Project Manager with 20+ years of IT Project management and Operations working experience with Banking, State, Federal and IT technology clients.
Results oriented leader, performer with an excellent client relationship management and program management with a proven track record in handling multi service provider environment.
Experienced in Enterprise Architecture providing technology direction to strategic enterprise programs and helped shape technology roadmaps.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
HSBC Banking
12.2018 - Current
Managed multi markets Credit and Debit card product implementation for both Retail and Commercial.
Lead team of scrum masters and agility teams
Worked with Product owner to align teams with product vision, sprint goals, and other necessary information
Managed projects with multiple technologies and apps like HPS-Power card, Salesforce, ServiceNow, IOS, Android, Pega, Mainframes, AWS, API, Mulesoft, Vision Plus, Jira, Confluence, Java, Oracle
Created environment of collaboration within teams that allows for open dialogue and productive solutions for resolving conflict
Lead skilled team in planning, execution, and completion of both business and security projects for adhering to timelines, budgets, quality standards, and defined processes/procedures
Manage communication of status updates to stakeholders and senior Management through scorecards and tracking of milestones and critical path
Build and maintain strong relationships with key partners in business, clients, vendors, product and all technical teams
Demonstrated creative problem solving and judgement and be empowered to escalate when necessary
Worked with partners in Operations and Product Management to streamline processes
Use Office tools to document meeting agendas and minutes and project plans
Use of workflow tool for status updates and document repository
Managed team performance through coaching and development of individuals
Support client escalations effectively with clear path to resolution
Utilize management reports and metrics to ensure success in meeting team's objectives and overseeing employee team adherence to policy and procedures
Ensured compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies related to physical security measures
Maintain accurate project documentation, progress reporting, and post completion evaluations to track project and team performance and identify areas for improvement
Provide training/awareness programs to educate team and key stakeholders on new product and process enhancement.
Technical Project Manager
Texas State Govt Contract
12.2015 - 05.2018
Managed multiple project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.
Work with business and systems representatives to understand requirements and priorities and ensure that software development work is appropriately aligned
Translated business requirements to functional & technical specifications, database design, test planning and execution of a cloud-based web application working in Agile scrum environment aimed at delivering a robust project
Involved in meeting with Business Process Owners, SME (Subject Matter Experts) and primary stakeholders for requirement gathering in definition stage using MS Word
Created Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) to trace requirements and to make sure project requirements are being met
Developed and maintained project plans, status reports, issue logs, and another project related artifacts
Performed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify business-critical areas from USER perspective
Manage scope, change management process and release planning activities throughout SDLC process of product
Responsible for on-time and on-budget delivery of large, multi-phase and multi-million Dollar enterprise software implementations
Led team and was also responsible for on-time delivery, scope, budget and revenue management
Led multi-location services team including resources in local region, India and on-site with customer managing time zones, task allocation and overall work plan
Managed all aspects of project (SOW creation, scope definition and adherence, timeline, budget, staffing, communication)
Coordinate and facilitate Requirements Reviews and Design Review meetings, approvals and sign offs
Managed stakeholder expectations and served as main escalation point of contact for business units, project management, and engineering
Communicated risks, developed strategies to mitigate them, and executed when necessary
Reviewed and provided feedback on training and reference material being created for system end users and assisted in user training for new application
Support business and technical team in product development and delivery process by successfully managing cross- departmental relationship.
Systems Architect
XEROX
06.2013 - 12.2015
Responsible for planning, designing and providing solutions on AWS infrastructure
Demonstrated technical cloud architectural knowledge in designing of production, staging, QA and development cloud Infrastructures running in 24x7 environments
Delivered customer specific cloud strategies, aligned with customer business objectives and with focus on cloud migrations
Provided leadership in infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques including mass application movements into cloud
Have strong understanding of cloud and infrastructure components like server, storage, network, data, and applications to deliver end to end cloud Infrastructure architectures and designs
Have strong knowledge, training and certification on cloud technologies like AWS, Azure, Google VMware
Migrating long time archives to AWS glacier for cost effective storage
Designed CI/CD pipeline to automate infrastructure.
Sr. Systems Engineer
HP
06.2012 - 05.2013
Perform root cause analysis and troubleshooting to investigate problems and implement appropriate resolutions
Support and maintain about Unix and Linux servers
Install upgrades and patches on operating systems software and hardware (e.g. Firmware) and replace failed hardware components as appropriate
Work with team members to budget and implement installs and maintenance around needs of business
Document tasks, schedules, test plans and risk mitigation plans in change management system
Diagnose problems with peers and other teams and document results in problem management system
Provide direction to team members to identify and resolve problems, document results, and develop actions to prevent problems from recurring.
Sr. Linux Administrator
IBM
07.2010 - 05.2012
Evaluate, install, test, configure, maintain, tune, and troubleshoot Red Hat Linux
Troubleshooting Linux network, security related issues, capturing packets using tools such as IPtables, firewall, TCP wrappers, NMAP
Preparing servers for Oracle RAC installation which includes tuning kernel, agent installation, adding NAS storage
Preparing RCA (Root Cause Analysis) for all high priority issues
Developed technical documents like handbooks, document installation configurations, and proposed resolutions for support processes
Responsible for Daily Backup maintenance through Tivoli Storage Management (TSM)
Provide technical assistance to application development area and co-workers about system analysis, design and programming.
System Administrator
Data & Bradstreet Corporation
01.2010 - 07.2010
Provided on-call support by rotation to provide 24x7x365 support
Efficiently coordinated with the Storage, Network and Hardware teams on server provisions
Utilized Remedy for data centre service requests (Network requests for IP's, ILO's, and DNS changes)
Built and configured migrations of Linux (V2V, P2P and Lift and Shift on RHEL)
Applied appropriate support packages/patches to maintain system integrity
Adequately maintained incremental, weekly and monthly backups.
Sales Account Manager
Staytop Systems
11.2003 - 12.2009
Leading teams, Driving Change, Managing Growth / Risk in varied areas such as Relationship/Account management, Business development, Vendor management, Recruitment & Contract negotiations
Handled multiple accounts like Cisco Systems Inc, Silicon Image, Sales Force for their staffing needs across the United States & India
Managed entire Consulting unit for Staytop Systems
Generated more than 3+ million dollar of new business in one year.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Accounting
Osmania
India
06.2003
Skills
Project Management
Lean principles
Agile Best Practices
Sprint Planning
Presentation Skills
Scrum Framework Expertise
Citizenship
US Citizen
Certification
PMP
AWS Solution Architect
Redhat Certified Engineer
Solaris Systems Administrator
Project Portfolio
Datacenter Localization
Credit Card System migration
Debit Card System migration
Web and Mobile Banking journeys
Card Services
Reset PIN
CASH on EMI
Spend installments
Balance Transfer
Loan on phone
Digital Wallets
Cards Control
Datawarehouse Systems Migration
Salesforce Implementation and migration.
Rewards System Migration
Cloud Migration
Scheme (VISA and MasterCard) Compliance and Regulatory upgrades and fixes