• PMI Certified Project Manager, Agile Practitioner and Scrum Master with a Master's degree in E.E. with Computer science and 15 years of project/program management experience in the I.T. industry spanning automotive, retail, banking, financial, energy, pharmaceutical, healthcare, IT services, telecommunication and product development industries.
• Expertise in project management practices, processes and tools PMBOK, Waterfall, Gate review, Iterative and Agile methodologies
• Achieved Process Improvements, 90 CMMI Level 3 compliance, implemented IT Governance and Process Quality improvement for various clients. Audited, coached and mentored Projects Managers internal and external on project methodologies.
• Delivered on-time and within budget application development, package implementation and infrastructure projects through disciplined project management processes waterfall, iterative and agile methodologies and close collaboration with customers, colleagues and vendor professional services
• Proven track record of leadership, organization, integration and execution of skills and abilities. Demonstrated leadership abilities by successfully leading a challenging workflow related project under tight timelines, limited resources and new technology which was launched on time.
• Experience in IT strategic and tactical planning processes combined with successful delivery of IT projects aligning t these processes
• Expertise in MS Project, Clarity, Open workbench, MS Office tools Word, Excel, Power point, Visi , email tools Lotus Notes, Outlook , Netmeeting, Webex, Document management tools eRoom, Teamforge, Share point and Peregrine
• Strong customer focus with a demonstrated ability t work seamlessly with business sponsors and technologists
• Experience in Vendor Management dealing with several vendor companies for RFP coordination, conducting vendor days, vendor selection and award of contract for IT services in both custom development and COTS implementation projects
• Worked on several RFPs 0.5-9M for 15-20 projects and got approvals from the Senior Management CIO, Directors, PM leaders etc. and implemented those projects.
• Ability t work independently in a self-directed manner under frequently changing and competing requirements and work priorities.
• Experience working people at all levels including 'C' level with excellent oral and written business communication and presentation skills.
• Experience with broad scope of technology areas such as web, databases, security, middleware, client/server, service desk, data center operations, data warehousing, and network services including workstations, servers etc
• Experience working within a cross-functional organization and with multiple cross-functional organizations, global teams and matrix management/team environment
• Served as a liaison between business and technical teams under the roles of business relationship manager and practice manager. Managed P L responsibilities for projects under service quality portfolio.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills with demonstrated customer-service orientation.
• Experience with project portfoli planning and IT budgeting activity
• Directed the activities of resources in line with business objectives of the organizations.
• Maintained program quality metrics and guidelines and established quality metrics for SLAs.
• Expertise in the development of schedule, cost, quality and risk management strategies.
• Implemented and monitored project management processes within the assigned program
• Managed Inter-project dependencies and concurrent projects
• Strong teamwork, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Experience working with stakeholders t meet their business goals and objectives.
• Expertise in giving effective presentations t all levels of management.

Project Management:

