SUMMARY:

• Project manager and solution architect with over 13 years’ experience managing globally distributed cross functional teams and successfully executing complex multi - disciplinary IT projects in the retail, supply chain, industrial asset tracking and enterprise applications spaces
• Seasoned project manager experienced in all phases of project/program management: project kickoff, requirements gathering, development, monitoring, change control and project closing
• Experienced with waterfall and Agile project management methodologies
• Effective product manager, with skills and experience working across the spectrum of stakeholders (sales, pre-sales, engineering, professional services and executive management) to guide product roadmap and releases
• Subject matter expert (SME) providing key insights and knowledgeable consultancy services during sales, pre-sales and project execution phase
• Champion continuous process improvement initiatives that are aligned with organizational priorities
• Effective leader with excellent written and oral communication skills
• Key participant in organizational strategic planning sessions with C-level executives
• Extensive experience managing software engineers and solution architects in delivering high availability and scalable enterprise applications using J2ME, J2SE, J2EE, JDBC, EJB, Servlets, XML, SOAP, Web Services, OSGI technologies, Knopflerfish, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, DB 2, WebSphere 5.0, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Rest API, Struts, Spring, Hibernate, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, Adobe Flash, VLML, LDAP, Kerberos GSSAPI
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of products
• Very comfortable with collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins
• Working towards PMP certification

EXPERTISE AREA:

• Project Management IT Project Lifecycle Value-Added Leadership
• Enterprise Implementation Requirements Analysis Team Building & Mentoring
• Leadership Development Vendor Management
• Executive Communication QA/Rollout/Support Cross-Functional Supervision
• Process Improvement Change Control Client Relations & Presentation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Solutions Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Provide solution architect and project management leadership, successfully delivering multiple internal and external projects deploying Checkpoint’s inventory management suite of solutions in the retail and industrial asset tracking spaces
• Checkpoint’s response to Request for Proposal (RFP) for prospective RFID projects
• Co-ordinate with sales and pre-sales teams to understand industry trends, identify key strategic features to be included in the product roadmap and work closely with product engineering to successfully see through new product releases
• Provide subject matter expertise in demonstrating solution’s value add to customers, writing proposals and statement of work (SOW), negotiating and closing deals
• Lead requirements gathering, risk analysis, interface definition and infrastructure planning workshops
• Prepare and update project plan, risk mitigation and stakeholder communication policies
• Manage the project through hardware procurement, development, monitoring, testing, change control, deployment and transition to support
• Spearhead moving Checkpoint’s standalone RFID solution to a SaaS offering in Microsoft Azure cloud
• Post deployment, provide customers with timely and periodic data analytics proving the system achieving pre-agreed KPIs and providing ROI
• Successfully and professionally represent Checkpoint at industry trade shows, conferences and seminars leading to new prospects and customers

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Successfully directed using Agile Project Management methodologies, planning, development, testing, and rolling out multi-million dollar rollout of Checkpoint’s full suite of RFID solution including many custom use cases and complex integration points, at all stores for a leading Confidential in the UK.
• Through multiple client visits, shepherded the technical and management discussions focusing on scope, budget, resource allocation, risk analysis and mitigation, development, testing, change control and deployment.
• Product Management: Working with engineering and professional services teams, led the initiative to integrate key features from this solution into Checkpoint’s product roadmap and managed the release process significantly improving the out-of-the box RFID offering from Checkpoint
• Solution led to significant sales uplift for the client, resulting in additional projects and expansion efforts for Checkpoint

Confidential 

Responsibilities:

• Spearheaded rolling out in record time and within budget, Checkpoint’s RFID solution in the Microsoft Azure cloud to 30 biggest stores of a US Confidential . Streamlined all processes from sales to support transition, resulting in significant cost savings for Checkpoint
• Deploying Agile project management methodologies, charted initiative to transform Checkpoint’s RFID suite to a Microsoft Azure cloud based “install once deploy anywhere” solution. Coordinated sales, engineering, network administration, professional services and executive management efforts in arriving at a simplified deployment and costing model
• Successfully managed deployment of Checkpoint’s RFID solution at retailers with # of stores ranging from low 100s to 1800+
• Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results
• Mitigated risk factors through analyzing business, financial and completed projects’ data. Managed change effectively in dynamic and fast paced environments
• Yielded significant cost savings by personnel management, eliminating process inefficiencies and driving automation
• Winner of Checkpoint Galaxy “Above and Beyond” Award for demonstrating sustained personal sacrifice or outstanding effort during a challenging time

Confidential, Lexington, KY

Technical Project Manager 

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical project management leadership and subject matter expertise directing globally distributed teams developing and testing embedded applications using J2ME, J2SE, J2EE, XML, SOAP, Web Services, OSGI technologies and Lexmark Embedded Solutions Framework
• TEMPPrincipal coordinator in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including requirements gathering, user interface and system design, development, testing, deployment and post release support
• Successfully managed the embedded applications program, including Scan to Network Premium, the most popular and downloaded embedded application offered by Lexmark, Inc.
• Supervised team that built Lexmark Embedded Solutions Framework (LeSF) from ground up. Framework forms the foundation for all embedded solutions from Lexmark, resulting in significant improvements in development, testing and deployment efforts
• Using Agile project management methodologies, managed designing and implementing a multi-threaded, fast and efficient barcode detection functionality in scanned originals, optimizing memory usage and disk me/O

Solution Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Designed and implemented the very first embedded application from Lexmark that does document accounting for the built-in MFP functions copy, fax and email
• Establishes connection with a Pharos Web Service using SOAP API
• Handled user authentication and session management
• Designed and developed VLML based user interface on the MFP operator panel
• Effectively handles multiple error cases and provides timely feedback to users
• Tools: Java, SOAP, Web Services, HTML, VLML