SUMMARY:

• PMP, CSM certified IT professional with 20+ years of IT industry experience in software development, consulting and project management.
• Managed complex projects with global implementation and rapidly evolving requirements.
• Effective communication and coordination skills with business and technical teams located globally.
• Exceptional ability to maintain and build client relationships, frequent travel, meeting one on one with clients, able to comfortably converse with all facets in the client’s organization.
• Performed risk analysis, identified risks and built mitigation plans.
• Collaboration with stakeholders and business sponsor to translate business and functional requirements into deliverables, to define baseline acceptance criteria for technical deliverables, and develop/lead overall implementation solution plan.
• Experience in effort estimation, scheduling, tracking, reporting and team management.
• Work closely with customers to ensure full understanding of business solutions during initial needs assessment, build consensus using visual prototypes and follow up to ensure satisfaction.
• Project planning activities, project schedule, task allocations & tracking key program milestones.
• Project integration activities, change management, risk management, account governance, and procurement /contract management.
• Involved in all phases of software development life cycle methodologies such as agile - scrum, iterative, and waterfall.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Informix 4GL, ESQL, Unix Scripting, Perl, COBOL

Databases: Informix, Oracle, MS SQL Server, MS Access

SCM Tools: TFS

Operating Systems: Windows (98, NT, 2000, XP, 7), UNIX

Others Tools: SQL Developer, MS Project, Clarity PPM, Open Workbench, Service Now, HP QC, JIRA, Manhattan SCALE WMS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, MI

IT Project Manager

Technology: MS Office, Clarity, Microsoft SharePoint, Manhattan SCALE WMS

Responsibilities:

• Managed daily work direction for a strong matrix team.
• Managed cost and budget to make sure program stays within allocated budget for technology.
• Prepared and maintained implementation plan, worked with different teams within and outside Confidential to complete the implementation.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led one or more projects within a business area throughout the lifecycle process, ensured project met strategic business requirements, and completed on time and within budget.
• Drove communication within all areas of enterprise that impacts the scope, budget, risk and resources for the work effort being managed.
• Managed project change in accordance with the change management plan to control scope, quality, schedule, cost and contracts.
• Maintained accurate data in project governance tools, including project plan estimates, project spending, burn rate and resource time tracking.
• Facilitated partnerships between technical and non-technical teams in order to ensure that all deliverables and requirements were met.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential

Technology: MS Office, Clarity PPM, Open Workbench, Microsoft SharePoint

Responsibilities:

• Managed daily work direction for a strong matrix team across different vendor teams. Built and maintained relationships with third party vendors providing hardware and software solutions to the program.
• Managed onsite and offshore resources for effective delivery of the proposed solution.
• Managed technology, business, and vendor stakeholder relationships by consistently delivering information needed to make decisions.
• Managed cost and budget to make sure program stays within allocated budget for technology.

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Delivery management
• Effort estimation
• Business development

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Technology: MS Office, Oracle, Java

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for setting up program management office, contract management, reporting template and portal finalization.
• Responsible for training management for new associates joining the project team.
• Responsible for overall reporting, resource management, invoicing and billing for entire engagement within Confidential Confidential Bank.
• Involved in implementing lean for application maintenance project as Lean Navigator.

Confidential

Offshore Program Manager

Technology: MS Office, .Net, Siebel CRM

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for overall program management for various projects for Confidential .
• Responsible for weekly and monthly status reporting.
• Handled client escalations from offshore.
• Resource and delivery management.
• Responsible for RFP Responses on new/renewal proposals.

Confidential

Transition Manager

Technology: MS Office, SAP R3, SAP-HR

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for transition management.
• Involved in contract negotiations, planning, resource allocations, timeline & milestone monitoring, infrastructure and logistical planning.

Confidential, Bentonville, AR

Project Manager

Technology: ESQL/C, .Net, Informix and UNIX

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for project management and delivery involving planning, resource allocations, timeline & milestone monitoring.
• Provided technical leadership in terms of analysis, specifications and design guidelines.
• Interacted with the client for business and technical requirements and specifications.
• Coordinated with offshore development team ensuring delivery of design artifacts.
• Involved in SCM and data mapping activities.
• Performed routine team administration tasks as well as long term team development initiatives.
• Redefined the offshore/onsite delivery process.
• Involved in pilot/rollout strategy discussion, documentation and implementation.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for working closely with business users and clients to develop functional specifications for new projects.
• Led and participated in a technical capacity with a team of developers in creating technical designs, test plans, and construction of these projects.
• Involved in project delivery.
• Responsibilities include designing, coding, testing and implementing the interface programs and scripts with the main system and the EDI module.
• Responsible for designing, coding, testing and implementing.
• Responsible for data migration from other platforms.
• Responsible for user training.