Rahul Bithar MBA/PMP

812-***-**** • actito@r.postjobfree.com

http://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulbithar

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

6+ years of Information Technology implementation and integration experience that includes successfully managing deployments of packaged based solutions and custom development solutions across international boundaries.

Demonstrated Project Management experience by delivering, managing and executing projects leveraging both Waterfall (SDLC) and Agile methodologies and best practices.

Ability to collaborate with the client and key IT and Business stakeholders to formulate IT roadmap and strategies and assisting with selecting key initiatives to meet the desired vision.

Strong experience and background in facilitating requirements elicitation on complex projects and leading the documentation of current state, work flows, business processes and identifying and designing the future desired state.

Demonstrated extensive knowledge of end-to-end implementation and transformation of IT applications and infrastructure.

Proven experience of working with various vendors and internal teams to analyze the requirements, priorities iteration/release backlog based on the information/updates gathered. Experienced in working with offshore teams.

Exceptional communication, interpersonal, client relationship, and people development skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KPIT INFOSYSTEMS, US

Client - Cummins Inc., Columbus, Indiana Oct 2014 – present

Project Manager

Project Name – Cummins Quality Management Systems (CQMS)

Project Description – The project involves managing supplier quality through a third party tool. This tool helps to track Material and Process non-conformances reported across different Cummins’ plants and provides a complete workflow to track the corrective actions requests and an effective real-time visibility within the plant on the related suppliers and their quality issues. The tool also helps to calculate Parts per Million (PPM) for each of the suppliers that helps the management to renew future contracts with the supplier.

Key contributions:

Led the overall planning, implementing, tracking, and testing of a large-scale application deployment on 80+ sites globally across Cummins.

Managed client expectations including defining and establishing program deliverables and milestones, developing work plans, setting and controlling scope, Critical path planning and Risk management.

Participated in daily Scrum Meetings, Iteration planning and backlog grooming, identifying, prioritizing and delivering user stories, and conducting demos and perspectives.

Managed the capability analysis and architectural assessment of IT infrastructure to support growing business needs.

Worked on building the definition and implementation of Change Management processes and methodology to monitor and control changes to production.

Created testing strategy, reviewed test plans & testing methodologies and managed the overall System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance testing (UAT) for all inbound and outbound transactions.

Implemented 7-Step Control plan to ensure proactive and reactive approaches are documented and followed for any issues. Served as single point of escalation for issue resolution.

Led the performance improvement of key application modules by over 75% through the usage of Six Sigma Minitab tools.

Implemented 9-box risk management tool to counter and mitigate risks throughout the project lifecycle.

Worked with application vendor to implement a standard Release Management methodology for planning and implementing new production releases.

KPIT INFOSYSTEMS, US

Client - Cummins Inc., Columbus, Indiana May 2013 – Sep 2014

IT Business Analyst/ Project Management Consultant

Project Name – BOLT Project

Key contributions:

Steered the BA practice to Design and implement complete business cycle of Oracle ERP Release 12 from overall design configuration, build, test and Go-Live of the solution to planning of future roll-outs.

Collaborated with multiple stakeholders (IT, Quality Centre of Excellence and Business) to understand business requirements and translation of those requirements into IT deliverables.

Led regular requirement gathering sessions with the client and key stakeholders on issues faced in the project and provided suggestions for improvements and upgrades.

Oversaw development of custom tools, mapped legacy manufacturing process, and conducted interview sessions with technicians to develop target state process model.

Developed requirement documents, user documentation, training manuals, QRG and conducted training for the implemented modules.

Coordinated with Quality Team for standardizing business processes for SOX compliance and Change Management.

Led the upgrades of database and application following end-to-end ITPM methodology and processes.

Served as Onsite Coordinator and Single Point-of-Contact for client interactions and escalations.

KPIT TECHNOLOGIES, India

Client - Cummins India limited, Pune, India Jan 2012 – Apr 2013

Senior Technical Associate

Project Name – BOLT Project

Key contributions:

Conducted requirements / design workshops with Business partners and IT stakeholders for consensus building.

Led Architectural assessment of End-to-End IT systems and business processes to identify gaps and prepare mitigation plans.

Led analysis on capacity planning for future 5-year growth expectations of the IT systems configured that allowed effective cost management for additional storage allocation.

Improved database backup strategy, which saved in addition of $0.5 million annually on storage.

Designed, managed and implemented cluster high availability solution, resulting in a production environment with 0% downtime annually.

KPIT TECHNOLOGIES, India

Client - Cummins India Limited, Pune, India Oct 2009 - Dec 2011

Technical Associate

Project Name – Cummins India Project Support

Key contributions:

Led the development, execution, and management of multiple project schedules and served as the single Point-of-contact for client escalations.

Led the planning and scoping of entire project implementation plan for infrastructure upgrade projects.

Provided “hands-on” project support at all stages of Release implementation including System Integration Testing (SIT) cycles, User-Acceptance testing (UAT), Business cutover, Performance Testing and Production Ramp-up and Stabilization planning activities leading up to Go-Live.

Implemented reporting environment that delivered superior and periodic reports to management.

EDUCATION

MBA in General Management from Kelley School of Business, Indiana University – Class of 2015

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, Mumbai University – Class of 2008

TRAININGS and CERTIFICATIONS

PMP Certified from PMI Institute, 2015

Six Sigma Green Belt and proficient in using Six Sigma tools, Kelley School of Business

Project Management Methodologies, Cummins Inc.

IT Project Management (ITPM) methodologies, Cummins Inc.

Business Analytics Functional Excellence (BAFE), Cummins Inc.

Trained Business and IT teams on end-to-end Change Management methodology

Oracle Certified Associate and Professional (OCA, OCP)

AWARDS

‘Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Award’ from client for delivering superior results

‘Customer Delight Award’ for Oracle implementation project

‘WOW Award’ for deployment planning and roll-outs

‘WOW Award’ for implementing high availability solution across multiple production environments

‘WOW Award’ for implementation of Change Management methodology

‘Certificate of Recognition’ for delivery superior results in reducing performance issues

‘Tech-Lead’ Certificate for showcasing exceptional lead skills while managing projects

SKILLS SUMMARY

Technologies: Oracle ERP R12/11i, Oracle Database 11g/10g/9i, SQL, IBM ClearCase, IBM ClearQuest, UNIX

Management/Methodologies: PMBOK, Project planning and implementation, SDLC, Agile, Rally, MS Office suite, MS Project, Visio, Minitab

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