PROFILE:

Seeking to contribute and grow as an IT Project Manager /Agile Specialist

SUMMARY:

Dedicated project management professional(PMP) with over ten years of solid experience in managing large project teams timely, on budget, and with quality. Two years’ experience as a Release Train Engineer overseeing 6 - 7 scrum teams. Guiding IT projects through their full lifecycle to develop and implement streamlined technology solutions, growth and expansion, and business processes. Excellent communication, training, and problem-solving skills; can convey complex technical concepts to Senior Management, Stakeholders and Team Members at all levels. Adept at leading multiple concurrent projects and cultivating relationships with vendors, system integrators, business stakeholders, and client executives.

SKILLS:

Release Train Engineer /Cross Application Project Management Leading Safe Agile and Scrum Practices Lifecycle Project Management Project Initiation, Definition and Planning Project Sizing and Estimates Team Building & Leadership Business Requirements /Solution Analysis System Analysis and Design Specifications and Development QA Solution Integration UAT/System Testing Change Management Process Improvement & Controls Resource Management Deliverable & Milestone Fulfillment Communications and Reporting Post Monitoring and Projects Closure including Documenting Lessons Learnt.

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Release Train Engineer

Responsibilities:

• I am a successful SAFe Agilist, Release Train Engineer(RTE), Certified Scrum Master(CSM), Project Management Professional(PMP) and hands on in to CA Agile Rally tool, mentored both onshore and offshore resources on Agile
• I am Integrating a major Claims application to Provider Integration Tool (PIC) with supporting applications suites for Community and State for over 13 States to enable pre-audit of Provider Contracts before deploy.
• Deployment planned November 2017 along with creation of Web services /APIs using Cloud for new Stage and Production environments.
• I have transformed 50% of the applications within the Projects to Agile. Also, well-versed in Hybrid techniques to work with Waterfall and Agile teams.
• I also lead additional Projects on Claim Portals as a Release Train Engineer with budgets 0.2 to $1M, responsible for 2-7 scrum teams assisting with agile practices, and handling escalations and road blocks
• Received appreciations from Stakeholders for turning the Confidential Project from Red to Green.

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Responsibilities:

• In the above, led large waterfall teams as a Cross App Project Manager and led scrum teams as a Release Train Engineer within the new Product Program that impacted thirty+ applications, and budgets.
• I personally initiated and spearheaded complete capability-wise Milestones Plan for various System Integration Testing tasks using Data Flow Diagrams for identifying dependencies across the thirty plus applications with mixed Waterfall and Agile apps and handed over to QA for execution before transitioning to Employers and Individuals segment. Utilized and mentored offshore resources working flexibly to their timings.
• Received appreciations, Bravo Awards for these achievements
• The projects entailed using cloud and big data technology; building Application Programming Interfaces (API's) using common data hub to allow flow of data from one application to the other.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• As a Subject Matter Expert and Functional Consultant for ERP Oracle Financials, successfully built and delivered large scale Projects for Claims Payments using the ERP system establishing Electronic Funds Transfers and Electronic Remittance Advices under HIPAA 835. Key contributor for building and upgrading in-house Oracle System for Receivables/Premiums/Billing and Broker Commission Payments.
• Highly Rated and appreciated for Quality with Certified Software Quality Assurance Analyst(CSQA) certification. I am associated with Industry for sharing the best practices.
• Very keen and quick learner with wider interest in all areas. Expert Senior Systems Analyst Consultant with QA and Programming background to gathering requirements, analyzing business needs, and guiding IT/operations projects through their full lifecycle to develop, test and implement streamlined technology solutions and business processes.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successfully provided IT Project deliveries especially in the Financials area for an annual combined portfolio of Receivables and Payables way over ten billion dollars covering Oxford Segment Premiums, Cash Applications, Claims and Broker Commission Payments with trust-based relationships with all business and IT stakeholders in the Oxford Platform acquired by United Healthcare.
• Created and enhanced both in-house developed software and also customized and proprietary Oracle Financials ERP eBiz Suites in highly matrix, virtual environment.
• Provided Subject Matter Expertise for Oracle Financials ERP eBiz suites and HIPAA 5010-835 transactions. Specialist in Oracle Applications Modules: General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Cash Management, Accounts Receivable, Project Accounting, Inventory, Fixed Assets, Purchasing, Cash Management with exposure to PeopleSoft Financials.
• Successfully implemented projects for Claims Payments including Explanation of Benefits and Non-Claims and Broker Commissions Payments, Billing, Collections, Cash Applications, Premiums, Pricing, Actuarial, Underwriting, Enrollment, Benefits, Providers.