Professional Summary:

Experienced Project/Program Manager with in-depth experience in implementing IT/engineering projects involving cross discipline technology. Ability to develop strong internal relationships with all levels.

Proven record of over 11 years of hands-on experience in OO analysis and design – Business analysis, SWOT, Gap & Schedule Performance Index (SPI), Process Modeling, Requirements management, mapping, functional specification writing, JAD sessions and workshops facilitation, test case preparation. Working knowledge of the full SDLC, both waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Experienced in managing resources, driven tasks and coordinated across many functional teams

Excellent organizational and time management skills, Experienced in all areas of project life cycle in a highly structured fast paced management environment with evolving priorities. extensive analytical and critical thinking and judgment skills.

Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills.

Education:

MS Business Administration, Fogelman College of Business and Economics, The University of Memphis.

MS Electrical Engineering (Communication and Propagation), Herff College of Engineering, The University of Memphis,

Bachelor of Science in Electronics & Communication, Osmania University, India.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & EXPERTISE

Languages: : C++/C#, Visual Basic 6.0/.Net, Map Basic 6.0.

RDBMS: : MS Access, SQL Server.

Web Application: : HTML/CSS, DHTML, XML/XSLT/Schemas.

Scripting: : VBScript, Java Script, Perl, PHP, Shell Scripting, ASP/.Net

Operating Systems: : DOS, UNIX, Windows/ NT/2000 Workstation and Server

Reporting Tools: : Crystal Report, Brio, Business Object, Microsoft Excel.

PM Software : Microsoft Project, Visio, SharePoint, Clarity,

Databases : MS SQL Server, Oracle, Access.

Methodologies : Agile (SCRUM), Waterfall

Certifications : PMP, ITILV3 foundation, MCSD.net .

Professional Experience:

idatalytics, April 2015 – Current.

At Alcatel-Lucent, Performance Analytics & Engineering.

Project Manager.

Responsibilities include conducting end to end project management of multiple large projects and at times also manage sub components of large programs. Leads cross functional teams to complete projects or program deliverables within allotted timeline and budget. Identify key internal/external stakeholders necessary for project completion and develop overall strategy for execution of high value projects. Defined project scope and objectives, guide activities of a project/program team including delegating tasks to team members, identify resources, and establish master timeline for deliverables. Conducted project/program meetings and responsible for project/program tracking and analysis. Provide technical and analytical guidance to project team.

Sublime Wireless, March 2014 – April 2015

At Alcatel-Lucent- Project manager

Responsible for project pre-planning, scheduling and team development. Worked with clients and software development group to ensure the user needs and requirements of the projects are fully understood. Managed the proper execution and on time delivery of the product.

Duties:

Meeting regularly with senior managers, stakeholders, project teams and team leaders to review status, make recommendations, and resolve problems.

Performed complex and highly technical analytical tasks and functions independently

Responsible for planning, scheduling, reporting and task oversight of the project.

Providing direction, guidance, and oversight to project team members.

Involved in overseeing large, multi-million dollar, complex global projects.

Measuring project performance using appropriate tools and techniques.

Identifying potential risks and mitigation plans.

Prioritizing and assigning tasks to team members.

Reporting on project performance and metrics.

Building relationships with client stakeholders.

Developing mitigation plans to address identified risks.

Work closely with all departments to ensure delivery per the customer's plan of record and plan of execution (POR/POE).

Ensure that the team is kept motivated and focused on the key milestones in alignment with customer expectations.

Ericsson Inc. Nov 2010 – Feb2014.

Plano, TX.

Project Manager.

Coached and counseled employees/vendors, directed the work of employees, managed the performance of the employees including setting objectives, assessing performance, guiding supervisors on employee performance improvement plans and recommending/approving disciplinary action, recommended approving hiring and pay increases.

Leader of a software development team responsible for internal applications covering resource management, project finance and time reporting, RF task tracking and project integration.

Reviewed key internal and external (customer) business indicators, monitored and reported variance and balanced score card metrics on a regular basis and identify actions for my group to address issues and improve group performance.

Coordinated support from other groups within the organization such as Delivery, Finance and Procurement.

Created a server management system for Ericsson Design and Optimization Services tool suite. Automated a request application to dimension servers and interface with IT ticketing system which eliminated the need for two separate requests by engineers.

Reduced year-on-year engineering hours through increased automation, process efficiency and overhead reduction. Helped connect the global delivery teams with other organizations, and put in place procedures and guidelines for interworking between organizational silos.

Implemented staffing assignment and availability graphical display feature in resource management tool. Provided a real time view to managers that eliminated individual gathering of staffing status.

Incorporated feature into resource tool that consolidated access to project finance and time reporting data allowing for consistent and timely decision making on project staffing levels.

Tracked organizational utilization, executed purchase of tools for new technologies, prepared yearly budget, tracked organizational spending and reconciled with forecasts.

Defined and implemented internal process for third party vendor engagement. Served as liaison between vendors and Nortel supply chain for drive testing. Resolved scope and price disputes eliminating work stoppages and delays.

LCC International, Inc. Apr'2007 - Nov’2010

McLean, VA.

