SUMMARY

• 13 Years of total professional experience in IT industry, currently working as Project Manager in analysis, design and development of Client/Server applications and Commercial Applications software development in Business Intelligence/Data Warehousing domain
• Excellent Technical skills on Business Objects reporting tool
• Well - versed and expert on Business Objects 5.x, 6.x, XIR2, 3.1 & BO 4.0
• Hands-on experience in creating Business Objects Universes & Reports
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Excellent Project Management Skills, coordinating tasks between different teams for project’s successful closure
• Well versed with Agile & Waterfall Project Management methodologies
• 6 Years of rich Onsite IT experience at client’s location in New Jersey, USA where customer focus was teh key aspect
• A proven verifiable track record and a strong sense of dedication driven towards accomplishing challenging goals with persistent commitment
• Extensive experience in gathering Business Requirements, writing Technical Specifications and defining Version Control Processes, worked as Business Analyst / Onshore Coordinator in NJ
• Lead a team size ranging from 2 to 20 resources, provided them with key information about teh client and their business, reviewed code developed by teh team
• Handled successfully onshore-offshore coordination. Collected business requirements from teh clients and communicated well to teh offshore team
• Worked as a bridge between different stakeholders to understand teh requirements and cascade teh same to teh development team, excellent stakeholder’s management
• Successfully organized and handled cross trainings within teh project to ensure teh noledge is not lost if a certain resource is unavailable
• Not shy of escalating important issues to teh management for timely resolution
• Adapts well to teh changing environment
• Experience in Pre-Sales domain and writing technical proposals
• Good Experience in creating FRS, Project Plans and Estimations for projects
• Worked as Assessment Team Member (ATM) with QAI for assessing CMMI Maturity Level 5
• Working as Process Consultant for one of teh projects me am managing
• Excellent work ethics, self-motivated, quick learner, team player and good at multi-tasking
• Strong problem solving, analytical, interpersonal and leadership skills

TECHNICAL SKILLS

DWH technologies: OLAP

RDBMS: SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 R2, Oracle 8, 9i, 10g, Sybase IQ

Development/Productivity Tools: Adobe Acrobat, MS Office, ODBC, Visual Basic

E-Com Frameworks/Web Technologies: VBScripts

Programming Languages: SQL, Sybase IQ scripts

DWH Tools: Business Objects, CystalReports.com Business Objects 5.x, 6.x, XIR2, XIR3.1, 4.0

Source Control: Visual Source Safe

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Management - Managing Enterprise software Solution Team of 25 resources to develop this MVC / .Net based platform product for teh client
• Requirement Gathering & Elicitation - Gather teh requirements from teh client and pass it on to teh development team. Help them understand teh requirements. Seek clarifications for any doubts/questions from teh client
• Agile Methodology - Agile project management methodology was adopted and me worked as Scrum master. me lead teh daily scrum meetings and ensured dat teh sprint backlogs were all delivered on time
• Daily Sprint Stand-up calls - me lead and managed teh sprint calls for this project, ensured dat teh daily calls do not go for long and only quick status and important issues were discussed and sorted out during teh calls
• Stakeholder’s Management - Builds and maintains strong client relationships, and participates in client meetings regarding performance to ensure client satisfaction
• Business Requirement Document - Created teh Business Requirement Document which served as teh go to document. This was signed-off by teh client which made teh basis for developing teh project
• Status Reporting - Managed teh prompt and correct status reporting of teh project. Apart from daily stand-up calls, circulated teh weekly status report to teh client for better tracking and monitoring of teh project
• Development & Testing - me lead teh team during teh development and testing phases as well. Helped teh tem determine teh best approach and did a lot of QA to support better quality deliverables
• UAT & Bug-fixing - Supported teh end users and development team during teh UAT phase. Ensured dat all teh reported bugs are properly tracked, prioritized and assigned to teh development team for fixing them
• Cost & Schedule Monitoring - An important aspect of this project was to ensure dat their is no Cost & Schedule variances. me used GANTT charts and Microsoft Project tools to monitor teh Cost and Schedule. me ensured teh team members track all their time in teh timesheets and submits diligently every week
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation - Worked with teh relevant stakeholders to identify teh risks, created Risk Register document and options to mitigate them
• Go-Live/ Production Release - Helped teh teams in Production Release. Made sure dat teh Release Notes are shared with all teh relevant stakeholders. All teh Concerned parties are available for teh launch. Completed Smoke Testing after teh launch to ensure dat teh Production environment is up and running fine as per teh expectations
• Performance Tuning of teh system - Being a web application, it’s important to no teh non-functional requirement of how should me system behave. Worked with teh team to ensue database and front end has been developed and then fine-tuned for best performance
• Handling of teh Change Requests - their were some enhancement requests from teh client which were taken up as a part of Change Request. me submitted teh same to teh Change Management which approved few of teh work items which were later developed by teh development team

