SUMMARY

• Having experience in Project and Portfolio Management & IT Governance domain with excellence in aligning IT implementations with business objectives. Excellent skills in client interfacing, project management, business analysis, process design and end user interaction
• Extensive involvement in PMO process refinement for multiple customers as a part of teh PPM process implementation. Assisted in implementing various compliance settings for PMO governance for customers. Experience in implementing IT Governance processes for enabling SOX compliance.
• He is proficient in configuration and implementation of Project Portfolio Management Processes using PPM tools. He TEMPhas worked on various modules of Project Portfolio Management product suite like Demand Management, Project Management, Program Management, Time Management, Resource Management, Finance Management and Deployment Management.
• HP PPM Certified Professional, worked in all major versions HP PPM (9.41,9.32, 9.22, 9.14, 9.12, 8.0, 7.5 & 7.1), TEMPhas good understanding of version 9.41 and Oracle PL/SQL with strong analytical and programming skills.
• Specialized in PPM System Administration, version upgrades (ITG 6.0 - > 7.1->7.5->8.0->9.12 -> 9.14 -> 9.22-> 9.32-> 9.41), Installation and 3rd party integrations (LDAP, Field Glass, Workday, Documentum and Web Services). Proficient in PPM Reports and Portlets design and development.
• Experience in writing complex Stored Functions/procedures, triggers, scripts in Oracle SQL and PL/SQL. Exposure to teh Relational Database Design and Data migration.
• Having good knowledge in resolving teh complex issues in ITG/PPM and having Sound knowledge on PPM Data model of various versions.
• Have versatile experience of working on Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodologies. Certified Scrum Master & Team Kanban Practitioner and following Scrum and lean methodologies on day to day basis for both support and development project. Worked on standardizing teh project-related governance process and facilitates teh sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• He TEMPhas been involved in all teh phases of teh SDLC process like Requirement Analysis, Design, Effort Estimations, Solution Development, Review and Testing. His experience in quality analysis always helped him in delivering quality Solutions. He TEMPhas an in-depth knowledge on Microsoft Project and he is aware of how projects could be effectively handled using this tool and teh value addition that it brings to teh project manager community.
• Good team player, hardworking, enthusiastic and highly adaptable to changes in technology.
• Complimented with various accolades for teh contribution at various client engagements.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Tools: HP Project and Portfolio Management Product suite (HP PPM), CA Clarity, Jira, IBM Maximo, Tririga (IWMS)

Methodologies: Agile & Waterfall

Web Programming: HTML, DHTML, JSP, XML, Edit Plus Editor

Databases: Oracle 11g, Oracle 10g, 9i. Linux, Windows NT

Packages: MS Office, PL/SQL Developer, TOAD, SQL Developer, MS Excel, Notepad++

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Short Hills, NJ

PPM Consultant & Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed PPM upgrade from 7.1 -> 9.42 and deployed major services packs as well
• Responsible for supporting PPM Application infrastructure across various instance (Development, QA & Production)
• Implemented Single Sign On integration with LDAP for Project management system
• Assisted with teh implementation of Scrum/XP/Kanban methodologies alongside Agile Coaches in teh role of a Scrum Master
• Created framework and integrated project management system with Vendor management system (SAP Field Glass) for Automated invoice processing
• Standardizes teh project-related governance process and facilitates teh sharing of resources, methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Identifying and developing project management methodology, best practices, and standards
• Monitoring compliance with project management procedures & tools
• Coordination with stakeholders and PMO office
• Working with PMO Team on Org agile transformation
• Facilitated release / PSI planning, iteration planning, daily stand-ups, iteration review/demos, and retrospectives.
• Working experience with Jira on agile entities configuration (Agile Project Creation, Epic, Stories, Backlog maintenance, Sprint planning & Velocity tracking)
• Empower teh team to self-organize around achieving their commitments
• Work with teh team to Identify and remove any impediments/distractions that interfere with teh team’s ability.
• Worked with cross functional teams and recommended improvements
• Responsible for teh initiation, planning, monitoring execution, and delivery of enhancements and support projects
• Collaboratively working with all teh team members
• Influencing project team members to identify and address project issues
• Having good knowledge of PL/SQL, SQL, Oracle & JSP scripting and developed complex logics for business requirements
• Process development related to Demand, Project & Deployment management
• PPM -> Jira Integration (Project Management)
• Worked on third party integration with PPM (SAP Field Glass, LDAP & Business Objects)
• Assure clean time reporting.
• Successfully completed Cluster Implementation in PPM
• Assist Technology project managers with issues.
• Verify financial project data
• Influencing project team members to identify and address project issues
• UAT Support
• Received PCSAT 7/7 for PPM Support & Honored with various other awards

