Senior Project Manager

• Feb 2017 - Present

Senior Project Manager

• Aug 2014 - Jan 2017

 Established project and portfolio management processes from scratch since the initiation of the company  Conducted and directed projects as a lead Project Manager for complex audience focused mobile based solutions from original concept to final implementation  Involved in the development of mobile, web and hybrid applications in the defense, automotive, telecommunications, education, entertainment and finance sectors  Spearheaded several Initiatives to execute projects on time and within budget by:  Rendering seamless services in a 24x7 delivery environment to clients from 5 continents for delivery of over 40 projects, 17 of which were directly led by myself (Total value of project $ 2 million USD)  Provided effective training for over 10 first time project managers, by conducting initiation, knowledge sharing and hands-on practical training sessions  Coordinated user acceptance testing (UAT) and assisted in testing activities  Accredited by the clients and received positive feedback for the services provided during multiple projects  Played a significant role in managing project activities:  Starting from initial handshake to post-launch support, played a supervisorial role for ALL projects undertaken by the company.  Establishing processes in all areas of software delivery, creation of quality testing and UAT teams within budget  Displayed excellence in coaching, counseling, training, and developing current and new staff members which paved a way in increasing efficiency and enhance productivity  Responsible for conducting interviews and coordinating the hiring process for all new hires  Well appreciated by the CEO and Chairman of the company, who was kind enough to give me the freedom to exercise my knowledge of Project Management concepts to transform the delivery culture of the company  Setup of in-house product development division which has now created multiple path-breaking solutions in the HR industry

Project Manager - Colorado Access (Healthcare)

• Mar 2014 - Jul 2014

✔ Understood, analyzed and documented customer business processes and workflows. ✔ Performed gap analysis to identify areas for improvements and provided customers with reports and updates on findings. ✔ Drove improvements in service delivery and cost efficiency through the provision of financial analysis, strategic planning and business process improvement. ✔ Ensured compliance to guidelines, controls, policies, procedures while developing & maintaining customer relationship✔ Created business process workflow models and documented system flows after analysis.✔ Requirements analysis and creation of requirement documents to transform business needs to meaningful project requirements

Enterprise Release Manager - Aetna Inc.

• Sep 2012 - Feb 2014

● Directing activities to ensure that software products meet quality standards and performance objectives within defined time and budget targets● Executing & managing test processes and establishing environments used to conduct testing of final deliverables ● Developing implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or ROI● Managing, reviewing and prioritizing all RFC’s according to release management processes, policies and procedures using release management tools and Rational ClearQuest ● Focusing on quality right from the unit test stage to the regression testing stages; evolving the product lines towards test automation, by creating the required test automation frameworks● Managing a team of Build/Release Engineers, involved right from development environment creation/maintenance to the final software deliverables along with the necessary release notesHighlights:✔ Worked onsite (US) from Feb 2012 to July 2013 ✔ Tracking and reporting development team statuses and risks associated with installations for Pharmacy, Group Insurance and Workability domains.✔ Managing major and minor releases and ensuring that multiple development teams meet various deadlines and milestones in a timely fashion✔ Acting as the Point of Contact for Enterprise Release management for releases under my domains.✔ Co-ordinating with ADMs and perform as a pseudo ADM for release related items✔ Leading a tream of 3 release managers & collaborating with other Project Managers and Quality Assurance teams to conduct, UAT and risk assessments, ensuring project readiness for production and validation ✔ Collaborating with CAB and Change Management regarding business changes, impact and procedures ensuring that project requirements are implemented in compliance with change ✔ Developing use case diagrams, state chart diagrams, sequence diagrams and activity diagrams; designing performance dashboards and other business classification, selection and prioritization metrics

Project Manager - Aetna Inc

• Feb 2012 - Sep 2012

● Managed multiple projects and involved in overall project planning, business analysis, system design, development and implementation support● Formulated winning Strategie for defined clients, including need analysis & execution● Restructured processes, systems and organization structures to improve business performance. ● Achieved cost reduction, improved profitability for the organisation through introduction of new concepts.● Maintained project financial and resource allocation for multiple projects followed by providing timely and accurate status update on work in responsible areas of product functionality to the upper management ● Coordinated with technical team, vendors and the end users for proper implementation of the requirement ● Engaged with clients, sub-contractors and vendors to establish cordial/effective working relationshipHighlights:✔ Acted as Document Control Manager and created/updated Project Artifacts and maintained project deliverables

RF 4G LTE Project Lead - Wisconsin Area

• Mar 2011 - Jan 2012

● Strategically, planned and analyzed the basic requirements while setting up the technical infrastructure of the project while reviewing the project proposals ● Interacted with the team members for the mutual benefits in the project. Also interacted with the customers/clients on their projects for better feedback ● Analyzed RF project specification documents and created processing model diagrams in UML/Visio using the business process information captured in the business context analysis documents ● Conducted corporate wide BPR road-map process to define the “To be” process, incorporated various methodologies Highlights: ✔ Managed a team of 16 members in multiple market cities across the US & supervised gathering, assembling and deployment activities of all teams ✔ Successfully launched 4G LTE technology for clients such as US Cellular, Sprint and AT&T ✔Received appreciation from the client as well as positive feedback for the service provided during project ✔ Rendered seamless services in 16 hours shifts to meet the deadlines as and when required ✔ Provided effective training for over 15 new market RF Testers and knowledge as well as coordinated supply of equipment and resources for successful meeting of deadlines

CASE Lab - Analyst

• Jan 2009 - Dec 2010

Highlights: ✔ Understood, analyzed and documented customer business processes and workflows. Performed gap analysis to identify areas for improvements and provided customers with reports and updates on findings. ✔ Drove improvements in service delivery and cost efficiency through the provision of financial analysis, strategic planning and business process improvement. ✔ Ensured compliance to guidelines, controls, policies, procedures while developing & maintaining customer relationship.

Graduate Research Assistant(High Performance Materials Institute)

• Aug 2007 - Jul 2010

Highlights: ✔ Reference Article with name: http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=brainpower ✔ Proficient in Ceramic Injection Molding Optimization of Nanomaterials ✔ Gained knowledge of high pressure compression molding processes and effects on nanomaterials ✔ Worked on Hybrid car project (refer article below) Highlights: ✔ Reference Article with name: http://www.eng.fsu.edu/shared/news/article.html?s=brainpower ✔ Proficient in Ceramic Injection Molding Optimization of Nanomaterials ✔ Gained knowledge of high pressure compression molding processes and effects on nanomaterials ✔ Worked on Hybrid car project (refer article below)

Intern

• Jan 2006 - Apr 2006

● Gained knowledge of optimization of pressure welding processes, design of experiments and statistical analysis ● Gained knowledge of optimization of pressure welding processes, design of experiments and statistical analysis