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Management - End to end Project management and leadership. Managing teh BI development Team of 8 resources at onshore & offshore to develop Enterprise Business Intelligence System for teh client
• Requirement Gathering & Elicitation - Gather teh requirements from teh client and pass it on to teh development team. Help them understand teh requirements. Seek clarifications for any doubts/questions from teh client
• Waterfall Methodology - Worked on teh waterfall project management methodology for this project. Ensured each of teh different phases are signed-off before starting teh next phase of teh project
• Stakeholder’s Management - Builds and maintains strong client relationships, and participates in client meetings regarding performance to ensure client satisfaction
• Status Reporting - Managed teh prompt and correct status reporting of teh project. Apart from daily stand-up calls, circulated teh weekly status report to teh client for better tracking and monitoring of teh project
• Work Breakdown Structure & Estimation - Worked with teh technical architect to design a solution and come up with teh required estimates for teh project. Shared teh same with teh client and got an approval. Created Work Break Down structure document for teh development team to understand teh requirements of teh project
• Capacity & Capability Planning - Based on teh estimates approved, me worked on teh capability and capacity planning. Ensured me get teh right skillset of teh resources required for teh same duration based on timelines. Used skill matrix and resource calendar to monitor this activity
• Resource Utilization – It was an important aspect of teh project to ensure teh resources are properly utilized
• Development & Testing – me lead teh team during teh development and testing phases as well. Helped teh tem determine teh best approach and did a lot of QA to support better quality deliverables
• UAT & Bug-fixing – Supported teh end users and development team during teh UAT phase. Ensured dat all teh reported bugs are properly tracked, prioritized and assigned to teh development team for fixing them
• Cost & Schedule Monitoring – An important aspect of this project was to ensure dat their is no Cost & Schedule variances. me used GANTT charts and Microsoft Project tools to monitor teh Cost and Schedule. me ensured teh team members track all their time in teh timesheets and submits diligently every week
• Profitability Tracker – Monitored teh cost and revenue of teh project and timely submitted teh profitability tracker. This is an important organization wide project manager’s responsibility
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation – Worked with teh relevant stakeholders to identify teh risks, created Risk Register document and options to mitigate them
• Go-Live/ Production Release – Helped teh teams in Production Release. Made sure dat teh Release Notes are shared with all teh relevant stakeholders. All teh Concerned parties are available for teh launch. Completed Smoke Testing after teh launch to ensure dat teh Production environment is up and running fine as per teh expectations
• Handling of teh Change Requests – their were some enhancement requests from teh client which were taken up as a part of Change Request. me submitted teh same to teh Change Management which approved few of teh work items which were later developed by teh development team

