SUMMARY:

• Certified Scrum Master, PMP Project Management consultant with 16+ years of experience with a Confidential 500 Company
• IT experience as a Sr. Project Manager, Program Manager, Scrum Master, and Implementation Manager.
• Managed up to 150 resources and budgets from $500k to $8 million
• International experience in India, Dubai, and USA with expertise in Change Management, Project Planning, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), execution, monitoring and resource balancing skills.
• Group facilitation, mediation and conflict resolution skills.
• Effective at training, motivating and mentoring onsite and offshore Junior Managers, Engineers, developers and technicians in support of timeline and IT project deliverables.
• Warehouse systems or data warehouse experience. Ability to identify and aggressively manage project issues and risks. Adept at managing client expectations
• 5+ years of experience with leading large agile software delivery projects consisting of multiple scrum teams and integrate active development with operations and maintenance of a production support system.
• Extensive experience in user requirements gathering, Brainstorming sessions and analysis.
• Demonstrated experience and ability to write User Stories, detailed Business Requirements Document (BRD), Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications (FRD); and work within tight deadlines.
• Tracked and managed product backlog, burn - down metrics, velocity, and task break-down.
• Experience with one or more agile methodologies, including scrum, Kanban & SAFe
• Experience with client relationship management
• Experience with defining and implementing Devops practices to drive automation, speed of delivery and quality
• Successfully managed Project Backlogs, release scheduling, Project duration estimation and forecasting.
• Ensured engineering practices like TDD (Test Driven Development), code reviews, Continuous Integration and Pair Programming.
• Thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases and specialized in employing different methodologies like Agile and Waterfall.
• Lead trade-off discussions and drove critical decision points which impact the scope of software releases, feature prioritization, management of critical milestones, identification, communication and mitigation of program and technical risks
• Responsibilities include protecting development team from outside distractions, impediments or team conflicts, and maintain focus on product backlog and project timeline.
• Managed project scope to ensure delivery was compliant to scope commitment.
• Facilitated tracking of Sprint and Release by using Burn-down charts.
• Maintained User Story Hierarchy, Backlog Grooming, Updating Tasks, Planning Iterations and Releases
• Prepared and led bi-weekly "Iteration Planning Meetings" (IPMs) as part of the agile development process, and lead software demos to client.
• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and problem solving skills combined with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Coaching the team on Agile Practices and to maintain their Scrum tools (Story board, Action board, charts, backlogs, etc.).
• Held responsibilities included Initiating; Planning; managing matrixes resources; Monitoring development, testing, and implementation; Change management, Risk Management and Defect management.
• Eager to learn new technologies and can easily adapt to the new technologies and tools.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Domain knowledge: Insurance, Banking, Ecommerce

Platforms: Cloud solutions, Mobile solutions, Desktop applications

Project Management Tools: Primavera, MAC Project, Microsoft Project, Qlikview, Crystal ReportCognos, SharePoint, Lotus-Notes, Clarity

Modeling Tools: AxurePro, MS Visio, Rational RequisitePro, PowerPoint

Defect tracking tools: Clear Quest, HP Quality Center

Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Iterative, Rational Unified Process (RUP), SDLC, UML, Waterfall, V Model (Down Top), Rapid Application Development (RAD)

Testing Tools: HP Service Desk, HP Service Manager, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case, Rational Test Manager, Silk Performer, Load Runner, TRAC

Database: My SQL, DB2 MS SQL, Oracle.

Major Software/Systems Implementations: ; Systems Security & Disaster Recovery Planning

Data & Systems Analysis: ; Database Design & Management Worked using Agile and Waterfall in App DEV and Infrastructure Projects

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the project estimating activity. Worked with Program Manager, QA Manager, Resource Manager and HR Team to select core team, communicated approach; presented plans and gained sign-off from the business and IT leadership. Provided Status Reports and managed project funding and communication across the organization.
• Conducted project/phase kick-off meetings to communicate individual roles and project expectations and ensure that all project team members have the tools and training required to perform effectively.
• Monitored projects on an ongoing basis, evaluating progress and quality, managing issue resolution process and taking corrective action as necessary.
• Provided action plans to mitigate risk and help implement them, when applicable. Monitored financial delivery and issue management processes, escalating issues and variances to budgets where necessary.
• Lead the post-implementation review evaluating project results. Completed Performance feedback
• Facilitated the Scrum process (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews & retrospectives).
• Identified and removed impediments to the ability of the team to deliver the product/platform goals and deliverables.
• Worked with architecture and engineering teams in distributed locations to drive planning, issue resolution, and development on platform & project specific technical topics.
• Provided weekly reporting on platform progress against release goals and platform team activity.
• Maintained a platform backlog (non-project technical debt, refactoring tasks needed, etc.) and track work against those tasks.

Confidential

Interface Design Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Assisted project teams with planning for user interface design tasks and activities within the product development process. Researched, understood, and documented user needs and requirements
• Collaborated with the user interface design team to produce rapid prototypes of the user interface and supporting specifications documentation.
• Conducted the iterative design process and its representation in the mockup and other prototypes
• Lead and conducted usability evaluations, including planning, preparing, executing, and implementing findings

Confidential

QA Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Validated and verified that solutions met business, functional, and technical requirements
• Provided testing strategy and planning, environment monitoring, and risk mitigation
• Ensured timely completion of appropriate and accurate testing deliverables throughout the project life cycle
• Supported test case design and development, and test execution
• Assisted with defect analysis and management (documentation and verifying resolution)