Suniel Paul
Granite Falls,WA
Summary
Seasoned PMP certified Project Manager and Scrum Master with over 26 years of experience, including 15 years in IT, specializing in the execution of critical projects utilizing emerging Project Management technologies such as SAP. MBA-qualified with a major in Project Management, demonstrating advanced management skills by effectively leading teams of 30-35 resources. Proven ability to align customer and user needs with business requirements, budget constraints, and logistical considerations to ensure timely project delivery.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SAP Cutover Manager/Project Manager
National Grid
Waltham, MA, USA
07.2021 - Current
- Experience in project planning and related tools.
- Develop detailed cutover checklist and project plan incorporating both technical and operations or business tasks.
- Responsible for creating and maintaining the Cutover Project Plan as per the cutover standards
- Responsible for detailed project management of the cutover and conversion deliverables to the new system, resolving discrepancies or process issues related to cutover.
- Responsible for ensuring successful planning and execution of integrated release cutover activities and associated system outages.
- Plans the resources, human and physical required for cut-over activities.
- Develops the communication and escalation plan. (policies, procedures, downtime processes etc
- Provides Cutover status reporting to the project leadership and key stakeholders.
- Ensures entry into and exit out of cutover stage gates are met including the final Go/No-Go meetings.
- Acts as the final point of escalation for all Cut-over issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when the Cutover
- Service-Now Evaluated and adopted technological innovations and development strategies that improved build speed, quality and end-user experience.
- ServiceNow Managed employee access, security roles and permissions.
Project Manager/Release Manager
Horizon BCBSNJ
Newark, NJ
07.2020 - 06.2021
- Managed risks and dependencies throughout the project release.
- Conducted meeting with clients to perform release reviews.
- Recommended improvements to configuration, release and change management processes.
- Coordinated with architecture, development and testing teams to create release specifications.
- Reported project progress and any obstacles to clients.
- Assisted in delivery of test and production environments.
- Completed full-scale project plans, including overseeing engineering activities and design processes.
- Built strong community relations with subcontractors and vendors to optimize cost savings and complete timely preconstruction.
- Led SAP landscape management plans and implementation of SAP upgrade and maintenance releases.
- experience in project planning and related tools.
Develop detailed cutover checklist and project plan incorporating both technical and operations or business tasks.
Responsible for creating and maintaining the Cutover Project Plan as per the cutover standards.
Responsible for detailed project management of the cutover and conversion deliverables to the new system, resolving discrepancies or process issues related to cutover.
Responsible for ensuring successful planning and execution of integrated release cutover activities and associated system outages.
Plans the resources, human and physical required for cut-over activities.
Develops the communication and escalation plan. (policies, procedures, downtime processes etc
Provides Cutover status reporting to the project leadership and key stakeholders.
Ensures entry into and exit out of cutover stage gates are met including the final Go/No-Go meetings.
Acts as the final point of escalation for all Cut-over issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when the Cutover
Project Manager
Quest Diagnostics
Secaucus, NJ
07.2019 - 06.2020
- Devised implementation plans, including cost-benefit and analyses.
- Made changes to project scope and cost and implemented most effective change management processes to keep project up-to-date.
- Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
- Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
- Applied extensive expertise in System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and Agile project management techniques to manage multiple project teams.
- Brought in additional project personnel and resources to meet demands.
- Met project benchmarks while reducing costs through introduction of enhanced implementation strategies.
- Inspired team members by fostering positive environment and boosting employee confidence.
- Provided updates and managed inquiries for delivery of quality products and services.
- Maintained close connection with project personnel to quickly identify and resolve problems.
- ServiceNowWorked closely with end users to solve problems related to hardware and software.
- ServiceNowProvided troubleshooting and testing to support network.
Project Manager
Stryker (Life Science)
Allendale, NJ
07.2018 - 06.2019
- Application Maintenance Services (AMS) provided end to end support for one of the largest life science customer
- AMS include development, implementation, integration, testing, maintenance and support (functional and technical), and help desk services
- The services include application support for 180+ applications running on various platforms and technologies
- Application support has been divided in 7 towers and each tower provides support for multiple applications
- Project Manager for Multiple towers at customer location
- Managing onsite – offshore coordination's
- Managing all customer communications
- Maintaining all key metrics of AMS (SLA/OLA, MTTR, CSAT, Performance Improvement)
- Responsible for end to end delivery for multiple towers
Delivery/Project Manager
BBA AVIATION (Aviation)
Orlando, FL
07.2017 - 07.2018
- Handled SAP BI Reporting and Power BI Dashboard project
- Build 81 WEBI Reports and 15 Dashboards
- Managed a large team of Resources (Offshore/Onsite Model)
- Tracked Change Control and working with Business and Development teams to achieve the target completion dates
- Worked on End-to-End implementation life cycle with an Iterative model
- Facilitated smooth phase wise implementations which included multiple existing BI systems to converge them into single centrally monitored super BI system
- Scheduled and executed all stages of enterprise software and system implementations. Excelled in guiding technical teams and the stakeholders of required licensed hardware and software component purchases to fully meet the expectations and performance
- Directed and motivated Offshore-Onsite synergy to drive the Languages implementation with value adds to the stakeholders
Project Manager/Scrum Master
JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Finance)
Jersey City, NJ
02.2016 - 06.2017
- Managed Multiple Projects which includes VLS Decommissioned, VLS to MSP program and Data Load from SOR to Dev and UAT environment
- Tracking Change Control and working with Business and Dev teams to Native achieve the target completion dates
- Worked on Pre and Post Conversion Change controls and Design Documents. Schedule and execute all stages of enterprise software and system implementations.
