SUMMARY:

• Sr. Project Manager with 17+ years of IT experience managing all phases of Application/Product development programs for diverse industry verticals such as Auto, Healthcare, Financial Services, and Education
• Certified PMP with over 12 years in project and program management - Scoping, Estimation, Scheduling & Cost planning, Tracking, Quality, Risk, and Change management
• Proven track record of managing diverse projects ranging from 6 person week pilot initiatives to globally distributed development programs of $20M; with team sizes ranging from 10 to 100 people
• Proven track record of improving customer satisfaction by delivering projects on-time and finding solutions that meet the needs of the customer, and creating deep customer relationships
• Responsible for improving revenue, meeting OI targets
• Managing day to day operations such as resource utilization, process compliance, escalations and conflict resolutions, associate development, team mentoring, and appraisal and performance management
• Possess In depth knowledge in bid management and has led and drafted several winning proposals for several large scale Product development, Application support and maintenance RFPs.
• Led the Product Development group of a vertical delivery unit in Confidential . Led strategic initiatives identifying and building solutions for Go-To-Market strategies
• Demonstrated outstanding capabilities in the roles of Technical Architect/Lead for enterprise product development
• Has extensive experience with Global Distributed Delivery models, Confidential Level 5 Quality processes, Waterfall, RUP and Agile methodologies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Currently managing multiple projects for a large automobile manufacturing company in the US and has successfully completed the implementation of initial versions of the application.
• Prior to this, managed a 3+ year, 20+ million strategic program that enabled the client to optimally allocate to its dealers “Right Car at Right Time” and save millions of dollars in logistics cost.
• Planned and tracked requirements, design, development, and testing phases.
• All the phases were completed on or ahead of schedule.
• Played a key role in institutionalizing project management tools and techniques and came up with several other process improvements to streamline delivery, mitigate risks and improve quality.
• Managed a multi-national team of client, Confidential and vendor resources and coordinated with external vendors for integration with other applications.
• Exceeded customer satisfaction; resulted in future business with the customer. In addition to this, playing a key role for driving revenue growth and meeting profitability targets for the application business.
• Led a product development group of 100 people accountable for the delivery of several product development and maintenance.
• Managed a project to reverse and forward engineer a student information system for a US product company.
• Ramped up the team in a short notice and compressed the schedule in order to meet the customer’s go-to-market strategy.
• Participated in steering committee meetings and supported in providing vision and road map for the next generation product. Participated in project planning and tracking, risk mitigation, status reviews with client.
• Managed a distributed team and Hyderabad and coordinated the work between development centers in India, Vietnam and US.
• Program managed several product development fixed bid projects for a leading capital markets product development company in UK, accountable for providing oversight, customer satisfaction, scheduling and quality of a team of 30 individuals.
• Adhered to the budget, managed resource utilization, and forecasted staffing requirements.
• Led strategic initiatives in Healthcare delivery unit building solutions and assets supporting the sales organization and enhancing the growth of the unit. Actively involved in other organizational initiatives such as Confidential assessments and audits
• Managed a team of 15 members from both the client and Confidential ; for developing a web based contract management system for a Life Sciences product development company based in Switzerland and Germany.
• This project was awarded to Confidential primary due to delivery excellence from the prior engagements with the customer.
• Prepared the overall project schedule, prioritizing and coordinating the deliverables from both the client and Confidential .
• In addition, gathered the business and functional requirements and worked with the client CEO to define and communicate the global vision for the scalable system.

Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a re-engineering initiative of a large and complex Corporate Action Processing System for a leading corporate action product company in US.
• Managed a team of 80 people for 3 years from initial stages of the development through transition phase of this large scale Greenfield product development initiative.
• Provided management oversight, planning and scheduling, monitoring, status reporting, requirements management, risk identification and risk management, effort estimations, resource requirements management. Interfaced with other teams for planning, designing and coordinating integration activities and participated in technical reviews.
• Led source control migration from VSS to SVN, automated builds as part of continuous integration. Managed the maintenance teams post UAT.
• Led a team of 20 people to develop a web based Clinical drug safety risk-management system that facilitates the anywhere/anytime capture of adverse event reports, single-point analysis of the data, and paperless reporting to regulatory agencies throughout the world for the R&D division of a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company.
• As a technical architect/lead, reviewed the use cases and architected and designed several JEE components using many best practices, design patterns and frameworks.
• Created high level and detailed design, and led technical design reviews. Assisted in troubleshooting technical issues, provided developer training.
• Delivered all releases to specification and on time.
• Managed the transition, migration and enhancements of a web based contract management system that supports the licensing process and the management of all license agreements with their external partners globally for a leading pharmaceutical company in Switzerland.
• Responsible for managing the team, planning and scheduling, monitoring, status reporting to senior management and client, process adherence and improvements, requirements management, risk assessment, client satisfaction, resource utilization and forecast. In a technical role, designed and developed several key modules including royalty calculation.
• The system was built using JEE, Oracle, Websphere, Documentum.
• Functional Area Representative for CMM 3, CMM 5 and Confidential 5 assessments, audited projects for quality adherence. Implemented SEI Confidential L5 processes in projects and maintained the Process Compliance Index above 90%.

Project Lead

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed a procurement solutions product for a leading Supply chain management product company. Responsible for project planning and tracking, status reporting and process adherence. Also managed an enterprise resource management solution
• As a project lead for a web based application that analyzes the medical and pharmacy claims data, reviewed the requirements with client and assisted the team in India in understanding the requirements. Provided technical leadership to this project and architected the framework of building the application. Designed and coded several modules.

Software Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• For a leading entertainment company in the US, provided technical leadership in building a solution that manages the business functions of the company.
• Designed, coded several modules and provided technical leadership to the team. Also contributed to architectural framework and coding the components.
• Developed many applications using variety of technologies and platforms such as Java/JEE, Cobol, Mainframe and AS/400.