SUMMARY

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

• Certified Project Manager with expertise in information technology, leadership, and business
• Over 9 years of software industry experience with 3 years of information technology management experience with focus as project Manager in a leading CMM and CMMi Level 5 Company
• Working experience with "Fortune 500" clients including Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and McGraw-Hill
• Full Life cycle development (SDLC) experience from conception to close phase
• Expert in information systems technology, project planning, systems analysis and troubleshooting, quality control, forecasting, scheduling and planning, and tracking of results
• Highly knowledgeable in software development, requirements analysis, and design
• Competent liaison between management, clients, and personnel
• Strong communication, analytical and problem solving skills
• Very strong team player and individual contributor. Excellent in managing, mentoring, and coaching team members
• Experienced in managing cross-functional, onshore/offshore and cross cultural teams
• Experienced in writing proposals, biding projects
• Knowledge of agile methodologies such as Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Project Management tools: MS Office 2007, MS Project 2007, MS Visio, Share point
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows server 2003, UNIX
Databases: DB2 UDB, Oracle 9i, MySQL
E-Com Frameworks/
Web Technologies: Java, J2EE, EJB, JSP, Java Servlets, JavaScript, Struts, Web Service, SOA, JBoss Application Server, Tomcat Server, Apachewebserver, WebSphere
Software Engineering
Methodologies/
Tools/Technologies: Ant, CVS, Clear Case, Eclipse, Jtest, UML, RAD

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS:

Certifications

• PMI Certified Project Management Professional
• Brainbench Java certified

Training

• 40 hrs of PM Training
• Communications management training

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Jan 2005 - till date

Client: Confidential, Apr 2010 - Till Date
Project Manager

• Streamlined development/support process for the corporate loyalty project
• Gathered requirements for the various projects from brainstorming sessions with the stakeholders
• Planned the work according to the objectives
• Executed assigned project tasks, allocated resources to project tasks, mentored and trained team members
• Tracked issues systematically and resolved them
• Identified, managed and controlled changes
• Directed a team of 5 engineers (located offshore), designed their time schedule and allotted weekly tasks
• Coordinated with the team to check the project status and deal with issues regarding project completion
• Prepared weekly and monthly status reports for the senior management
• Conducted clients\' communication sessions to evaluate client needs & ensure timely project delivery
• Established communication with the virtual team daily
• Have received several commendations from the client for successfully managing the projects

Client: Confidential, Mar 2008 - Mar 2010
Project Manager / Coordinator

• Streamlined development/support process for the agency booking project
• Gathered requirements from various stakeholders
• Created WBS, estimated duration for activities involved in design, development & testing, developed & controlled schedule and continuously verified scope during project life cycle
• Prepared effective schedule for the project
• Managed Risks by doing Risk identification, assessment, risk response planning and continued risk monitoring & control
• Managed a team of 5 engineers (located offshore) to successfully roll out a major project and several other projects
• Executed assigned project tasks, allocated resources to project tasks, mentored and trained team members
• Implemented workarounds/change requests resulting due to change in design
• Performed project tracking, effort and resource estimation and project status reporting, ensuring projects do not go out of scope
• Responsible for preparing weekly/monthly status reports for senior management

Client: Confidential, Mar 2006 - Feb 2008
Project Lead

• Identified key activities and sequenced them properly to ensure attainment of project goals
• Identified system specifications and errors in the application of those specifications
• Resolved problems in a structured and controlled manner
• Supervised and managed team members
• Networked with the team for planning, evaluating, and controlling the progress of activities in a project environment
• Planned, organized and controlled to create a high quality product
• Recorded and reported project status
• Monitored and taken corrective action based on the variance information

Client: Confidential, Jan 2005 - Mar 2006
Project Engineer

• Involved in requirements analysis
• Created design specifications and designed part of the system
• Learnt, analyzed and customized Business Objects BI tool
• Implemented the code and corrected defects
• Incorporated technical best practices in the code
• Created status report and reported to project lead
• Created technical specifications and test plans
• Involved in user acceptance testing
• Involved in warranty support
• Appreciated as one of the top members of 80 engineers team

PAST EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, India July 2004 - December 2004
Confidential, India July 2002 - June 2004