SUMMARY:

• 16 years of experience in Information technology.
• 9 + years of experience working as a Project Lead/Project Manager following Project Management Methodologies and control techniques.
• Managed Software Application, Databases, Data Warehousing and Reporting projects.
• Managed budget of 30 million dollars.
• 13 + years of IT Business & Systems Analysis experience.
• Excellent Communication, Interpersonal and Negotiation skills.
• Agile project experience. Story boards & user stories.
• Developed and Managed detailed project plans.
• Responsible for communication, including status reporting, risk management, escalation of issues to senior management and ensuring the project is delivered on schedule and within scope.
• Manage change control reviews and ensure business/stakeholder approves change in scope, timing, quality and/or cost as impacted.
• Manage Schedule, Scope, Cost and Budget.
• Business Process, Process Redesign and Business Process Reengineering (BPR).
• Joint Application Development (JAD) facilitator and meetings
• Coordinator with excellent Communication, Interpersonal and Negotiation skills.
• Root - Cause Analysis, Feasibility Study and GAP Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system with the new requirements and documented Business Requirement Document (BRD).
• Using Iterative process Rational Unified Process (RUP), Unified Modeling Language (UML), Rational Rose, RequisitePro and traditional Waterfall methodologies throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Creating Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Data Flow and ER Diagrams.
• Creating Data Dependencies, Fact Tables, Dimension Tables, Star/Snow-Flake Schemas, Data Modeling using ERWIN.
• Experience in implementing Quality Assurance techniques and testing solutions using Automation Tools from Rational, Mercury Interactive and MTM (Microsoft Test Manager).
• Creating QA Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scenarios.
• Mapping requirements with Test Cases using Traceability Matrix to ensure all functionalities are implemented.
• Facilitating UAT with the Stakeholders and the Business Users.
• 13+ years of niche experience in the Commercial Property and Casualty Insurance domain.
• Hands on experience with following systems:
• Commercial Underwriting system
• Policy Administration system
• Claims Management system
• Rating system
• Reservation systems
• Billing systems
• Reporting Data Mart

SKILLSET:

Oracle Reports, Adobe Reports, Rational Rose, Rational Enterprise Suite, MS Visio, Rational RequisitePro, Mercurys Test Director, Rational Robot, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Silk Test, Quick Test Pro, Rational ClearQuest, Test Director, Rational Suite Performance Studio, Loadrunner, C, C++, VC++, .NET, C#, Java, J2EE, XML, Visual Basic, SQL, TSL, MS Windows NT/98/2000/XP, MS SQL Server 2005/2008, MS Access, MySQL, MS Word, Excel, MS Project, MS Outlook, Erwin, SOA, Mainframes, HP Quality Center, ETL Informatica Powercenter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Harrisburg, PA

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of: 7 Onsite Developers, 3 Offshore Developers, 1 Offsite BA.
• Project Management activities: Agile based Project Planning, Sprint planning, As a Scrum Master manage daily Stand up sprint meetings, Backlog grooming meetings with the Product owner, Weekly Status meetings with the Product Owner, President, CIO.
• Create Project Plan based on the Product backlog.
• Review project progress with the Product Owner, CIO and get appropriate approvals/signoffs.
• Devised a WBS by decomposing the project deliverables and organize the project into phases and implement them in different sprints.
• Develop project schedule that included resource availability and set milestones for reporting.
• Performed feasibility and risk analysis to identify the risks. Manage Risks
• Manage Scope, Cost and Budget.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings.
• Manage Quality Control and Defects on Microsoft TFS and through Track-its.

Environment: Duck Creek, Manuscripts, .Net, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, SQL Server, Data Warehouse, ETL Informatica

Confidential, NY, NY

Sr. Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and documented the business and functional requirements from business.
• Write user stories.
• Developed Use Case diagrams, Business flow diagrams.
• Documented requirements associated Change Requests and connected requirements with Use cases.
• Performed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify the business critical areas from User perspective.
• Developed QA Project Plan, QA and UAT Test Cases and Test scripts.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings, Track bug report, and postfix analysis.