- Assessed business implications for each project phase and monitored progress to meet deadlines, standards, and Resources
- Drove impressive improvements across the business as a result of IT implementations.
- Excelled in guiding the work of technical teams
- Articulated project goals and scope, working with Technical team/Business Analyst to translated business needs into technical terms and instilled shared accountability for achieving project milestones
- Worked on to prepare PTO and Play-book tasks
- Served as a scrum master on course ware creation projects; maintained sprint artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, deliverable, burn charts), sprint ceremonies (stand up, sprint review, sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint retrospective); interfacing with a development team and product owner
- In charge of capacity management, maintaining velocity and sprint metrics
- Facilitate scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, grooming, daily scrum, sprint reviews, retrospective), prepare and help manage scrum artifacts (product backlog, sprint backlog, burn charts, task board/ tracking tools, and demos)
- Communicated with stakeholders, encourage collaboration with team members stressing continuous improvement through the use of Scrum
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Moody's Investors Service (Media)
New York, NY
05.2015 - 01.2016
- Assisted the Solution Architects in designing the ETL load process
- Baseline the Conceptual architecture of data flow from external and internal data sources to the MDM base objects
- Coordinated with business SME's to baseline the business rules for all the entities.
- There are 3 intermediary stages between Source and MDM base object - Pre Landing, Landing, and Staging
- Led the team that successfully implemented business rules in IDQ (Informatica Data Quality) for all MDM entities
- The design included the creation of IDQ mallets for each business rule
- Guided the Quality Assurance team to create the overall testing strategy
- The testing strategy had multiple dimensions - Functional Testing, Integration Testing, Automation Testing, Regression, and Performance testing
- Worked with IT team and business users to prepare the MDM user manual
- Created and managed the overall project plan for MDM - prepared list of project activities, effort estimation, start date and end date along with project dependencies
- Successfully delivered multiple Master Data Management/Customer Data.
Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospective's, daily stand-ups, etc.) - Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum teams.
- Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality
- Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours
- Manage the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment. Coordinate and manage code releases and shared APIs with other IT groups
- Communicate with other management, engineers, product managers and support specialists on product issues
- Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
Project Manager
PSEG LI (Utilities)
Uniondale, NY
09.2014 - 04.2015
- Setting budgets and agreeing on project timescales and deadlines with client.
- Vendor Management which includes Negotiations, Contract Management, Forecasting and Budgeting, SOW, RFI's, and RFP's
- Create and manage project budget in line with approved financial governance, undertaking appropriate accurate forecasting and control in line with client standards
- Holding everyday/weekly internal and external meetings to track Project progress.
- Managing staff to ensure that all milestones are achieved within the agreed time frames.
- Ensuring effective quality control processes are in place to monitor deliverable
- Responsible for identifying, analyzing, measuring and managing project risks
- Ensuring that projects conform to PRINCE methodology and required standards.
- Conducting regular impact analysis in order to assess the consequences of the project deliverable on other sections of the business
- Assisting the technical team in their design and development tasks
- Producing project definitions to include validated functional requirements, scope, roles, responsibilities, budgets, timescales, and resources
- Tracked and communicate project status to stakeholders and investors through weekly Status Reports
Project Manager
Thomson Reuters (Media)
Eagan, MN
01.2013 - 08.2014
mapletsMaster
- Manage a project involving migrating different applications with reduction of licensing fee to the organization using Agile methodology
- Managed and planned upgrades of different software applications with a commitment to smoother implementation with minimal issues
- Managed all phases of software development life cycle (SDLC) from early stages of gathering specifications to the follow-up stage of final implementation and provided support after the implementation process
- Provided timely reports to the management group with the details of the project
Project Manager
Hewlett-Packard (Services)
Houston, TX
01.2012 - 12.2012
- I worked as independent Consultant on this project
Project Manager
Associated Press (Media)
New York, NY
07.2009 - 08.2011
- I worked as independent Consultant on this project
Education
MBA - Project Management
Walden University
Bachelor's Degree -
Punjab University
Skills
- Project Management
- Certified Scrum Master
- Certified Scrum Agile Master
- Agile Methodology
- Waterfall Methodology
- MS office
- Excel (PIVOT)
- VISIO
- ALM
- JIRA
- Service Now
- Clarity
- Clear Quest
- MS Office
- PMP Certified
Timeline
SAP Cutover Manager/Project Manager
National Grid
07.2021 - Current
Project Manager/Release Manager
Horizon BCBSNJ
07.2020 - 06.2021
Project Manager
Quest Diagnostics
07.2019 - 06.2020
Project Manager
Stryker (Life Science)
07.2018 - 06.2019
Delivery/Project Manager
BBA AVIATION (Aviation)
07.2017 - 07.2018
Project Manager/Scrum Master
JP Morgan Chase Bank NA (Finance)
02.2016 - 06.2017
Project Manager/Scrum Master
Moody's Investors Service (Media)
05.2015 - 01.2016
Project Manager
PSEG LI (Utilities)
09.2014 - 04.2015
Project Manager
Thomson Reuters (Media)
01.2013 - 08.2014
Project Manager
Hewlett-Packard (Services)
01.2012 - 12.2012
Project Manager
Associated Press (Media)
07.2009 - 08.2011
MBA - Project Management
Walden University
Bachelor's Degree -
Punjab University
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