SUMMARY:

• 15+ years of custom software and infrastructure implementation experience
• Expertise in SDLC using waterfall, Agile Scrum, Lean - Agile, Kanban and Confidential
• Ability to estimate complex projects and programs, working closely with teams to collect Confidential
• Adept at dealing with project-related ambiguity
• Skilled at developing compelling business cases, investment proposals and project artifacts
• Instincts for risk mitigation, issue resolution and contingency planning.
• Experience working with stakeholders of all levels from multiple organizations
• Banking/BI/Finance/Reporting/ Healthcare/Telecom/Federal & Local Government/Government-Sponsored Enterprise (GSE)
• Effective communicator and aggressive negotiator, capable of presenting ideas across all levels of management
• Led projects in support of Statement of Work (SOW) and also created SOWs for vendors.
• Mainframe/Java/.NET/ETL/Hyperion/Business Objects/Web Services/Cloud Computing

SKILLS:

• PMO and EPMO implementation/management
• Project Portfolio Management/Program Management/Resource Management (Contractors and Employees)
• Bid & Proposal/Capture Management
• Earned Value Management (EVM), Budgeting, Forecasting, Financial Reporting, Dashboard Reporting
• SharePoint/Web Portal/Mobile Application/ETL/Data Warehouse/SOA/Web Services
• Enterprise Architecture/Service Oriented Architecture implementation
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with Waterfall, Lean Agile Scrum and Confidential
• Expert with Project Server, Clarity, JIRA, Rally, and Planview like tools
• Team building and Leadership, Mentoring and Coaching

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Project Manager, Manassas, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided project management expertise in managing a global team of employees and contractors across United States, Belgium, Malaysia and Switzerland.
• Created project plan for End-to-End execution. Allocated resources, procure software and hardware procurement, start monitoring procurement, third-party negotiations and delivery timeline, and in-house development and testing activities.
• Migrated inherited excel sheets into SharePoint and created a collaborative team site to post and manage project documentation, Issues, Action Items, Dependencies and Risks.
• Worked with finance department to manages resources for tracking the project
• Successfully managed a large financial messaging infrastructure project and implementation. Procured hardware, worked with developers and DBAs to upgrade hardware and OS, calculated new hosts and creatively allocated to each environment to minimize cost.
• Managed resources; monitored and executed project management plans; executed and managed all project related deliverables that were specified under PMO guidelines.
• Experience within a Confidential release train.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Provided program management expertise, thought leadership, technical expertise and communication on the Digital Experience complex enterprise program under the enterprise IT organization.
• Managed six vendors and three internal partners that supported this effort to modernize a web portal.
• Organized and participated in Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, and Retrospective, Release Planning, Demos, implementation planning meetings. Participated in Business Epic and Directional Epic walkthroughs.
• Participated in the Architecture Board meetings to influenced technical direction.
• Improved Agile Scrum processes and DevOps roles to improve overall program delivery.
• Worked with Product owner on artifacts such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog and Tech Chores/Enablers.
• Publicized the team's progress and successes to make sure team effort is highly visible to product owner/stakeholders.
• Oversaw program level code integration across multiple internal and external partners. Established process for test data setup that reduced cycle time by 35%.
• Managed evolving requirements successfully with all partners and achieved 100% scope implementation for Sprint/Release.
• Resolved impediments related to cloud vendor - Rackspace (Security certificates). Implemented a new process for future implementations.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Responsibilities:

• Provided project management expertise for corporate infrastructure and development projects.
• Collaborated with application owners, developers, business analysts to determine business needs and functionalities desired for enhancements. Planned project milestones, deliverables, budget and resources (staff hours).
• Led the transformation from waterfall to lightweight Agile Scrum on a migration project (Active Directory) of 250 branches in 19 countries. Worked closely with senior leadership to publish risks and escalate issues.
• Led Application Identity and Access Management (AIM) proof of concept project using CyberArk.
• Managed a project to transform the lower environments to allow teams to login through internet instead of intranet. This upgrade reduced significant software defects.
• Achieved continuous improvement by reviewing process with the development team, reduced migration cycle 50% after few initial Sprints that resulted a “Job well done” note from an executive.
• Prepared and presented project deliverables such as status report, executive dashboards, project management plan, executive presentations and other relevant deliverables.