Environment: .Net, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, SQL Server, Data Warehouse, ETL Informatica

Confidential, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of: Dot Net Manager, HSF Database and Data Warehouse Manager, QA Manager, 7 Developers, 1 BA.
• Project Management activities: Agile based Project Planning, Sprint Planning, As a Scrum Master manage daily Stand up sprint meetings, Backlog grooming meetings with the Product owner, Weekly Status meeting with the Product Owner, President, CIO and held Retrospective meetings,
• Create Project Plan based on the Product backlog.
• Write user stories.
• Review project progress with the Product Owner, President, CIO and get appropriate approvals/signoffs.
• Devised a WBS by decomposing the project deliverables and organize the project into phases and implement them in different sprints.
• Identified resource requirements. Develop project schedule that included resource availability and set milestones for reporting.
• Performed feasibility and risk analysis to identify the risks. Manage Risks
• Manage Scope, Cost and Budget.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings.
• Manage Quality Control and Defects on MTM (Microsoft Test Manager)

Environment: Java, J2EE, .Net, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, UML, RUP, Adobe Reports, SQL Server, Microsoft Test Manager (MTM), Scrum/Agile, Data Warehouse, ETL Informatica

Confidential, MORRISTOWN , NJ

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of 21 Developers, 5 BAs, 6 System Testers.
• As a Scrum Master involved in sprint planning and manage daily scrum meetings.
• Vendor Management (Syntel) and managing the Offshore team.
• Create Project Plan in Microsoft Project.
• Devised a WBS by decomposing the project deliverables and organize the project into phases.
• Identified resource requirements. Develop project schedule that included resource availability and set milestones for reporting.
• Performed feasibility and risk analysis to identify the risks. Manage Risks
• Manage Scope, Cost and Budget.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings.
• Manage Quality Control and Defects on JIRA.
• Review project progress with the C level executives and get approvals/signoffs.

Environment: Java, J2EE, .Net, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, UML, RUP, Adobe Reports, SQL Server, JIRA, Scrum/Agile, Data Warehouse, ETL Informatica

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

Project Manager/ Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Analyzed and Tested CCUW (Complex Commercial Underwriting system) for Casualty, Private Edge Plus, Portfolio Select products and Forms.
• Lead Scrum/Agile based projects. Write user stories.
• Identify project stakeholders and their roles in the project with major deliverables and collected business requirements for the project.
• Devised a WBS by decomposing the project deliverables and organize the project into phases.
• Identified resource requirements. Develop project schedule that included resource availability and set milestones for reporting.
• Performed feasibility and risk analysis to identify the business critical areas from User perspective.
• Conduct JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors (Camillion now SAP & Mind Tree), users and other stakeholders for open and pending issues.
• Developed Use Case diagrams, manage complex Use Cases, business flow diagrams using MS-Visio so that developers and other stakeholders can understand the business process.
• Worked extensively on Adobe and Oracle forms/reports, ISO Forms requirements.
• Identify ISO rates, rules and forms to implement in the system.
• Track testing issues, maintained weekly status checks, and met the exit criteria for UAT.
• Conduct status and review meetings to assess project progress with regard to project plan.
• Measured project performance on time and budget as per the project plan.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings, track bug report and postfix analysis.
• Verified deliverables for each phase with project stakeholders.
• Tracked testing issues, maintained weekly status checks, and met the exit criteria for UAT.
• Managed Defects on HP Quality Center
• Review project progress with the C level executives and get approvals/signoffs.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, UML, RUP, Oracle Reports, Adobe Reports, SQL Server, QTP, Scrum/Agile, HP Quality Center, Data Warehouse, ETL Informatica

Confidential, FAIRFAX, NJ

Project Lead/Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed, Analyzed and Tested Producer, Submission (Reservation), Corporate Record (Booking System), Policy Framework, Claims Assure, ETL (Interfaces), General Ledger and Reinsurance systems. Identified project stakeholders and their roles in the project with major deliverables and collected business requirements for the project.
• Devised a WBS by decomposing the project deliverables and organize the project into phases.
• Identified resource requirements. Develop project schedule that included resource availability and set milestones for reporting.
• Perform feasibility and risk analysis to identify the business critical areas from User perspective.
• Conduct JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors (MASTECH), users and other stakeholders for open and pending issues.
• Write user stories.
• Develop Use Case diagrams, business flow diagrams using MS-Visio so that developers and other stakeholders can understand the business process.
• Identify ISO rates, rules and forms to implement in the system.
• Developed Functional Requirement documents and BRD.
• Managed changes to scope using project change management plan.
• Developed QA test plan, QA and UAT Test Cases and Test scripts.
• Extensive use of Toad to query different systems.
• Tracked testing issues, maintained weekly status checks, and met the exit criteria for UAT.
• Conducted status and review meetings to assess project progress with regard to project plan.
• Measured project performance on time and budget as per the project plan.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings, Track bug report and postfix analysis.
• Verified deliverables for each phase with project stakeholders.
• Tracked testing issues, maintained weekly status checks, and met the exit criteria for UAT.
• Review project progress with the C level executives and get approvals/signoffs.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, UML, RUP, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, QTP, Toad, Dot Net, Oracle, Data Warehouse, ETL Informatica