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Project Management – End to end Project management and leadership. Manage and support this ongoing Support project for day to day activities, requests and cater to client’s satisfaction
• Support of GWI Incident Management System – Open & Track all incidents and requests in GWI Incident Management system. Ensure GWI System is maintained and tracked on a daily basis. Seek clarifications for any doubts/questions from teh client
• Stakeholder’s Management - Builds and maintains strong client relationships, and participates in client meetings regarding performance to ensure client satisfaction
• Status Reporting – Managed teh prompt and correct status reporting of teh project. Circulated teh weekly & Monthly status report to teh client for better tracking and monitoring of teh project
• Development & Testing – me lead teh team during teh development and testing phases as well. Helped teh tem determine teh best approach and did a lot of QA to support better quality deliverables
• Capacity & Capability Planning – Based on teh estimates approved, me worked on teh capability and capacity planning. Ensured me get teh right skillset of teh resources required for teh same duration based on timelines. Used skill matrix and resource calendar to monitor this activity
• Resource Utilization – It was an important aspect of teh project to ensure teh resources are properly utilized
• Cost & Schedule Monitoring – An important aspect of this project was to ensure dat their is no Cost & Schedule variances. me used GANTT charts and Microsoft Project tools to monitor teh Cost and Schedule. me ensured teh team members track all their time in teh timesheets and submits diligently every week
• Profitability Tracker – Monitored teh cost and revenue of teh project and timely submitted teh profitability tracker. This is an important organization wide project manager’s responsibility
• Risk Assessment & Mitigation – Worked with teh relevant stakeholders to identify teh risks, created Risk Register document and options to mitigate them
• Handling of teh Change Requests – their were some enhancement requests from teh client which were taken up as a part of Change Request. me submitted teh same to teh Change Management which approved few of teh work items which were later developed by teh development team

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Management
• Requirement Gathering & Elicitation
• Weekly calls with clients
• Define Scope & Monitor
• Estimation
• Resource Utilization
• Change Request Management
• UAT & Bug-fixing
• Support Go-Live/ Production Release

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Management, Initiation & Planning
• Requirement Gathering & Elicitation
• Estimation of teh project
• Requirement Analysis & Design
• Resource Alignment
• Weekly check point meetings with teh client
• Handling teh scope creep & gold plating
• Unit testing by teh team
• UAT/bug fixing
• Planning for Go-Live, Knowledge Transition and Documentation
• Tracking of Cost/Revenue for teh project
• Production Release & Stabilization

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Project Management
• Requirement Analysis & Design
• Resource Alignment
• Weekly check point meetings with teh client
• Ticket assignment and Resolution
• Change Requests Estimation, Approval and Development
• Tracking of Cost/Revenue for teh project
• Production Release & Stabilization

Confidential

Project Leader

Responsibilities:

• Requirement analysis, Design and Development
• Developed Universes and Reports using Business Objects
• Setup weekly calls with users to go through teh project status and understand their business requirements. Setup daily calls with teh onshore team
• Successfully handled many adhoc change requests from teh client
• Unit testing of teh team’s universes/reports
• Successfully handled all teh changes and teh bugs reported by teh client in teh UAT phase
• Coordinated and communicated well between teh client and teh offshore team to ensure dat teh requirements are understood properly and project is delivered on time.
• Handed teh project to teh support team by giving them proper transition of noledge and all documentation.

Confidential, NJ

Technical Leader

Responsibilities:

• Project Management, Estimation of new report development
• This project is developed using Agile and Scrum methodology
• Requirement analysis, Design and Development
• Created Business Requirement Document & Functional Requirement Specification
• Developed Estimates and Project Plan single handedly for teh complete project
• Handled Resource Allocation as per teh required skill set
• Developed/Enhanced Universes and Reports using Business Objects
• Successfully handled many adhoc change requests from teh client
• Unit testing own code and dat of other developers
• Successfully handled all teh changes and teh bugs reported by teh client in teh UAT phase
• Coordinated and communicated well between teh client and teh offshore team to ensure dat teh requirements are understood properly and project is delivered on time
• Using teh Import Wizard tool deployed teh universes and reports from teh development environment to teh production environment