• Managed several application development/infrastructure projects involving full life cycle i.e., initiation, planning, executing, controlling and closing. In addition, most of the projects involved managing not only the capacity planning, procurement, installation, setup and configuration activities of the required hardware/software for Dev, QA, Pre-Prod, PROD environments but als the needed testing CIT, SIT, PT, UAT , gate approvals, security, networking, storage media, SLAs, on-going production support helpdesk activities.
• Worked with cross functional teams in a matrix environment and als offshore teams t develop project plans using MS Project, cross-project work plans and baseline them after review with project team and stakeholders
• Reported project status t senior management, business and project teams on a regular basis using existing tools clarity, 4-up, 4-blocker, TLRs etc. and closely monitored issues, risks and devised and executed resolution plans
• Conducted release plan meetings, sprint planning meetings, daily standups with product owner and team, sprint review and retrospectives
• Used Greenhopper tool for managing the backlogs and monitoring various phases of the sprint life cycle until the tasks are done. Generated burn down charts for reporting project status at regular intervals.
• Took a lead role t ensure all projects complied t corporate standards and policies and methodologies
• Took a lead role t bring certain projects from Yellow/Red back t Green statuses
• Created, baselined and executed project work plans and updated as appropriate t meet changing needs and requirements. Als updated the plan t track the progress.
• Identified, hired resources needed and assigned individual responsibilities.
• Managed day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
• Reviewed deliverables prepared by team before passing t client. Coordinated with Process auditors t close compliance gaps and obtained pre-approvals
• Effectively applied corporate Project Management methodologies and standards.
• Prepared SOWs/RFPs and quality assurance procedures.
• Identified project risks and created/executed risk mitigation plans and reduced or eliminated risks
• Coordinated t make sure project documents are complete, correct and stored appropriately in the corporate CM repositories and als are pre-approved for gate reviews.
• Tracked and reported team hours and expenses on a weekly basis using various tools.
• Experience managing project budgets in the range of 30K t 4.5M
• Have proven track record of successful project implementation in a software environment.
• Experience in Team management and managed matrix project teams of 10-30 resources.
• Excellent client facing skills.
• Heavy experience managing full project life cycle, operating from initial conceptual design stage, in the depths of system testing and launch
• Proven track record of motivating project teams t accomplish tight project schedules.
• Proven track record of strong impact and influencing key decisions.
• Achieved savings ranging from 0.25M t 1M/year while managing several projects involving Web .Net and Java/J2EE , BPM workflow management , B2B applications, eCommerce n-tier applications Java/J2EE, Web Analytics, UX, Middleware etc. , client/server VB.Net, SQL Server 2005etc. , Data Warehousing ETL, Business Intelligence applications, Business Objects, WebFOCUS, Informatica , Middleware applications Websphere MQ, WBI , SOA applications including EBMX system, Content Management System, Portal applications eg: Sales Work Bench for GM , n-tier logistics applications monroney , Enterprise Applications involving security LDAP, Webseal, Big IP , Service Desk applications with CTI interface, Knowledgebase and Google search engine support, CRM application for a roadside assistance project , DMS Dealer Mgmt system integration systems with Webservices SOA - service oriented architecture
• As part of increasing dealer satisfaction ratings, managed a GFF Web project with a mix of offshore, German teams and several internal teams involving business, security, database, web, production support and helpdesk
• Managed batch programs t process Flat files, Oracle dumps etc. received via RVS/FTP and monitored via Tivoli Work Scheduler and/or Crons
• Managed infrastructure projects such as software upgrades MQSeries 5.3, Lotus Notes 6.1, z/OS
• Managed EAI Enterprise Application Data Integration project t effectively integrate legacy system applications with the back end mainframe and ERP supply chain management system
• Managed real time systems Plant floor systems with PLCs projects involving MQ and Java/J2EE technologies
• Managed common banking shared services using C , CORBA, MQ integrating with client/server applications

Program Management:

• Managed and coordinated the integration of multiple projects int a cohesive, integrated program. Provided a holistic view of the program, taking int account relationships among the component projects and work streams, including the dependencies on each other and the impact changes t any of them have on each other and t the overall program
• Managed and coordinated the integration of multiple marketing solutions projects COOP, Digital Asset Management int a cohesive, integrated program eg: MetLife .
• Managed and coordinated the integration of multiple EDW Enterprise data warehousing projects in MIS department int a cohesive, integrated program.
• Managed and coordinated the integration of multiple projects in the ITP department of VW int a cohesive, integrated MSSP program. Oversaw execution and delivery of projects related t successful program implementation t improve Dealer Satisfaction ratings, support government regulations etc. Reported t steering committee monthly on the program status and managed issues at program level. Advised development project managers within the program for issues related t corporate policies, governmental regulation, project quality, project risk etc.
• Assisted in managing vendor relations and procurement related t the program through development of RFI/RFPs etc. associated with the programs at VW and GM. Provided a holistic view of the program, taking int account relationships among the component projects and work streams, including the dependencies on each other and the impact changes t any of them have on each other and t the overall program.
• As a PM Program Manager, directed more than 20 global Project Managers executing 40 projects
• development/infrastructure /deployment projects as part of large scale global CMMI level 3 compliance program implementation initiatives for a major automotive company. Resolved conflicts, resources/ budgeting issues affecting the program. Set and reviewed objectives, coordinated activities across projects, and oversaw the integration and reuse of work products and results. Spent time and effort on integration activities, negotiating changes in plans, and communication
• As a program manager, directed tw project managers for embedded software development projects as part of DSP program initiative and managed the project interdependencies, escalated/resolved risks/issues
• Assisted PM by contributing t process improvement of the SEP/Gate Review project methodology, change management and mentored several project managers internal/external on this methodology.

