PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience in managing large end to end programs which involved multiple teams and ensures successful deliverables with effective - Technical Proficiency, Planning and Execution, Monitoring & Control, Customer Interaction, Project Management, Estimation, Scheduling, Quality Management, Risks/Issues/Change Management, Resource & Stakeholder management, Implementation and ultimately a successful project delivery.
• With 10 years of project management experience, working as an End to End Project Manager and managing complex web application development projects from initiation to production roll-out.
• A proven ability in working with business partners & end-users with strong technical knowledge, effective project management, decision-making strengths and innovative solutions.
• As an End to End Project Manager, delivered programs in budget range $3M plus and 40+ teams involved.
• Proficient in project management/tracking tools MS Office, MS Project, Rally and Clarity.
• Experience in Java, J2EE, multiple Databases (Oracle, SQL, DB2) along with good knowledge in Big Data / Hadoop, Hadoop Admin, Data Analytics Tools and ETL processes.
• Proficient in both Agile/SAFe and Waterfall Software Development Methodologies (SDLC) and managing small to complex web application development projects successfully.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• As an End to End Project Manager, currently managing a Big Data migration project which is migrating historical/BAU data from various source systems into a common Big Data platform.
• Managing and leading the project from initiation to completion of the project covering all phases of project life cycle by targeting successful delivery.
• Rigorously manages scope to ensure commitments are achieved and responsible for cost, schedule, quality and customer satisfaction.
• Managing the resources/teams located geographically at different locations/time zones.
• Assist product owner in backlog management, prioritization, monitor and control Epics, Features, User Stories and Tasks.
• Facilitate and manage scrum ceremonies, technical discussions, trouble shooting calls, meetings, status/review calls with other functional/dependent teams and leadership.
• Plan, coordinate pre/post implementation activities and manage production releases with multiple teams and stakeholders involved.
• Responsible for resource management, coaching and mentoring team members, helping team to take decisions, resolving conflicts, conduct performance reviews.
• Manage project communication with various stake holders - technology & business owners, cross functional/dependent teams, Dev/QA/test data setup teams, support teams, SMEs/architects, infrastructure team, admin team etc.
• Responsible for weekly reporting, status meetings, leadership calls etc. Work closely with leadership by providing updates including project status, achieved milestones, issues and challenges facing, escalations, project financials, innovations and value additions etc.
• Manage and Participate in defining the best practices / approaches across Portfolio level.
• Responsible for the other typical project management activities - co-ordination, monitoring & control the project plan, track all work items, Identify & manage project risks , removing impediments, managing project financials including budget, forecast and spend , production implementation planning & execution, project status reporting to leadership with necessary metrics, following the organization/industry standard processes etc.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Followed Scaled Agile Framework and involved in PI planning sessions at enterprise level train programs.
• Responsible to identify and engage all dependent teams/stake holders and make them to align with project scope/schedules.
• Facilitate all scrum ceremonies - Grooming calls, Sprint planning, Daily stand-ups, Sprint review meetings, Sprint retrospections.
• Work closely with product owner in backlog management and responsible for continuous delivery of features.
• Identify project risks and keep the adequate mitigation plan in place and ensure delivery is not compromised. Manage Issues, Dependencies and Changes requests.
• Protect development team from outside distractions and over-commitment, impediments and maintain focus on project scope and timeline.
• Monitor the overall functioning of processes, identify improvement areas and implement adequate measures to maximize customer satisfaction level.
• Makes good decisions in ambiguous situations and provides stakeholders with recommendations and contingency plans.
• Work closely with leadership by providing updates including status reports, achieved milestones, issues and challenges faced, escalations etc.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• In 8 years of Confidential tenure, managed multiple web application development projects in various portfolios - Personalization, Commercial Risk Technologies, Credit Authorization System and Global Corporate Payments.
• Played different roles as Scrum Master, Project Manager and End to End Project Manager and delivered multimillion budgeted projects successfully.
• Managed both Waterfall and Agile methodology projects from initiation to production deployment covering all phases of project life cycle.
• Responsible for all project management activities like kickoff meetings, create & manage project plan, identify and engage dependent teams, tracking & monitoring, work with product owner and manage product backlog, facilitate daily standups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospections and other necessary project meetings, manage Issues & Risks, managing resources and conflicts, communication and co-ordination, manage project financials, reporting to stakeholders, process adherence, compliance management, production deployment, documentation, project closure activities etc.

Confidential

Java technical lead

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for project communication & execution for specific requirements with multiple cross application teams (Mellon mainframe team, BNY Mainframe team, Brussels team, Cash Postings systems, Informatica team, environment setup administration group, NDM team etc.)
• Led the development team and owned the application development.
• As a tech lead with the responsibilities - requirements analysis, application design, coding and unit testing, documentation, support testing team, bug fixes, co-ordination with dependent teams etc.
• Responsible for database programming as well with the responsibilities stored procedures creation, performance tuning, DB setup, Data modeling etc.
• Handled code reviews, code drops across the environments, environment configuration and settings. Responsible for plan, create and execute production release with various teams.

Confidential

Java Programmer

Responsibilities:

• As a lead programmer, involved from initiation to implementation phases for multiple projects.
• Owned the code development for few modules using Java/J2EE, DB2 and Sybase.
• Acted as owner of development environment setup & configuration and code deployments in various environments.
• Taken care of compliance/quality/process audits.
• Supported Testing teams and implementation activities.

Confidential

Java programmer

Responsibilities:

• As a developer with the responsibilities design, coding, unit testing, documentation, presenting to business team, code fixes, production release activities etc.
• Involved in backend database activities - data modeling, database design, and stored procedures creation in both Oracle and SQL Server databases.