Prasanna Patel, Pmp Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Drive large scale strategic programs for the bank from planning to implementation. This includes integration programs working in a cross functional organization and delivering results.
• Facilitate regular cadence of roadmap reviews with program stakeholders across the organization
• Establish standard reports to provide concise and effective communication to key stakeholders
• Ensure problems are transparent, risks are identified, and proactivity managed across program team
• Influence key decisions by navigating and working across senior leaderships to reach right conclusion
• Set up and lead PMO advisory group to ensure strong program governance and decision making

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Drove the delivery of a Technology Risk Management Program for a recent merger leading a team of IT Risk Analysts; inclusive of risk identification, risk assessments, risk mitigation activities, issues tracking and.
• Developed a comprehensive Risk Program including risk and control identification, policy management, creation of KRI/KPI and reporting and identified 250+ controls following the acquisition across 40+ IT processes
• Partnered with the Cyber Security Office to build a program to address security vulnerabilities
• TRM Governance Committee Secretary; Stood up a TRM Governance Committee to enable oversight of risk management activities for the merger and effective risk decisions
• Worked collaboratively with Technology and Business Partners, Second Line of Defense, and Internal Audit on activities targeting the management of business risks associated with technology
• Spearhead IT risk management transparency for senior management across all levels of defense through the creation of a highly accessible dashboard showing security and audit findings

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Headed a PMO team responsible for a $45M project portfolio, including portfolio planning, tracking, governance, resource management, training, and ensuring the universal application of PMO methodologies and processes.
• Supported more than ten business units, including core banking, foreign exchange, and operations; provided leadership and direction, and facilitated inter-departmental activities to ensure harmonious implementations.
• Modernized program management processes with the rollout of Planview PPM software and identified additional process changes that improved project management efficiency by 30%
• Developed and launched onboarding and training programs for new project managers that reduced onboarding time from six to two months

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Established, maintained, and continuously improved project management methodologies and Tools, monitored program and project health, provided Tools administration, and produced PMO standard portfolio reporting

New York, NY, US

• Directed a 10-member project management team and produced both program reports and performance metrics that standardized decision-making and shortened project lifecycle delivery; created and managed an operating plan.
• Monitored the supply of and demand for IT resources and investments to ensure alignment with annual budgets and business planning cycles
• Established rigorous, upfront planning in the SDLC, resulting in a 10% increase in projects released to production
• Reduced PMO administration by 25% through report automation and improved resource allocation by 20% by ensuring Project Managers were effectively aligned with programs

New York, NY, US

London, UK, GB

• Developed and executed a vendor selection roadmap for a capital markets system
• Managed a detailed data conversion work-stream project plan, assimilating complex requirements, tracking, and reporting
• Created a KPI metrics dashboard that improved overall operations

New York, NY, US

• Headed the development of new processes and procedures as the leader of a 50-person cross-functional team that joined Business Analysis, Development, and Quality Assurance, assigning responsibility, workflow, and.
• Improved time to market by increasing release cycle time from 7 to 15 annual releases through the redesign and introduction of new product delivery processes
• Developed a cost reduction pricing model incentive; resulted in savings of 10% on a $6M budget through collaboration with an offshore vendor

• Directed and organized management of 15-person cross-functional team of business analysts and Actuate developers

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

Diploma - Business Administration, Business Administration