Mahesh Kulkarni Email and Phone Number

PMP certified Project Manager, having 19 years of experience in Banking and Finance domain across Software Project Management, and Test Management roles. Track record of delivering testing and development projects in Waterfall and Agile environment. Adept at managing complex projects and programs from initiation to closure, while ensuring stipulated timelines, cost and quality expectations are met at all times. Dexterous at leading large, diverse & geographically distributed teams. History of mitigating risks, managing requirements, and working with project stakeholders while managing expectations at the functional and project levels.Crusader of Continuous Improvement & Process Excellence initiatives, while encouraging ideation & innovation across roles and projects. Excellent communication skills combined with a will to learn, evolve and excel.Experienced in managing agile teams across geographies including USA, Canada, Hong Kong, China and India for development as well as testing projects. Responsible for on time and within budget project completion, ensuring all deliverables meet the desired quality.Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents. Track project milestones and deliverables.Identify and manage cost, schedule or scope changes to the projects. To manage risks and issues impacting project deliverables.In-depth knowledge and experience in stakeholder management, time management, risk management, integration management and team management.Excellent interpersonal skills in communications, stake holder engagement, team motivation and negotiation.Versatile in handling projects in Waterfall and Agile framework.Excellent spoken and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively at senior management levelsProven track record of test management in banking and finance projects from organizations like HSBC bank, MastercardDomains - Core and Retail Banking, Payments, Mortgages, Cards (Credit and Debit)Technology Stack - AS400, Core Java, ML algorithms, RestAPI, Microservice architecture, AWS Cloud fundamentalsProject / Test Management - End to End Project Management, Team Management, Change Management, Problem Solving, Cross - functional team handling, Microsoft Office - Excel / Word / PowerPointCertificationsPMI Certified Project management Professional (PMP) in good standingISTQB certified Test Manager in good standingSAFe Agilist