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California, United States

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US

Brookfield, Wisconsin, US

Brookfield, Wisconsin, US

Houston, Texas, US

• Support the split of Hewlett Packard into two companies (HP Enterprise and HP Inc.) for the EPO application (using SDL Tridion).
• Responsible for end-2-end delivery by 4 scrum teams (total of 70 resources) - Focused on the HP Split activities.
• Represented the team to SMO (separation management office).
• Created resources and functionality matrix and charts to enable clear understanding of the whole program landscape to all team members.
• Extracted information from existing team members to layout an interface spreadsheet documenting all the dependencies for easy visibility of latest status of integration.
• Championed the enabling of single sign-on in Tridion (CMS).

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Implemented SaaS solution for Talent acquisition and management in IBM.
• Collaborated with architects, utilizing rapid prototyping while obtaining needed resources, delivering proof-of-concept in cloud environment.
• Conducted feasibility studies and strategy for projects, determining requirements and project scope with business team.
• Proposed best path by reusing existing assets (Rapid application Development) and Agile development.
• Managed external development team along with various other aspects of the program, tracking plan and ensuring smooth execution.
• Directed mobile project, identifying scope and budget, and choosing SMS vendors.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Created a Global Mkt Database to help run campaigns targeting segment of customers in an effort to increase sales.
• Led a cross-organizational Agile team of 25 developers, testers, architects and business analysts in various geographies, concurrently managing 5 – 6 projects at a time.
• Collaborated with client and delivery teams, ensuring on-time project completion to full satisfaction of client and quality assurances at each phase end.
• Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress, ensuring project milestones were completed on time, on budget, and with desired result.
• Assessed potential bottlenecks in project, mitigating risk through change management, and avoiding delays in project delivery.
• Led initiatives into crowd-sourcing and executed reporting for directorate area, resulting in acquisition of “on-demand” resources as needed for projects.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Created an application that can be used as a service by anyone needing customer data with improved quality (currency, integrity, etc.).
• Coordinated with vendor, conducting daily meetings and escalating as needed, ensuring project delivery as planned.
• Managed remote development team, test team, operations team, and vendor, making sure code was tested and put into production on target, meeting customer expectations.
• Directed team loading initial data (30M records) over weekend, conducting parallel runs of code while fostering collaborative environment.
• Ensured stakeholders received regular status updates, covering milestones, issues, risks and dependencies.
• Demonstrated fiscal accountability, closely managing budgets, resulting in client savings.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Created single on-Demand value chain for IBM’s HW products that spanned simple to complex products and moved X-Series product to this “hybrid” pipe. Managed 180 member team, with project budget of $31M.
• Worked with application and operations PMs of various applications, ensuring project was on track with respect to schedule and cost.
• Coordinated with Testing, Service Delivery, Environment Offerings, and QA, reviewing tasks and obtaining input on status, ensuring overall success of project.
• Held daily and weekly status meetings with upper management to communicate issues / risks / dependencies for the project, keeping everyone in sync and aware of status.
• Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

Started off as a developer and then moved on the team lead and then to project manager. List of projects:Project Manager, Sales Knowledge Portal Web (SKP Web)Project Manager, Offering Information / Sales Support Information / World Wide Image LibraryApplication Development / Team Lead, Offering Information / Sales Support Information