Program Planner:

As a Program Planner provided program and project planning, scheduling, budget, risk, issue, change management and project management mentoring services t the BTS Planning Projects team at Consumers energy. Worked with Project Portfoli Teams t develop and maintain detailed plans and an integrated master schedule for programs such as the Smart Grid Program infrastructure design, new SAP module implementation, new meter testing and roll-out t customers , the SAP enablement projects, other IT projects and SAP annual support work. Created, updated, analyzed and reported status on the plans using the CA Clarity and MSProject/Open Workbench scheduling tools, partner with Program and Project Managers t ensure integration across the plans and perform other Project Management related activities.

Confidential

IT Program/Project Manager

• Provided program and project planning, PMO, scheduling, risk, issue and change management and project management mentoring services t all projects within IT department of Iqense PBMS
• Managed IT application development projects involving .NET technologies, SQL Server 2008/2012, Java/C , VB.NET etc with onsite and offshore teams of 15-20 developers and 6-10 QA team members involving development and customization of Digital Asset Management applications, COOP applications, Campaign management applications etc.
• Worked with Business Program Managers, Business Team Leads, Technical team leads, in-house and 3rd party development teams t facilitate requirements workshops, develop detailed plans and integrated master schedule for marketing programs for clients such as MetLife, EMC, Novartis, IBM etc.
• Instrumental in bringing out culture change initiatives t follow proper discipline in maintaining appropriate Demo, Staging and Production environments and follow proper procedures for promotions/publishes.
• Created, updated, analyzed and reported status on the plans using the MS Project 2010/2013 partnered with client relations t ensure integration across the plans and perform Project Management related activities.
• Created/maintained work plans, managed issues and risks, change requests, status reporting, etc.
• Developed comprehensive schedules/work plans which reflect the appropriate time phased completion of tasks and the application of required resources
• Established culture change initiatives, PM processes and developed project templates t be used by the project teams for delivering projects and reporting t the senior management on weekly basis
• Coached project teams on agile practices scrum t promote communication among 15-20 developers working on several related projects and work towards common standards
• Tracked and analyzed program performance variances and identified conflicts in resource requirements, schedules and approaches involving inter-dependent projects
• Coordinated IT infrastructure related projects such as moving Databases from Old Servers t New servers and consolidating or repurposing old servers for another business use.
• Reported weekly status on all projects t senior management and project teams on project status development, testing , budget and QA metrics
• Conducted daily standups t discuss project team members' work status and resolved road blocks
• Conducted JAD sessions/Workshops with customers and developers for analyzing detailed requirements t help in application design and architecture
• Conducted user validation demos at regular intervals t get early feedback from the customer and delivered the applications in time and on budget
• Worked closely with 4 IT team leads and 3 business team leads and worked with 20 resources including business users and offshore resources and implemented a few agile principles such as backlogs, customer involvement, iteration planning, daily stand-ups etc.
• Lead/facilitated the Risk, Issues, and Change Management processes and planning and lessons learned meetings
• Extensively used MS Project 2010/2013, MS Office tools, Scrum, Iqense processes, Agile practices etc.

