SUMMARY:

Senior cloud solutions architect/technical project manager with over 17 years’ overall experience including Big 5 consulting firms and professional services organizations. Strong project management, cloud architecture and internet of things (IOT) experience working with Global Retail/Travel clients.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Cloud: Amazon Web Services (AWS), IOT - Thingworx 6.0, MQTT, Bluetooth
• Team Leadership of 25-30 resources. PMO and leadership of project managers.
• Custom Application Development Java/J2EE, JIRA, JQuery, Hadoop (Horton works)
• DevOps Configuration management (Chef), Containers-Docker, Application Performance Management- AppDynamics
• IT Strategy formulation, CIO Advisory, Business Transformation, Roadmap development.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

Principal Consultant

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Developed Cloud Strategy and ROI for Macys and Presented to Executive Committee
• Established Cloud Transformation Council comprised of key executives across Macys and led Transformation Program governance through regular meeting cadence and follow ups.
• Developed Cloud Standards & Artifacts including Cloud Native Application Development Principles, Cloud Fit Questionnaire for Legacy Applications & Cloud Governance
• Evaluated 6 Direct to Consumer (D2C) Applications for cloud readiness and presented results to executives and Application owners.
• Developed Strategy for DR in Cloud and Evaluated 2 key Applications for Cloud DR Readiness
• Led the development of Cloud Deployment Automation standards including use of Configuration management tools such as Chef and Container technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes.
• Led Vendor Selections for Various Cloud and Container Management Platforms including Cloud Management Platforms RightScale, HP Helion, Appcera, Pivotal CloudFoundry and Kubernetes.
• Led Cloud deployment for greenfield cloud applications including Bloomingdales Customer lifecycle value analysis on Azure and Merchandise Size Analytics on Oracle cloud platform.

Confidential, Duluth, GA

Technical Project Manager/Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Managed an onsite team of business analysts, QA Testers and offshore development team including resources from Confidential India and a Global Systems Integrator.
• Delivered several key releases ahead of schedule and within budget.
• Provided Weekly Status Reports to IT Executive Management as well as Key Business Stakeholders.
• Proactively tracked issues/impediments/risks and ensured rapid resolution through effective collaboration with cross functional /cross - department team members.
• Facilitated Daily Stand up meetings, sprint planning sessions and backlog refinement sessions.
• Facilated System Testing and User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for multiple releases.
• Managed Agile Sprints and Defects using JIRA. Managed Waterfall Projects using Microsoft project. Tracked Project Metrics using Planview.
• Faciliated load testing and implementation of performance monitoring tools such as Keynote/AppDynamics and provided inputs to improve site performance.
• Managed Resource Outlooks and program budget.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Practice Director

Responsibilities:

• Managed a team of 4 direct reports and a P & L budget of $500K.
• Program Manager/Director for several Google Apps For Work Deployment projects for large clients such as Trimble Navigation, Herbalife, Technip and Whipple Hill. Managed project budgets of over $200K, status communication to executives and project schedules to ensure on-time/on-budget delivery.
• Program Manager for Java, Google Cloud Platform based custom application development projects comprised of teams of 4-5 team members comprised of Business Analysts, Programmers, Project managers, Solution Architects and Off Shore Development resources based in Manila, Philippines.
• Developed statement of work (SOW) documents for client projects, including estimates and staffing plans. Escalated scope concerns to client executives and developed change orders as required.
• Managed high levels of customer satisfaction by developing a customer first culture within the team and ensuring high quality of client deliverables. Proactively monitored customer engagements for any client dissatisfaction concerns and served as the customer escalation contact.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Lead - Senior Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for overseeing the integration of Akamai’s Products and Solutions across mid-tier retail and travel customers. Primary focus on Delivery best practices, Project Management methodology, effort estimation/SOW and Contract reviews.
• Led Program management office (PMO) efforts across Commerce Services group to ensure projects were delivered successfully and profitably. Reviewed Effort Estimates, SOW and Project Plans (MS Project) put together by team members to ensure high quality of deliverables. Performed Earned value analysis audits across team to track project completion and risk across team.
• Managed project sizes of ~ 1 million dollars (individual) and ~10 million dollars (across North America PMO). Effectively managed resources across projects to ensure on-budget completion.
• Developed “Project Management” framework to help the team manage Akamai Professional Services Projects effectively for Akamai’s customers. Provided the team with overall direction, best practices and oversight on quality of delivery, revenue recognition issues etc.
• Coached new technical project managers on project management, consulting and customer expectation management skills. Mentored each team member and closely monitored progress to ensure that quality of skills developed were consistent across the team.
• Communicated Project Status to Sales Leadership and Customer Executives. Managed Incidents escalations/change requests and coordinated with engineering as required.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Senior Project Manager/Lead Architect for custom application development/ systems integration projects .
• Managed team of 25 technical resources.