PROFILE:

A dedicated, results - oriented PMP, PMI-ACP and ITIL certified Agile BI Project Manager with 9+ years of total IT experience and 5+ years of experience leading all phases of diverse IT projects. Expert in both Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies. Extensive experience in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, Big Data (Hadoop) and Cloud with emphasis on Microsoft BI stack and Azure Cloud. Experience managing both Merger and Acquisition (M&A)( Confidential ) as well as Divestiture (HP) projects. Exceptional project execution skills; consistently delivering multiple projects and solutions on-time and within scope and budget while meeting or exceeding quality standards.

SUMMARY:

• Extensive knowledge of various Software Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) models such as Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, XP, Lean) and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe v3.0)
• Experience working with the Project Management Office (PMO) for documentation, guidance and metrics for running the project according to organizational standards.
• Expert at managing risks. Proactively performed risk identification, qualitative and quantitative risk analysis and planned contingent risk responses resulting in substantial cost savings.
• Ability to coach and mentor teams to reach their highest potential with agile values as expressed in the Agile Manifesto.
• Strong problem solver with the ability to quickly identify obstacles/impediments and facilitate effective resolution or escalate issues when required.
• Proven ability to manage co-located/distributed, multicultural and cross-functional teams and lead, train, influence, motivate, recognize and reward team members to improve team performance.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to use formal/informal, verbal/non-verbal, and active listening skills to effectively communicate with project stakeholders.
• Excellent leadership skills with substantial experience resolving conflicts between team members to prevent further escalation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SDLC Methods: Waterfall, Agile, (Scrum, XP, Lean), RUP, Spiral

Project Management: Traditional MS Project, CA Clarity PPM

Agile: VersionOne, Rally, JIRA, TFSMS Office Suite, SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint. MS Visio

SQL and Scripting Languages: SQL, T-SQL, U-SQL (Azure Data Lake), Hive, Pig

MS BI Stack: MS SQL Server, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, PowerBI

Big Data: Hadoop Framework HDFS, Map-Reduce, Hive, Pig, HBase, Zookeeper, Spark, Sqoop

Cloud: Microsoft Azure Cloud (Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Lake, Azure Blob, Azure SQL Data Warehouse (MPP), Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Catalog, Azure HDInsight (managed Hadoop) PowerBI and Azure Machine Learning) and AWS Cloud.

Visualization: PowerBI, Tableau, QlikView, Self-Service BI (PowerPivot and PowerView)

Other Tools: Sterling Commerce, Oracle ATG, HP Application LifeCycle Management (ALM), CMDB, VSS and SVN (Version Control/Configuration Mgmt.)

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed the separation of all 16 assets within SMO’s aggressive timeline. This was particularly challenging due to multiple dependencies on other projects/assets each going through its own separation.
• Led the projects through complete SDLC from initiation, design, development, SIT, UAT and and Go Live. Was actively involved in release management and post MTP stabilization.
• Managed cross-functional development teams and interfaced with business stakeholders in various time zones across the globe: USA, Mexico, Spain, Romania, Ukraine, Sweden, India, Malaysia, Singapore and China.
• Developed weekly dashboard reports to report RAG status to SMO program management. Developed design, development, SIT, UAT and release management plans in MS Project Server and ensured adherence.
• Setup status meetings with every team thrice a week to discuss progress and issues. Tracked defects in ALM and tracked them to resolution.
• Actively managed project risks by logging them into project server along with mitigation strategies and resolution date. Escalated issues to senior management for immediate resolution.
• Estimated and acquired required resources throughout the project to ensure timely completion.
• Ensured team cohesion by organizing various team-building activities throughout the project. Actively resolved conflicts within and among teams before they impacted project progress.
• Project Server was used to manage all PM plans. Very helpful - esp. during go live as dasboards were created on a program level to track when every asset went live in real time.

Environment: QlikView, Tableau, SQL Server 2012, SSIS, SSRS, Vertica, Informatica, HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Tidal Enterprise Scheduler, Unix, MS Project Server

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Agile Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed the development of Executive KPI Dashboard from concept to completion. Executive Dashboard Phase-I and Phase-II delivered full two months ahead of schedule.
• High-performing and motivated team created with record close to 95 % participation in agile meetings.
• Evangelized agile methodology and was successful in getting buy-in from project stakeholders.
• Facilitated scrum rituals and updated and communicated using Information Radiators such as Burn Down charts to project stakeholders.
• Proactively tracked risks by maintaining a risk register, risk management plan with risk mitigation and contingency.
• Developed high-level status reports to present to the director/program manager of Business Analytics and Enterprise Reporting. Was instrumental in project validation, stakeholder buy-off and UAT signoff.
• Responsible for incorporating agile practices such as automated builds, deployment, gated check-ins, continuous integration and Test Driven Development.

Environment: Teradata, Ab Initio, QlikView, Java, Oracle, JIRA

Confidential, Virginia Beach, VA

Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw successful data integration of the Medicare claims records between the two companies.
• Data migration accuracy close to 90% with no major defects. Maintained with-in control closure of all priority 1 (P1) issues very close to the set limits.
• Responsible for transitioning the team from waterfall methodology to Agile (Scrum) methodology.
• Scrum Master for a team of 7 associates. After the burn-in period, the team was able to execute 80% - 90 % of user stories over multiple sprints.
• Worked with the Product Owner in prioritizing user stories for the next sprint, lasting 2 weeks in duration.
• Facilitated Sprint Review and Retrospective meetings at the end of each sprint and ensured Continuous Improvement through every sprint..
• Displayed team achievements, communication board, and burn-down chart and progress displays.
• Participated in Scrum of Scrums with development teams and vendor.

Environment: MS SQL Server, Informatica, Pega Systems, Trizetto FACETs

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led the projects through complete SDLC from initiation, design, development, SIT, UAT and and Go Live. Was actively involved in release management and post MTP stabilization.
• Prepared the project plan and proactively managed changes in project scope, identified potential issues and devised contingency plans.
• Work with the client to agree and document detailed design and acceptance criteria for both functional and non-functional requirements and for project deliverables
• Interacted with senior leadership, PMO and development team on a weekly basis to provide overall project status, risks and issues.
• Work with QA team to design test plan and test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Provide functional training to key business users for Train the Trainer program

Environment: Oracle ATG commerce, Java/J2EE, Oracle, HP Quality Center.

Confidential, SFO, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated workshops with business users to develop business requirements, functional and non-functional requirements.
• Performed GAP analysis for new functional requirements and prioritized them based on actual business needs. This helped optimize the business processes.
• Worked with the QA team to design test plan and test cases for User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Interacted extensively with cross-functional teams in order to resolve technical and implementation issues.