Anjali Gupta Email & Phone Number

Livingston, Nj, Us

Livingston, Nj, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Charlotte, Nc, Us

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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

A unique role to Northwestern Mutual, that involved coaching of Program/Project Managers in various delivery methodologies – Scrum, Kanban, SDLC, etc, guiding through project issues, approving budget variances and reviewing project progress.- Guided project leadership on effective project management methodologies by understanding their project needs and scenarios.- Coached teams and management from varied backgrounds on agile roles principles, process and metrics. Helped instill servant leadership mindset with focus on guiding the teams toward improving the way they work.- Imparted training and coached sr. project leadership on various tools to help the teams solve project issues.- Mentored project leadership on issues by providing solutions and improve their delivery capabilities- Responsible for coaching 14 independent projects through solution delivery planning.

A seasoned professional, self-starter leader and entrepreneur who has played different roles for various clients as listed below:Vantiv (Payment Processing) - Program Manager / Scrum MasterMotorola Mobility (Telecommunication) - Program / Relationship ManagerWalgreens (Pharmaceuticals) - Program Management ConsultantRasmussen College (Education) - Program Manager / Agile CoachLearning Center (Education) - Co-founderLed global teams across various industries for successful delivery of engagements. Rolled out projects using methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, Lean, Six Sigma, etc. Coached organizations and teams on Agile and lean principles.As a Program Manager - Led global team of 15 - 20 people in SalesForce layout, testing engagement of Oracle R12 rollout in a matrix environment. Led programs from project inception to delivery and transition, managed projects risks/issues, communications and financials. Participated in Vendor management and assisted many initiatives across organization. Assisted in setting up of a PMO, streamlining processes & templates for execution of projects in the org.As an Agile Coach - Mentored & coached organization, project teams in Scrum principles, practices and processes. Aligned expectations of teams for working within an Agile environment. Used “inspect and adapt” with Scrum teams, product owners to continually improve performance and responsiveness. Acted as a partner, participating real-time to provide advice or assistance to teams & team members to tackle and overcome difficult challenges. Skilled at reading people & understanding who they are, what they value and their motivation.As a Management Consultant - Institutionalized six sigma methodologies across groups and coached teams to successfully deliver projects. Led multiple improvement projects & implemented best practices used across industry.As a Co-founder - Established & grew learning center into a multi-center establishments. More details on request.

A senior professional with experience in working in fast paced environment overseeing global project teams, interacted with client senior management, business managers and delivered projects on time and on budget. Various methodologies were used to run different projects such as Waterfall, Scrum.

Paris, France, Fr

High energetic, solution oriented Management Consultant providing high end consulting on business analysis and project management to various clients across the globe. Driven flagship projects on with strong focus on quality and modeled business solutions to meet strategic objectives.* Lead & delivered complex technology and business projects on time and on budget at fortune 500 clients.* Attained superior levels of client satisfaction by ensuring high quality service on time and on budget and nurturing client relationships.* Performed project planning for short to long duration projects, determined approach, and negotiated project priority with stakeholders, managed scope changes, tracked issues/risk and resourcing. Defined vision and set goals for the team/project.* Managed multi-site diverse teams ranging from 15- 20 members.* Involved in managing team’s performance, ensuring individual motivation, team building, staffing etc.* Performed internal organizational process improvement activities and business process re-engineering. * Outlined 3rd Gen outsourcing model that was featured at Wall Street for a target audience of Sr. ITexecutives across the globe in 2007.* Optimized business process by saving an ongoing effort of approximately 1300 man hrs each month on internal support and an increase in client satisfaction.* Acted as a liaison between business and technology and effectively communicated project status andrisks/issues to upper level Management and Client Management. * Participated in presales activities, demo to prospective clients, conducting presentations to client management, etc. and identified opportunities in the project to expand business.* Conducted JAD sessions, workshops with Client & user groups, facilitated root cause analysis sessions.* Implemented business projects including defining models and approaches for Production Support -Transition Methodology and modeled service offering for Infrastructure Services Practices.

Post Graduate Diploma In Advanced Computing, Computer Science

B.Sc., Computer Science, Mathematics And Physics