Resume of Project Manager

Title
Project Manager

Primary Skills
Project Manager, Business Analyst

Location
US-WI-Madison (will consider relocating)

Posted
Aug-10-08


Objective
PMP (PMI Certified) Project Management consultant with Fourteen (14) years of experience in IT project planning and implementation experience seeks a position fully utilizing strong customer service attitude, exceptional organizational ability and communication skills.

Certification(s)
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Six Sigma Green Belt

Professional Experience
? Seasoned professional, with outstanding project planning, execution, monitoring and resource balancing skills with ability to support multiple projects
? Excel at communicating with stakeholders to provide accurate reporting and information regarding the ongoing projects and initiatives.
? Superior coordination of user acceptance testing of final IT infrastructure and software development deliverables through iterative evolutions
? Experience with the Waterfall, Iterative, Agile and Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodologies
? Experience in coordinating, negotiating outside vendors and offshore resources in support of timeline and IT project deliverables
? Ability to work in fast paced environment, tight dead lines and dealing multiple, complex projects
? Complete understanding of the Quality standards
? Experience on onsite-offshore project model
? Involved in Disaster Recovery Exercises at SunGard, PA
? Extensive background in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including requirements gathering, Use Casing, Functional Specification, Design, Estimation, Implementation, testing, and documentation
? Exposure to Manufacturing, Financial, Insurance and communications domains

Technical Expertise
? Project Server 2003, Microsoft Project, Excel, Access, Visio, Java, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, UNIX, Oracle, SQL Server, UML, Enterprise Architect, Rational Rose, Clear Case, , IBM Mainframe Systems, AS 400, COBOL, DB2, TCP/IP, DMZ's, Load Balancers, Active Directory Services
Experience Profile -- Key Projects

Project -- IT PMO Methods and Tools Nov 2006 -- Present
Customer name: CUNA Mutual Insurance
Role Description:
Project Manager
Successfully implemented two big projects (Migration of company wide Time reporting to Project Server & Upgrading of database to SQL 2005) with in time and budget. Coordinated with the support teams DBA group and Service management groups. Prepared Project Definition, Risk Management Plan, Communication plan and Implementation plans. As a member of Project management office involved in streamlining the existing processes. Responsible for Estimation, Project Plan Development, Resource Handling, Project delivery, schedule & Risk Management. Prepared issue logs, scope change documents. Managed Infrastructure project to implement enterprise level monitoring tool (Solid Core) to track the changes on Production servers. Mentored team members & monitor the progress of project. Apprised the senior management on the progress of the projects through status reports and executive sponsor updates.
Environment: Project Server, Excel, Access


Project -- Personal Lines Quoting Sep 2004 -- Oct 2006
Customer name: QBE Insurance
Role Description:
Project Manager
Developed project plan including scope, cost, and schedule, and quality, risk to deliver on time and under budget an internet web site for the agents to prepare quotes for Home/Auto insurance policies. Additional job responsibilities include conducting meetings with third party resource providers, understanding data capture and business processes and implementation, overseeing design and database modeling teams, change management, reporting status to clients, and resolving issues to complete multiple projects on-time and on-budget. Handled Server upgrade and consolidation of server's project. Involved in setting up the off shore team in India. Identified and documented scope of projects, created budgets and work plans, assigned tasks, obtained resources and conducted meetings to review progress and organize future work effort. Planned the consolidation and migration of existing legacy applications infrastructure along with integrated business continuity.
Environment:
DB2, Microsoft .NET, SQL Server

Project -- Verizon-- VoiceWing Dallas,TX Feb 2002 -- Aug 2004
Customer name: Verizon
Role Description:
Project Manager
Developed project plan including scope, cost, and schedule, and quality, risk to deliver on time and under budget for a voice over IP (Voip) product. Involved in setting up the offshore team in India. Identified and documented scope of projects, created budgets and work plans, assigned tasks, obtained resources and conducted meetings to review progress and organize future work effort. Developed the templates for Architecture and Design documents. Mentored the team members on UML and OOD design. Developed use case and activity diagrams. Followed RUP as the primary methodology in the project. Prepared the status reports and planned for upcoming project activities
Environment:
Java, Web Services, Oracle,AS400,Clear Case

Project -- Clinical Application Jun 2000 -- Jan 2002
Customer name: Kaiser Permanente
Anaheim,CA
Role Description:
Business Systems Analyst
Involved in requirements analysis and managed the requirements. Developed use cases, process flows and system diagrams. Developed functional specifications. Created traceability matrix and User Acceptance Test plans. Worked with client, stakeholders and developers to identify solutions driven by client business requirements. Identified, recommended and implemented business process improvements which resulted in improvement in operational efficiencies. Commended for singularly achieving positive turnaround in difficult relationship with existing customer. Managed infrastructure team in converting from UNIX platform to Windows (Database and back end processes and SNA). Facilitated Joint Application Review/Design (JAR/JAD) sessions
Environment:
Perl, UNIX,ASP.NET, VB.NET, SQL Server, Oracle

TATA Consultancy Services Feb 1994- May 2000
Project: Metaphase
Role Description:
Testing Lead
Conduct the Internal Quality Assurance, External Quality Assurance. Involved in CMM Level 5 initiatives. Part of Quality Assurance team. Involved in the customizing functionality for FORD-MetaPhase Product. Developed scripts in Perl to automate manufacturing flow across different departments of the world. Developed & maintained web site in Java
Environment:
Metaphase (Ford Customized ERP Package), Java, UNIX, Perl

Project: Service management group
Systems Analyst
Developed Pro*C programs. Build Web based application in ASP and Java Script. Developed Perl Jobs for printing. Created stored procedures in PL/SQL. Attended training at Trivandrum in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology. Conducted external quality assurance reviews Environment:
AS400, ASP, HTML

Certifications
Project Management Professional (PMP)
SIx Sigma Green Belt
Microsoft Certfied Professional


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