SUMMARY

• 8+ years of experience in IT Program & Project Management handing Project Planning, Resource Allocation, Project Governance, Risk Management, Client Engagement and Stakeholder Communication.
• 13+ years of IT experience as a Business System Analyst in SDLC: analysis, design, development, deployment, testing, and implementation of projects various domains such as Retail, Financial, Healthcare, Media, Insurance and Government organizations.
• Good expertise in for managing the project from inception to closure creating Project Plans, Project Matrix, Resource Sheets, RACI documents, Communication Plans, Training Plans, etc.
• Proficient knowledge of budget preparation, budget management and budget change control. AA/EOE
• Worked on different SDLC Methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, RUP, Scrum and IDEF.
• Good working knowledge of scaled agile frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, etc.)
• Expertise in preparing Test Plan, Test Summary Reports, Test Cases and Test Scripts for Automated and Manual testing using Rational Test Manager.
• Excellent skills in Business Analysis, Data Analysis, GAP Analysis, Financial Data Analysis, Risk Analysis, Requirement Analysis, Business Modeling and Use Case Development using UML methodology.
• Expertise in Manual Testing and Automated Testing for Web and Client/Server applications on UNIX and Windows Platforms.
• Good knowledge of Cash Management and Treasury Management services (Account Reconcilement Services, Positive Pay, ACH, Lockbox, Sweep Accounts, etc.) and tools (Fiserv, CheckFree, Fidelity Systems, etc.)
• Understanding of Financial Statements, Options, Fixed Income Securities, Equities, Futures, Cash Flows, Financing Structures, Stock Valuation, Bond Pricing, and Hedge Funds, Derivatives.
• Good working knowledge of Audit/ Compliance - SOX, PCI/ GDPR
• Experience in developing business and functional Requirements, including requirements traceability, categorization, and prioritization.
• Successfully worked on iterative offshore/onshore IT Business Development model.
• Proactive approach to streamline different IT efforts and worked to set up core IT processes.
• Able to effectively converse, relate and liaise with multifunctional teams, including business owner, stake holders, mangers, architects, developers and testers at all levels.
• Good Interpersonal skills in listening, mentoring, coaching, negotiation, mediation, influencing, and conflict resolution.
• Strong communication, written and presentation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management Tools: MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, IceScrum, Replicon, Clarizen

Rational Tools: Rational-Rose, Requisite-Pro, Clear Case, Clear-Quest and Test-Manager.

Data-Modeling Tools: MS Visio, MS Word, MS Project, MS Excel, Enterprise Architect. Abinitio

Databases: Oracle (8/9i and 10g), MS Access, MS SQL Server, Teradata, Netezza, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redshift, Mongo, NoSQL

Business Intelligence: Tableau, Cognos, Business Objects, Microsoft RS, Adhoc Reports and Crystal Reports.

ETL Tools: Data-Stage, Informatica.

Testing Tools: Win-Runner, Load-Runner, Quality Center, Test Director, Quick Test Professional (QTP)

Operating Systems: UNIX, Solaris, Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP.

Other Tools: SnagIT, TIM/ TAM (Tivoli Identity Manager/ Tivoli Access Manager), Novell, Serengeti Tracker, Ariba Buyer, SAP Accounts Payable, TOAD, Adobe Campaign, Unica Interact, Java, J2EE

Compliance: SOX, PCI/ GDPR

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Rolling Meadows, IL

Senior Project Manager/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall Program Planning & Delivery BP Retirement Program across.
• Team setup and scheduling for the BP Retirement Program responsible to perform various tasks related to Analysis, Design and Development.
• Work with multiple teams (dependent, third party teams, architecture, PMO) on a day-day basis to deliver the project and related tasks.
• Responsible for conducting status review meetings with the PMO, Executives (Executives, SVP’s, Directors) and Program team regarding tasks, risks, pending decisions, impediments and overall program status progress.
• Responsible for managing the RAID log (Risks, Actions, Issues and Decisions) and the mitigation strategies at the program level and remove them working with the cross-functional teams as needed
• Actively working to optimize team delivery flow by identifying and removing roadblocks that might impact the project delivery.
• Setup the Project, Scrum Team and Scrum Board in Azure to run the CI Migration to Azure project.
• Responsible for set up of the Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, DevOps process for the project. Perform Sprint Planning and Prioritization with the team.
• Responsible for working as an Agile Lead for CI Migration project facilitating stand-up meetings, retrospective, etc.
• Coach the Team, Product Owners, project teams on Agile methodology - Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.

