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New York, Ny, Us

- Manage all development, integration testing and virtual and physical infrastructure creation across 20 teams for the Japan and China data center program- Implementing a data driven LeSS framework strategy across 20 development teams (over 200 engineers) to support and drive large programs in the organization- Lead a team of SMs to manage 13 development teams and execute all agile methods and ceremonies- Created a sprint management process while partnering with Product Management to bring focus on priorities delivery and forecast future sprints strategy that aligns with business values- Defined story point estimation standards in our organization to be leveraged across the organization- Created and executing the process for all feature designs across the institute - Represent in the Global Technology Infrastructure Architecture Governance Council in the company- Actively ran the development, integration and large components of UAT to deliver 8 service offerings in virtual and physical infrastructure products scope to clients in Japan and China- Facilitate and direct release management across several environments including DEV, QA and UAT.- Leading initiatives in the agile transformation strategy and execution in the organization

New York, Ny, Us

“Enterprise License and Commission” Program (June ’15 – Present)- Leading a strategic cloud platform initiative on a US $3 million portfolio to decommission legacy systems and transform a single consolidated innovative system across priority business divisions.- Direct 20 technical offshore and onshore resources (technical development, QA, UAT) on complex technical issues and successful implementations spanning multiple interdependent projects following SCRUM methodologies. - Delivered 4 new insurance products through challenging timelines to market on a new business critical platform meeting scope, schedule and budget. - Manage communication at the executive-level; orchestrate global cross-functional regular meetings and discussions to provide long-term strategic roadmap direction through data analytics, prioritization and guidance to team members across various SDLC and Agile project teams and matrixed leadership.- Optimize and bring enhancements to the new callidus cloud platform through DevOps practices to automate repeatable streamline processes for software delivery with continuous delivery and deployment.“One Group” Program (Jan’13 – May ’15)- Champion and driver of a top priority work stream consisting of US $2 million budget in a very dynamic environment to introduce a new revolutionary platform.- Reported directly into the VP of Information Technology and communicated with executive leadership to achieve results on all analysis and support of the business’ functional and design expectations. - Managed and delivered 10 SDLC projects (integrations/interfaces) that were hybrids of the agile and waterfall methodologies. - Built 9 network integration/interfaces for the new policy admin infrastructure to handle product development for the division and met very tight deadlines. - Improved system communication efficiency by 40% via bringing automation to all lines of communication for both new and existing business practices.

- Managed a portfolio of 5 full SDLC Projects, waterfall and agile, on the Abbott client account.- Directed cross-functional teams including vendors to lead and support technological software and infrastructure solutions in a PMO centered environment.- PM responsible for the $1M Abbott cloud portal launch Project to manage all speaker events.- Worked closely with the Abbott team consisting of over 10 professionals to deliver 5 supporting Projects post launch on PC and mobile (iPad) platforms.- Led key stakeholders in the creation, acceptance and execution of the project plan including the charter, WBS, product management, estimates, budget, communication plan, milestones, critical path, critical issue and schedule developments.- Project managed a staff of over 15 personnel in the Development and QA teams offshore and onshore in support of the objective.- Handled discussions among key Business and IT stakeholders regarding challenges and engage solution identification that satisfies long-term needs.- Collaborated with Abbott to document and gather business objectives and requirements on 6 work streams; provided direction to 4 teams utilizing IT management strategies. Managed the RFP process (creation, responses, selection criteria, SOW review). - Directed the execution of system/application testing and user acceptance criteria/testing for over 500 internal and Abbott users; documented and monitored issues and solutions with clear reporting to all stakeholders.- Documented best practices, IT procedures and lessons learned based on results.

New York, New York , Us

- Handled numerous Firm-wide SDLC and infrastructure projects parallel from start to finish.- Delivered a project recognized as the first to successfully deliver a $700K project involving ASP.Net web application, SharePoint, EPOK and Microsoft Forefront UAG in the country to support over 3,500 Employees and Clients, which also became a case study.- Directed the creation of a web-based solution to deliver an ASP.Net and SQL Server project. It managed more than 3,000 legal cases with extensive integration with the back end accounting system.

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- Spearheaded the development of Citrix server and desktop applications for multiple departments.- Created a standardized performance testing methodology for desktop applications.- Streamlined tasks and several projects in the server and desktop environments.- Directed existing legacy system consisting of over 200 applications to provide newly created cases and ensured their availability in the systems were in parallel until legacy systems retired.- Delegated to manage and maintain 80 Citrix Terminal Server applications for the Firm in America.- Executed user acceptance tests with Clients for all applications to confirm the fulfillment of requirements in the development, QA, and production environments.- Assisted traders with Trade Plan trading systems and the help desk regarding troubleshooting of application problems.- Coordinated closely with developers to create and deliver Windows, Citrix Terminal Server applications utilizing VB, VB Scripting, Windows Scripting Host, and WMI for the Citrix Support group and the Desktop Engineering group in the company.