VIJAI PRABHUDASS

Summary

Results-oriented Information Technology professional with a robust background in Project Management, Business Analysis, and Software Development. Recognized as a proactive leader and team player with a successful track record in delivering complex projects across diverse industries. Fully capable of utilizing both traditional and Agile frameworks to define and deliver project scope within schedule, and budget. Proficient in aligning IT strategies with organizational objectives to solve complex issues, define solutions, drive innovation, enhance productivity, optimize business processes, and yield measurable bottom-line results. Ability to rapidly adapt to new technologies and environments while applying extensive experience and hands-on skills to achieve successful outcomes, contributing to organizational success through strategic IT initiatives.

Overview

20

Years of professional experience

5

Certifications

Work History

Product Owner

Indigo Beam

Remote

01.2023 - 01.2024

Engaged in leadership role within Agile (Scrum) environment focused on owning and delivering business requirements for build of key modules within Clean Harbors Industrial Services Platform (ISP)
Played a pivotal role in successfully launching initial release of ISP platform, which transitioned Industrial Services unit to cutting-edge software that is user friendly, accurate, well integrated and mobile compatible
Net result achieved was almost 80-90% reduction in data entry duplication across business units, enhanced mobile usage and overall business process efficiency
Key activities included eliciting requirements, crafting business processes, feature prioritization, sprint planning, generating user stories, backlog management, UI design, QA and user acceptance testing (UAT)

Senior Business Analyst/PM

Indigo Beam

Hybrid/Houston

08.2021 - 01.2023

Engaged in extensive coordination and collaboration with client business leaders, industry experts, and internal and external teams to drive development and delivery of NOV MAX Completions platform
Role was crucial in shaping and implementing this cutting-edge platform, which stands out for its advanced dashboard for well completions and fracking data visualization within oil and gas sector
Platform proved instrumental in enabling NOV to significantly expand and retain its customer base by providing comprehensive end-to-end solution encompassing hardware and real-time software monitoring
Key activities included project and sprint planning, strategic planning, feature prioritization, workload scheduling, requirements gathering, business process analysis, business process development, backlog management, user story creation, leading team meetings, defect triaging and quality assurance

IT Project Manager

Cicero Consulting

Houston

01.2015 - 06.2021

Provided comprehensive oversight and management of initial stages of IT program and projects, gaining approval on execution strategy, governance, management, resource plans and budget for final investment decision (FID) on Jordan Cove LNG/pipeline project for Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Execution of projects in this capacity required effective coordination and collaboration with internal teams, subject matter experts, suppliers, senior management, and external consultants across diverse business areas and geographic locations
Increased remote field worker health and safety processes by 75% with management and rollout of Blackline Safety solution
Further engaged communities in Oregon project sites by managing procurement and implementation of cloud-based grant management software solution
Slashed contract administration time with procurement and implementation of AVEVA ProCon,
Improved internal document control processes with Microsoft SharePoint implementation and training
Enhanced project team readiness and connectivity with technology infrastructure setup at multiple offices in Texas and Oregon
Key activities included strategic planning, governance planning, business analysis, project/program scoping, scheduling, budgeting, procurement, vendor management, change management, risk management, scope verification, and orderly conclusion of all projects and activities.

Senior Technical Business Analyst

Inspectorate - Bureau Veritas

Houston

02.2014 - 11.2014

Consulting services involving analysis of inspection systems to improve existing business processes, complex calculation algorithms which resulted in design and delivery of data automation, calculation, and integration components
This effort significantly reduced time for customer data conversion, availability and sharing for analysis and processing by 50%

Business Analyst

Evergreen North America Industrial Services

09.2013 - 10.2013

Provided business analysis and software development expertise to design integration components to improve data flow between key business systems
This greatly reduced need for duplication of data across ERP systems resulting in increases in operational and administration productivity.

IT Manager

ECOnergy AS

06.2010 - 03.2012

Part-time consulting engagement to manage initial stages of a start-up idea to reduce paper usage in sales and marketing by delivering web and mobile solution to push ad campaigns based on location
Achievements included guiding concept to project realization, outsourcing strategy to reduce project cost and design approval.

Senior Systems Consultant

Teletopia AS

11.2007 - 06.2010

M ulti-faceted role which included solutions architecture, project management, and software development to stabilize existing telecom platforms and design a new redundant platform
Duties in this role resulted in a 75% reduction in support requests and downtime by working with technical team to re-engineer and optimize telephony products and platform
Additionally, work on new platform involved project planning and budgeting, technology recommendations, hardware procurement, platform software design and resource recruitment.

Senior Consultant

Capgemini

04.2006 - 11.2007

Outsourced from Capgemini to provide technical consulting to Schlumberger on intranet projects, MyPaper and Portfolio
Work on these projects improved management's view of technical submission data through improved reporting facilities in MyPaper
Support requests were greatly reduced by increased uptime through numerous bug fixes to existing MyPaper platform
Security of Portfolio portal was strengthened with re-design and development of a new security model.

Team Leader and Senior Consultant

PBS Technology Group

05.1998 - 01.2006

Manage e-business consulting department, overseeing clients, projects, and teams, ensuring successful delivery of all projects
Involved in sales and architecture of products and solutions tailored to meet customer needs
Key accomplishments include: Pioneered first online income tax filing website for Ministry of Finance of Trinidad and Tobago, improved branding, visibility, and customer guidance for Massy Motors though a CMS solution, transformed shipping logistics for Dominica Banana Marketing Corporation by implementing automated bar code scanning and data collection systems, transformed existing shipping and logistics processes to streamline global procurement with custom-built shipping and logistics system for British American Tobacco, significantly reduced application processing time for citizen certificates and documents for Supreme Court of Barbados through digitization and intelligent search systems, improved share management for Massy Group of Companies with a custom-built solution.

Systems Engineer

Carib-Link Limited

07.1996 - 04.1998

Web development and technical support for companies' clients.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Electrical And Computer Engineering

University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad And Tobago

06.1996

Skills

Program & Project Planning Management
Project Estimation, Budgeting & Scheduling
Business Process Analysis & Improvements
Traditional SDLC and Agile Frameworks
IT Governance & Strategic Planning

Procurement and Contract Negotiation
Risk and Change Management
Team Leadership & Management
Systems Architecture, Integration, and Implementation

Websites

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijaipr/

Certification

Project Management Professional (PMP) (PMI)
Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) (PMI)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (Scrum Alliance)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) (Microsoft)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) (Microsoft)

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Affiliations

West Indies Sport Organization of Houston
Oslo Aliens Cricket Club

Software

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Jira

Microsoft DevOps

SQL Server

Oracle

Visual Studio

MySQL

Visio

Interests

Music

Sports

Guitar

Songwriting

Timeline

Product Owner - Indigo Beam

01.2023 - 01.2024

Senior Business Analyst/PM - Indigo Beam

08.2021 - 01.2023

IT Project Manager - Cicero Consulting