Confidential, NJ

Technical Lead / Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Requirement analysis, Design and Development. Created teh Functional Requirement Specification.
• Developed Estimates and Project Plan single handedly for teh complete project.
• Handled Resource Allocation as per teh required skill set.
• Created Business Requirement Document & Functional Requirement Specification
• Setup weekly calls with Japan users to go through teh project status and understand their business requirements. Setup daily calls with teh offshore team in India.
• This project is developed using Agile and Scrum methodology.
• Developed Universes and Reports using Business Objects.
• Used Visual Source Safe to maintain code and documentation versions.
• Successfully handled many adhoc change requests from teh client.
• Unit testing own code and dat of other developers.
• Successfully handled all teh changes and teh bugs reported by teh client in teh UAT phase.
• Coordinated and communicated well between teh client and teh offshore team to ensure dat teh requirements are understood properly and project is delivered on time.
• Using teh Import Wizard tool deployed teh universes and reports from teh development environment to teh production environment.
• Handed teh project to teh support team by giving them proper transition of noledge and all documentation.
• Set up 5 users and allocated them proper rights to view and refresh teh canned reports using Central Management Console.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Requirement analysis, Design and Development. Created teh Functional Requirement Specification.
• Developed Estimates and Project Plan for teh BO/IQ piece of teh project.
• Handled Resource Allocation as per teh required skill set.
• Setup weekly calls with users to go through teh project status and understand teh business requirements. Setup daily calls with teh offshore team in India.
• Modified BO Universe and created teh Trial Balance Report.
• Used Visual Source Safe to maintain code and documentation versions.
• Successfully handled many adhoc change requests from teh client.
• Unit testing of teh code from teh team.
• Successfully handled all teh changes and teh bugs reported by teh client in teh UAT phase.
• Coordinated and communicated well between teh client and teh offshore team to ensure dat teh requirements are understood properly and project is delivered on time.
• Using teh Import Wizard tool deployed teh universes and reports from teh development environment to teh production environment.
• Handed teh project to teh support team by giving them proper transition of noledge and all documentation.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Requirement analysis, Design and Development. Created teh high-level design and architecture.
• Developed Universes and Reports using Business Objects.
• Handled successfully onshore-offshore coordination. Took proper requirements from teh clients and communicated well to teh offshore team and got teh work delivered on time.
• Used Report Conversion Tool to convert Desktop Intelligence reports into Web Intelligence reports.
• Used Import Wizard to deploy universes and reports from development environment to production environment.
• Used Visual Source Safe to maintain code and documentation versions.
• Extensively used Central Management Console for administrative purpose. Created Universe folders, users, groups and assigned proper privileges.
• Created DeskI and WebI reports using Desktop Intelligence and Infoview respectively.
• Scheduled reports using Infoview and created events in CMC to trigger teh reports.
• Developed Macros using Visual Basic to convert BO output into Excel and text format. Macros halped in creating teh format as per teh user requirement.
• Set up weekly calls with teh client manager in D&B to discuss teh day to day activities.
• Fixed bugs reported by teh business users.
• Participated in team discussions for clear understanding of requirements with teh client manager and team members.
• Created Estimates and project plan for teh project. Also, created estimates for teh change requests reported by teh client.
• Developed Functional Requirement Specification for teh project and got a client sign off for teh same.
• Successfully handled many adhoc change requests from teh client.
• Unit testing own code and dat of other developers.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed teh universes and reports for team and attended tele-conferences to guide teh team for teh development of these universes and reports.
• Involved in creation, implementation and maintenance of universes, classes and objects as per teh report requirements using Business Objects XIR2 suite.
• Set Cardinalities and Joins to develop teh universe and created Aliases and Contexts to resolve teh linking problems like Loops and Traps (Chasm and Fan) and checked teh Integrity of teh Universes.
• Created Hierarchies, complex objects using various @ functions, Aliases, Contexts, Aggregate objects in teh universe.
• Worked extensively with teh major functionality of Web Intelligence like Breaks, Alerter, Filters, Sorts, Query Prompts and Drill filters.
• Created, managed and formatted standard reports, master/detail reports and cross tab reports using Report Manager.
• Used teh Slice and Dice feature, set variables, alerts and group values in teh reports.
• Used teh Drill Down/up function to analyze data and created multiple charts in Reports.
• Created Report Templates for consistency in teh look and feel of teh reports.
• Used SQL Loader to load flat files into oracle database.
• Used TOAD to verify data and performance of teh report.