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Morton, Illinois, United States

As a Program Manager in the Logistics Information Services area, responsible for managing the portfolio of projects / programs for Enterprise initiatives and Prime Product Distribution processes.

Peoria. Illinois

As a Global Trade Operations Business Owner in the Product Support & Logistics Division (PSLD), responsible for managing the portfolio of projects/programs for Imports, Exports, and Duty Drawback Compliance initiatives. Establish and own strategic vision for systems projects in the Global Trade Operations business area.Work with leadership to prioritize projects/programs that align with the strategic plan.Proactively manage the portfolio of Trade Operations projects/programs and provide timely updates to leadership on progress and escalations.Improved the collaboration, visibility and accountability for US Imports Process by developing and implementing Trade Operations Visibility Platform for origin country freight forwarders, US import brokers, and Trade Compliance teams. Led a Six Sigma effort to reduce the number of non-compliance bookings of US Import shipments by freight forwarders that eliminated $X/year in storage charges.Led the Classification Shared Service Center (SSC) program and established Asia SSC in Wuxi, China thereby improving the quality of classification work, introducing standard work procedure among Asian facilities, and mitigating compliance risks.Successfully led the Routed Exports program that enabled Caterpillar to take responsibility for the filing of Electronic Export Information (EEI) and greatly improved export compliance.Led a Six Sigma project to improve the Classification Operations and established an audit dispute resolution process.Re-initiated the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Duty Drawback program that resulted in a claim refund of $XK and paved the way for an average refund of $XM per year. Collaborate with Logistics Information Services team to deliver solutions on time using Agile / Waterfall methodologies.

Bloomington, Illinois

As a Project Manager at COUNTRY Financial (Kforce's client), responsible for initiating and executing projects in the Claims Business area. Managed projects for Claims Digital Strategy, Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) solution for claims disbursements, Optimal Appraiser Dispatch and Enterprise Legal Management (ELM) solutions.

Chicago

Oversaw the Positive Train Control (PTC) program for a Railway client, establishing and managing the Program Management Office (PMO), organizing workshops, architecture sessions, and coordinating with key functional and cross-functional stakeholders. Managed program level issue resolution, risk mitigation, assumption confirmation and action item follow-up.

As a member of the Project Management team in the Systems department of a leading insurance company, involved with several projects with project sizes varying from $150,000 to $40 million.

As a Project Lead, worked on multiple projects to enhance the features of the existing Health Care Management System that includes the automation of electronic submission of claims to Medicare and other Clearing Houses.

As a Software Engineer, involved in the enhancements of Human Resources Information System (HRIS) and the Payroll applications. Participated in the design/design review, which includes program, and database design for the new modules. Involved in coding, unit testing, system testing and documentation for the above modules in Informix 4GL using the tool Fourgen Form Painter. Also involved in user acceptance testing and user training for Tax Computing and Industrial Attachment Student modules.

As a Systems Engineer, involved in the design and development of Personnel Management module for that deals with the operations and activities carried out for all the employees of Konkan Railway Corporation. Involved in the design and coding of user interfaces and monthly payroll process batch job in Informix, using Fourgen Form Painter and Informix 4GL 6.0. Created unit, integration and system test cases and test execution.

As a Programmer Trainee, involved in the development of SupplyCo Office Management System. Developed a Billing System, which involved computerization of the activities of the Super Market. Participated in coding, testing and maintenance of the programs.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Entrepreneurship

Bachelor Of Engineering, Computer Engg.