SUMMARY:

• 20 years of Experience in Program/Project & Release Management in various industries, 10 years in consulting
• Managed Large Programs at Confidential & Confidential .
• Had 14 PMs reporting at Confidential & 6 PMs reporting at Confidential
• Waterfall to Agile Conversion at Confidential for Confidential Program
• Certified SCRUM Master, PMP & Six Sigma
• Excellent Communication Skills & able to interact with all levels of stakeholders.
• Ability to bridge communication gap between technical & Business teams
• PMO Process and Governance
• Implemented various ERP systems end - to-end. Cisco’s ERP system, SAP, Oracle 12i
• Worked in cross-functional teams
• Database: Oracle, SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Sr. PROGRAM MANAGER

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

• Responsible and Managed Projects& Release for Confidential & Dist Ops. In .NET and SAP
• Conduct Weekly SCRUM meetings in Agile Methodology
• Work closely & coordinates with Delivery Team Leads to monitor and track project and release Risks and Issues. Improve Processes and governance to meet audit
• Facilitate preliminary release plan reviews with Delivery Teams and ensure dependencies are addressed
• Responsible for the release schedule/calendar, produces detailed release plans, controls release scope
• Full responsibility for creating all the required release plans, reporting in accordance with the standards, and communicating the schedule and its effects to all impacted stakeholders
• Managed and controlled the movement of releases through the release lifecycle

Sr. PROGRAM MANAGER

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

• Responsible and Managed several projects for Confidential program HIPAA and having End to End (E2E) responsibility with Project Management Office (PMO) and Release Management.
• Managed the End to End (E2E) Release of Confidential Projects in Data Exchange, Broker Portal, and Document Generate/Fulfillment in .NET framework
• Participated in Daily Advisory Project meeting and provided status on IT efforts for all Confidential projects to senior management
• Managed and effectively collaborated with numerous IT Application teams to ensure that project is delivered on schedule and with quality.
• Engaged the Functional Testing (QA) teams in detail discussions/planning to ensure that for all projects phase milestone are delivered on time.
• Consistently followed the Agile methodology for all projects.
• Coordinate with all project managers that all Forecasts were timely entered into TeamTrack.
• Initiated and participated in project team discussions for all project phase ensuring deliverables are completed and timely approvals obtained.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

IT PROGRAM/PROJECT MANAGER

• Manage numerous IT Projects with Confidential, Confidential, and Confidential .
• Managed full life cycle of software development and web applications and Release Management.
• In-house Modelling Tools and Report Writers were used to implement projects.
• Planned and executed all phases - Initiate, Analysis, Design, Build, Test and Implement - of the SDLC Project Management process.
• Collaborated with business systems analyst and interfaced with business partners to resolve all issues in gathering and documenting Functional and Non-Functional Requirements.
• Develop detailed project plans and tracked projects to defined budgets.

IT PROJECT MANAGER

Confidential, CA

• PMO Office. Significant experience in clinical and management. Lead a team of MIDAS/Quality and Utilization.
• Managed shared resources in matrix environment.
• MIDAS+ Administrator.
• Implement Desktop rollouts of Hardware, Software and Networks with Health Connect.
• Track and Report Development Status (Schedule, Budget, Milestones, Metrics, Risks and Issues) to Management.
• Interface and Negotiating with Clients, Customers and Vendors.
• Create Custom reports in Crystal Reports on Ad-hoc basis.

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

IT PROJECT MANAGER

• Managed and Lead team for e-commerce and Confidential Library system projects.
• Developed/Lead applications for Confidential Integrated Library System.
• Developed Medical procurement website, hosting web servers with B2B.
• Verify Defect tracking and create summary reports.
• Define Goals and Strategies, mentoring and training IT staff.
• Planned and executed all phases - Initiate, Analysis, Design, Build, Test and Implement - of the SDLC Project Management process.

Confidential

IT PROJECT MANAGER

• Developed web portal for GroceryWorks.com. Manage a team of developers.
• Managed and Implemented Phase 1 of web portal.
• Responsible for managing, analysis, requirements, design, development and implementation of e-commerce projects. Documentation and Repository setups.
• User interface testing, regression test and version compatibility testing.

Confidential

PROJECT LEAD

• Developed Client-Server applications for financial loan processing projects. Managed client’s issues, expectations for QA, test plan, automation process and deployment of project.
• Lead a team of programmers.
• Planned and executed all phases - Initiate, Analysis, Design, Build, Test and Implement - of the SDLC Project Management process. Develop budget forecasts and created graphs.