SUMMARY:

• Around 12 years of Project Management and Business Analysis experience with excellent project management, leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Comprehensive project expertise in Enterprise application integration.
• Extensive Knowledge in Oil & Gas, Shipping, Manufacturing and Logistics.
• Extensive experience in the development and implementation of Project Management Methodology while working directly with the Project Management Office (PMO)
• Skilled in the use of Agile (Scrum), Waterfall and Iterative Project Management Methodology
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including experience with MS Project
• Complete understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle, including business requirement gathering, system development, testing, implementation and post implementation support
• Experience in Risk management, resource management.
• Experienced in Test plan preparation and execution of Test Ideas list, Test cases and Test Scripts and logging defects using defect tracking tools.
• Excellent execution and documentation skills. Strong sense of Ownership and Responsibility.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem - solving skills
• Experience working in environment with a mix of onsite-offshore Global Delivery model.
• Working experience in a globally distributed and culturally diverse environment

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: MVS (IBM OS/390), Guardian OS, MS-DOS, WINDOWS NT

Software Products: Enterprise Bridge (eB), Nautical System 5 (NS5)

Databases: My SQL, MS SQL Server 7.0, ORACLE 11G, DB2, IMS DB/DC, Enscribe, VSAM

Programming Languages: COBOL, Screen COBOL, CICS, JCL, REXX, Visual Basic

Project Management: Microsoft Project Plan

Tandem Computer Technologies: PATHCOM, BATCHCOM, SPOOLCOM, PERUSE, VHS, EMSA, FUP, SCUP, INSPECT, DDL, TEDIT, DBAccess

IBM Technologies: TSO-ISPF, SDSF, SPUFI, Xpediter, CA-7, IBM MQSeries

Tools: HP Quality Center 11, VSS, CVS, Apache Tomcat 5, MS Office, MS Visio, JIRA, Remedy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including architects, subject matter experts and developers to ensure timely delivery of Engineering Content Management application (Enterprise Bridge - eB) for Major Capital Projects (MCPs) and Small Capital Projects (SCPs).
• Applied project management knowledge and expertise in project planning, execution, monitoring & controlling and risk assessment.
• Manage Testing activities associated with deploying Engineering Content Management application (Enterprise Bridge - eB) to multiple MCPs and SCPs across the globe.
• Create Testing methodology (Functional, Regression & User Acceptance Testing), processes and overseeing deployment.
• Direct the staff in implementing, maintaining, rolling-out, and enforcing a formal, consistent and well-defined/standardized test process for all test phases.
• Manage across a matrix of teams and coordinate testing for MCPs & SCPs.
• Ensure project deliverables are produced, including, but not limited to: quality assurance plans, test plans, status reports, user documentation, etc.
• Managed onboarding tasks of new resources for eB Application team.
• Hosted pre-release planning meetings with the development project leads.
• Communicate project status, risks, issues and progress on deliverables to stakeholders and leadership.

Confidential, Houston, TX

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the Functional quality assurance team
• Participated in framework designing and prepared test suites of the ABS Nautical System 5 (NS5) product; an ERP application used widely in the shipping industry.
• Created Work Flow processes to validate the control and early detection of data errors in Maintenance, Purchase, Crew management and payroll, Vetting and Voyage management modules.
• Manage a multi-database environment setup and work closely with customers to assist in resolving product and configuration issues.
• Applied project management knowledge and expertise in project planning, execution and risk assessment.
• Designed and presented reports regarding requirements and progress of project to stakeholders and management.
• Interacted closely with SMEs to understand and visualize the problem domain.

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Project Lead & Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Managed the design, development and testing of InsideLine; an application which is the backbone for order processing and accounting.
• Co-ordinated and performed Production support activities for the application which required 100% up time.
• Co-ordinated with various teams at onsite and offshore and worked as the single point of contact.
• Prepared and communicated daily status report to stakeholders.

Confidential

Project Lead & Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Led and performed the complete business and requirement analysis of Logistics and Manufacturing applications, which was part of a fully integrated Order Management System.
• Gathered high-level business needs from business stakeholders and lead the team to translate those needs to detailed requirements.
• Successfully led Tandem Migration and consolidation project, having cutover checklist which involved clients/Site ITs/Tandem-Admins/Users/Developers across multiple regions and companies.
• Co-ordinated and performed Production support activities.
• Led designing the Barcode Label framework.
• Work distribution and team management for 15 developers.
• Motivated the team to overcome barriers and exceed customer expectations.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed, tested and maintained modules like Money Marketing, Finance and Securities using Mainframe and DB2.
• Supported the business acceptance testing and requirement gathering processes.