SUMMARY:

• A Resourceful Fintech professional/ Certified Scrum Master/ Project Manager, with over 10 years extensive experience delivering complex project solutions in various industry sectors using Waterfall + Agile/ Scrum framework.
• My professional experience is complete with examples of differing projects such as the implementation of Financial technologies’ solutions (Fintech) for sectors such as Oil & Gas, Telecoms, Utilities, Energy, New Media, Consulting.
• Transformative Financial Services and Strategies at Wharton Business School” to better understand Fintech/ Insurtech in the financial/ Insurance services sector. This will equip me with Fintech/ Insurtech skills to help financial & Insurance industry players to reach untapped markets, reduce costs and create economies of scale.
• With over 10 years in the IT and technology sector with focus in complex project deliveries both as a PM and Agile Coach/ Scrum Master.
• With my vast experiences in both project management and Agile/ Scrum, I am confident to deliver projects to your utmost satisfaction.
• Demonstrated success in setting project goals.
• Collaborating with other departments, monitoring project progress, assigning tasks, and ensuring adherence to IT best practices.
• Track record of managing and scheduling work of teams to meet both project and corporate objectives.
• Adept at leading and completing multi - million dollars’ projects within budgetary and timely constraints.
• Highly proficient in identifying and isolating field challenges as well as devising solutions to resolve issues.
• Skilled in optimizing profitability at all levels of the project, providing strategic insight, identifying opportunities, and eliminating non-profitable methodologies to ensure continuous success.
• Demonstrated experience with managing programs/lines of business.
• Experience leading projects that span over multiple years demonstrated success in developing and participate in the review of RFP(s).
• Developed project specific operational processes.

COMPETENCIES - BUSINESS & TECHNICAL:

Infrastructure: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), GIS (GE Electric Office/ Smallworld Business Integrator 4.3), Server Implementations, NetBackup, Telecoms/ Cellular technology, Radware AppDirector, SSL, Network provisioning, AD, VIPs, Proxy/ Firewall implementations, VMware (server virtualization), Disaster Recovery planning/ management, Desktop implementation, Oracle Identity Management IDM), ESB middleware, DER, Cloud Infrastructure, CA SiteMinder infra, SOA architecture implementations, TFS, TMG, DFS

Specialties: Program and Project management, Business Analysis, Contract negotiation/ management, SLAs, Operational planning, Vendor management, Resource management/ planning (onsite & offshore), Risk management, Change/ Release management, Software licensing, Order management, IT/ Resource Procurement, RFP for Systems Integrators, Unionized workplace collaboration techniques

Business: PMO, PMI/ PMBoK, Prince 2, Agile methods, Scrum Framework, Waterfall, SDLC, PMLC, RMLC, ITIL, Quality Assurance, Testing and training, Implementation of PM and BA processes, policies and templates for PMOs, UML, MS Office suite, Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project/ Project server, Primavera (P6)

Application: SAP ERP (HCM, PM, MM), Lawson/ M3 ERP, Software as a Service (SaaS), IIS, MSSQL, Oracle PL/SQL, MOSS/ SharePoint 2010Oracle reporting/ HRMS, XML, S/HTML, Java/ J2EE, Oracle Web services, Distributed Systems, Web portals, C++, JavaScriptVBScript, JSP, VB.Net, eCommerce/ Retail, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Digital Media applications, HP OpenView, Data Warehouse & reporting, Jira (Application Lifecycle Management), ALM, Test Director, CRM/ ERP integration.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led project teams, directed, and coordinated project activities to ensure deliverables were achieved on time and within budget.
• Reviewed project plans on a weekly basis, prepared and submitted weekly status reports, defined project context and limitations, monitored /controlled project deliverables and communicated to senior management any issues that may impact team's delivery.
• Tracked issues logs and action items from discovery to resolution; partnered with various internal resources to seek resolution.

Confidential, Lansing, Michigan

Snr. Project Manager/ Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Conducted workshops to assess RPA opportunities - included complexity definitions, determining benefits vs potential FTE, Conducted deep dive assessments.
• Supervised Testing, including creation of Test Scenarios, Defect logs
• Stakeholder Management (including internal & external), Contract Management, Financial Management and Project Performance Management (including budget tracking to determine EVM), Change Management, Issue & Risk Management, Training Coordination, Testing Coordination, Document Management, Integration and Interface Management.
• Program planning, Benefit definition, Scope Definition, Identify and clarify Stakeholder goals, established Program Governance structure, Develop orientation and training materials.
• Resource and Schedule Management, Vendor Management (Statement of Work and Master Service Agreements with Finastra and sub-contractors), Communication Planning, Training Coordination, Testing Coordination, Document Management, Integration, and Interface Management.