Confidential

IT Project Manager and SCRUM Master

• Worked as traditional project manager and als Scrum Master driving Smart Grid IT projects involving mobile applications Android, Blackberry and iOS operating systems
• Conducted release plan meetings, sprint planning meetings, daily standups with product owner and team, sprint review and retrospectives
• Used Greenhopper tool for managing the backlogs and monitoring various phases of the sprint life cycle until the tasks are done
• Maintained issues/risks/action items separately and conducted weekly status meetings with the upper management
• Prepared the task board t display the product backlog/sprint backlog along with various tasks and their status at various stages of sprint life cycle.
• Used the user stories written on post it notes and put them on the task board and conducted daily standups asking the team members the three standard questions.
• After the standup meeting, worked with each team member t update the task status within the tool and generated the burn down chart. Shared the burn down chart with the team at regular intervals t report the status of the sprint.
• With the help of product owner, re-assigned the priorities and adjusted the product backlog
• Some of the projects worked on are Fleet Solution, Upgrade Push Notification t NP, Echohub Phase I Rollout, IOS App readiness for Ech hub, BlackBerry Implementation of Ech hub and 1000 Volt Simulation
• Extensively used Scrum Process, Green Hopper, MS Project, MS Office tools, Agile practices etc.

Confidential

• Responsible for management of MIS department's BI/Enterprise Data Warehousing programs/projects
• Provided program and project planning, scheduling, risk, issue and change management and project management mentoring services t all projects within MIS department.
• Worked with the MIS Project Portfoli Teams, Enterprise Data Warehousing EDW , ETL and Reporting, Data architecture team etc. t develop and maintain detailed plans and an integrated master schedule for programs such as Reporting Tool replacement WebFOCUS with Business Objects , Commercial Lease, Analytics Productivity Implementation, FRAC/DRAC and Wholesale lease etc.
• Created, updated, analyzed and reported status on the plans using the MS Project 2007 partnered with other Project Managers t ensure integration across the plans and perform Project Management related activities.
• Created/maintained work plans, managed issues and risks, change requests, status reporting, etc.
• Developed comprehensive schedules/work plans which reflect the appropriate time phased completion of tasks and the application of required resources
• Assisted in developing the development scorecard detailing the monthly burn rate, development efficiency offshore/onsite and put together a sponsor deck for sponsor meetings
• Tracked and analyzed program performance variances and identifying conflicts in resource requirements, schedules and approaches
• Reported status t senior management and project teams on project status development, testing , budget and QA metrics
• Conducted JAD sessions/Workshops with customers and developers for Re-planning activity.
• Worked closely with 4 IT team leads and 5 business team leads and worked with 20 resources including business users and offshore resources and implemented a few agile principles such as backlogs, customer involvement, iteration planning, daily stand-ups etc.
• Lead/facilitated the Risk, Issues, and Change Management processes and planning and lessons learned meetings
• Coordinated business and systems changes across Ford Credit's enterprise t facilitate a successful execution of various projects
• Implemented project management processes, assisted with documentation of strategy materials, and monitored/measured progress and key metrics towards deliverables/objectives.
• Extensively used Clarity, MS Project, MS Office tools, USDM process, Agile practices etc.

