SUMMARY

• Overall 15 years of combined IT industry and Project Management experiences in the area of Business Intelligence.
• Management experience of the full project life cycle including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, managing budget, and facilitating project execution, deployment, and closure
• Hands on experience in various project management methodologies like Waterfall and Agile Project Management
• Practical experience of successful Scrum based development team management as an Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master
• Good experience of IT project management in Audio, Financials and Service industries
• Hands - on experience in leading all stages of banking systems implementation including project planning, requirement definitions, and implementation
• Experience of projects related with Managed Long Term Care Plan, Care Transition Plan and Integration.
• Hands on experience of writing effective and successful proposals and statements of work
• Effective negotiations and vendor management skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Certified Scrum Master
• Certified Project Manager
• Application Development Management
• Agile coaching
• Team Building Leadership
• Processes implementation and improvement
• Agile Transformation
• Project Budgeting Cost Controls
• Training Coaching
• Vendor Management
• Multicultural remote teams management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chesterfield, MO

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Worked as Project Manager for SAP BW HANA Project.
• Managing Virtual teams globally.
• Managing the defect resolution process, Publishes and maintains change control process.
• Familiar with backlog grooming, sprint grooming, and other scrum ceremonies.
• Familiar with road map planning and continuous testing/deployment concept.
• Managing and providing analysis of existing roles using current transaction usage reports, based on analysis of transaction usage update existing roles or create new roles as required.
• Organizing/facilitating Scrum ceremonies (i.e. standups, planning, retrospectives) for multiple project tracks and removing impediments by interacting with appropriate personnel, thereby ensuring that the teams are fully functional/productive
• Updating agile tracking systems to provide transparency on sprint backlogs and supporting the Product Owner with grooming backlogs, using process tools such as CA Agile Central (Rally)
• Engaging internal stakeholders in critical discussions and facilitating them build consensus for decision making
• Orienting teams to work with agile techniques: User stories, automated testing, continuous integration, and guiding teams to become self-organized
• Partnering with Product, Development teams to set appropriate release dates and ensuring successful rollout of product to customers
• Facilitating discussion and conflict resolution at all levels of the organization in order to improve team productivity while promoting continuous improvement and helping teams understand retrospective outcomes/information radiation
• Facilitating teams on fixing deployment issues, enabling close collaboration among all roles/functions(including both colocated & distributed teams) and ensuring consistent quality and on-time delivery of projects
• Tracking and communicating team velocity and sprint/release progress to management
• Communicating cross dependencies among teams and aligning these on timing
• Coaching teams to attain scrum maturity at a sustainable pace
• Hiring and recruiting staff in order to fill skill gaps

Confidential, Stamford, CT

SAP Project Manager / Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Reporting to EAM Sr. Director
• Leading the CAB team Overall Harman and SAMSUNG
• Responsible for Change Management and Service Delivery
• Managing multiple (mid-sized) projects and potentially multiple work streams within each project.
• Using Agile methodology as relevant for system implementation.
• Experience in Configuring and updating Project Management Plan and develops project work effort estimates.
• Experience in managing project to established capital and expense budgets.
• Leading teams that are delivering SAP ECC 6.0 to S/4HANA upgrade/Implementation
• Leading teams that are integrating other applications into S/4HANA
• Helping to define technology roadmaps and solutions
• Taking a leading role in the analysis and design of business processes enabled by SAP
• Experience in Creating / configuring projects in Microsoft SharePoint / JIRA / Work-Front for work management and collaboration.
• Experience in Scheduling and facilitating Daily Stand up Meetings.
• Experience in Handling Risk, Next Steps, Issues log.
• Experience in Managing business / stakeholder expectations and communicating to the different levels of the organization as required.
• Experience in Approving Business Requirements as technically complete and gets sign off on Business Requirements from Stakeholders.
• Experience in Managing Virtual teams globally.
• Experience in Managing the defect resolution process, Publishes and maintains change control process.
• Experience in Playing Scrum Master role on Agile projects and traditional Project Manager role on Waterfall projects..
• Familiar with backlog grooming, sprint grooming, and other scrum ceremonies.
• Familiar with road map planning and continuous testing/deployment concept.
• Managing and providing analysis of existing roles using current transaction usage reports, based on analysis of transaction usage update existing roles or create new roles as required.
• Servant Leader guiding team with Agile methodology while removing risks and impediments so teams can successfully deliver intent
• Direct and lead development teams from project initiation to successful product delivery
• Guide projects to completion on time, within scope, and on budget
• Coach teams to focus on Minimum Viable Product (MVP) when delivering intent within each sprint
• Establish team norms and facilitate Agile ceremonies to ensure that they adhere to the Agile guiding principles
• Reinforce WIP limits for Kanban teams and velocity for Scrum teams to protect teams from over commitment
• Mentor team members to create a cohesive and highly functioning Agile team
• Proactively identify, vocalize and remove impediments to enhance delivery
• Present opportunities for process improvements to further improve team processes
• Coach teams on continuously adapting and prioritizing events and backlog items
• Ensure team understands the Version One tool to maximize efficiencies across teams
• Monitor Tableau metrics for indications of current or potential problems with team intent deliver
• Help develop creative and efficient solutions for complex, time critical problems
• Active participant in people leadership sessions with a focus on team dynamics
• Develop relationships with Product Owners and Program Team to prioritize and determine business value
• Empower associates through paired programming and cross training initiatives to help team members expand ventures outside of their comfort zone