Project Management

Shilpa Kulkarni 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

SUMMARY

12+ years of experience in finance and manufacturing industries with focus on banking,

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asset management, business analysis, vendor management, quality assurance, project

management, development, support etc.

A Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering and a Green Belt Six Sigma certification.

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Pursuing PMP Certification

Strong track record of managing business and technology issues and effective user

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interaction at various levels

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Programming Languages: Java, JSP, Struts, iBatis, ASP, MS Visual Basic, HTML, MS Excel, MS

SQL Stored Procedures, Triggers, Shell script, Perl, Windows DOS

scripts, ASP.Net, C#

Servers/Software: Weblogic 5.1/7.0, Tomcat 4.1, IIS, Broadvision 6.0/6.5/7.0, Unix, Windows

Platform

Tools: Autosys Scheduler, Mercury IT Governance Center, Microsoft Project

Plan, Excel, PowerPoint, Interwoven Teamsite4.2 & Templating, Visual

Source Safe, Rational Test Suite Rational ClearQuest, Rational

Clearcase, Mercury TestDirector6.0, EditPlus, PaintShop Editor,

Ecllipse IDE, Bladelogic, Citrix, FrontRange Solutions Goldmine,

iEnterprises iExtensions CRM tool, Oracle, Oracle Business Intelligence

Reporting Tools: Seagate Crystal Reports, MS Access, Cognos, Business Intelligence

Databases: SQL Server, ORACLE, Sybase, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Banco Do Brasil, White Plains, NY

Aug 2009 till date

Role – Project Manager, Technical Business Analyst

Datawarehouse(Oracle, OBI) implementation

Responsibilities

Working on migration of Datawarehouse application from SQL Server Cognos

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environment to Oracle OBI environment. The project involved migration efforts along with

improving the reports for Accounting, Risk and Treasury groups, following considering all other

business units to incorporate in OBI central system.

Involved in gathering requirements, meeting end users, documentation related to

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functional requirements, data analysis, upgrades, training, UAT etc

Involved in RFP phase with occasional meeting with Oracle marketing group to

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understand the right tools to consider that fits in the budget, worked on proposal, financial

statements and bidding efforts with Oracle team.

Involved in dealing with 6 vendors that were considered for RFP phase, interviewing

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vendors, built in RFP vendor selection criteria as a BB standard policies, involved in vendor

elimination process till finalization of the vendor.

Shilpa Kulkarni 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

Responsible for leading the project implementation throughout SDLC phases including

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creating project charter, proposal evaluation, estimation, resource management, creating and

tracking project plans, submitting status reports to senior management, creating and maintaining

meeting minutes, follow up on outstanding deliverables, keeping work stream leaders on

schedule, working with vendor etc

Involved in technical aspects like Data Model reviews, ETL process decisions, OBI

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Dashboard and Answers discussions along with user groups to finalize the reports to match the

numbers

Involved in UAT, introducing support model, leading efforts for upcoming phases etc

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Further involved with user queries with little bit of support efforts.

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iExtensions CRM implementation

Responsibilities

Working on implementation of CRM application namely iExtensions(Lotus Notes based).

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The project involved upgrading current system at NYC and introducing the CRM tool to Miami

and Orlando user group

Involved in gathering requirements, meeting end users, documentation related to

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functional requirements, data analysis, upgrades, training, UAT etc

Data Analysis involved in migration of Contacts data from Goldmine CRM tool to

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iExtensions

Responsible for leading the project implementation throughout SDLC phases including

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creating project charter, RFP, proposal evaluation, estimation, resource management, creating

and tracking project plans, submitting status reports to upper management, creating and

maintaining meeting minutes, follow up on outstanding deliverables, keeping work stream

leaders on schedule, working with vendor etc

Legg Mason, STAMFORD, CT

Mar 2006 Nov2008

former Citigroup Asset Management

Role – PMO Analyst, Business Analyst

Responsibilities

Gathering requirements, meeting end users, documentation related to enhancements or

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of new applications, schedular jobs, data analysis, upgrades, third party data capturing and

tracking like data from Bloomberg, FactSet etc.

