SUMMARY

• Talented and technically sophisticated business IT professional with 10+ years extensive experience in eliciting business requirements, system administration, managing multiple software development life cycle implementaions and IT Project management.
• Expert in Agile Scrum development methodologies, tools, and processes as well as utilizing software applications in redefining work efficiency.
• Adept at troubleshooting, and analyzing data to achieve cost - effective and responsive solutions. Dedicated to continuously discovering, evaluating, implementing new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Possess confidence, enthusiasm, excellent communication, training, agile coaching negotiation and time management skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP/SF EC: Proficient in SAP-HCM, Successfactors; Employee Central module, EC Reporting in Cloud.

Business Process Modeling: Microsoft Visio; UML; Use Cases

Tools: HP Quality Center/ALM, UFT, ETL, Rational Tools, Version One, Rally, JIRA

Programming: JAVA, ABAP, Visual Studio .NET

Platforms: Client server environments, DEV/OPS, Oracle 11x, Linux, Citrix, VMware, Amazon AWS Cloud, SaaS software, SAP, ORACLE, Workday, Cyborg, SuccessFactors, ADP Workforce Now Performance Mgmt.

Project Management: Microsoft Office 2010, MS Project, SharePoint, Excel, HPQC ALM, Rally, and Version One

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Diligently and efficiently handling a large scale gloabal SAP to cloud migration project worth over million $100.
• Plan and manage multiple releases, test cycle and carved out a plan to cover configuration / testing within time.
• Responsible, manage and delivered full life cycle cloud based project from planning to Go Live and Hypercare support.
• Collaborate cross functional teams within SF Employee Central, SHARP, OHR, Cyborg, Payroll & data conversion teams.
• Manage / maintain project plan, scope, resource, schedule, risk / mitigation, and communications as needed.
• Promoted and introduced Agile framework to the project teams to help establish Agile transformation for future projects.
• Manage risks and dependencies in an agile hybrid environment, removed impediments and lead retrospective workshops.
• Hold responsibility for planning, scheduling, training requirements and executing project activities with on & off-shore teams.
• Facilitated, lead and documented change management requests, prepared, communicated KPI’s and reports for senior leadership.
• Responsible for applying continuous learning and enhancements to software development best practices tools and techniques.
• Manage and track various testing cycles including E2E testing activities of AA HR, Payroll systems and interface API.
• Coordinate with internal management, external vendors, business partners and offshore teams on getting timely solution.
• Responsible for training domestic, Envoy and Intl teams. Conduct weekly training workshops provided hands-on coaching.
• Project manage HRIS reporting / Analytics team to streamline and enhance the reporting process and deliverables.
• Work with pre-cutover activities prior to each release including preparing HPQC/ALM and EC security roles and training.
• Successfully manage, implemented AA employee historical database project along with SAP with multiple sprints.
• Facilitate meeting / sessions with AA and vendors to finalize on SLA and ensure timely delivery per the agreed SLA.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded daily operations; project planning, provided project staffing, risk management, performance management, monitoring and controlling and delivery in a fast-paced Agile Scrum environments.
• Facilitated project meetings including scrum meetings, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective.
• Work with Product owners, scrum master, Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Sprint burn downs
• Established competencies, rating scales, rolled out performance goals/objective and scheduled performance review. Setup user access to Perf. Mgmt. Setup and configured ACA notifications in the systems.
• Conducted periodic meetings to review performance, status, milestones, budget and issues/risks.
• Supported the Project Performance Team by sharing the administrative duties related to training, tool support, and budget.
• Strategized, coordinated, and executed SAP portal based Employee and Managers Self Service ESS/MSS process and data validation parallel with integration of data with Employee Central within Success Factors.
• Carefully reviewed as-is business processes, identified gaps, and delivered lean and robust to-be business process.
• Facilitated and execute the lessons learned across all programs for continuous process improvements.
• Worked on DST design and built workflows including manager’s approval, rejection and escalation process.
• Supported test case design development and, test case execution activities including creating and maintain all testing artifacts, log and track defects to closure.
• Lead and manage cloud based workday project on full cycle implementation and data conversion activities and test execution.
• Oversaw the tracking of all defects, resolution, reporting, and escalation of risks identified along with various vendors.
• Interfaced with both internal and external Business Analysts, Application architects, and Developers to understand all business workflows, applications, interfaces, and functional systems.
• Prepared and assisted teams with master test plan including data conversion plan and migration activities.
• Verified activities include HR and Finance business processes, and integration with other inbound and outbound systems/interfaces that will transition from the current legacy systems to new SAP HCM system..
• Conducted workshops to support the implementation of a successful organizational change management as part of new ERP.
• Carried out independent IV&V audit and SOX compliance activities on behalf of the County, acted as an internal auditor.
• Coordinated recruitment of project personnel, facilitated onboarding and define job responsibilities for project team members.

Confidential

SAP Project Lead OCM Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with system implementer Engagement Manager, coordinated across all business areas to oversee the effort of integration, UAT and parallel payroll testing including talent, compensation and benefits.
• Efficiently determined standard tools and techniques for reporting project performance, including Agile KPIs
• Served as a SuccessFactors administrator, supported all users accounts, issues and maintained security.
• Participated in HR transformation, compensation restructure, data validation, and conversion, interface .
• Lead a small team to deliver new solutions, enhancements, break fixes and testing using solution manager.
• Reviewed, analyzed, and created change requests in SolMan Charm for new requirements and Enhancements.
• Lead system integration and UAT testing in SAP HCM. Managed testing, defects, and reporting using HP QC.
• Ensured data quality measures were in place, oversaw data audits, and compliance utilizing signoff from SME’s.
• Successfully delivered Compensation Restructure Project - Job/Position titles, salary data validation, and new data upload.
• Lead efforts for SAP mass data uploads for payroll merit increases, yearly bonus for employees.
• Delivered reports using multiple data sources which included SE16 data dump and text files using SAP BI/BOBJ tool.

Confidential

Project Lead Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Held responsibility for implementing Worksoft Certify testing automation project with 100 concurrent licenses.
• Efficiently established automation framework, strategy, test plan, integrate Certify with HP ALM and other tools.
• Manage Iteration planning and release planning meetings. Track project timelines and resources mitigation plan.
• Lead test effort in Worksoft automation tools to plan, develop, and execute SAP HR testing.
• Delivered test automation framework. Defined testing roles and defect reporting process.
• Lead Costco’s E-Commerce QA automation meeting and performance teams on release testing and status.
• Constantly participated in major release meetings including Costco’s project Gemini and Cosmos.
• Carried out bi weekly status reports and meetings with various teams and provided input to the management.
• Responsible for applying continuous learning and enhancements to software development best practices tools and techniques

Confidential

Project QA Lead

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded and delivered multiple projects as a Project lead within time and budget.
• Gained promotion to project manager role where I planned, scheduled, and executed all stages of enterprise software, hardware and system implementations. Assessed business implications for each project phase and monitored progress to meet deadlines, standards and cost targets.
• Lead and manage teams of 35 people. Planned and execute the SAP EHP upgrade testing. Developed test strategy, created Test Plans, Resource planning, coordinated testers, developers and stake holders.
• Lead the test resources through test plan, test execution; ensures testing stays on track.
• Conducted project kick off meetings to communicate individual roles, project expectations, and ensured that all project team members had the necessary tools and training required to perform effectively.
• Worked with teams on shore & off shore; provided management clear and precise status reporting.
• Diligently administered HP Quality Center, maintained users, uploaded data and extract reports via Dashboard.