Delivered Data Migration projects.Design & rollout of an internal Timesheet application, & scaling it up to an Enterprise Project Management System Setting up of PMO functions in the organisationStandardisation of organisation-specific processes and procedures & software engineering practices, & framework for process-driven development.Rolled out a QA Review process for customer deliverables in a multi-technology stack (Oracle ERP, Service Cloud, Oracle Reporting)Standardised the Release process for customer deliverables.Offshore Project and resource management.Organisation-wide project accounting, timesheet management and metrics.Implement a Project Onboarding training and assessment plan for freshers.Onboarding a project trainee batch in shaping them towards project readiness.

• Implementation of Compass VMS catering to CBO's Currency Management Department;• Review of functional, technical, interfaces, reports (operations, statistical and analytical) specifications.• Finalisation of the system configuration, data migration, & go-live cut-over strategy.• Operational readiness of the general ledger accounting, high-speed counting machine interfaces, & core infrastructure.• Amalgamated 1250+ accounts relating to Currency Operation into distinct 75 manageable control/summary accounts, along with standardisation of accounting entries.• Performed a study on the current systems, processes, requirements, expectations.• Manage user expectations, multi-department interactions and communication in a multi-vendor environment.• Procurement Management - Drafting & publishing of RFP for CBO Brand Identity, Project Portfolio Management System• Facilitate users in vendor selection, contract negotiations, project kick-off and implementations.• Business - vendor relationship management, senior management reporting• PMO Governance - finalised the PMO Procedures Manual

• Delivering on an average of US$ 1.5 Million business for the duration of the project• Managed a 40+ team spread across two geographies• Streamlined and controlled the processes, effectively brought a big turnaround in the timelines of solution delivery.• Ensured QA team participates in all phases of the mini-project right from the development stage to mitigate risks of non-testable features, compliance to business functionality from dependent modules which are generally found late in the QA stage• Customer Account / Relationship Management and Senior Management Reporting• Resource /Work Allocation, Managing, Executing and Monitoring of various QA Tasks• Issues Tracking & Resolution

• Delivering on an average of US$ 1 Million business per year between 2011-14• Managed a team of 40+ product development team members• Supported two major clients in the GCC region for the deployed core banking products• Securing new work orders in the form of change request / emerging business trends etc.• Bid Response Management in the submission of responses to RFP from prospective clients

CBO Muscat, A regulatory Bank, has embarked on an IT Strategy Implementation project to revamp its entire IT Infrastructure. The IT Strategy Implementation project involves - identifying of new IT systems that will enhance its core business functions and empower the IT Dept to support them in the long run. This is a multi-project / multi-vendor environment involving activities right from writing of RFP until the implementation of various selected vendor banking solutions for the central bank.My Roles and Responsibilities- Project Manager for Bar Code & RFID System project- Functioned as the Strategy Implementation Specialist for Security Settlement System, General Ledger & Integrated Finance, Banking Off-site & Research System and Currency Management System projects- Performed an extensive study on the current systems, processes, requirements, expectations.- Assisted the Project Office in Study, Conceptualizing and Designing of the over-all I.T. Architecture meeting the goals of the IT Strategy Implementation.- Wrote RFPs for the Core General Ledger & Integrated Finance, Currency Management System, Banking Offsite & Research System, Date Warehousing, and Out-Source Testing.- Assist the Project Office with responsibilities of the end-to-end procurement cycle.Facilitate users in vendor selection, contract negotiations, project kick-off and implementations.Manage user expectations, multi-department interactions and communicationMulti-vendor management.

Clients: o National Bank of Bahrain Citi - Auto Financials, Citi NAIT, Irving, Texas, USAo Bahrain Development Bank, Bahrain Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics at New Jersey, USA,o United Western Bank, Pune, India, JM Baxi Shipping - Kothak Group, Mumbai Indiao Xerox Corporation. USA• As a core team member, rolled out the Core Banking Solution at three client locations providing onsite support and delivering hot-fixes to the production environment• Developed a Teller Applications, Supervisor Override, Offline Queue processing modules covering various business operations centring around Bank Teller, while integrating it with the core bank end banking product.• Developed and maintained Common Libraries used by other modules of the Core Banking Product• Provided consultancy services to various clients for their functional specifications phases of their projects covering Freight Operations / Accounting / Datawarehouse Design• Study and analysis of the existing set-up and performing Gap Analysis against a roadmap initiative.• Cover the technical, functional and non-functional aspects with the help of Brainstorming session, Customer and Business user interactions.• Interactions with the Client and Onsite Team in developing and planning activities related to providing support and enhancement features to the existing system.• Project monitoring and tracking with a focus on high customer satisfaction by delivering quality end products within the agreed-upon SLA framework.• Build-up interface and understanding between the project team and the customer and facilitating the team to deliver the desired requirements of the customer• Guide the development team in understanding basic accounting entries, maintaining balances and other accounting related concepts.• Evolving, Organizing and Conducting Competency Building in the areas of UNIX, LINUX, C, C++, RTOS and Embedded Systems.