SUMMARY:

• Implemented program portfolio management using Clarizen (PM tool) to manage and track $150M spend, status, and forecast on 1500+ key projects under the strategic growth initiatives at Confidential .
• Saved time and dependency significantly at Confidential by integrating an automatic deployment service, Conveyor, compatible with Jira; the service deploys packaged applications to their ideal environments.
• Created a new line of business by developing an application, mortgagematch.com. Facilitated supporting applications including the ERP system, call center, and go - to-market strategy.

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Strategic Design & Implementation
• Product Development
• New Product Introduction
• Release Management
• Vendor Relationship Management
• Strategic Team Management
• Customer Relationship Development
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Global Project Portfolio Management
• Waterfall, Agile, RAD
• SOP, SOW, Best Practices
• Risk Management & QA Testing

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages, Software Packages, Middleware & Frameworks: JAVA, Hibernate & HQL, Struts & Tiles, Spring, JSP, EJB, JDBC, JUnit, WebSphere, .NET, Web Applications, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, EASYTRIEVE, SAP - BPC, SAP FS-CD, SAP HANA, HADOOP, AWS, DATAWAREHOUSING, SALESFORCE, ODOO, ZOHO, AMAZON - EC2, PURLS, DIGITAL MARKETING, PURLS, QR CODE, Digital Marketing, SEO, WEB PROJECTS, Direct Marketing, Microsites, SEO, SEM, SAAS, CLOUD(AWS)

Project Management Tools: MS Project, PPT, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, Planview, Clarizen

Databases: DB2. MYSQL, SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed an automated deployment service that combines legacy and modern tools to cover 3 major use cases, tpkg, Capistrano, and Docker on Mesos.
• Automated running batch jobs and enhanced the operational platform.
• Created a highly scalable and customizable CI/CD service built on the Confidential platform to combine Docker for containerizing applications, Jenkins for CI/CD automation, and Mesos for cluster management.
• Automated batch scheduling processes by replacing the legacy platform with "Rundeck software with a built-in scheduling system.
• Streamlined log files search for specific events by implementing Herd, a large-scale elastic search cluster provided by SRE.
• Facilitated design meetings with internal customers and helped engineers with scoping. Improved transparency and project roadmap alignment by creating an Excel template. Allocated resources after defining expectations for each sprint.
• Created service-availability roadmaps. Communicated with internal stakeholders on project risks and issues for timely resolution.
• Planned rollout and onboarding of applications and published the onboarding roadmap for the site reliability engineering team.

Sr. Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created a SaaS platform, PURLS, to enable personalized URL marketing; collaborated with Sales for demos, converting 25% of leads.
• Implemented a data list management system to support marketing teams with their database building and query search. Implemented SaaS on cloud using HTML5, CSS, JQuery, JavaScript, Java, Hibernate, and AWS ec2.
• Implemented a formalized development process, with project scheduling, customer onboarding, SOWs, and reporting.
• Prevented product backlog hemorrhaging. Refined user stories, derived story point estimates, and readied stories for each sprint.
• Helped plan 2-week sprints with 12 resources (onsite/offshore) to deliver product/features for customers. Carried out stand-up meetings to define follow up actions and to assist team members. Tracked team progress via task boards and burndown charts.

Sr. Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created and managed the project charter and project plan for BPC and HANA and BPC ON HANA on-premise and cloud. Defined the project process and tracked metrics for development, QA, and UAT. Managed QA phases to ensure successful data migration.
• Implemented the command and control center construct to support the separation and migration of applications and infrastructure for a $1B spin-off; configured the SharePoint site for the project. The product acts as a central repository.
• Satisfied audit and project requirements by implementing a work paper showing completion of deliverables and client approval.
• Managed a large-scale decommissioning project containing 1500 applications, and underlying infrastructure and sites. Delivered cloud and enterprise infrastructure to migrate applications from local to a virtualized infrastructure involving Amazon ec2.

Program Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Standardized project release processes, including portfolio organization, global Planview implementation, design, development, QA, and rollout. Utilized the Rapid Application Development model. Improved visibility of 2000+ projects at the corporate level.
• Directed and managed Planview consultants on the process implementation in cloud; collaborated with multiple groups globally. Defined templates for SDLC and PLC for different functional and engineering groups.
• Developed training guides, user documentations, roll out and transition guidelines, and the training plan implementation.

Delivery Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed business analysis, QA, and user testing sessions for Confidential, a home entertainment BPC project.
• Defined and published metrics to show defects and testing progress during implementation.

Project Manager/Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Delivered the full implementation including design, development, and testing of 50+ SAP BPC reports.
• Created customized templates.

Program Manager/Scrum Master/Agile Coach

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed releases for realtor.com, move.com, and mortgagematch.com including backlog.
• Implemented a new line of business, overseeing IT, development, QA, operations, security, tech support, sales, and marketing.
• Led transformation from Waterfall to Agile for all projects and releases; coached 11 teams on Agile. Supported restructuring of groups from component-based to feature-based to help them become self-organized under Agile.

Sr. Product & Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed all aspects of the project and implemented required controls for operations.
• Adapted Agile and followed weekly sprint to address short-term requirements and to add them to product features.