Confidential

• SAP CRM Smart Grid Enablement
• Provided program and project planning, scheduling, risk, issue and change management and project management mentoring services as a part of the BTS Planning Projects team.
• Worked with the BTS Project Managers and Portfoli Teams t develop and maintain detailed plans and an integrated master schedule for programs such as the Smart Grid Program infrastructure design, new SAP module implementation, new meter testing and roll-out t customers , the SAP enablement projects, other IT projects and SAP annual support work.
• Created, updated, analyzed and reported status on the plans using the CA Clarity and Open Workbench scheduling tools, partner with Program and Project Managers t ensure integration across the plans and perform other Project Management related activities.
• Developed comprehensive schedules/work plans which reflect the appropriate time phased completion of tasks and the application of required resources
• Developed and maintained master integrated program plans and milestones within the constraints of scope, schedule, cost and quality
• Tracked and analyzed program performance variances and identifying conflicts in resource requirements, schedules and approaches
• Reported status t management and project teams on project status development, FUT testing, String Testing, Integration Testing and QA metrics
• Worked with 12 business process coordinators daily and worked with 30 resources including business resources
• Facilitated workshop sessions with business process coordinators and development team for re-planning t ensure what SAP CRM objects can be delivered in the expected timeline.
• Lead/facilitated the Risk, Issues, and Change Management processes and planning and lessons learned meetings - mentored teams on the use of Clarity, Open Workbench, and CMS Energy's Project Management Methodology and System Development Life Cycle processes, and SAP's ASAP methodology
• Created/Maintained project/program issues/risks/change requests in Clarity tool and presented at weekly status meetings
• Identified and participated process improvement opportunities
• SAP CRM Smart Grid project is a large, complex project requiring alignment across multiple project teams Onsite and Offshore and multivendor teams
• Planned multiple projects simultaneously eg: CRM functional, DLM functional and CRM development and maintained the dependencies from within the clarity/open workbench tool.
• Verified deliverables along with approvals and successfully passing the audits at various stages of the project life cycle quality gates t conform t Consumers Energy's COMPASS methodology
• Dealt with situations involving ambiguity and t adapt t rapidly changing environments
• Have strong interpersonal and communication and team facilitation skills
• Resource and Project Management expertise using CA's Clarity toolset
• Extensively used Clarity, MS Project, Open Workbench, MS Office tools, Lotus Notes

Confidential

• Project manager for delivery of GM's Sales Workbench project release 1.3.2
• Managed the sales work bench R1.3.2 Enhancement release project Construct thru Close with a budget of
• 500K and a team of 8 offshore and 4 onsite resources
• Successfully launched the SWB R1.3.2 release on schedule and within budget
• Developed, implemented and tracked integrated project plan, Integrated project schedule using Open Workbench/Clarity , assigned resources and worked with project architect, technical lead, business analyst, test lead, offshore PM/team etc.
• Worked closely with the business leaders t refine mockups, business requirements t help maintain the project timelines
• Managed daily activities, issues resolution, risks mitigation and communications across project execution teams and third parties in order t deliver projects on-time, on-budget and quality requirements
• Delivered 80 project deliverables getting timely approvals and successfully passing the audits at various stages of the project life cycle tollgates t conform t SDP-21 processes, architecture, standards and practices
• Supervised CIT, SIT, PT performance, endurance testing and UAT testing and reported the test results t the client regularly and obtained gate approvals for production launch
• SalesWorkbench is a portal application that integrates with more than 20 third party systems and presents data for dealer users t enhance their sales experience
• Led the analysis, requirement development, design, documentation, implementation, and maintenance of this project
• Facilitated JAD sessions/workshops with customers and developers t develop use cases, refine requirements etc.
• Worked with development, sustain, hosting, client leaders and third party teams t manage risks introduced by other projects and plan for conducting system Integration testing, performance testing and user acceptance testing before going for production release
• Maintained project schedule in Open Workbench/Clarity, requirements in requisitepr and other documents in Teamforge document management system
• Tracked action items and obtained deliverable approvals via Teamforge
• Reported project performance via EVA during weekly project status t all stakeholders and resolved issues through escalation paths
• Managed risk items throughout the project and applied mitigation plans t meet project timelines
• Ran daily status meetings with offshore/onsite teams and tracked project tasks and milestones
• Worked with process QA auditors t comply t GM's SDP-21 process standards at every Phase throughout the project life cycle such as Construct/Test tollgates etc,