Confidential

Snr. Project Manager/ Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Led digital project teams, directed, and coordinated project activities to ensure deliverables were achieved on time and within budget. Tracked issues logs and action items from discovery to resolution; partnered with various internal resources to seek resolution.
• Reviewed project plans on a weekly basis, prepared and submitted weekly status reports, defined project context and limitations, monitored /controlled project deliverables and communicated to senior management any issues that may impact team's delivery. Reported on projects’ progress to Senior Management, developed risk register and forecasted mitigation plans accordingly
• Collaborated with project teams and various internal stakeholder groups on an ongoing basis
• Coordinated and manage implementation of solutions/changes including education and training to staff on new release/features/processes/functionality as result of new projects within the IT organization
• Developed and followed agile project management plan (Agile Ceremonies). Facilitated build requirements log (product backlog) with cost estimates and priority
• Conducted Scrum Daily standup, Product backlog, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review & Sprint Retrospective meetings. Support multiple Scrums at a time and mentor/ assist team members using Agile principles.
• Determined the team capacity (velocity) from historical data. Created Work Break down structure (user stories) and corresponding activities (tasks).
• Monitored the project progress and provide updates to stake holders. Identified and mitigated team risks and impediments (Blocking Issues, Critical Defects) on daily basis.
• Worked with Senior Management, Business & Release Management to understand the vision of the product, prioritize and develop software releases/ increments.
• Communicated/ Coached the progress to Agile teams and senior management through 'Burndown Charts'. Monitored the Quality thru metrics and mentored team thru the project management processes
• Facilitated Agile Adoption Retrospective for the organization with the leadership and guided teams with outcome resulting in enhanced performance
• Removed obstacle for the team by escalating an issue to leadership resulting in early delivery of customer issue solution. Customer provided positive feedback

Confidential

Snr. Project Manager/ Agile Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

• Created project charters and detail project plans, project tracking and control management, project status reporting. conduct project reviews with stakeholders, Vendor management, Vendor selection, Resource planning, Business case, Financial modeling & cost benefits analysis.
• Managed six vendors with varying technologies, managed a budget of over $3M and a cross functional team of over 20 resources within three continents.
• Managed relationships, engagements and project financials across various projects and stakeholders
• Led the Solution Implementation Project Plan with all stakeholders and vendors from project initiation to closure
• Facilitated strategic planning sessions and the execution of project deliverables and features with strict adherence to the requirements
• Worked with QA to ensure high Quality Assurance with Timely Delivery of Project
• Created routine reassessment for project budgets to account for variances and ensure accuracy and created budget reports to compare actual with forecasted costs
• Oversee integration of the agile team’s deliverables and coach Agile practices
• Provide the direction required to meet the project objectives and commitments by Leading and play a key role in Scrum of Scrum (or program) meetings to drive coordination
• Follow scrum ceremonies (daily scrum, sprint planning, sprint demo and retrospective)
• Continuously demonstrate team's capabilities through metrics such as CFD, burndown charts, Velocity and other tools
• Manage team's backlog with the Product Owner and aid team in determining suitable commitments for upcoming sprints

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• I managed and applied Change Control at the project level and managed project change impacts. Developed RFPs for the engagement of an overall System Integrator.
• I managed Stakeholder and vendor activities, Corporate PMO liaison, Risk Management, Contract management & negotiations, Software licensing, SLAs
• Led cross-functional teams both Business and Technical to provide project and PMO direction and successfully provided meaningful project management insight to the Confidential project board
• Using Prince 2 methodology, developed the Starting-Up, Initiating, Managing & Controlling and Close-Out stage that includes project governance, stakeholders, objectives and approach, scope, risks, project board liaison.
• Additionally, work within 7-tier SAP Release Management landscape, Virtualization of servers (VMware), Active Directory upgrades, VIPs, SSL certs, DNS, proxy/ firewall

Confidential

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Completion and presentation of a detailed Business Case, Stakeholder and Vendor management, Corporate PMO liaison, Risk Management, Contract management, Project Management insight to the SaskTel advisory board
• Revamped and turned around a complex project using Agile Scrum framework and core PMBoK/ PMI best practices, establish and lead cross-functional project teams & simultaneously manage multiple projects, Requirements validation/ gathering and feedback from internal and external clients via user groups and social media.
• Proposed and implement using Agile techniques by successfully introducing feature-driven project delivery strategy
• Work collaboratively and successfully in a strong Unionized environment and ability to propose ways of collaboratively working based on agreed collective agreements, provide meaningful project management insight to the SaskTel advisory board, proposed, and implemented processes of budget savings by implementing a multi-phased approach to the Corporate PMO