Senior Account Lead

Managed about 30 RF engineers on average.

Managed project assignments, developed methods and processes, and created and implemented financial and administrative decisions to drive efficiency and improve project margin.

Supported sales and business development team to win new business.

Responsible for tracking the progress of the various projects, ensuring the accurate execution and the timely completion of various milestones.

Responsible for managing all project resources.

Responsible for the successful execution of projects and within budget.

Reviewed and approved invoices for projects and also assisted in the collection of accounts receivables.

Determined staffing plans and developed budget for new projects.

Reviewed contracts, communicated scope of work to team members, and developed project execution plans for newly awarded projects.

WFI May’ 2005 –Apr'2007

San Diego, CA

Senior Account Lead.

Managed a staff of six to twelve engineers to support multiple customer markets. Supported South central and Southeast region markets with network capacity expansions, multi-carrier applications and new feature implementations. Customer support ranged form technical guidance to complete network deployment optimization activities. Developed proposals, SOW, and RFQ’s for customer projects. Reviewed bid submission and responses for technical accuracy and pricing. Ensured departmental recoveries through submission of customer time sheets and employee expense management.

Kineticom Inc, Dec'2003 – May '2005

At Cingular Wireless, Irvine, CA

Programmer Analyst

Environment: Windows 98/NT/2000, Visual Studio 6, IIS 4/5, SQL*Server 2000, ASP, XML, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, CSS, MS Project 2000, Map Info Professional 7.5, Map Basic MS Excel.

Designed, developed and implemented reporting system for the Cingular Wireless BSS Engineering Department. This system covers reports for management and customers. This system uses Visual Basic 6.0 for processing the business rules and SQL Server 2000 as a backend database. Crystal Reports were used as the reporting tool.

Designed, developed and implemented the West region BSS parameter retune tool (WRBPRT) portal in a client/server environment, initially designed for 30 to 50 users. This system uses Visual Basic.net for processing the business rule. SQL Server 2000 is used as database, crystal reports were used as a reporting tool. This application provides multi-dimensional extensive BSS Engineering reporting capabilities at the departmental level, as well as regional market level, for Engineers, managers and directors.

Responsible for Troubleshooting, Debugging and Support of existing dynamic server-side ASP pages to support business functional changes.

Worked with the Systems Analyst to Developed new dynamic ASP pages to enhance scope of existing applications.

Responsible for daily creation of an up-to-date spatial BSS MapInfo maps for Cingular Wireless West region market. Responsibilities include:

- Updating of existing spatial data.

- Conversion of maps from paper format to digital format.

- Analyzed spatial data and data analysis.

Programmer Analyst Aug 2002 – Dec 2003

Information Technology Department

The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN

Environment: SQL Server 2000, Html, Java Script, Php, Brio, Power designer, Zope, SPSS.

Designed developed and implemented dynamic, database driven e-Portfolio website for faculty and staff. The process involved retrieving data using parsing script that takes HTML tagged data created from original MS Word doc files and extract data from faculty CVs.

Worked on preparing a complete conceptual model for the maintenance of the University database, in the process, attended JAD sessions every week and collected information from all the departments at the University.

Created a data repository for the college of Education NCATE accreditation process. The process involves digitizing the documents: creating a relational database using SQL server 2000 and creating customized reports for the College of education.

Designed, Developed and supported "Dynamic Website" for the Information system office using ZOPE application server.

Played a key role in planning, analyzing, designing, and implementing the new online Data dictionary for the University of Memphis.

Performed statistical analysis using SPSS Clementine, interpreted data and presented information to management.

CINGULAR WIRELESS Dec 2001 – Aug 2002

West Tennessee RF Engineering Group

Programmer/Analyst

Environment: Visual Basic (6.0), MS-Access 7.0, SQL-Server 2000, C++, Windows/NT, UNIX,

Shell script, Perl, Crystal Report, OLE, Access, MS-Excel.

Generated the weekly performance reports and put these reports on nettrack. This process included collecting statistical performance data from various production servers, moving the performance data to the local servers and then analyzing and archiving it before generating the graphs.

Designed and developed the Consultant Availability Database application. This application is developed using Visual Basic GUI front-end and MS-Access as back-end. The system provides the Search capability on any entity of the consultant information like partial last name, first name, skills based on the strength of the consultant in the particular skill, date available, etc. The system also provides the users with various reporting facilities on the entire database. This system also provides several security features.

Designed and developed the Payroll Information Database application. This application is developed using MS-Access. This system stores the payroll information for each pay period and processes the payroll. This system also keeps track of the sick, vacation and personal hours for all the permanent employees, to be used for the overtime pay computations. The system also provides search capabilities and various reports.

Designed and developed a database application with a Visual Basic front-end user interface and SQLServer-2000 back-end. The function of this database is to monitor and update "Mobile Telephone Switching Office", (MTSO) data. This system is designed to assist Cingular Wireless MTSO site engineers and technicians to log any kind of problem occurring from time to time in the form of an open ticket and an open ticket will not be closed until it has been resolved or escalated to a higher-level management.

References: Available upon request.

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