Responsible for project coordination including new project initiations using ITG,

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estimation,

resource management, creating and tracking project plans, submitting status reports to upper

management, creating and maintaining meeting minutes, follow up on outstanding deliverables,

keeping work stream leaders on schedule for any new projects, enhancements of current

system.

Logging issues to support system and resolving using previous experience of bug

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resolution, research, analysis, with/without the help of developers or vendors

Shilpa Kulkarni 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

Applying upgrade or bug fixing related patches to the application and coordinating testing

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and deployment

Creating and maintaining documentation

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Planning QA testing strategies, creating test cases, test scripts, bug fixing

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Coordinating regression testing in addition to production releases and end user training

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which resulted in a smooth implementation.

Occasionally coding, testing and implementation of changes in production environment.

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Platform – Microsoft Project Plan, Excel, Mercury IT Governance center (Project, resource and

Change Management), VSS (Configuration Management), Autosys scheduler, Vendor applications,

DOS, Unix, Java, JSP, SQL, Javascript, Batch scripts

Migration from CAM to LM – Migration of identified systems and platforms from

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Citigroup Asset Management (CAM) to Legg Mason (LM) infrastructure in 2005, as a result of

acquisition

Role – Business Analyst, Support Analyst

Responsibilities

Gathering requirements, Creation of vision scope/project proposal, project plan for

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transitioning the identified projects along with improving their current scope, from CAM

(Citigroup Asset Management) to LM (Legg Mason) infrastructure

Project co ordination to deal with procurement group for server build ups, application

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installations, security scans, file transfer, Autosys scheduler logic, testing and QA procedures.

Project management activities like creation of project proposal, project plan, resource

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management, and tracking tasks to meet tight deadlines

Vendor management, Procurement analysis related to diagnosing new server and its built

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up, data migration, new user set up etc

Post migration support and maintenance, user guidance to make them comfortable with

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new improved system

Development for enhancement and new additions in existing applications

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Document creation and maintenance

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Creating test cases, testing and implementation of changes

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GE ASSET MANAGEMENT, STAMFORD, CT

OCT 2004 TO Mar 2006

Application Support and maintenance of SPII, DREAMS, CDONet

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Role Support Analyst, Business Analyst, PMO Analyst, QA Analyst

SPII Structured Products Investment Intelligence system is a structured finance research tool,

internally developed within GEAM, which includes the functionality of:

Organizing and tracking Structured Products information like Holdings data in one

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consistent and searchable platform. Includes High Grade ABS, CMBS, MBS holdings and

CMBS high yield bonds.

Shilpa Kulkarni 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

Ensuring rigorous and consistent Credit Underwriting Process.

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Providing Early Warning Triggers that allow early exit of Problem Credits based on trigger

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and performance data from 3rd party vendors such as INTEX (ABS/MBS) and TREPP (CMBS).

Driving Sell discipline on Watch List Credits through timely position and status monitoring

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Continuous monitoring of exposure under each Insurer, Master Trust, Master Service and

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Trustee.

WSA CDONet GEAM uses Wall Street Analytics CDONet product for better analysis of

CDO(Collateral Debt Obligations) deals.

To maintain and Load the Daily JPM Transaction File and Monthly Cash forecast files to

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CDO Net Database.

Responsibilities

Assisted client in the development of the business requirements, including identification of

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opportunities for improvement and optimization of business processes.

Assisting/Training Business Users in understanding new enhancements in SPII

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Actively Participate on the weekly meetings on CORE initiate and future state of the

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project

Supporting in house developed application SPII and vendor application CDONet for daily

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issues related to data feed, user action problems, real time process feeds for risk/performance

parameters

Dealing with application business group mostly traders to understand the daily problems if

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any and to resolve them on timely manner, prioritizing properly

Involved in the high level Design and Documentation of new modules/different

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enhancements of modules like Deal Underwriting, Credit Watch, Triggers, Reports etc.

