Annie Jerin John Christopher Leela Bai
Fremont,CA
Summary
Project Management professional with over 5 years of experience in strategic and operational support within finance, compliance, and process improvement. Expertise in managing complex budgets, ensuring operational continuity, and driving process standardization across diverse teams. Skilled in translating organizational strategies into actionable plans and developing performance metrics to enhance stakeholder engagement. Holds an M.S. in Project Management with practical experience in fostering operational excellence in technology and research environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Assistant Project Manager
Endeavour Technology
Fremont, CA
08.2024 - Current
- Led day-to-day business and operational management supporting organizational continuity, internal teams, and external partners.
- Partnered closely with senior leadership to translate strategic priorities into operational plans, resource allocation, and execution roadmaps.
- Managed operational budgets, expense tracking, and cost forecasting, providing consolidated reporting and variance analysis to support leadership decisions.
- Oversaw vendor coordination and supply chain support activities, including tracking procurement timelines, monitoring service delivery, and resolving operational bottlenecks.
- Streamlined business processes and administrative workflows, documenting standard operating procedures (SOPs) to improve efficiency and compliance.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams across operations, finance, and external vendors to ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
- Developed and maintained operational dashboards and KPIs to track business performance, service levels, and resource utilization.
- Supported compliance and governance activities by ensuring adherence to internal policies, contractual obligations, and operational guidelines.
- Represented business operations in internal reviews and stakeholder meetings, preparing executive materials, reports, and presentations.
- Delivered high level of service to clients to both maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
- Supported senior managers and department leaders by completing projects and problem resolution under tight budgets and schedule demands.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
Project Manager
Rendercity Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
India
12.2019 - 12.2023
- Provided operational and administrative leadership for enterprise software programs supporting multiple internal and external stakeholders.
- Collaborated with executive leadership to define strategic objectives, multi-project roadmaps, budgets, and resource plans.
- Managed consolidated project budgets, monitored financial performance, and conducted variance analysis to support informed decision-making.
- Ensured adherence to internal policies, contractual obligations, and delivery standards; supported compliance through documentation and reporting.
- Represented business operations in client-facing forums, coordinating expectations, timelines, and delivery commitments.
- Led cross-functional teams and mentored junior staff, supporting performance management, conflict resolution, and professional development.
- Designed executive-level dashboards in Tableau to communicate operational health, financial status, and efficiency metrics.
Education
Master of Science - Project Management
Northeastern University
San Jose, CA03.2025
Master of Engineering - VLSI Design
College of Engineering, Guindy - Anna University
India04.2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Anna University
India04.2018
Skills
- Financial & Strategic Planning: Budget Planning & Tracking, Forecasting, Variance Analysis, Consolidated Reporting, KPI & OKR Development, Business Performance Analysis
- Project & Program Management: Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Waterfall, Roadmapping, Risk & Issue Management, Timeline & Dependency Tracking, Change Management
- Tools & Systems: MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, MS Excel & PowerPoint, Tableau, SQL, R, Minitab
- Leadership & Communication: Executive Reporting, Staff Coordination & Mentorship, Conflict Resolution, Cross-Functional Facilitation, Presentation Development
- Project scheduling
- Client interfacing
- Schedule management
- Technical planning
- Project resource assessment
- Scope management
- Project reporting
- Risk management
- Project development
- Root-cause analysis
- Client relationships
- Project planning oversight
- Schedule coordination
- Milestone management
- Requirements gathering
- Project monitoring
- Billing management
- Budget development
- Project planning and management
- Project resource recommendations
- Meeting coordination
Academic Practical Projects
- Quality Management Simulation, Applied operational governance and cost-of-quality frameworks to optimize processes and reduce quality costs below target thresholds.
- Online Learning Platform (Agile Product & Operations Project), Supported operational planning, backlog prioritization, and stakeholder coordination, improving faculty productivity by 30% and user engagement by 25%.
- Product Launch Simulation - Bristol Steamer, Supported launch operations including budget tracking, risk management, and execution governance, delivering ahead of schedule and under budget.
Certification
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
Skills
- Project resource recommendations
- Project planning oversight
- Resource utilization planning
- Root-cause analysis
- Project scheduling
- Project planning and management
- Schedule coordination
- Requirements gathering
- Meeting coordination
- Milestone management
- Project development
- Technical planning
- Project briefs
- Client interfacing
- Schedule management
- Project reporting
- Development milestone planning
- Project resource assessment
- Risk management
- Billing management
- Purchasing and procurement
Timeline
Assistant Project Manager
Endeavour Technology
08.2024 - Current
Project Manager
Rendercity Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
12.2019 - 12.2023
Master of Science - Project Management
Northeastern University
Master of Engineering - VLSI Design
College of Engineering, Guindy - Anna University
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Anna University