Confidential, Berkeley Heights, NJ

Project Lead/Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Produced project initiation documents and identified project stakeholders and their roles in the project with major deliverables and collected business requirements for the project.
• Devised a WBS by decomposing the project deliverables and organized the project into phases.
• Identified resource requirements. Developed project schedule that included resource availability and set milestones for reporting.
• Performed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify the business critical areas from User perspective.
• Conducted JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors (MINDTREE handled legacy U/W system), users and other stakeholders for open and pending issues.
• Developed Functional Requirement documents and BRD.
• Developed Use Case diagrams, Business flow diagrams, Activity/State diagrams and Sequence diagrams.
• Developed Tables, Queries and Reports gathered from system models based on the functional requirements.
• Documented requirements associated Change Requests and connected requirements with Use cases.
• Conducted status and review meetings to assess project progress with regard to project plan.
• Measured project performance on time and budget as per the project plan.
• Managed changes to scope using project change management plan.
• Developed QA test plan, QA and UAT Test Cases and Test scripts.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings, Track bug report and postfix analysis.
• Verified deliverables for each phase with project stakeholders.
• Tracked testing issues, maintained weekly status checks, and met the exit criteria for UAT.
• Conducted administrative closure and documented lessons learned for the project.
• Review project progress with the C level executives and get approvals/signoffs.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, UML, RUP, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, QTP, Mainframes

Confidential, Wall Street, NY

Project Lead/Sr. Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and documented the business and functional requirements from Underwriters, various teams and stakeholders.
• Prepared Project Plan using MS Project 2000.
• Communicated project status, milestones and issues to the project sponsors. Applied effective project management methodologies and control techniques.
• Developed Use Case diagrams, Business flow diagrams, Activity/State diagrams and Sequence diagrams.
• Documented requirements associated Change Requests and connected requirements with Use cases.
• Conducted JAD sessions with management, SME, vendors (TATA - TCS) users and other stakeholders for open and pending issues.
• Developed Tables, Queries and Reports gathered from system models based on the functional requirements.
• Prepared DFDs, Data Modeling and extensive use of SQL queries for interacting with the SQL Server database.
• Identify ISO rates, rules and forms to implement in the system.
• Performed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify the business critical areas from User perspective.
• Developed QA Project Plan, QA and UAT Test Cases and Test scripts.
• Lead the team meetings on status updates, issue resolution, client meetings, Track bug report, and postfix analysis.
• Executed SQL Queries.

Environment: Java, J2EE, Visual Basic, Windows XP, MS Excel, MS Project, MS Visio, UML, RUP, Crystal Reports, SQL Server

Confidential, Cypress, CA

Project Leader/Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• The project involved development of the web based Claims Management System.
• Responsibilities:
• Responsible for defining the scope of the project, gathering Business Requirements, doing Gap Analysis and Documentation.
• Responsible for writing Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and User Requirement Specification (URS) for the Web based application.
• Used Rational Rose extensively to create Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, State chart diagrams and Collaboration diagrams.
• Prepared a prototype, had JAD sessions with users explaining Data Flow and sequence of events.
• Developed Tables, Queries and Reports gathered from system models based on the functional requirements.
• Worked as a User\Customer advocate and negotiated with user as well as with developers and management staff to resolve any requirement conflict.
• Used Rational ClearQuest to log defects.

Environment: MS Office, MS Visio, MS Project 2000, Rational Rose, SQL Server, Windows 2K, Rational ClearQuest, Crystal Reports, ASP.NET