Senior Project Manager

Confidential, Washington, DC

Responsibilities:

• Implemented OPM regulatory and compliance requirements, and system enhancements on-time and within budget.
• Led software distribution activities for 39 Confidential plans across United States along with updated data interfaces.
• Transformed complex change management and budgeting process that resulted in client satisfaction, timely approvals.
• Conducted lessons-learned meetings, created improved implementation process.
• Stood up a new Jasper reporting server to support adhoc reporting.
• Coordinated with Enterprise and Solution Architects, Engineering Division, supporting IT staff, DBAs, quality assurance and development team.
• Led initial RFP process to replace existing document management system. Prepared detailed business case.
• Successfully managed corporate quarterly software releases.
• Worked with finance department to manages resources for tracking the project
• Managed Java, Mainframe, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse and Infrastructure teams.

Senior Program Manager

Confidential, Augusta, ME

Responsibilities:

• Acted as IT Program Manager under Program Management Office (PMO)
• Rescued a troubled complex large-scale Confidential and Custom software/hardware implementation of Unemployment Insurance program, Confidential IVR scrip and infrastructure upgrade.
• Directed a matrixed team of developers, analysts, testers, and engineering staff from other agencies and Confidential vendors.
• Conducted and documented project health analysis, accountable to the CTO and State Bureau Director and other stakeholders.
• Introduced Agile Scrum into the development activities, created new DevOps roles. Engaged stakeholders on daily and weekly basis.
• Proposed light-weight Agile Scrum, coached State on Scrum framework, received permission to leverage Scrum.
• Established Change Control Board to create structure that resulted in approved user stories for each Sprint.
• Delivered enhancements on-time and within budget. Leveraged value-driven approach to prioritize user stories.
• Significantly improved client relationship. Created positive environment by clear and reliable communication.
• Consistently completed Sprints. Received praise from CTO and State Bureau Director for quick wins.
• Managed .Net, Mainframe, Data Warehouse and Infrastructure teams.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• As a Vendor Team Manager ( Confidential ) provided program and project management expertise for 25 financial applications under IT portfolio to support five business units and nine group heads under the Enterprise Systems Support Services ( Confidential ) Task Orders.
• Developed and executed a project plan to enhanced a major enterprise time reporting application.
• Transformed waterfall environment into Agile Scrum, delivered new web application to maintain federal employee educational qualifications and certification info and tuition reimbursement.
• Integrated Agile Scrum into the development activities, created new DevOps roles and trained stakeholders.
• Led DevOps team to manage keep-the-lights-on ( Confidential ) Task Order for 25 applications. Reduced 15% Cost on Keeping-The-Lights-On ( Confidential ) Task Order by introducing consolidation and new processes.
• Kept nine Federal group heads informed and satisfied by status reports and burndown chart and burn up charts.
• Consistently managed scope and funding approvals from Contracting Officer's Technical Representative ( Confidential ) by presenting schedule and budget variances monthly.
• Significantly improved client relationships. Created a positive team environment.
• Managed 30-40-member team, 8 - 10 direct reports (contractors and employees), conducted annual performance review.
• Managed Java, .Net, Mainframe, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse and Infrastructure teams.

Confidential, Mclean, VA

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the delivery of large-scale, visible projects on-time and within budget.
• Let software implementation activities for BI and financial reporting systems
• Directed the automation of 150 excel sheets supporting Confidential ’s $1.5 trillion portfolio.
• Managed direct reports developers and analysts, and matrixed quality assurance engineers.
• Directed developers, testers, architects and another technical staff throughout the project lifecycle.
• Organized change control board ( Confidential ).
• Worked with finance department to manages resources for tracking the project
• Published status report, budget and schedule variance across all management levels.
• As a resource manager, managed 5-10 employees and 15 -20 contractors, conducted performance review
• Delivered Oracle Hyperion solution to Corporate Planning by partnering with Oracle and internal technical team.
• Proposed and implemented IBM SaaS solution to support a business group that had low budget to upgrade survey system.
• Managed Java, Mainframe, Business Intelligence, Data Warehouse and Infrastructure teams.
• Delivered six parallel streams in support of 40-year mortgage product. Received “Premier Achievement Award”