Gaurav Paudel
Austin,TX
Summary
Resourceful Functional Consultant with exceptional attention to detail and exemplary client engagement skills. Dedicated professional with more than 10 years spent implementing software systems to exceed project expectations.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Management Consultant
Accenture
06.2021 - 12.2024
Legacy Cutover Lead / Legacy Hypercare Lead
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
- Responsible for deployment countdown and timely cutover activities for Wave 2.5
- Coordinated cutover and deployment activities for 15 Legacy systems across 3 affiliates with 30 stakeholders for retirement
- Assessed the business model and its integration with the technology, defining future state and solutions
- Drove Test prep and execution, collaborating with Product Owners for review and approval of Test deliverables
- Due to limited number of environments and environment sharing across projects, I devised and maintained an Excel tool to identify integrations between 30 different systems with 3-5 environments each spanning multiple projects across the entire Operations initiative
- Conducted post deployment review of Wave 2 release identifying areas of improvement from which led to a 20% decrease in Critical and High value Defects at completion of Wave 2.5 Go Live date compared to Wave 2 release
Functional Onshore Lead
Ameren
- Led team of 10-15 offshore developers solutioning JIRAs through multiple sprints as part of the CE initiative, improving overall delivery of solutions and product by roughly 20% once switching to Agile Methodology
- Prioritized key JIRAs with Product Owners and Scrum Master for each 2 week sprint
- Acted as Electric Scrum Team Lead and Onshore liaison being the point of contact between key business stakeholders and offshore developers gathering requirements, updating key information on JIRAs and performing demos of solutions to business
- Facilitated UAT for business users and provided functional support to close JIRA lifecycle through completion
- Developed weekly and monthly reports for client VPs outlining progress and key risks through multiple sprints tracking critical blockers and bottlenecks
- Led and facilitated discussions on strategy, timeline, and merging of new code for Maximo 7.6 Upgrade
Functional SME / Program Test Lead
Targa Resources
- Facilitated requirement gathering sessions with business and created design documents for review by project stakeholders and VPs as part of Maximo Implementation Project
- As Functional SME, conducted full Maximo review of all training documents and processes, providing the bridge between Functional team, OCM team and end users
- Devised test plans to validate accuracy of cross team timelines
- Led SIT, UAT and IEAM test phases with appropriate test planning, facilitation, onsite support, evidence gathering and full reporting out to IT and Operations VPs
- Tested the implementation of Maximo Mobile solution as one of the first mobile implementations at Accenture
Maximo Trainer
The Training Associates
02.2021 - 04.2021
- Prepared, reviewed and delivered training to 100+ end users on Assets, Work Orders and Purchasing modules of Maximo 7.6
- Created 5+ training manuals, guides and end user job aids (AM/WM Lifecycle) tailored by role
- Mentored experienced hires in using Maximo, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity, returning field time back to technicians
Maximo Consultant
The Mosaic Company
03.2019 - 09.2019
- Prepared, reviewed and delivered training to 200+ end users on Assets, Work Orders, Purchasing, and MOC modules of Maximo 7.6
- Created 10+ training manuals, guides and end user job aids (AM/WM, Procurement, Meter Management) tailored by role
- Mentored experienced hires in using Maximo, resulting in stronger staff development and increased productivity, returning field time back to technicians
Maximo Business Consultant
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
09.2015 - 09.2018
- Worked through entire Implementation Life Cycle from initial gathering of Requirements and Face to Face with Client to UAT and final Regression testing of all applications after completed Training for Nationwide Maximo Implementation Project
- End user requirement /data gathering on All applications within Maximo with primary focus on Assets, Locations, Users, PM, Job Plan, KPI Manager, WOT, Quick Reporting, Reports, Admin
- Captured User requirements and created 10+ functional design documents
- Trained 1000+ Users and other Team Members on Maximo System, SQL Developer, Power BI etc
- Developed and tested 25+ test cases for UAT and Regression Testing
- Prepared 10+ training manuals, guides, and end user job aids
- Created Power BI dashboards and reports highlighting System Usage across applications by client sites which identified which sites needed dedicated support
- Developed several KPIs to capture and display key business matrixes across nationwide affiliates such as identifying Inventory surplus and on average reducing inventory holding by 10% by site
Maximo Trainer
Newtek Enterprises Worldwide & Services
01.2015 - 08.2015
- Prepared, reviewed and delivered training to 100+ end users on Assets and Work Orders modules of Maximo 7.1 as part of Project Implementation
- Created 10+ training manuals, guides and end user job aids (Asset and Work Management) tailored by role
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TXSkills
- IBM Maximo
- SQL
- MS Excel, Access, Visio
- BIRT Reporting
- Power BI
- JIRA
- Scrum Master
- Test Management
- Deployment / Cutover Management
- Utilities
- Auto Manufacturing
- Business Process Design
- Change Management
- Training / Delivery
- Client Relationship Management
- Experience leading Offshore teams
Certification
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - Scrum Alliance
- Advanced SQL Training - Crescent IT Solutions
- Advanced MS Excel (2013) Training - Compusoft
- Advanced MS Access (2013) Training - Compusoft
Timeline
Management Consultant
Accenture
06.2021 - 12.2024
Maximo Trainer
The Training Associates
02.2021 - 04.2021
Maximo Consultant
The Mosaic Company
03.2019 - 09.2019
Maximo Business Consultant
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
09.2015 - 09.2018
Maximo Trainer
Newtek Enterprises Worldwide & Services
01.2015 - 08.2015
Legacy Cutover Lead / Legacy Hypercare Lead
Berkshire Hathaway Energy
Functional Onshore Lead
Ameren
Functional SME / Program Test Lead
Targa Resources
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Texas At Austin
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