Tanima Pal

P roject manager

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experience with 5+

years of Large

PROJECT MANAGER:

P rogram

M anagement &

E xcel in liaising between business and technical areas to achieve on-time,

Solution

on-budget and on-spec project completions. Able to merge customer and

I mplementation for

user needs with business requirements, budgetary restrictions and logistical

Fortune 500

considerations to meet project deliverables.

organizations.

Technical and functional experience in f inancial, m anufacturing,

m arket research and retail analytics domain

Skills Adept at p rogram management, service delivery management,

solution implementation and vendor management across

Project Lifecycle geographies

M anagement

Adept at comprehending and interpreting customer needs to identify

opportunities to increase sales and industry reach

Enterprise

I mplementations End to end large program management experience in

d atawarehousing/BI programs, social media product and big data

Datawarehousing

( Mark Logic 5) implementation

P rograms

Strong foundation in SDLC concepts and quality processes, including

Requirements

experience in Agile Scrum methodology and K anban

Definition & Analysis

Demonstrated successes in process improvement through lean

Project Scheduling methodologies - S ix Sigma Green Belt Certified

Consistently achieved top r anked performance in every position by

Team Building &

b ringing revenues and profits to new heights

Leadership

Project Budgeting &

Education & Credentials

Cost Controls

Agile-SCRUM

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TRICHY I ndia

f ramework

Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering, 2002

Kanban GPA: 9.1/10

I mplementation Department Topper

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON - USA

Certificate Program In Technology Management, 2008

Technology

S umma ry

COUNCIL OF SIX SIGMA CERTIFICATION - USA

Six Sigma Green Belt, 2007

Languages/

D atabases: SQL

P rofessional Experience

Server 2012, Oracle

11g, Mark Logic 5,

D B2, I MS, ADABAS, TATA CONSULTANCY SERV ICES

SQL, XML, .NET,

Program Manager : The Nielsen Company, J un 2013 to Present : Pune, India

COBOL, CICS

B I Tools :

Managed 8 Million USD data warehousing program in Nielsen Entertainment

MS BI

space

( SSIS/SSRS/SSAS),

Articulated project goals and scope, translated business needs into technical

O racle Business

terms, prepared detailed work breakdown structures (WBS) and instilled

I ntelligence,

shared accountability for achieving project milestones.

M icrostrategy

Tools: Created cost-benefit analyses and ROI assessments.

MS Project, Share

Resolved numerous project issues including staffing shortages, tactical

Point, Quality

matters, scope creep and divergent business and user needs.

Centre, Minitab,

T FS, VSS, JIRA, Plan, schedule and execute all stages of software, hardware and system

I T I L, Business i mplementations. Assessed business implications for each project phase and

p rocess Visual monitored progress to meet deadlines, standards and cost targets.

A rchitect

Defined and instrumented Quality Management Plan

Strategy Initiative Manager : The Nielsen Company, Nov 2012 to May 2013 :

Oxford, UK

Led strategic initiatives for automation/optimization of data migration

p rogram with proposed 30% effort savings and 8.5 million USD cost savings.

Worked closely with group sales managers to design, implement, analyze and

deploy new business processes

In fluenced senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and/or approaches

Project Manager : The Nielsen Company, M ar 2011 to Oct 2012 : Florida, USA

Managed 7 Million USD social medial analytics product re-architecture within

a stringent customer driven deadline of 8 months

Managed transition of projects from solution implementation to client support

Implementation of design procedures to increase efficiency, accelerate

customer satisfaction and reduce error rate

Executed and maintained program management processes and disciplines in

t he areas of: program schedule and quality management; communications

management; human resource management; cost management; procurement

management; r isk/issue management; change management

PACCAR

Scrum Master : PACCAR, Oct 2008 to Oct 2010 : Greater Seattle Area, USA

Organize and facilitate project planning, operations reviews, retrospectives,

demos, and other team process related meetings

Ensure development teams are practicing the core agile principles of

collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.

Kaizen for time accounting, problem management system and formalizing

k nowledge transition process

KANBAN Implementation for the Service Delivery Group

System Analyst : PACCAR, Mar 2007 to Sep 2008 : Greater Seattle Area, USA

Support and analyze the existing Materials receiving system for process

i mprovements

Migration of VS Cobol-I I programs to Enterprise Cobol to make it compatible

w ith CICS Transaction Server 2.2 and DB2 Version 8.1

Proof of Concept for CA Insight tool and supplier scorecard project

COGN IZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUT IONS

Project Lead : JP MORGAN Chase, Feb 2005 to Nov 2006 : Bournemouth, UK

Supervision of virtual team of 12 associates across geographies

Requirement analysis, estimation and code/design reviews for proposed

enhancements

Gap analysis of JPMC and CTS quality processes and maneuver to bridge

p rocess gaps

Programmer Analyst : JP MORGAN Chase, Jan 2004 to Jan 2005 : Pune,

I ndia

Code, test and implement CMM Li te projects

Analyzed DDA system, devised conversion strategy and ensured a pertinent

conversion for new DDA branches

Impact analysis and reconciliation of the external interfaces for new DDA

b ranches

P rogrammer Analyst : I MS Health, May 2002 to Dec 2003 : Chennai, India

Analysis, Construction, testing and implementation of enhancement requests

Code Optimization and contribution to IMS Best practices Forum

Development of project specific web portal

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