Yashodhan Kulkarni Pmp®, Aws Ccp, A-Cspo®, A-Csm® Email and Phone Number

Leading multi-year program to modernize analytical workload and create value to business by deprecating legacy analytics platforms.

• Successfully led technical SaaS cloud migration/upgrade projects of $2M+ for clients by coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.• Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives by setting realistic timelines and checkpoints.• Managed 7+ project teams in Agile environment, realizing success through application of SDLC methodologies and exceptional leadership skills.• Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project evaluation and process improvement.• Led a migration effort for 50,000+ reports from Cognos 10 to Cognos Analytics 11.• Oversaw end-to-end migration/remediation/UAT of 15+ line of businesses Cognos content, which has resulted in 25% increased performance and better reporting within the company.

Managed Dashboard and MicroStrategy project development. Involved in project planning and designing. Increased process efficiency up to 36% by initiating and fostering relationships with vendors to communicate on problem-areas and work closely to resolve critical impediments.Responsible for managing end to end delivery of the technical and business processes.Reported to Director of Sales Department on project status, progress, as well as on team members performance statusAnalyzed project requests from management to identify project goals and objectivesCommunicated to all project stakeholders on project progress, collect feedback.Managed deliverables, resource calendars and project documents.

• Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic targets, staffing changes and operational specifications.• Interacted with customers to identify preferences and specifications, fostering timeline and budget adherence.• Contributed to estimating and presenting project costs before project kick-off to set expectations, promote accountability and maintain sustainable profit margins.• Coordinated project meetings and confirmed relevant stakeholder awareness of tasks, goals, and project timelines.

Masters in Management Information Systems

Communicated effectively with stakeholders to obtain end-user feedback & enhance requirements.Worked in an Agile/Scrum environment with cross-functional teams, reported bugs in JIRA & interacted with the development team to resolve issues.Effectively captured project requirements to write the user story and developed test plans/cases.Involved in QA projects and worked as a member of the scrum team.Identified, developed and implemented test plans, test cases, and practices for enterprise meeting application used by over 2200 customers to confirm stability and usability of software systems.Created, modified and executed cases to perform functional and system testing; Involved in customer issue verification.Developed test scripts for manual along with automated functionality with Selenium WebDriver that helped improve the precision of QA results; mentored junior testers in performing testing.Installed and managed testing environments; automated and stress testing on client-server and web applications; Conducted load testing to scale enterprise meeting applications from 1,000 to 10,000 users.Conducted functional and GUI testing on each build of enterprise meeting application; reduced system bugs by 20%.Implemented Data-Driven tests to verify the same functionality with multiple datasets.Analysed daily automation execution report and assigned failure to the owner of that area using JIRA to investigate it further.Reported bugs in JIRA; Defined severity and priority for every defect.

Conceptualized, designed, and documented the tourist-based Android application.Worked with the IT team and reporting team in deciding the specifications & reporting procedures.Supported the full span of the project life cycle from comprehensive project management perspective, designed presentations, tracked changes and assisted in project planning, and quality assurance efforts.Tourist-based Android application- Penumbra:Involved in understanding and implementing the PMLC and SDLC.Developed wireframes for application.Involved in complete app manual testing.Worked with the development and DBA teams in determining the requirements, reporting procedures and formats.Wrote Ad-Hoc queries along with Stored Procedures using SQL Server Management Studio.