Confidential

SmartAuction

• SmartAuction for US - Planned/Executed project management responsibilities and supported on tw releases of this product with performing suppliers, GTO,/ITG, sustain, SDP process teams in a matrix organization t deliver project deliverables for Plan/Define, Construct t Deploy and Close phases example: Project Charter, Kick off meetings, Procurement, etc.
• SmartAuction Canada Planned/Executed project management responsibilities and worked with performing suppliers, architects, GT teams t deliver project deliverables for Plan/Define phases and presented t senior management on project scope, timeline and costs
• Planned and coordinated the gap analysis effort between US and Canada requirements of this product and gave a high level assessment of Implementing Canada project through presentations t senior management for their evaluations. Als included in the assessment are Risks, Mitigation plans and Assumptions etc.
• SmartAuction application complies with 4 1 view architecture model, Java/J2EE platform, uses JSF, Webservices Enterprise security, Dealer Portal, Global Integration Factory, AJAX, Omniture SiteCatalyst for realtime analytics and reporting t improve marketing initiatives and internationalization etc.
• Supported in Project Planning, Execution, Control, Closing, Warranty Completion with performing suppliers, schedule management, issue / risk management, dependency management
• Ensure that SDP and ITG/GT standards, methods and tools are utilized on the projects t achieve project success
• Due t the new CEO's objectives, the project budget was not approved and hence contract ended
• Extensively used Clarity, MS Project, Outook, MS Office, CaliberRM tools, SDP-21 process

Confidential

• Service Quality, Parts, Warranty, Finance Java/J2EE, EDI, BI projects
• Planned, Executed and Managed full life cycle of medium t large software development projects 200K t 3 Million with 20-25 projects 5-6 concurrent projects involving onsite and offshore teams of varying sizes 10-20 . Highly experienced in requirements mgmt, risk mgmt, change mgmt, testing, helpdesk and operational support SLAs etc. Managed full life cycle of projects involving Java/J2EE Web development, mainframe/mid-range, Application legacy system Integration solutions, SAP integration, EAI/EDI/AS2, Data Warehousing, ETL development and Business Intelligence.
• Led the quality gating process Technology Standards Advisory Committee for 20-25 projects every week, identifying conformance t corporate technical standards, corporate business strategies, risks and issues relevant t the gate and recommending a course of action based on gating results.
• Planned, executed and managed a CF sponsored a BPM web project enterprise Java/J2EE budgeting over 1.5M and successfully launched under very short timeline 8 weeks including the hardware/software procurement, installation and app. development. This project was managed using methodology similar t SCRUM involving daily Stand up meetings and high performing IBM and VW teams etc.
• Planned, executed and managed dealer-facing GFF paperless web Java/J2EE development project that saved dealers from storing paper-based vehicle diagnostic reports and improving overall dealer satisfaction ratings. This project realized a total cost savings of an estimated 0.5M per year.
• Worked in a matrix environment with several business teams, internal infrastructure, networking, security, web, database, middleware teams for software/hardware procurement, capacity planning etc. for successful delivery of several IT development and infrastructure projects.
• Planned, executed and managed several Data Warehousing projects using Informatica ETL and Business Objects.
• Planned, executed, and managed several COTS implementation projects involving products such as ScanCode, NEPS, Atlas Planning Suite etc.
• Planned, executed and managed Net, MS-SQL Server, VB based projects such as Demand Forecasting allocation of car volume t dealerships , ScanCode shipping label generation, EEO./EDR product compliance project - a VB-based project that interacts with the ODS Operational Data Store
• Planned, executed and managed functional verification testing, Integration testing, UAT, Performance Volume testing, Endurance testing, Load testing etc. for 20 projects spanning web and business intelligence areas. Also, reviewed and approved QA plans, metrics, test plans and test results for these projects.
• Mentored/Coached project managers and internal and external project teams in SEP methodology or Gate Review process VW's SDLC methodology contributing t successful delivery of IT projects
• Worked with senior management such as CIO, PIOs and presented statuses regularly
• For all service quality projects, served as a single point of contact t ensure standard use of PM tools and processes by all project teams
• Improved the SEP process t Gate Review process by carefully analyzing current projects and delivery model and applying lessons learned t the processes and tools. Contributed t new template creation and modification of existing templates.
• Coached/mentored t peers and vendor project managers on Gate Review processes and tool usage.
• For the new purchase acquisition process, guided IT and business leaders through the concept development phase ensuring that due diligence is applied in development of key deliverables and key performance indicators.
• Prepared presentations for project reviews, including business case approval and project progress reviews and conducted vendor days.
• Developed WBS, project work plans using MS Project from the project kick off thru launch and baseline them after review with project team and stakeholders. Performed tracking, metrics earned value analysis, defect rati etc. , budget control and managed project progress and reported status t the project team, senior management and other stakeholders weekly
• Performed resource allocations, time estimates for various tasks on all projects and worked with web, database, security, middleware, networking and server teams for establishing DEV, QA and PROD environment t help with the projects from construction through deployment phases and post-launch activities.
• Worked on various strategic initiatives, such as a vendor sourcing strategy, solution delivery process, application rationalization and strategy for raising the dealer satisfaction ratings, Also, strategized business process management by initiating use of BPM tools for one of the finance/purchasing projects
• Experience with Project Portfoli management using the Planview tool. Assisted the PM with project portfoli management tasks for fiscal years 2007 and 2008.
• Worked with onsite and offshore project teams on projects and reported weekly project status t business, PM and senior management through Traffic Light reports depicting the cost and schedule variances, issues and risks etc.
• Contributed t Java code review and development for certain applications
• Extensively used MS Project, Outook, MS Office, Peregrine, Gate Review process

