Kumar Saurabh, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Sunnyvale, California, Us

Threat Research & Engineering | Cloud Security | Email Protection

Mountain View, California, Us

Monetization Services & Experiences - Billing & Payments

Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Key Achievements:✰ Showcased customer saving of $200K while executing multiple projects in Omni Channel space.✰Handled crisis management effectively by saving the team from sudden and abrupt ending of one of the projects and at the same time helping customer to enhance their business value by proposing critical requirements, which resulted in value addition for the customer.Key Projects:✰ OmniCatalog: Led initiative to combine online and in-store item catalogues into single database using Big Data analytics in OmniChannel space.✰ China PoS: Led initiative to add PoS level of discounts for greater China market.✰ MDS Scalability: Led initiative to upgrade the infrastructure from legacy to Linux systems. ✰ Hadoop Hardware Upgrade: Successfully led the Hadoop cluster upgrade from 36 nodes to 72 nodes. ✰ Big Data Transition: Currently Leading initiative to upgrade Hadoop software from 1.3 to 2.6 version.✰ Teradata Upgrade: Currently Leading initiative to upgrade Teradata version to 15.10. ✰ Domino to Cloud: An initiative to move Data Science application to Azure.Key Responsibilities: ►Plan for upcoming iteration using IPMs, Story Huddles, and Story Time ►Understand the team’s capacity – collect team velocity and input into burn up, utilize historical velocity to calculate capacity for upcoming iterations. ►Communicate results of iteration via Open Close, incorporating Demos, Retrospectives, Story sign-up and commitment. ►Ensure story backlog is well groomed – including prioritization, sizing, and monitoring ►Manage and understand scope of the iteration and ensure there is no scope creep ►Understand the issues being faced and facilitate resolution of those issues; identify trends and early warnings ►Assist the team in working fast while maintaining sustainable speed. ►Identify opportunities to improve team performance via retrospectives and observation►Manage Project Finances.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Advanced into senior-level project management roles, orchestrating full range of project leadership tasks from inception through delivery and execution while adhering to the highest levels of quality and client service excellence. Key Achievements: ►Showcased value-add of $1.7 million in accordance with Wipro Top Management and Mission Quality. ►Introduced Web-based induction kit to ease training and access for team members; centralized data repository containing templates, reference documents, presentations, and account-level artifacts. ►Earned “Best People Manager Award” for cultivating a strong team while continually cutting costs.Key Projects:Apple, Inc.—✰ Apple ITunes Sales & Trends Reporting (01/2015 – 08/2015) Lead initiative to manage the web application ‘piano’ and migrate the ITunes reporting system from Teradata to Hadoop using Big Data analytics. ►Lead design and migration for ITunes Sales & Trends reporting from Teradata to Hadoop using Analytics. ►Manage the customer facing web application named Piano from which content providers can obtain their sales information worldwide via extract downloads.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Working as Lead Initiative to enhance and maintain Apple’s customer facing site @APPLE, California. ►Lead development and design of Apple Online Store modules for new product launches ►Successfully managed complete Agile transformation of system into current SOA ►Assumed role of Technical Product Owner, ensuring explicit definition and documentation of scope for each Sprint and maintaining scope integrity. ►Interact with leadership team in creating vision, defining objectives and perform impact analysis globally (AMR, JAPAC and EMEA regions) across multiple vendors ►Define business objectives with user stories in JIRA, use-case diagrams, storyboarding, functional decomposition, data flow, requirement coverage matrix and business process modeling ►Create Agile Business Process Model and implemented it for http://store.apple.com ►Create Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Specifications Document (FRD) and System Requirements Specification document (SRS) ►Work with designers to ensure design solutions meet business needs ►Generate reports on resource allocation, development status, bug tracking and releases

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Working for Wipro@Morrisons as Sr. Project Manager in UK.✰ Presided over one of the world’s largest retail transformation programs, aimed at replacing existing legacy systems to target IT landscape-enabling support using Oracle suite of Retail / EBS products. ►Managed $7 million budget with no cost overrun during entire tenure. ►Oversaw multiple iterations and releases of critical data migration and rationalization.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Charged with developing and enhancing product suite used for media planning and data research using Agile methodology. ►Instrumental in winning confidence of client at inception stage by showcasing Wipro’s expert processes and tools. ►Prepared Sprint plan, capacity management plan, and communication matrix, adhering to Scrum guidelines of 4-weeks Sprint and less than 9 members per team for each product. ►Secured and launched offshore development centre in Chennai for 20 team members and coordinated set up of infrastructure, including seating, PSTN connections, and desktop hardware.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

Senior Project Manager in Wipro Technologies working for client Lloyds Banking Group.✰ Managed customer migration and separation from Lloyd's to Verde (new separate bank); oversaw SOW preparation, stakeholder management, operations management, budget forecasting and tracking, requirements gathering, and change management. ►Efficiently coordinated geographically distributed teams comprising direct reports. ►Utilized schedule compression techniques to meet delivery deadlines. ►Obtained sign-off for all requirements from Senior SMEs and top management of Lloyds.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Working as a Senior Business Analyst in Pricewater House Coopers in Manchester, UK.✰ Spearheaded creation and maintenance of a UK web portal (“UK Profile Project”)—developing a single trusted cache of profile data for numerous uses with the intention of uploading data to central Global Enterprise Profile (GEP). ►Administered Agile processes and managed 2-weeks Sprint with Scrum framework. ►Updated project plan as necessary due to change in requirements and Progressive Elaboration. ►Supervised comprehensive responsibilities to ensure swift and timely project completion for multiple top-tier clients. ►Created project plans, including schedules, resources, budgets, communications, and deliverable milestones. ►Led requirement- and information gathering and JAD sessions to efficiently coordinate workflow of all departments; utilized brainstorming and storyboarding techniques to derive ideas from stakeholders. ►Conducted deep analyses and developed test cases; performed feasibility studies, impact analyses, cost / benefit analyses, gap analyses, and risk analyses; designed and reviewed business and software requirement specifications.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Working as a Senior Business Analyst in Deutsche Bank.✰ Oversaw initiative to showcase TCS abilities in Banking Applications Testing Arena. ►Won $50 million deal for development, testing, and maintenance for Singapore operations. ►Analyzed client requirements and responded to RFP through meticulous presentations.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Working as a Senior Business Analyst in Cisco in Manchester, UK. ✰ Managed all facets of internal initiative—“Smart + Connected Communities”—to evolve from Building automation management to City automation management system and enhance end user experience. ►Created Business Requirements Document (BRD), Solutions Requirement Document (SRD), and Documentation Plan strategy to manage project-wide documents using internal Cisco tools.

Edison, New Jersey, Us

Worked at Client Location in London as Senior Software Consultant for BUPA, a health insurance major in the UK.✰ Tasked with analyzing behaviour of customer records following migration from legacy system in mainframe to new system in Java. ►Worked to track member and providers inquiries. ►Managed claims processing and benefits. ►Participated in formal review meetings to report, demonstrate, prioritize, and recommend issue resolution strategies uncovered during testing. ►Tracked defects, maintained defect life cycle, and generated bug reports for analysis and metrics. ►Provided 24/7 support in executing PeopleSoft bath jobs AR, AP, and GL; facilitated client participation in Live Acceptance Testing.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

My platform in the Software industry, joined as a fresher.✰ KRAFT Foods— Transportation Application Support (03/2004 – 08/2006): Lead initiative to gather client requirements, documenting and supporting the Transportation component of the application for better mobility of KRAFT food items mainly cheese and breads. ►Successfully supported the application using core Java and Mainframe including the enhancements.

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