SUMMARY

• Accomplished, highly skilled professional with more than 18 years of experience in operations management, strategic planning, and process engineering.
• Proven success in analyzing existing processes and design policies that improve efficiency, enhance productivity, and improve employee morale.
• Apply big picture leadership abilities to implement strategies that drive organizations’ performance and strengthen business systems.
• Strong background in staff development and supervision; establish, lead, and motivate high - performing teams committed to achieving collective goals and shared vision.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

LANGUAGES/FRAMEWORK: Java, C#, HTML, Java Script, CSS, Python, XML, XSLT, C, PHP, SQL, PL/SQL, Ruby, J2EE, .Net

Databases / OS / App Servers: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, UNIX(Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, AS400), MS Windows Server, Linux, Web Logic, Web Sphere, JBoss, Apache Tomcat, Spring MVC, Struts, Hibernate, Apache Axis

SOFTWARE: Eclipse, Net Beans, Jakarta Ant, JUnit, NUnit, JMeter, Cactus, JSUnit, UTPLSQL, SourceSafe, CVS, Maven, HP QuickTestPro, LoadRunner, MS Project, MS Office, PVCS Tracker, TestLog

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Vienna, VA

President/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully manage Confidential ( Confidential ) Certification & Accreditation process from inception to closing for the program including cyber security, application & web security utilizing FISMA standards. Hands on involvement with NIST Security Controls to ensure the program certification.
• Successfully ensure quality of program deliverables within defined and agreed upon program requirements. Successfully of managed client expectations, maintained smooth operations, and enhanced client relationships throughout the program life cycle. Communicated program goals and processes to the program team to ensure program success.
• Actively managed communication of technical, financial, administrative, and contractual statuses, issues, challenges and solutions. Determined and provided program metrics/status to stakeholders to communicate program progress.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Director/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed end-to-end development and delivery of Background Investigation application development for Confidential . Responsibilities included project management, resource management, client interview for requirements and feedback.
• Established Program Management Office (PMO) from the ground up by evaluating and implementing project management best practices and concepts configured to agile software development methodologies based on PMBOK and Scrum.
• Defined overall high-level program plans and their interdependencies, manage communications between projects, and set realistic objectives for project and program managers. Document program progress including implementation, timelines, issues, risks, and successes to maintain program course.
• Managed departmental resources (people, budget, time) to optimize program objectives for several large and complex projects. Monitor and report budgetary concerns to achieve financial and performance objectives. Manages legal, contractual, and customer processes to ensure compliance with agreed upon requirements. Understand and determine course of action to comply with agency specific regulations.
• Gathered feedback from client on program results; analyze the feedback and in corporate ‘lessons learned’ into future programs. Identify and determines global implications of program parameters and redefine, redesign or revise as appropriate.

Confidential, Vienna, VA

Director Program Management, Configuration Management & Quality Engineering

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for planning, scheduling and executing company’s core product development projects. Consistently and proactively assessed risks, issues and identified inefficiencies in the software development process.
• Ensured that any obstacles and road blocks for the projects are identified and removed for successful project completion.
• Responsible for successful planning and implementation of SCRUM methodology for the product development division. Performed as a Scrum Master for multiple development scrum teams.
• Developed a strategy to execute and monitor optimized, parallelized, nightly and on-demand build and deploy systems across multiple development branches in multiple environments.
• Incorporated continuous integration methodologies to create constant automated builds including automated hooks, and automated test execution triggered by every source code change event.
• Established highly automated and efficient Quality Engineering (QE) department by incorporating latest tools and technology with highly intelligent engineers and analysts.
• Established Quality Engineering software quality standards, procedures and processes to ensure the delivery of quality software products.
• Designed and developed comprehensive test automation strategy to maximize the output of the QE department.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Director Project Management & Quality Assurance

Responsibilities:

• Successfully managed the project management department, which was responsible for managing all aspects of software life cycle of projects for 11 core online, and stand-alone enterprise products for the company.
• Personally responsible for all facets of project management on several critical projects for the company including resource management, schedule management, requirements management and quality management.
• Performed as a main point of contact for several tier 1 clients. Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with clients as well as performing as a technical liaison between the company and clients.
• Developed and implemented innovative staffing solutions with offshore consulting companies to create a vital cost saving strategy.
• Developed and Implemented comprehensive employee development process for Project management & QA department including Skills Assessment, and High Performance Objectives and Training Plans.
• Established software development and QA SDLC methodology based on agile manifesto, which included fully automated build process and ghosting process, integrated with automated regression test process to be executed and completed on a daily basis.
• Designed and developed comprehensive test automation framework which integrates UI automation tools including Rational Robot, QuickTestPro, TestComplete, and Unit test tools including Junit, Cactus, and UTPLSQL with automated build processes.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed and meticulously executed server JTA testing strategy utilizing X/Open XA protocol, and transaction manager interfaces.
• Coded JUnit and Venus test cases in Java, and created WinRunner test scripts.
• Devised Server Clustering & Load Balancing test plan and test cases for Adapter Runtime services.
• Critiqued documentation and code samples for Adapter Developer’s Kit project.
• Served as a point of contact for platform certification of all supported adapters including Siebel, PeopleSoft, MQSeries, EJB, JDBC, JMS, and Oracle Apps adapters.

Confidential, Fairfax, VA

Manager, Internet and Web Services

Responsibilities:

• Successfully completed concurrent multiple projects that were in all phases of QA Life Cycle—from analysis, test script design, execution and deployment.
• Resolved all major testing issues by proactively working with development teams, Project Managers, Business Analysts, and Senior Managers.
• Acquired extensive knowledge and experience in automated testing tools by leading the FAST team’s effort to convert manual testing scripts into automated scripts utilizing Mercury WinRunner and LoadRunner.

Confidential, Ashburn, VA

Senior Software Development Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Recognized for system knowledge and high initiative. Selected by upper management from twenty-five peers to function as primary contact for development questions.
• Promoted to Senior Developer as a result of exceptional performance and client commendations.
• Designed, coded and tested all of Non-recurring Charges Engine upgrades. Point of contact for all issues concerning functionality, structure and testing.