Confidential

• CMMI level 3 Implementation
• Directed 20 Project Managers executing about 40 projects on CMMI level 3 compliance and SDP-21 R9 guidelines t achieve on time delivery of IT software development/infrastructure/deployment projects within the required time and budget limits
• Achieved 90 milestones/deliverables on time, instrumental in organizing the internal CMMI level 3 for SDP-21 assessments of power train projects at GM, Allison that resulted in the attainment of the CMMI level 3 compliance. Also, helped on the RFP responses, due diligence activities for a large engagement related t PMO. Managed and Mentored 12-15 project managers executing GPD development and infrastructure projects using the CMMI level 3
• Organized SEPG meetings with emphasis on process improvement and directed them t produce the variance reports, artifacts, trend analyses and post them regularly on PSIC portal application etc.
• Worked closely with the Project Managers involving several focus areas such as Supplier Collaboration, CAE, Manufacturing Engineering, Power Train and other Global Product Development areas etc. located at Pontiac, Warren, Indiana and support them with CMMI level 2 3 Coaching requirements, QA audit process which help t quickly meet their project time lines
• Proposed a strategy for collection of scores from project managers on their projects for CMMI Level 3 compliance without compromising project managers' relationships with the business.
• Worked with global teams on CMMI Level 3 compliance across GPD projects
• Directly supervised and directed the works of process QA analysts, CMMI Coaches PM architects
• Monitored constantly the performance of various projects on daily basis and advised project managers on appropriate correction actions
• Collected project metrics with the help of Metrics specialist on all projects under my focus areas and advise the project managers, senior managers and global directors on compliance issues, effort variances etc.
• Extensively used MS Project, NIKU, Outlook, MS Office tools, CaliberRM, SDP-21, CMMI processes

