SUMMARY:

• 15 years of professional software experience covering the domains of Insurance, Retail, Utilities including 14+ years of BI/Data warehouse experience
• Over 8 years of BI Program/Engagement Management experience with additional sales responsibilities
• Expertise in managing large IT project teams in the onsite - offshore execution model
• Excellent Management, Prioritization, Multi Tasking skills in time-intensive environments
• Results driven individual with proven record of delivering complex projects on time with quality

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE:

BI/Data Warehousing: Microstrategy, Business Objects, Informatica, SQL Server Aanalytical Services, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, Teradata Utilities

Databases: Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, Oracle Express

Development/Productivity Tools: MS Office

Industry: Insurance(Property & Casualty), Retail(Grocery), Utilities, Consumer Products

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Associate Principal

Responsibilities:

• Pre-sales/sales oriented responsibilities with revenue/profitability targets, proposal creation/presentation, account mapping
• Responsible for maintaining and growing the revenue stream from customer accounts
• Work with customer BI leadership to plan BI roadmap and address key customer needs from a BI standpoint
• Responsible for customer satisfaction and project execution per the client’s expectations, project efficiency and deliverable quality control.
• Developing and enforcing Program and Project Management process, methodologies and metrics that ensure consistent and repeatable implementation of successful IT/BI projects, programs and related billable services for Confidential clients.

Confidential, Glendale, AZ

Engagement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage BI engagement which included people management, project management, Statement of Work/commercial aspects, customer relationship
• Pre-sales/sales oriented responsibilities with revenue/profitability targets, proposal creation/presentation, account mapping
• Developing and enforcing Program and Project Management process, methodologies and metrics that ensure consistent and repeatable implementation of successful IT/BI projects, programs and related billable services for Confidential clients.
• Engagement reviews with customer

Confidential

BI Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage entire BI engagement which included people management, project management, Statement of Work/commercial aspects, customer relationship
• Work with customer BI leadership to plan BI roadmap and address key customer needs from a BI standpoint
• Manage project teams with expertise in BI toolsets such as Teradata, Microstrategy, Cognos, DataStage
• Status reporting at different levels of detail - monthly, quarterly basis to customer Vendor Management, Vice Presidents, Directors and PMO as well as stakeholders from Confidential

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage project teams across 3 continents (North America, Europe, Asia) and across technologies (SAP, JD Edwards, Web technologies, Business Intelligence, UNIX, Database, Infrastructure) Peak team size - 50.
• Managed and mitigated project risks using a risk matrix to asses the probability and impact of each risk. SPOC for all project escalations.
• Responsible for status reporting to Confidential and Confidential stakeholders on a weekly basis.
• Project planning and execution using MS project, MS Office
• Responsible for timeliness of project deliverables such as modified code, Quality Assurance reviews and checklists, checklists for SOX compliance etc
• Staffing/mentoring teams which was a big challenge due to the number of technologies, large team size and short timelines
• Customer/project details:

Confidential, Racine, WI

BI Program/Engagement Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage entire BI engagement which included people management, project management, Statement of Work/commercial aspects, customer relationship
• Work with customer BI leadership to plan BI roadmap and address key customer needs from a BI standpoint
• Manage project teams with expertise in BI toolsets such as Microstrategy/Teradata, Hyperion/Essbase, Microsoft BI, SAP BW, Informatica
• Status reporting at different levels of detail on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis to customer Program Managers, Global Directors and PMO as well as stakeholders from Wipro
• Key customers/projects in this role:

Confidential

Project Manager/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Project planning and execution working with the project manager from Albertsons
• Co-ordination with offshore team, collecting and documenting requirements, assigning work to offshore team members and ensuring delivery as per schedule
• Design, Development, Quality Assurance, interfacing with key customer contacts from IT
• Status reporting to Albertsons project managers for the respective project
• Teradata technical lead

Confidential

Developer, Tool Specialist, Test/Design lead

Responsibilities:

• Requirement collection and analysis, high level and detailed design, data modeling and development
• Prepare test plans, test cases, peer reviews, integration testing, UAT
• Administration of WebIntelligence servers, resolution of server issues, maintenance of Business Objects repository