Skills

Please use this table to list the skills noted in the Required/Desired section of the requirement. In addition, please respond with the years of experience for each skill and the last time each skill was used. Add or delete rows as necessary.

Highlights

Program/Project Management

Employment History

Confidential

Sr. Program/Project Manger

Program management and delivery of implementation, development and upgrade projects and application outsourcing projects for the clients AT T, Gate Gourmet and Sigma-Aldrich

Produce project plan, scope and costing

Apply advanced principles of Information technology unified processes to successfully complete the projects

Identify, evaluate and allocate required resources dedicated or shared or hybrid to fully meet the schedules and requirements of projects

Conduct project kick off meeting other status meetings as required

Experience in designing test strategies, test cases, and test scripts and conducting User Acceptance Testing UAT .

Proficient in user requirements gathering, problem analysis, design reviews, solution development, testing and implementation planning over the entire SDLC

Establish strong collaborative working relationships with internal staff, service providers, key global stakeholders and IT leads whose support is critical for the success of project.

Analyzed requirements through formal - informal sessions and JAD sessions with technical groups and user groups. Document business requirements Data design and Configure client server and web-based applications.

Manage change requests in such a way that project budget, schedules and deliverables are not impacted

Establishment project execution model as per project budget and scope and clearly define the rules of engagement

Management of risks with proper mitigation plan

Data migration from a variety of sources, including trading systems, client management systems, corporate actions data sources, and product data sources into relational database and data warehouse.

Currently managing a team size of 30. Guide the project team in all phases of project

Provide leadership support for PMO

Confidential

Business Systems Manager - Oracle

Responsible for optimum utilization of Oracle applications system, project management and delivery

• Executed implementation and enhancement projects
• Brought all North American plants in Oracle system on time, budget and with agreed functionalities

Controlled development through standard functionalities and business reengineering process

Defined processes for production support, cloning and patching

• Maintained perfect balance between insourcing and outsourcing of applications
• Responsible for onshore and offshore team/resource management, contract negotiation, as well as budgeting
• Managed a team of 15 members. Instrumental in setting the performance management plan for the full team Work with each team member to ensure that his or her career goals and the project goals are in alignment and make appropriate adjustments as needed

Confidential

Sr. Manager/Project Manager

• In charge of Human capital management system Financial system
• Wore multiple hats Program manager, Delivery manager and Business analyst. Part and parcel of HR and Finance business groups and created IT road map for human resource and financial systems.
• Refined the business processes and minimized system customizations
• Created project scope and project Plan
• Coordinated the setup of a nationwide area network of ATM's and frame relay network. Supervised connectivity, including design, configuration, installation, and troubleshooting. Employed SDLC
• In the inception phase, conducted JAD sessions, created scope definition, SOW and release plan
• Client data migration from older applications into Intellicost.
• Experience in designing test strategies, test cases, and test scripts and conducting User Acceptance Testing UAT .
• Defined strategies for application outsourcing thereby made IT cost saving visible to IT and Business leadership teams
• IT Vendor evaluation, selection and management
• Identified business applications improvement initiatives and executed them
• Created and maintained SLAs for HCM and Financial systems support
• Maintained relationship with IT partners and customers

Confidential

Sr. Program Manager/Project Manager

• Performed in depth analysis on existing systems and made sure that the upgrade had no negative impact on the business processes.
• Worked on Oracle applications upgrade project for Government client Port of San Francisco
• End to end accountability for program management and delivery
• Gave major cost saving on development work by giving complete demo on relase 11i and made visible that many custom functionalities in version 10 could be got as standard functionalities in release 11i
• Proficient in user requirements gathering, problem analysis, design reviews, solution development, testing and implementation planning over the entire SDLC
• Created custom upgrade methodology.
• Established onshore near shore off shore project execution model for this project

Confidential

Sr Manager/Project Manager

• Headed Business applications division
• Business applications supported retail, manufacturing and training divisions of the company
• Organized and provided project leadership for multiple projects through the entire SDLC process using Waterfall/ Agile Scrums methodology
• Performed Multiple roles Program manager and Delivery manager
• Ran business applications at optimum level and converted applications division in to revenue center
• Client data migration from older applications into Intellicost.
• Managed IT vendors RFPs, contracts and negotiations
• Liaised closely with business groups and bridged the gap between IT and business groups
• Created IT road map - Reviewed and planned business applications projects with return on investment
• Created implementation and upgrade methodologies and strategies for application outsourcing
• Administered a team of 25 people

Confidential

Program Manager /Project Manager

• Worked on global implementation projects for the clients Citi bank, Emerson, Intuit, etc.
• Created project scope document, project plan and costing
• Experience in designing test strategies, test cases, and test scripts and conducting User Acceptance Testing UAT .
• Data migration from PAX database into Merrill Lynch's data stores
• Identified, evaluated and allocated the required resources to fully meet the schedules and requirements of projects
• JAD sessions with technology teams, data workflow designs, entity relationships designs
• Evaluated, selected and established the most efficient and cost saving project execution model for the clients
• Managed change requests and risks in such a way that project schedules and budget were not impacted
• Responsible for project status reporting and chairing daily stand up meetings with project team
• Key activities included gathering of requirements, management of resources through the SDLC, maintenance of project schedule, and interfacing with the business owner.
• Responsible for work allocations, tracking and managing
• Managed client relationship and guided the project team in all phases of project
• Managed a team of 20 people

Confidential

Project Leader/Project Manager

• Ladbrokes Ltd is one of the subsidiaries of Hilton Group Plc.
• Worked on implementation of Oracle applications, system enhancements and upgrade projects
• Business applications ran on Oracle applications, which were integrated with custom betting applications
• Conducted JAD sessions with the business users and gathered requirements for the new system.
• Provided solutions for an environment with evolving business requirements. Directed all aspects of the full cycle of the project full SDLC , including the business requirements, development, testing, and deployment phases in an environment where requirements were constantly evolving.
• Did the role of project management and functional analyst
• Experience in designing test strategies, test cases, and test scripts and conducting User Acceptance Testing UAT .
• Data migration from Oracle 8i to Oracle 9i
• Minimized software customizations by exploring all standard functionalities within the applications, there by reduced development cost for IT
• Yearly review and planning of Oracle projects with cost justification to IT and Business leadership team
• Supervised a team of 5 people

Confidential

Worked on Oracle production support and development projects for the client Barnaby tech

• Trouble shooting and analysis of issues. Providing functional fix wherever possible
• Updating and creation of relevant documents
• Coordinating with development and testing teams for code fix and testing