix, MSMQ were used to implement business logics.
• Created database components, Stored Procedures and other DB Objects
• Developed a Print Engine Application, which acts as a printer manager to print the Reports created in Crystal Reports by using Crystal OCX. It also facilitates to send the documents through email and FAX.
• MSMQ was used to make sure the Reports created are successfully delivered to clients.

Confidential

Analyst, Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Work involved coding in Visual Basic and creating the database structure in MS-Access.
• Advanced controls like graphs; charts are used for presenting the information on User Interface.
• Involved in design, development, testing, and implementation of the whole product.