SUMMARY:

• Results driven IT Project Manager with 7+ years of experience in project Management and over 15 years of experience of implementing complex technical programs and data management projects across geographies.
• Efficiently led technical and functional teams in banking domain with PMP and Scrum master certification.
• Comprehensive knowledge and expertise in implementation of Core Banking Programs on FLEXCUBE UBS and Temenos T24 banking solutions with interfacing of SAS AML, Oracle Financials, FedWire, Chips and other regulatory and MIS reporting system.
• Hands - on in depth experience in Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Implementation of various Packaged and Custom Applications
• Experience implementing Information Management solutions withfocus on data modeling, data sourcing, ETL, data transformation, data integration, reporting and migration.
• Proven leadership skills and capabilities to deliver for large organizations and small team structures. Can build a team, keep the team motivated and focused despite the vagaries of implementation.
• Acknowledged - ‘Multi-tasker’ - demonstrated experience as a Project Manager, Needs Analyst, Designer, Developer, Tester and Support/Maintenance.
• Implemented projects leveraging Agile project management principles

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ETL Tools: Custom developed in house tools, DB forge

RDBMS & Tools: Oracle, Universe, Dbase, Foxpro, SQL Server, COBOL, Dbase, MS-Project.

Languages: COBOL, Pro*c, InfoBasic, C, SQL, PL/SQL

Operating Systems: UNIX (Sco UNIX, AIX), Windows 95/98/NT/XP, MS-DOS

Scripting: UNIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Newark, NY

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing banking application support, new business requirements, projects, release management, vendor and budget. Identify and manage project risks to the closure and provide information senior management.
• Co-ordination with other interdependent groups for resource and budget allocations.
• Maintaining running cost sheets for Capex and Opex of the projects.
• Making Disaster recovery plans for the systems to comply with regulatory authorities. Analyze process flows and make recommendations.
• Co-ordination with Auditors and regulatory governance authorities for the MIS compliance reporting.
• Provide expert input to implementation projects, as requested by Service Delivery Managers
• Manages continuity and coordination of resources to support the programs
• Ensures project methodologies, project delivery processes, and implementation management processes are followed. This includes managing and driving Project/Program Schedule, Risk and Issue Management and Scope Change Management
• Measures and tracks performance, and contributes to and implements standards and changes to processes within Quality Services.
• Effectively communicated project status to all levels of stakeholders based on a blend of status reports, ad hoc reports, governance decks and governance meetings.
• Managed the delivery of data migration projectsat Confidential with an overall budget of ~50M USD for 3years including Hardware and software and a team of 8 members
• Implemented Flexcube core banking, which has 7 replacing applications and 127 surviving applications including Direct banking systems.
• Led a team of 8 people to successfully implement of data quality and data migration from 7 replacing applications 127surviving applications to new solution involving 1.2 TB of data.
• Led the implementation of the new banking solution across geographies in multiple deployments (Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and Egypt).
• Implemented Tools for automated technical and business data quality checks,auto reconciliation for balancing of Assets and Liabilities to Finance department
• Researched and Implemented auto comparison tools for migration activities with huge volume of data (1.2 TB).
• Developed, Planned and Implemented complex Roll-Out Strategy for the new solution involving 1.2 million customers across 5 countries.
• Successfullymigrated data with zero financial differences with-in 16 hour time frame for over 1M customers.
• Developed product mapping for all modules like CIF, CASA, ELCM, LIMITS and LOANS (Conventional and Islamic) etc.
• Managedtimely delivery of Data extraction across 7 replacing applications involving1.2 TB of data and 1 Million customer accounts.
• Reviewed and identified missing functionality gaps from legacy applications and designed an approach to implement the gaps in the new solution.
• Reviewed and approved test plans and test scripts for Integration, Function and System testing.
• Managed User Acceptance Testing and Business Result verification of both the systems
• Agile methodology was used for migrations using progressive approach, testing early and often using mock runs. Collaborative and cooperative approach with stake holders for acceptance testing.

Environment: Custom ETL tools, ORACLE RDBMS, DBforge for data comparison

Confidential

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led and managed the delivery of interfacesGIFTS Software, a leading provider of funds transfer, e-banking and anti-money laundering solutions with T24 core banking system for Mashreq New York branch with volume of 1 transactions / year and turnover of 3B USD with team size of 4.
• Delivered multiple projects for overseas branches.
• Automation of Head office and Regulatory Reports
• Centralization of overseas branches (NY, London and India) at Head office
• Upgrade of core banking solution to latest version of T24.
• Managed and Interactedwith Vendor and development team with Global location.
• Migrated existing T24 functionalities to EGifts systems
• Developed interfaces for Regulatory and Head office reporting solutions with core banking system (T24) for Mashreq's overseas branches.
• Interface with Oracle financials and EPM systems
• Managed, and Interacted with Vendor and development team with Global location
• Interacting with vendors, training users and UATs with strict deadlines.
• Managed upgrade of T24 solution with user testing and interfaces with Swift, RTGS and regulatory reporting packages
• Maintenance and Support of T24 core solutions managing 200 users.
• Implemented interfaces between core banking data with AML systems, which includes mapping of the products, transactions based on the user requirements for regulatory reporting.

Environment: Oracle RDBMS, Universe, UNIX and Windows

Confidential

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Led and manage the delivery of T24 core banking solution at Confidential overseas branches with a budget of 5M USD and a team of 6 members
• Implemented T24 core banking replacing various legacy systems
• Led a team of 6 people to successfully implement of data quality and data migration from legacy applications to new solution as part of Y2K rollout.
• Drove implementation of the new banking solution across geographies in multiple deployments (India, Pakistan, Egypt, Sri Lanka, Nairobi, Khartoum)
• Managed Post-Implementation and Post-migration services
• Implemented Tools for automated data quality checks auto reconciliation for balancing of Assets and Liabilities to Finance department.
• Developed, Planned and Implemented Roll-Out Strategy for the new solution involving 0.5 million accounts across 6 countries
• Successfully migrated data with zero financial differences
• Developed product mapping for all modules and reporting requirements.
• Managed timely delivery of Data extraction, loading and verification of financials.
• Reviewed and identified missing functionality from legacy applications and designed an approach to implement in the new solution
• Reviewed and approved test plans and test scripts for Integration, Function and System testing.
• Managed User Acceptance Testing and Business Result verification of both the systems.
• Managed post implementation and maintenance support

Environment: Custom ETL tools, Universe, UNIX, RDBMS

Confidential

Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed data center services with 3 member team with 3000 transactions / day.
• Participating in design and coding of Software Applications.
• Mapping requirements; participating in the finalization of product specifications and selection of appropriate techniques for development.
• Conducting system study and coordinating with team members for System Design & Integration, Application Maintenance, etc.
• Handling various technical aspects like software design, coding of modules, monitoring critical paths & taking appropriate actions.
• Supervising smooth implementation of the project and extending post-implementation, application maintenance and technical support.

Environment: RDBMS, Unix, windows, COBOL, Dbase, Foxpro