SUMMARY:

• Project Manager and Certified Scrum Master with experience working in Healthcare, Finance and Banking organizations like Confidential in a leading - edge technology to achieve ambitious business goals. Teams involved in, Database Consolidations ( SQL and Oracle ) and Upgrades, Application Development and Migrations, Service Delivery and Development experience within SDLC and Agile methodology, ITSM and TPM in helping Known for demonstrating outstanding management, strategic planning, organizational development, and decision-making skills in high-pressure, high-availability environments. Intense hands-on experience on broad range of technologies including Application migrations and development, databases, infrastructure, software development and migration methodologies. Ability to partner with Senior Management on creating organizational and department vision, setting team strategy and annual priorities.
• Deep experience in Agile methodology, Profitability and Quality champion who explores all possibilities to find the most elegant and cost-effective solution. Adept at managing all aspects of applications development and enhancements, testing, build & deployment, maintenance of multimillion-dollar projects. Experienced leader, mentor and coach with proven ability to lead multiple geographically dispersed cross-functional teams to manage large, complex projects and consistently completing them on time and within budget. Rare combination of expert-level technology and business skill sets. Trusted advisor to senior business stakeholders and product owners.
• Creative Problem solver and Outstanding Relationship builder who strives in an ambitious, driven environment with diverse team members and continually delivers projects at levels exceeding all expectations. Articulate communicator with the ability to work effectively and resourcefully in both independent and collaborative team settings. Skilled at stakeholder’s management, risk management and working with executives to bridge the gap between business objectives and technology capabilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Tools: Jira,Microsoft Project, Clarity, MS Office, SharePoint, CREST, Service Now, STAMP, Plan View, PMUWS, Clear Quest, Remedy,MADC, Rally, TFS

Tools: Rational Rose, Micro Strategy, Mercury Quality Centre, ALM, Informatica

Databases: DB2, MS SQL Server 7.0, Oracle, Sybase, Teradata

Programming Languages: Java/J2EE(SOA,EJB,JAX-WS,JAX-RS,SPRINGS,AJAX,SOAP),DotNet & Visual Basic

Middleware: WAS, Web Sphere Message Broker (WMB), WMQ

Operating Environments: Linux, Solaris, AIX, Windows

Methodologies: Iterative (Agile)/Scrum, SDLC (Waterfall), TPM Process

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.
• Ensuring the Agile/Scrum process is implemented effectively and mentoring team to maximize its benefits.
• Removing barriers between development teams and stakeholders.
• Removed obstacle for the team by escalating an issue to leadership resulting in early delivery of customer issue solution. Customer provided positive feedback.
• Work closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.
• Collaborated with members of the Product, Business and Engineering Teams to develop and maintain Product Backlogs.
• Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items.
• Educate and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.
• Coached new SM and trained global teams, which resulted in early delivery of project and reduced process waste caused by lack of common understanding.
• Improved team velocity by incorporating capacity planning into sprint planning sessions.
• Providing and maintaining all necessary external communications and status information and deliverables for the scrum team.
• Making sure user stories are properly updated into the system.
• Direct and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Planned and monitored project budget/spending.
• Followed the ITSM guidance and practices for a successful deploy and implementation of the deliverables throught the releases with the best IT service,goveranance and communication plan and model.
• Guided projects to completion on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant to scope commitment.
• Addressed problems through risk management and contingency planning.
• Creating the Weekly Status reports and monitoring the resources and funding.
• Creating the Risk Management and Communication Plans and Reviewing and updating the Risk periodically.
• Responsible for leading project teams and managing all activities in a project life-cycle.
• Consulting with business partners to clarify and define project requirements and business case, including development of a statement of work.
• Update project dashboard and provide management with weekly status updates.
• Measures, tracks, and communicates program schedule conflicts, risks and inter- dependencies.
• Responsible for maintaining and delivering our products within availability and SLA targets. Lead all project meetings, ensure alignment and productivity of development teams from various groups, and actively participate in business meetings.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Project Manager and Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Involved with the Technology managers,Development team,QA and UAT teams for understanding the scope and finalization of the requirements for the release.
• Followed the ITSM practices for a successful deploy and implementation of the deliverables and releases.
• Creating and managing the project plans, change requests during the releases.
• Working and coordinating with the DBA’s, Application teams from different LOB’s and stakeholders
• Coordinating with different application and crossfuctional and platform teams within the organization for schedule and deployment.
• Making sure the SQL and Oracle servers are upgraded per the design and Applications are migrated successfully with a No Impact to the Business.
• Creating and getting Sign off from the Testing and Application teams.
• Communicating and Sending Status reports and monitoring of the SQL and Exadata Upgrades.
• Creating the Risk Management and Communication Plans and Reviewing and updating the Risk periodically.
• Working with the Operations team on Automation and Scripting for the SQL and Oracle DB Upgrades and Migrations.

Confidential, PMO, CA

Project Manager and Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Partnering with key teams to ensure successful releases (Architecture, PMO, Application Development teams).
• Managing the development teams engaged in the integration of the iLog engine with various Web services using Java/J2EE and AJAX Calls.
• Working and coordinating with the DBA’s, Application teams from different LOB’s,Design Engineers from VMAX,Network and Storage Engineers.
• Coordinating with different application and crossfuctional and platform teams within the organization for schedule Implementing the ITSM guidlines for a successful deploy and implementation of the deliverables and releases.
• Making sure the Oracle servers are upgraded per the design and Applications are migrated successfully with a No Impact to the Business.
• Creating and getting Sign off for the Project Charter, Project Plan and all other Documentation around various phases of the Project.
• Creating the Weekly Status reports and monitoring the resources and funding.
• Creating the Risk Management and Communication Plans and Reviewing and updating the Risk periodically.
• Working with the Operations team on Automation and Scripting for the Oracle DB Upgrades and Migrations.
• Creating a unified process for 90 Days Oracle Database Patching required under the Compliance and Audit.

Confidential, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Confidential is excited to be expanding its footprint into the new Prineville data center initiative with around 18 million dollars with its newest EDW instance named Redwood.
• This instance will become home to the solutions covering the business areas of Sales, Ops, Finance, Fraud, AOS and Retail. This multimillion dollar initiative incorporates a Teradata database and applications interfacing with iTunes, sales, financial and all the Confidential products of the Confidential group. Implemented the ITSM guidance and practices for a successful deploy and implementation of the deliverables throught the releases with the best IT service,goveranance and communication plan and model.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• For multiple and complex projects for the WFS,WDM,Dealer Services, lending, risk and compliance and direct Auto groups.
• Home Equity Servicing Operations - The Initiative involved the requested modifications by the Home Equity Servicing Leadership team to various applications that should result in support of compliance or corporate initiatives, and more streamlined experiences for business partners and teammates.

Confidential, Phx AZ

Project Manager, Scrum Master and Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• For the Global Merchant Services and Infrastructure portfolio of Confidential . Involved in a 12 million dollar project for the Data Center 2015 initiative in application uplift and migrations for around 2000+ applications. Worked in lot other portfolios for Confidential in Card Accounts, Merchant Services, Risk and Compliances, POC projects for various middleware Infrastructure and development projects. Followed the ITSM polices and operational procedures for optimization and a successful deploy.

Confidential, SFO,CA

Senior Integration Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and Integrated different technology initiative programs related to financial domain with Major Clients.
• Regular interaction with the senior Business and Operations group.
• Developed Java programs and configured the middleware environment including WMQ interfacing business clients like Confidential and J P Confidential .
• Developed JSP’s and EJB’s for the ecommerce platform in eFrenzy.com.