SUMMARY

• PMP Certified Project Manager with over 15 yrs of IT experience in service delivery management, implementing software methodologies, sales, technical project planning and implementation seeks a position fully utilizing strong development and management skills,
• Experienced in project management, Client Management, Sales and Pre - sales activities.
• Experienced in budgeting, Project planning, scoping, estimation, tracking, implementing project plans with fixed budgets and deadlines alongwith defining best practices.
• Expertise in System Analysis, Design, coding and project implementations across various domains.
• Proficient in leading large size engagements. Experienced leading multiple managed services engagement - both Application Maintenance and Application Development.
• Managed important projects and programs in fast-paced, time-critical environments.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, and a proven ability to multi-task and produce results.
• Expertise in multiple life cycle methodologies and design methods including Agile and Object oriented analysis and design.
• Problem solving oriented, able to co-ordinate the analysis and production of a development team with good inter-personal and negotiation skills.
• Good knowledge and understanding in J2EE and Webservices.
• Good experience in business Analysis, User Requirement Gathering, User Requirement Analysis, and Gap Analysis,
• Strong experience in on Data Analysis, EDW, reporting, Data Cleansing, Data Transformations, Data Relationships, Source Systems Analysis and Reporting Analysis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i/10g, SQL Server 2005/2003/2000 , MY SQL, MS Access.

Programming Skills: PL/SQL, Java EE, Visual Basic, Shell Scripting.

Operating System: UNIX, Windows 2000/2003/NT/XP

Oracle Tools: SQL*Loader, TOAD.

Tools: Informatica 8.x/7.x, Informatica power Exchange, Cognos 10, Netezza.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New Jersey

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provide deep solution domain expertise and project implementation to deliver long-lasting business value
• Liaise with architects, technical teams, and leadership (both business and IT) across the customer's organization
• Create, Review & Publish Knowledge Base articles as part of thought leadership initiatives
• Present Account & Business status to key stakeholders like Clients, Senior Management, Executive management & Steering committee
• Provide the single point of contact for resolution of project related issues
• Lead project meetings, including project kickoff, project status, steering committee, and other project stage gate meetings
• Manage customer expectations regarding project scope, timelines, and deliverables
• Mentor project team members on Velocity methodology and drive utilization of consistent processes and deliverables
• Identify Data quality plan for the deliverables
• Take overall responsibility for the high-quality, cost-effective and timely delivery of the project.
• Leverage their deep technical domain expertise to drive project delivery, lead the project team, clearly set and manage customer expectations, and proactively address and resolve project-related issues.
• Utilize & contribute to the in-house Project Management Office (PMO) framework and Velocity methodology to implement common standards and processes for management and delivery of project objectives
• Work seamlessly with vendor partners and system integrators to build a project team with the right set of skills and capabilities.
• Develop and lead project delivery teams and ensure your organization has what it needs to manage the solution into the future.
• Working closely with the Pre-sales team to win and bid new projects at various client places. Current target $5M in annualized contract value (ACV)
• Response to RFP’s to actual bid submission and client presentations.

Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Monitor and supervise engagement progress / delivery and team performance
• Review and approve work products - Work closely with all project stakeholders to ensure that the groups are aligned, business requirements have been met and a high quality product is delivered.
• Operational and delivery status reporting to client .
• Plan and track the development activities as per agreed project plan and ensure quality levels are met
• Supervise and lead in Technical and Staffing discussions / decisions.
• Conduct meetings/status calls with the Offshore and Onsite teams.
• Manage risks, escalations and issues within the project and people.
• Work closely with the various project stakeholders to ensure that groups are aligned, business requirements have been met and a high quality product is delivered.
• Analyze proposal requirements and provide innovative solutions - Be the trusted advisor to Ethicon for potential service improvements and align any additional strategic and/or urgent project needs to quickly flex up or down. Manage Change Requests.
• Offshore Resource Management. The teams are resourced adequately, and are motivated
• Continuous service improvement. Ensures quality and service levels and quality level are met
• Determine, interview and recommend the resources required on the project.
• In case of resource underperformance or resignation, work with the delivery leads to ensure timely knowledge transition and task re-assignment.
• Conduct regular status meetings with the team.
• Mentor & motivate team members to ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Involved in business development actitvities.

Confidential, New Jersey

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage complete life cycle of the project, right from the requirement gatherings until the Go-Live.
• Plan the overall release of the products to different vendors based on business priority, report complexities and stakeholder acceptance & co-ordinate UAT sign-offs
• Provide update to Program Sponsors and PMO on progress of the project in terms of scope, timeline, resourcing and any challenges.
• Also, member of in-house PMO organization Create and manage project plan
• Conduct requirement workshops with Business Partners to define business requirements
• Conduct workshops with multiple data vendors to finalize data interface requirements
• Coordinate with Business Analysts, Architects, Data modelers, developers & Testing resources
• Collaborate with different Business Unit (BU) heads to ensure timely delivery
• Work with a matrix team to define scope, architecture & testing strategy (Unit Testing, SIT & UAT)
• Conduct team meetings to track project progress, risks and issues In-house and third party risk management
• Conduct weekly status meeting with senior, executive management and provide status reports / dashboards
• Deliver project based on PMI guidelines
• Manage risks, issues & stakeholders
• Responsible for scope planning, roadmap, requirements gathering, high level design, estimation, budgeting, resource loading and project scheduling

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring service levels are met as per the SLA requirements
• Out-of-hours support for all systems
• Ensuring teams are adequately resourced and are motivated
• Working closely with the Front Desk Teams
• Ensuring quality procedures are followed and that all deliverables are defect free and quality products
• Generating the weekly reports and monitoring them for issues.
• To Maintain all the Trackers and metrics data
• Monitor all the tickets logged in remedy system and seek their closure within the stipulated time
• Interact with the onsite BA’s, SDM and users regularly regarding any issues, concerns and take necessary actions at the earliest
• Working on Technical issues and Tickets as per the requirement.
• Monitor day to day activities in their respective domains and report the same to the SDM

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Software Design, Coding, testing of client product called shop floor tracking system.
• Coordinating weekly meetings with the client and resolving them.
• Working on Technical issues and client issues as per the requirement

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Engaged with different clients like Larsen & Toubro to provide consultancy services.
• Involved in different websites in technologies using ASP and Visual Basic
• Involved in Building custom developed component for the client..
• Involved in database modeling.
• Providing technical resolutions to the client

Confidential

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Part of a product development team (Data Synchronization product)
• Building Custom components.
• Database design
• Product demonstration/implementation at clients place.
• Providing technical resolutions to the client