Confidential

• Automotive Audi Projects Embedded Software
• Managed software/hardware development for Audi products for Ford and Chrysler cars adhering t the client's standards methodologies e.g.: RUP/SDM procedures
• Developed Project Charter, definitive and budget estimates, Work Breakdown Structure, overall Project Plan with project schedules and interdependencies , communication plan, risk management plan, change management, test plan, resource management plan, project metrics, financial forecasts, worked with business groups and refined the project plan etc.
• Coordinated work assignments, weekly status meetings through the status reports with stakeholders and key team members, discussed and resolved issues, risks and managed action items
• Extensively used MS Project, Outlook, MS Office tools, Visteon processes

Confidential

• Infrastructure projects
• Planned, executed and managed infrastructure projects software upgrades for Lotus Notes 6.3, MQSeries 5.3, CICS 6.2 and mainframe z/OS 1.4 projects
• Participated in the strategy initiative for implementing new solution delivery process for all IT projects and as part of that initiative, executed the upgrade projects
• Developed project charters, WBS, project plans using MS Project and baseline them after review with project team and stakeholders. Use the base lined plan t track, control budget and manage the project progress and report status t the project team, senior management and other stakeholders weekly
• Worked and Negotiated with Operations directors t baseline a mutually agreeable project plan and executed
• Extensively used MS Project, Lotus Notes, MS Office tools, SEPM/2 process

Confidential

• Excellence Debit Card Web Application Java/J2EE Project Manager
• Team Size: 10 Budget : 0.8M
• Planned, executed and managed the entire debit card web application project running under Websphere/Java/J2EE/DB2 or UDB environment provided through the DealerConnect Web Portal
• By launching this project within time and budget, Chrysler realized immediate savings of 100K per month in expenses incurred due t mailing of incentive checks t the dealer sales personnel

Confidential

• As a part of a large 40M Supply Chain project, successfully managed the Enterprise Application Data Integration IT software development project t effectively integrate legacy system applications with the back end supply chain management system using MQSeries / MQSI / WBI, MQ Workflow and J2EE/JSP technologies. This brought down the design of car on paper from 45 days t 15 days
• Extensively used all phases of RUP methodology and coached/mentored project team members on RUP and rational tools such as clearcase, clearquest and requisitepro.
• Developed ESQL code for implementing the messageflows and als developed in Java a database loading utility
• Developed WBS, project plans using MS Project and baseline them after review with project team and stakeholders. Use the base lined plan t track, control budget and manage the project progress and report status t the project team, senior management and other stakeholders weekly

Confidential

• As a project manager, successfully led tw major software development projects plant floor systems in Chrysler starting from business requirements t implementation that went int production in tw major Chrysler plants. This replaced the then existing IBM product t provide needed scalability flexibility and saved production costs by .25M/year.
• Managed a Java web application that displays a grid on plant manager's PC emulating the Andon boards grid displayed on the plant floor. Data is refreshed at a desired time interval which is configurable on the fly.
• Extensively used RUP and XP methodologies and coached/mentored project team members on RUP and XP extreme programming - Agile methodology
• MS Project 2000, Visio, Excel, Lotus Notes, Unix, Weblogic 5.0, Oracle 8.2, MQ, MQSI 2.1

Confidential

e-Commerce Web development

• As an IT strategist and Technical project manager, Instrumental in designing the short term and long term strategy for doing business over the internet for a major retail book seller in Ann Arbor Borders.com which increased the online sales t an additional 5M
• Initiated and Managed implementation of an IT strategy solution for cutting costs estimated 1M a year for backorder inventory control system by proposing a scalable architecture for updating the POS information from 200 book stores real time
• Heavily served as a Single Point of contact for Middleware issues for production support 24x7 post launch of borders.com project
• Extensively used Java and C MQ APIs t develop home grown database loading utilities, middleware interfaces t the mainframe and AS/400 applications
• Extensively used MS Project 2000, Visio, Excel, Lotus Notes, Unix, IBM's Net.Commerce, Oracle 8.2, MQ, MQSI 2.1, CORBA/Orbix 2.2, DB2/UDB, Sybase 10, Mainframe ES9000, mid-range AS/400