Creation of Use Cases and Test Cases using SteelTrace Catalyze.

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Writing and executing test plans and test scripts

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Involved in extensive testing, implementation & deployment of code across multiple

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environments using Bladelogic and Kintana Requests

Participation and co ordination in UAT phase, tracking defects and their resolution

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Platform MS Visual Studio, ASP, MS Visual Basic, DOS, SQL Server, SQL – Table creation,

modification, writing triggers and Stored Procs, Microsoft Project Plan, SteelTrace Catalyze

(UseCase/TestCase), Bladelogic/Kintana (Application Deployment and Management Tools),

VSS(Configuration Management), Mercury TestDirector6.0(Test Management), Mercury IT

Governance Center

RAMP Robust Automated Monitoring Platform

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Role Project Leader/ Business Analyst

RAMP is an application, which provides dashboard for auto checks that are to be made timely for

processes specific to each application within GEAM. Using this application, users can create, modify

and monitor applications, its associated processes and auto checks that are to be made for each

process which can be executed daily or monthly.

Shilpa Kulkarni 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

Responsibilities

Gathering VOC from Subject Matter Experts, business and IT users and writing

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requirement specs, flow diagrams for the development team.

Providing clear and concise documentation regarding requirements management plans,

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functional requirements, supplemental requirements, test plans, and test cases

Involved in Configuration Management and Test Management cycles consisting of

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activities like extensive manual testing, implementation & deployment of code across multiple

environments using Bladelogic and Kintana Requests

Arranging Offshore telecons to follow up with monthly status along with GE managers and

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Offshore teams

Training Offshore/Onsite team members in understanding the process and procedures at

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GE

Platform Java, JSP, Struts, iBatis, BEA Weblogic 8.1, SQL Server, in house built GEAM

Framework, SQL Server, SteelTrace Catalyze (UseCase/TestCase), Bladelogic/Kintana (Application

Deployment and Management Tools), VSS, Mercury TestDirector6.0,MPP

PITNEY BOWES, STAMFORD, CT

MAY 2001 TO SEP 2004

pb.com Redesign – Integration of the company’s all web applications in a J2EE based

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Multi Tier application with a number of modules, including an online store module and

multilingual capabilities

Role Developer, Support Analyst, Project Co ordinator

Responsibilities

Getting content requirements from Business Users involved in IT Techcentral, PostageBy

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Phone, PB Canada group.

Involved in the high level Design and Architecture of different customized modules like My

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Equipment, Service & Training, Postage by Phone, Online store and Premium content across

the site.

Used Microsoft Visio to chart out flow diagrams, Use Cases

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Project co ordination of Onsite Teams and Offshore development teams.

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Conducting weekly telecons with development teams and PB IT managers

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Conducting monthly updates to business users to update project/task updates.

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Conducting code reviews, review of Component, Class, Sequence and Interaction

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Diagrams submitted by offshore teams.

In the Designing and coding the front end JSPs, Java Beans and Servlets following MVC

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Struts architecture. Thus worked on major j2ee technologies (JSP, servlets, java beans etc)

Used Apache Ant as a build for the application.

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Development of Release B (Apollo project), which involved conversion of Legacy System

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to Siebel and related code impacts.

Support and maintenance of PB Canada Supplies site

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Used Rational Clearcase for source code version control and defect tracking, debugging,

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bug fixing using Rational ClearQuest.

Platform BroadVision, Struts, Java, JSP, Unix, SQL, XML, Apache Web Server, Rational

Clearquest, UML

PBWeb Intranet Support, Maintenance & Development – transitioning various

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Intranet sites for different Business Units such with different product flow structures and

technologies to a uniform global Intranet site, maintaining it and enhancing functionalities

Role Developer, Support Analyst, Project Co ordinator

Responsibilities

Designed and developed the system to meet the requirements of business users.