Environment: EasyProjects, Azure (Boards, Repos, Pipelines, DataFactory, DevOps, CD/CI, etc.), TFS, Scrum, SharePoint, Office, Remedy.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Program Manager/ Agile Coach

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall Program Planning & Implementation of the Agile Development and Transformation Program across NM’s team.
• Created the Project Plans for Agile transformation, setting up and operationalizing Agile framework, workforce planning for NM’s pilot teams.
• Coach the Executive Leadership Team, Product Owners, project teams on agile methodology - Scrum, Kanban, Xp, etc,
• Agile Transformation includes setting up Agile Centre of Excellence (CoE), operationalize Agile delivery for various projects, working with the Project Management Office (PMO) office
• Coach Executive leadership and various functional subject matter experts (SME) on Agile Framework, its associated benefits, implications and overall help establish expertise for Agile delivery across NM.
• Coaching & educating teams and individuals about Culture Change, Agile and Agile Frameworks.
• Provide leadership and mentor teams for grooming Agile Evangelists (Scrum Master, Product Owners)
• Worked with the Program team, Leadership to establish a framework to transition to Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Collaborate with partners to establish a framework to transition the operating model to SAFe
• Identify and set up Agile Release Trains (ARTs) across multiple Business Lines, Cross-Functional teams, Portfolios, Etc.
• Facilitate Continuous Improvement to Agile Delivery, Monitoring/Managing Team velocity/throughput, removing Roadblocks, escalating effectively, problem solving, and continuous sprint planning; ensuring that the team is delivering on stated commitments.
• Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Teams And Executives. Facilitating discussion, decision-making, and conflict resolution.
• Actively working to optimize team delivery flow by identifying and removing roadblocks that might impact the team delivery.
• Identify potential teams for Agile Transformation; work with the teams to transition from the current state to the new Agile state.
• Provide leadership and guidance for the use of NMHC standard project management and process improvement methodologies.
• Work with NM’s pilot teams to create Agile artifacts such as Product Roadmap, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, etc.
• Facilitated the Agile events such as Daily Stand up, Sprint Planning/ Prioritization, Sprint Review, etc.)
• Conduct process assessments, identifying non-value added activities. Develop and execute plans to improve these processes using NMHC process improvement methodologies (DMAIC).
• Worked with the associates part of the Supply Chain business process - in the areas of demand forecast, demand and supply planning to identify current state challenges.
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical/ healthcare Supply Chain process using SAP ERP -

Environment: SAFe, JIRA, Azure TFS, Scrum, GitHUB, MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, DevOps, MS Office, ServiceNow, SAP ERP

Confidential

Project Manager/ Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Coached and trained Product Management teams and led Release Planning and Visioning for applications.
• Coached and trained managers in Agile Project Management techniques, Agile metrics, Release Planning, etc
• Support business and technology ownership to ensure their ability / Agile competencies to complete key activities required for Agile delivery, including roadmap and User Story development.
• Providing guidance to multiple Agile Product Managers, Scrum Masters and teams on how to transition to and operate in scaled (or non-scaled) Agile delivery environments.
• Responsible for working as a Scrum Master for Project Larch facilitating stand-up meetings, retrospective, etc.
• Responsible for organizing and executing team training, mentoring, SAFe and Agile Sprint Ceremonies .
• Extensively used Clarity for creating project plans and drive, optimize and manage all plans while presenting alternate scenarios to continuously reduce overall critical path.
• Responsible for managing large complex high risk/high visibility projects for cross-functional global projects for multi-national companies.
• Co-ordinate and manage work with multiple teams (10+) that are located globally.
• Responsible for managing large sets of data and perform reporting using Cognos and Tableau
• Responsible for reviewing ETL code, creating Implementation Plans and supporting implementation activities.
• Responsible for working with Solution Architects, DBA’s and SQL Developers to provide Architectural Insight.

Environment: Adobe Campaign, Teradata (12.X, 13.X, 14.X), IBM DataStage, Teradata SQL Assistant, Tableau, Control-M, GitHub Version Control, Visio, Micro Strategy 9.x, Scrum, HUB, MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, Mainframe, HADOOP, Date Governance and Data Lineage, Ab Initio, DevOps