SUMMARY:

• Senior technology and operations leader with 20+ years of experience in IT program and product management. Deep experience in information systems and implementations. Collaborated with senior management and cross functional teams in delivering business solutions.
• Proven track record of consistently delivering on complex, high - profile IT projects and initiatives. Passionate about process improvements and building best in class solutions. Strong educational and professional qualifications.
• Highly results oriented
• Works collaboratively with people across regions and functions at multiple levels
• Project management & CFA Claritas practitioner and charter holder
• Agile and Scrum Practitioner
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Quality Assurance & documentation
• Relationship and Vendor Management
• Excellent with Microsoft products such as MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio etc
• Excellent understanding of latest technologies, cloud, SaaS, CMDB and ITIL processes

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Stamford, CT

IT Program Director

• Built IT PMO processes from ground up, operationalized JIRA/confluence in agile
• Led migration of 15+ portfolios from third party vendor applications to Salesforce under extremely tight deadline
• Led the implementation of sales portal that eliminated manual processes and saved sales cycle time by 70%
• Ensure demos/trainings are provided in a timely manner

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Sr. IT Program Manager

• Implemented Agile and best PMO practices in streamlining IT processes resulting in efficient execution
• Set up offshore testing COE which saved approx. $ 300 k per year
• Led cross functional teams in integrating CEB into Confidential ($2b acquisition) under extremely tight deadline
• Negotiated better terms and conditions with Vendors and consulting firms
• Led cloud migration and upgrade of finance applications
• Led simplification initiatives for Oracle ERP systems, Order to Cash, Tax and Procurement that resulted in cycle time reduction by 30%

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Vice President, Program Management

• Drove migration of T&L and accounts payables from GEAM to MySS, managing bureaucracy and on time delivery
• Saved $ 500k per year by integrating Salesforce instance at GEAM and SSGA
• Led active directory and email consolidation between GEAM and SSGA
• Drove performance improvements in key areas such as Oracle ERP, back office, BI reporting integration, customer management, tracked against day 1 and Day 100 objectives
• Consolidated and implemented Disaster recovery requirements and SOX compliance

Confidential, Stamford, CT

IT Program Manager, GE Asset Management

• Led end to end implementation for consolidating multiple ledgers across the globe (Europe, Canada and US) on to one ledger - received Above & Beyond silver award
• Collaborated with senior leaders including the CFO, the Controller and cross functional business leaders to resolve conflicts and issues and achieve consensus
• Led technology and process improvements for financial programs that resulted in reducing manual effort by 70%
• Simplified application portfolio by retiring applications and consolidating features
• Co-Chaired Service Delivery Board in simplifying SOX, IT operations and processes, reducing bureaucratic overhead
• Excellent presentation skills: Provided several trainings/demos on new functionalities along with documentations

Program Manager

Confidential, Norwalk CT

• Led the team in integrating Black Mountain for BLG trading, $22B portfolio - received silver management award
• Gained $1.2 M in cost savings by redesigning Workflow (internal app) that replaced legacy app
• Led IT execution of $2B Mubadala JV project under extremely tight deadline
• Gained ~100% accuracy in data migration from Siebel
• Interacted with senior leaders as well as internal and external teams in resolving operational issues
• Implemented disaster recovery, SOX compliance and audits for finance applications

Confidential, Charlottesville, VA

Implementation Manager

• Led & coached a team of highly technical experts such as quality engineer, architect, designers and developers in delivering on time and high quality products
• Wrote functional requirements and managed all phases of SDLC, end to end project implementation right from project initiation to post deployment including customer support
• Collaborated with stakeholders at all level such as CTOs, CIOs and program managers to prioritize and drive milestones to timely execution/delivery
• Implemented best in class project management processes such as first-time-right policy, proactive defect tracker and automated testing - Identified systemic operational issues, led the team in resolving them as well as identifying root causes and process improvements to prevent similar issues
• Introduced and implemented Agile for speedy delivery

Confidential, Arlington,VA

Project Lead

• Implemented cutting edge technologies such as Agile, extreme programing and RUP methodology to manage customers’ expectations and speedy delivery
• Collaborated with cross functional teams in implementing complex projects
• Led the on-shore as well as off-shore team in implementing several projects on time and good quality
• Wrote business requirements and led all phases of project implementation including design, development, UAT & deployment
• Responsible for coding and reviewing code for core modules

Confidential

Project Lead

• Coordinated onsite and offsite implementation team
• Streamlined the project delivery process for stable code release
• Designed critical modules and implemented code
• Led the UAT and post deployment fixes

Confidential

Analyst

• Implemented and supported Collateral management application for the bank