OBJECTIVE:

Over 9 years of solid experience in Information Technology playing multiple roles: Technical Project Manager - leading multiple projects, Business Analyst - liaising between business and IT, SharePoint Expert/SME - developing technical solutions.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Expert in business process engineering and software development life cycle, including analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of software applications.
• Extensive experience in conducting knowledge transfer and requirements gathering sessions with business owners/stakeholders.
• Expert in bridging the gaps between the business and technical teams by translating the requirements and plan the deliverables.
• Expert in proposing technical solutions when required to achieve business functionality and coordinating the development initiative.
• Adept at managing the project budget and providing traceability of projects.
• Expert at leading multiple challenging projects simultaneously.
• Proficient in designing and developing solutions purely using SharePoint OOTB.
• Proficient in developing custom workflows to enhance the business process using SharePoint designer and Nintex workflows.
• Hands on experience in client side programming using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Versatile team player as well as independent contributor with good problem solving and interpersonal skills with a zeal to learn new technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Server Operating Systems: Windows 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000

DBMS: MS SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2012

Web Technologies: JavaScript, HTML, XSLT

Technologies: SharePoint 2013/O 365/2010/2007 , MS Project Server, SSAS, SSRS.

Tools: Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013/2010/2007 , InfoPath 2010/2007, MS Visual Studio 2010/2008/2005 , MS Office 2013/2010/2007 /2003, MS Project Professional, Nintex, AvePoint, Yammer, Sitrion, SharePoint Manager.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Chicago, IL

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading, planning and managing a project team to accomplish the objectives of the project.
• Review, evaluate and formulate project plans, schedules and budgets.
• Lead the system analysts, software designers, and programmers to determine the best methods to achieve the project objectives.
• Conduct preliminary analysis, requirements gathering sessions with key stakeholders for various projects.
• Responsible for strategic development, implementation and administration of SharePoint programs within functional areas.
• Conduct review meetings with team members and status meetings with Business partners to ensure proper focus and delivery.
• Prepare the Level one estimates/change requests for the projects.
• Manage forecast/spending on every project.
• Prepare the weekly status decks and project timeline using Microsoft Project Pro to monitor the project life cycle.
• Coordinate with the Infrastructure team on change requests and server deployments.
• Lead the change management process and manage all the development & support activities.

Confidential, Oakbrook, IL

SharePoint Consultant/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead all phases of SDLC - Requirements Gathering, Planning, Design, Development, Deployment, and Testing.
• Managed all aspects of the project business plan and budget.
• Lead the operational, financial and technological aspects of projects based on timelines and work plans.
• Lead the data migration process during Pringles Acquisition.
• Liaise with business and functional owner during risk engineering and high-level review sessions to derive and execute action plans, meet deadlines and standards.
• Lead the enhancement efforts for the applications.
• Develop technical and functional documentation along with several test scripts.
• Effective communication with clients and vendors to establish cordial working relationship.
• Reported on project progress and communicated relevant information to stakeholders and leadership team
• Focused on resolving, tracing and escalating critical issues to minimize project risk factors.
• Prioritize outstanding defects and issues, ensuring accuracy and deadlines are met.
• Prepare user manuals and conduct training sessions for the applications.

Confidential, Toledo, Ohio

SharePoint Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead application design sessions and create requirement specification documents.
• Develop custom branding for the company’s intranet.
• Develop use cases, workflows, wireframes, and design documents.
• Lead the development initiative for the SharePoint project deliverables.
• Lead the user training sessions for the delivered projects.

Confidential, Dublin, Ohio

SharePoint Expert

Responsibilities:

• Work on multiple projects on SharePoint 2007 platform for various Business Units.
• Install/Configure and maintain SharePoint 2007 farms as a Lead SharePoint administrator.
• Co-ordinate with the development team to install and deploy custom tools and solutions on to SharePoint Farms.
• Provide knowledge transfer and training to business users.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

SharePoint Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gather requirements and develop various websites for the stakeholders and customers.
• Create & support workflows using SharePoint Designer 2007.
• Develop InfoPath Forms for online submissions.
• Customize sites using JavaScript in SharePoint Designer.

Confidential, Columbus, OHIO

SharePoint Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the Migration process from SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to MOSS 2007.
• Assist in Installation and Configuration of MOSS 2007 farm that hosts intranet portal.
• Perform technical analysis and design the solution for the application to be developed.