Project Manager Management

REGI VARGHESE

**** ********** **., **** ******, CA 93063

Res: 805-***-****

Cell: 213-***-****

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Summary of Project Management, Risk management Professional from PMI, with an

Qualifications: extensive background in Mainframe, ASP.NET real-time software

design, development, testing and project management.

Managed a critical business unit with a revenue target of $1.5

million dollars.

Implemented continuous process improvement within the team which

resulted in 30% increase in productivity and around 40% decrease

in time to resolution.

Effective in motivating staff, managing conflict, influencing

peers and superiors.

Successfully managed multiple projects by effectively organizing,

prioritizing and delegating the tasks.

Microsoft certified MCTS on .Net Framework2.0 -Web based Client

development.

Experienced in the facilitation and creation of analysis documents

using the UML use case diagrams, and flow charts.

Experience in XML, SOA Architecture and web-services.

Experience in SDLC, AGILE and SCRUM methodologies.

Education: University of Pune, India

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

Experience:

Sep. 2009 Farmers

to till date PROJECT Manager (Contractor)

21C BMD project to maximize the Revenue Upside for the Combined

21st and Farmers Entities through Integrated EA and Direct

Distribution by increasing: Number of New Inquiries (maximizing

brand and value proposition),Conversion of New Customer Inquiries

(streamlining quote and buy process),Conversion of QNT (Marketing

QNT's cross channel),Sales From New and Existing Customers

Requesting Additional Products (cross channel marketing),Retention

of Existing Customers by (cross channel servicing)

Scoped phaseII initiatives, schedule it into Release delivery

model to align with the business goals.

Worked with business groups from Framers and 21C to ensure

effective project requirement gathering.

Publish and present the weekly project key milestones, issues,

risk, schedule, budget and action items to all key stakeholders.

Complete all audit steps for the release project and submit audit.

Monitor the release defect health analysis, release dash board

details, daily testing goals to identify any potential delays/

risk to the release timeline - and act towards mitigating such

issues/ risk by understanding the issues and identifying,

notifying, facilitating meetings with responsible teams.

Create and publish release implementation plan, facilitate release

production shake-out call, track shake-out issues and notify the

release prod implementation status to all key stake-holders.

Monitored, tracked the effort, dates and dependencies of project

activities by conducting team status meetings, and by reviewing

the work status report from project leads.

Managed the resource and budget for 21C-BMD initiative.

Used Critical path, PERT techniques to effectively manage the

project timeframes. Published the weekly updated project plan in

SharePoint for senior management review.

Worked closely with zSOA and enterprise architecture team to

resolve the architecture and technical issues related to FFQ3

integration project.

Technology used: DB2, COBOL, JAVA, JSP, J2EE,MQ, AJAX, HTML.

June 2002 Tata Consultancy Services

to July 2009 Worked on the following client engagement:

Client: AIG Direct Insurance (Nov 2007 to July 2009)

PROJECT MANAGER

Managed the CLAIMS business consolidation, and application process

between AIG and 21st Insurance group, which included converting

all existing APS claims data to AIG Claims, and providing the

interface for AIG to take first notice of loss on 21st Insurance

policies.

Collaborated with senior management and business teams on project

development, risk management, and definition of enterprise

architecture.

Managed ISO universal project which helped to receive consistent,

integrated reports across lines of insurance. This which helped

the company, saving millions of dollars in fraudulent claims, by

allowing Claims adjusters to more easily and reliably spot

potential fraud.

Oversee the MQ handshake between AIG AND 21st policy systems,

worked closely with architecture team to help implement various

web service calls with external vendors

Work closely with architecture team to finalize the SOA

architecture design for Universal injury index project.

Created Budget, WBS, identified program milestones, assigned

resources, created the risk management plan, and performed Earned

value measurements against project spending.

Created implementation plan for the claims conversion project.

Updated the task progress, and notified all stakeholders

periodically with the implementation status.

Acted as a facilitator to help teams to works together

effectively, by properly planning, estimating and effectively

delegating the assignments.

Managed and oversee the MQ interface and web service handshake

between AIG and 21st system.

Created project reserves, task in PLANVIEW to manage budget,

resource and capacities. Used earned value management to

effectively manage the entire project life-cycle from the proposal

phase through project completion.

Conducted performance reviews, mentoring peers to achieve their

career goals.

Technology used: DB2, VB, C# J2EE, MQ, ASP.NET2.0, AJAX, SQL

Server 7.0, HTML.

Client: Warner Brothers Entertainment (Dec. 2006 to Oct. 2007)

PROJECT MANAGER

Managed the scope, budget, schedule, resources and communication

phase of the Global RIM 3.8 enhancement project.

Managed the development of RIM 3.8 requirements, data models, and

all project lifecycles.

Oversaw the development effort of enhancing the forecasting

algorithm, which helped more accurate replenishment of DVD titles.

Developed project plans, tracking progress, resource allocation

and analyzing workloads for projects.

Facilitated and conducted Brainstorming session to clear out the

scope, and team status meetings on a weekly basis to monitor the

project progress and maximize productivity.

Technology Used: Visual Basic, ASP.NET, CSS, XML, HTML.

Client: 21st Century Insurance (June 2002 to Nov. 2006)

Project Lead

Led the ECF project which helped company in saving revenues by

eliminating physical storage of documents, and eliminating

document handlers by scanning all claims related document into

document archival system and view them online.

Integrated existing legacy Vehicle inspection system to

Java/Asp.Net based claims system, and interfacing with CCC and DIL

application using MQ channel.

Proactively involved in risk identification and creating risk

response plans.

Involved in creating business requirement document. Interacting

with subject matter experts and, organizing complex information

into understandable subject areas, and participated in BRD

document reviews and signoffs.

Integrated existing legacy Napersoft mainframe third party

software with new java based claims application for claimant

correspondence, which enabled company saving up to $250K in new

licensing fees.

Led project teams and coordinated and implemented the project and

action plans to the agreed standards and deadlines.

Created and maintained project schedules by developing project

plans, time estimates, establishing deadlines, monitoring

milestone completion, resolving conflicts and timely reporting to

key stake holders.

Implemented web services to get the loss report, injury detail

data from Choice point.

Technology used: ASP.NET 2.0, VB SQL Server 7.0 AJAX, Mainframe,

DB2.

Jan. 1999 Farmers Insurance

to May 2002 APPLICATION DEVELOPER (Contractor)

Performed design and development of CEA Extract program to

retrieve and extract retroactive data to CEA. Responsible for

analyzing the CEA data and coming up with the technical solution

to correct the data.

Implemented Auto/Home discounts, Burglar Alarm discount and other

discount related initiatives as part of the PLA release schedule.

Involved in development of downstream process areas, underwriting

programs, and online screen programs.

Involved in design and development effort related to Billing

Statement Module, Notices, Earned Premium Calculation, and diary

processing.

Involved in design, analysis and development of electronic fund

transfer (EFT) modules to electronically accept, process the

policy premiums.

Technology used: COBOL, DB2, VSAM, REXX, JCL, CLASSIC ASP, Oracle.

Training: Risk management workshop by Rita Mulchay.

Communications excellence by Velociteach.

Six sigma training conducted by AIG.

Technical Skills: IMS DB/DC, Oracle 10g, DB2, SQL Server 05, HTML, CSS, PL/SQL,

Crystal Report, J2EE, JAVA, ASP.NET 2.0, AJAX, CICS, MQ V6.0,

COBOL, C#, PLANVIEW, VISO, MS-Project 03, Mainframe.

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