SUMMARY:

• Innovative IT Project Manager with extensive all - round experience.
• A unique blend of technical, manager island business experience in international business.
• Specialist in systems architecture, design, life-cycle management and project management.
• Experienced in offshore project management. Solid technical foundation and superior management skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Strengths: Application Delivery, Systems Design and Architecture, Quality Assurance and System Testing and Debugging, Project Management, Risk Management, Quality Management, Business Analysis, Clients and Higher Management Interactions, Agile-Scrum Management.

Management: Project Management, Change Management, Product Development, Business Development, Customer Relations, Resource Management, Training, Human Resources Management, Quality Assurance, Systems Management and Systems Architecture. Marketing and Presentation.

Technology: Sharepoint, Networking, VPN, Web Technologies, Open Systems, Java, Operating Systems (Unix, Linux, Windows, AOS/VS),Multimedia, CASE tools, Databases.

Processes: Agile-SCRUM, KANBAN, SDLC, Waterfall, RAD, PM Processes / PMLC, PMBOK, ISO9003.

Applications: Primavera, MS-Project, Open Workbench, Clarity Project & Portfolio Management System, Operating Systems, Office Automation, Vendor Management System, Document Management Systems, Multimedia, CASE tools, Quality Assurance.

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Arlington VA

Sr Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Took charge of projects in trouble and brought them back on track of SDLC and brought runaway costs under control
• Introduced PMLC methodologies based on PMBOK and monitored project performance using EV analysis
• Introduced Business Process Modeling
• Managed projects with Agile SCRUM and KANBAN

Environment: Microsoft Project, JIRA, MS Windows Server, Apache, MS-SQL, Ektron CMS

Sr Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed requirements analysis, reviews and validation.
• Facilitated sessions for gathering and documenting user requirements.
• Performed GAP analysis on existing system requirements and new system requirements.
• Analyzed business systems and user centered needs to formulate requirements to address specific business goals along with reviewing artifacts such as BCD, process flows and RTM.
• Contributed to requirements elicitation sessions for system and business.
• Developed and reviewed project plan, WBS, Schedule, functional specification/design documents and assisted in architecture analysis.
• Used MS SharePoint as a Change Request management and communication tool.
• Documented user stories and gathered acceptance criteria by coordinating requirements from business and technical SME’s and worked on system design use cases
• Participated in strategic and planning architecture as a subject matter expert on Project Management
• Developed web page mock-up screens and assisted in wire-frame development
• Prepared Test Plans for Test team to execute

Environment: Design/Architecture, Visio, MS Office Suite, MS Project.

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• System availability and performance reporting tool for executives.
• Automatic claims rep assignment and review.
• Electronic Claims Assignment integration.
• 3 rd party valuation and damage estimation software integration.
• Survey tool for employee performance feedback.
• Delivered Application Solutions for the Enterprise Claims System. Followed enterprise SDLC processes from Business Case Proposal to solution implementation into production. Managed limited post implementation support.
• Prepared business case proposals for multiple products across multiple phases. Defined deliverable and prepared work packages. Worked closely with the business stake-holders and system owners to manage requirements and acceptance criteria, planning and performance reporting adhering to the company standards and methodologies
• Planned the projects - WB tasks, time-lines and deliverable milestones, planned resources, prepared budgets for the calculated efforts estimations.
• Created High Level Design and Architecture for the products in conjunction with the system wide architecture.
• Charted out the course for product quality control and final delivery.
• Managed project changes using change management processes.
• Managed testing teams to carry out planning, scheduling, and coordinate test sessions including integration and validation testing and user acceptance testing. Liaison between the test team and the end system users to establish verification and acceptance criteria and test cases.
• Managed Off Shore development and testing teams.
• Measured various project control metrics thereby improving future estimations with Primavera.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Oracle, Splunk, Design/Architecture, JavaScript, MS Excel, MS Office, MSPowerPoint, MS Word, Primavera

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead projects E-Commerce Website Development using agile-scrum methodology. Used MS-Project for planning and monitoring these projects.
• Managed the design and implementation of the e-commerce solutions for clients. As the client engagement lead on multiple accounts, responsible for directing team-based project planning, design and execution of strategic initiatives on behalf of clients.
• Successfully completed a project tore-engineer and automate business process and deliver an application
• Vendor Management System using agile-scrum methodology. Conducted business analysis sessions to improve business process and propose system solution.
• Managed the contract between the client and the vendors, procured project resources, assembled the project team, set the reporting and communications procedures, developed the project scope and functional specifications, set the quality and acceptance standards, monitored and controlled the project progress, developed the risk and cost management plan.
• Managed the project using CA Clarity PPM.
• Managed development and system testing teams to provide high quality software systems.
• Managed project changes using change management processes.
• Managed Systems teams to provide virtual test machines environments for accelerated testing according to test plans and the objectives of the project
• Coached development teams to increase design and development level verification and quality thus ensuring
• Reduced test time defects.
• Successfully completed and delivered an application - Customer Contact Management. The system was designed to enhance customer management for the client where in we used the sales interaction model of one too many for the organization. Performed business process analysis to propose optimum solution. Managed the stakeholder interest, project resources, project team, set the reporting and communications procedures, developed the project scope and functional specifications, set the quality and acceptance standards, monitored and controlled the project progress, developed the risk and cost management plan. Used MS-Project to plan, schedule and monitor this project.
• Successfully completed and managed a project to establish a remotely managed branch office technology operations. Managed the contracts with vendors, procured resources, developed the scope and design specifications. Implemented the inter-network VPN providing data synchronization between main and branch offices. Managed the system for both the offices. Established an internal document management system using Sharepoint.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Oracle, Design/Architecture, JavaScript, Visio, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Office, MSPowerPoint, MS Project, MS Word

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided Project Management and Technical support and analyzed various logistics software for the FAA to consolidate the requirements and propose a comprehensive Maintenance Data Management System. Assessed product and system architecture. Developed project plan for their design of the product to improve system quality and response time. Wrote product re-architecture proposals key deliverable. Used MS-Project for planning and monitoring project in this assignment.
• Provided proposal-writing services to clients. Wrote a proposal for the “Results” contract for the FAA and a GPS based system for the Navy. Wrote a multi-million dollar proposal for a federal government (FAA) contract for delivery of broad spectrum ITservices (BITS).
• Provided technical studies, system and software engineering services and risk analysis as required by the FAA surveillance systems engineering
• Product team. Provided general software engineering and programming services, product testing and debugging and system quality checking.
• Wrote a proposal for a manufacturing and sales support system for a manufacturing company. Worked with the client management to develop requirements for lower-cost solutions for current and future platforms .Developed system-sizing methodologies for the existing system.
• Provided Project Management and Technology consulting services to clients.
• Managed a project to develop software tools for CASE software for a European client. Managed the software development team for developing the set tools. Completed the project successfully.
• Provided consulting services for project management, software product development, systems architecture and design, systems testing and quality assurance to various sized companies.

Environment: Design/Architecture, JavaScript, Visual Basic, VC++, Visio, MS Project, MS Excel, MS Office, MSPowerPoint, MS Project, MS Word