SUMMARY

• Total Information Technology Industry Experience - 27 Years. Citizen of USA
• 14 years as software developer and 13+ years as Project Manager / Scrum Master
• Finance degree (MBA - Finance) as well as Computer Engineering (B.E) degree
• PMP certification and Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Half of career experience as a developer in MS technologies and other half in Project Management.
• Extensive experience in delivery, project management, pre-sales, program management and customer engagement
• Extensive experience in managing dual-shore projects (US/ India) (Europe/India)
• Expertise in managing projects in various technologies like .net, java, mobile and open source platforms.
• Proficient in implementing Agile Methodologies and SCRUM techniques.
• Deep knowledge of Microsoft Technologies including ASP.Net, Sharepoint, WCF, WPF, Silverlight, SQL Server, DotNetNuke, MS Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Azure cloud platform (training in Azure from Microsoft).
• Vast experience in Product Development as well as Software Services business.
• Knowledge of setting up of a PMO and managing teh processes.
• Pre-sales experience of creating and defending RFP responses.
• Experience in SDLC using Waterfall, RUP and Agile Project Management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Insurance
• Business Analytics
• Hospitality
• Mobile
• Storage
• CRM
• Logistics
• Network Operations
• Custom Business software

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• I was involved in managing teh effort to move teh applications to MS Azure cloud.
• Also involved in managing teh effort of integration with Amazon cloud based Vistara Remote monitoring system.
• In addition to teh above responsibilities I has managed teh following projects on MS .Net technology
• IOL Data Verification System for Baush and Lomb Company.
• This is an asp.net MVC based web application used by eye surgeons to specify Baush and Lomb lenses to be used after eye operations.
• Datamart application to track Confidential customer data
• This is an asp.net web application used in conjunction with Peoplesoft CRM to get quick reports on customers.
• I has used both Waterfall and Agile Project Management methodologies and acted as Scrum Master for implementing teh products.

Confidential

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• I also oversaw program management efforts for other Microsoft technology projects like Dot Net MVC 4.0 web applications, MS Dynamics CRM, Mobile applications in Android, iOS and Windows Phone, and Sharepoint.
• I managed teh development of mobile phone based intelligent Parking system which runs on Apple IOS and Android operating system. This parking solution TEMPhas been deployed in Cedar Rapids IA and Ann Arbor MI.
• I has also worked as teh head of pre-sales where my responsibilities included preparing teh sales pitch, creating response to RFPs and defending teh RFP response to prospective clients.

Confidential

Managing Director

Responsibilities:

• Teh company creates products to halp teh parent company conduct its business of organizing large Events and Conferences throughout teh world. It exclusively uses Microsoft Technologies.I was one of teh managing partners of teh company and I created this offshore development center from scratch. I operated it successfully for more than 3 years and has delivered multiple products to teh satisfaction of teh parent company.
• My mandate was to come up with teh budget for teh Development Center and keeping it operational within teh budget limits.
• My main responsibilities included software architecture, project management, customer engagement, operations and product delivery. Operations also included general administration and HR functions. I was also responsible for setting up teh infrastructure needed to operate teh company.
• I architected teh flagship Event Management System on two platforms viz. as a web based system and also as a rich client based 3-tier architecture system. Used Agile Methodologies and SCRUM technique for managing teh project within teh time and cost constraints.
• This is a system which supports teh organization of very big events and conferences. It is a complex enterprise level software solution using Microsoft platform. My responsibility started with capturing technical requirements and defining technical solution in teh form of conceptual, logical, and physical designAttendee registration, travel arrangements, hotel reservations, food and beverage management were components of this system. It also supported billing, invoicing and financial reporting functionality.
• Teh latest version is a rich client type which uses teh latest in Microsoft technologies like WPF, WCF, LINQ queries and Entity framework. Teh whole system is architected using teh MVVM architecture endorsed by Microsoft. Teh system uses teh SOA concept where teh backend consists of a series of Web Services written using teh WCF framework. This architecture enables teh system to be flexible so as to be accessed through desktop systems and mobile devices.
• Teh previous version of teh system is web based using ASP.net 3.0 with WebForms, AJAX and SQL Server stored procedures.
• I put Agile development into practice by adopting ALM tools like "SpiraTeam" from Inflectra, and acted as teh SCRUM Master to ensure that Agile methodology was effectively followed.
• Using teh SiraTeam tool, I used to produce teh following metrics and reports:
• Requirements coverage
• Project Velocity and it’s trend
• Sprint Burndown and Burnup
• Test run progress
• Incident discovery

Confidential

General Manager

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Business Unit Head for teh separate division where I managed a division of 75 people with 4-5 Project Managers directly reporting. Certified ISO 9001:2000 organization.
• Executed multiple offshore projects of multiple size, technologies and domains.
• Made teh division profitable by reducing bench strength and effective project management.
• Responsibilities included all General Management functions like Operations, Project Management, Delivery, Customer engagement, pre-sales support, resource allocation, budgeting, responding to RFPs etc.
• I was in charge of infrastructure setup (both CAPEX and OPEX) and made sure that teh company had adequate infrastructure facilities to serve multiple clients.
• I pushed for teh adoption of Agile Methodology in Project Management by employing Agile Management tools like "SpiraTeam".
• Enhanced teh Quality of teh software development by introducing practice of peer reviews, stringent unit testing and making optimal use of available tools.
• I was promoted from Group Manager (Mobile & Multimedia solutions) to General Manager in 2 years with teh company.