SUMMARY:

• Highly motivated project management professional looking for an opportunity in an organization where quality, integrity, out of the box thinking are part of the organization culture
• 13 years of experience in the Information Technology industry with a strong emphasis on planning, execution, and coordination of project activities to achieve goals and objectives within prescribed time frames and funding allocation
• PMP certified project management professional, demonstrated responsibility with strong leadership skills through SDLC phases in traditional waterfall Vs agile environment; delivered results for 2 - million-dollar budget projects achieving business and technical objectives adhering to corporate standards and strategies.
• Proven program management experience adhering to PMBOK methodologies and knowledge areas-project integration management, project scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, communications, risk management & procurement management in planning, executing, and monitoring projects to achieve high customer satisfaction
• Certified Scrum Master, Experience in implementing agile development and Scrum framework. Practices such as Sprint Burn-down chart and velocity chart, planning poker, return on investment (ROI) understanding key roles and responsibilities, concepts and processes.
• Strong experience in Business analysis understanding business needs and transforming business requirements into functional specifications; focus on process improvement, re-engineering, change control development process, quality assurance principles and concepts relative to standards and procedures
• Expertise in Software Test management, Test consulting at organization level analyzing Current State Maturity Score based on current environment, processes and methodologies and providing Future State Report and roadmap with Final Recommendations
• Historical experience in Testing Life Cycle (TLC) and in all types of testing .Performed Risk and Impact analysis, Mitigation Planning, Defect Management and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Excellent resource management experience maintaining team’s spirit in positive environment. Performed functions such as training, goal setting and competency building
• A process oriented team player with attention to details, Strong interpersonal skills, demonstrated ability to work under challenging conditions. Ability to be persuasive and tactful, handling conflicts and complex issues. Continually recognized with positions of increasing responsibility for outstanding result oriented work and exemplary client feedback

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Industry Domain: Healthcare, Finance, CRM

Methodologies: PMI PMBOK, ITIL, Waterfall SDLC, Agile (incremental), Scrum, DevOps

Tools: Microsoft Project, Rally, ALM/Quality Center8.2 & 9.2, QTP, WinRunner7.0, Rational Requisite Pro, Serena TeamTrack, Rational Clear Quest

Database: SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle 9.0, DB2, Mainframe

Technologies: J2EE, .Net, C, C++

Others Software: MS-Office, MS Visual SourceSafe, MS Project, Service Now, File Aid, QMF, Rocket Shuttle, MS Outlook, IBM Lotus Notes MS Visio, MS PowerPoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Consultant - Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performing liaison role between BCBSA business owners and IT partners to translate business objectives and requirements into actionable deliverables and project SOWs
• Responsible and accountable for the project components from Inception to Post deployment till project closure.
• PMP certified project management professional, demonstrated responsibility with strong leadership skills through SDLC phases in traditional waterfall Vs agile environment; delivered results for 2-million-dollar budget projects achieving business and technical objectives adhering to corporate standards and strategies.
• Developing and maintaining integrated project scope, project plan, budget forecasts, project schedule, infrastructure and resource requests, business stakeholder communications
• Practising agile framework. Performing Scrum Master Role for DX program implementation with multiple IT and business partners. Sprint and Release planning, facilitating Sprint planning, daily standup meetings, sprint review/demos and retrospectives meetings, maintaining product backlog with product owner.
• Performing risk management - Qualitative and quantitative risk and impact analysis, mitigation planning, maintaining risk log.
• Having good technical background and also highly credible leadership to technology teams.
• Experienced in ability to work with customers, understand their business practices and manage their expectations.
• Single point of contact to communicate, escalate and resolve issues coordinating with Business, IT partners and functional teams
• Documenting project processes and developing communication plans to support IT deployments for new releases, enhancements
• Leading project teams with collaborative approach for completing deliverables and meeting project timelines
• Providing Status to Business leadership, senior management, vendors and project teams on weekly basis to communicate deliveries, financials, risks, accomplishments and upcoming activities for the following week
• Practicing continuous improvements within team at each phase of project management for effective business solutions
• Member of BCBSA Core Business group, functions include FEP customer/member yearly benefit determination, business initiatives, funds allocation to BCBS plans based on their performance score
• Providing support to Business for implementing strategic initiatives and engagements with BCBS Plans and vendors
• Providing final report to Business with Go/No Go recommendation from all teams for Project releases
• Capturing Business feedback and lessons learned after each release deployment and implementing for future releases
• Maintaining project documents repository on SharePoint tool

Environment: Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Rally, J2EE, .Net, Team Track, MS excel, ALM Suite, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational ClearQuest

Confidential, Washington, DC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Accommodate changes in the HIPAA X12 transactions to be in compliant with the migration from the HIPAA 4010 Version to the HIPAA 5010 Version transactions standard format in the FEPOC systems which includes Enrollment System,FEPDirect,FEMS,Pharmacy,Blue Exchange and eService.

Test Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Having good experience in SDLC methodologies.

Confidential, Rhode Island

BA/QA

Responsibilities:

• Customized or out-of-the box solutions include Sales Force Automation, Customer Help Desk, Marketing Campaign Management, Order Management, Project Management and Partner Management for a complete enterprise-wide solution