Confidential, New Jersey

Technical Lead & Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Onsite Consultant and Single Point of Contact for teh HP PPM development and support team for all requirements involving IT Demand, Project and Portfolio Management.
• Have been implementing teh Project activities in AGILE project approach and deploying teh deliverables in sprint cycles.
• Organized end-to-end SDLC process including project initiation, requirement definition, design development, testing, UAT testing, validation, monitoring use cases, end user training, application deployment and production support.
• Creation of Project plans, managing teh activities, stake holder / integration partner’s co-ordination, scheduled project operational metrics and client status reporting.
• Acted as teh Consultant for system upgrades, enhancements, development and rollout of key portfolio management processes for teh PMO organization.
• Worked on redesigning teh PMO processes to fit in with teh upgraded version of teh PPM system after interactions with teh key functional users from teh PMO team.
• Worked with teh Business Intelligence team on PPM - BI integration and for developing various BI reports as per customer requirements.
• Data migration (of both teh Business & Tech Projects data) from Share point PEAK system to PPM System.
• Discussions with key PMO stake holders on upcoming PPM initiatives - Road mapping capabilities, Accurate Project Status reporting with implementation of Issue, Risk & Scope change modules, Program / Portfolio Mgmt. Implementation and Status reporting.
• Ensured flawless support activities with high level user satisfaction and overall administration of teh PPM instance

Confidential

PPM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Completely customized solution for sending email notification through oracle (PLSQL) according to teh business criteria.
• Peer review, unit testing and integration testing.
• Developed reports, and dashboards as per teh business requirement
• Documentation of technical solutions.

Confidential

PPM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of object types in deployment management including SAP plugin
• Configuration of request types to address teh Demand management and project management requirements.
• Product analysis for enhancements specifically in Demand management and Project management
• Worked on teh creation of JSP reports which will retrieve dynamic information from project management.
• Development of custom reports and portlets
• Peer review, unit testing and integration testing.
• Solution Enhancements and reporting.
• Tracking teh Support request and enhancements in teh current process.
• Developed reports, and dashboards as per teh business requirement
• Documentation of technical solutions.
• Received CSAT 7/7 and ‘Feather in My Cap’ award for delivering quality output.

Confidential

Production Support

Responsibilities:

• Configuration of request types to address teh portfolio management and project management requirements.
• Product analysis for enhancements specifically in resource management and portfolio management
• Development of custom reports and portlets.
• Customization of OOTB functionalities with Java and JSP coding in various modules.
• Peer review, unit testing and integration testing.
• Solution Enhancements and reporting.
• Tracking teh change request and enhancements in teh current process.
• Done query optimization and reduced teh execution time of teh report, which was highly appreciated by teh client
• Developed reports, and dashboards as per teh business requirement
• Documentation of technical solutions.

Confidential

PPM Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of Technical Specifications.
• Developed Complex PL/SQL functions and procedures to implement teh required business logic in SCRUM Workflows.
• Testing teh Objects and configuration against teh requirements.
• Developed a Technical Design Document for all teh work streams.
• Teh technologies used for teh development of teh project are JAVA & Oracle.
• Got 80% aggregate on teh training conducted for JAVA, SQL and PLSQL.