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Captured the user requirements with use case diagrams and delivered Class and

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Sequence diagrams.

Involved in Support & Maintenance of Intranet sites and Enhancements

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In course of global PBWeb Intranet project, responsible for majority of coding &

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development, based on PB design

Worked as team leader for development of successive add on projects such as Demand

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Planning & Forecasting & HR claims related to Intranet, also involved in Estimation and project

planning of the same.

Testing involved extensive Manual Testing and documenting the same

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Helped in upgradation and configuration of Broadvision Application server from BV6.0 to

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BV6.5

Mentored the Java developers in Struts Framework and J2EE technologies.

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Platform Tomcat, HTML, Struts, Java, JSP, JDBC, SQL, PLSQL, Oracle, Rational Clearquest,

VSS, Microsoft Project Plan, Test Director

Patni Computer Systems, India

APR 2000 TO APR 2001

Outeract, COIN AG, Germany workflow management application developed for COIN

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AG. 'Outeract' implements a pre defined workflow process. It allows users to execute specific

activities, which comprise the workflow process, depending on rights (privileges) allocated to

them. The data is passed across different nodes in the workflow system, in the form of business

objects. The major architectural modules of the 'Outeract' system are User Rights and Role

Management, Version Management, Process Engine and Business Objects, Storage Layer and

Media Layer. This application was developed with Java 1.2 on Weblogic 5.1 server (with EJB1.1

specifications).

Role Developer

Shilpa Kulkarni 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

Responsibilities

Involved in design of Version Management layer.

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Creation of test cases and detailed design documents.

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Leading the team, project management activities along with application development

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Development of Enterprise Beans and deploying the same onto the Weblogic server

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Involved in coding and testing cycles.

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Platform Weblogic 5.1 server, JSP, Java 1.2, VSS, Jbuilder

eBiz Intranet an internal project catering to various needs of eBiz SBU. It had various

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facilities such as room booking facility, training nomination, project collaboration, search facility,

mail facility, new updates, channel browser, etc.

Role Developer

Responsibilities

Design development and coding for training workflow using workflow related component

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provided by Publishing Center of Info Exchange Portal, a portal builder provided by BroadVision.

Development and coding of channel browser, a reusable component for browsing

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channels.

Platform: BroadVision One to One Enterprise (Solaris)

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Gulf Oil India, Ltd.

MAR 1999 TO APR 2000

ERP Solution implementation

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Factory Management System Coding and designing of the forms for Data Import, Data Export,

Work Order and bin card generation, & integrated stores/material requisitions generation

Regional Management System, Corporate Management System & Depot Management System

Generation of various Reports according to client specification

Normalization of various modules

Responsibilities

• Developed & implemented customization of ERP system using Borland C++ Builder,

Oracle & Seagate Crystal reports for their geographically diverse operations

• Developed real time data solutions for all processes that is manufacturing, supply chain,

finance & procurement

• Also customized a Payroll system project for a medium sized apparel company while

working with Brainpower.

Platform

Shilpa Kulkarni 203-***-**** **********@*****.***

Borland C++ Builder, Seagate Crystal Reports, SQL, PLSQL

KPIT, India

JUL 1998 TO NOV 1998

Polygram While working with KPIT Systems Ltd., a Leading database solution provider

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amongst top 50 in India, I worked on this European media company's project.

Role –developer

Responsibilities

Undergone 3 months Oracle training program provided by the company for Campus

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selected employees.

Involved in developing Oracle Procedures and Reports as per Clients requirements.

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Platform SQL, PLSQL, Reports

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Passed 4 year Bachelor Degree in Engineering with major in Electronics, India.

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Six Sigma Green Belt Certified. Pursuing for Black Belt and PMP.

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