Project Manager Management

R ajesh Gopalakrishnan

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BACKGROUND

Seasoned consultant & project manager/leader with over 14 years of professional

experience that encompasses several COTS and custom software system life cycle

segments from requirements to delivery involving Enterprise Asset Management

(EAM), ERP, Supply Chain, Procurement and E-commerce. Progressive experience

cumulatively gained as an individual contributor, project lead and as a project

manager in technical and functional capacity for application software analysis,

design and development, implementation and support. Well versed in all segments

of the project software life cycle, owning a successful track record of leading and

managing several successful COTS projects in Government and Private sectors.

P ROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Constellation Energy GroupConstellation Energy Group, Baltimore, MD

( Oct 2009 – Present)

Project Lead responsible for leading a team of developers in the support and

maintenance of a large enterprise wide COTS product implementation for a

large Energy utility company. Responsible for managing project schedule,

conduct status meetings with project director and business units, leading

requirements gathering, fit- gap analysis, development of functional and

technical specifications for new development initiatives. Responsible for

leading and coordinating off-shore development team for day to day

maintenance and support activities, provide subject matter expertise in

application server administration (Websphere), design and development and

i mplementation of various new project deliverables.

P PG Industries, Pittsburgh, PA (May 2008 – Oct 2008)

Project Manager responsible for leading the Global IT support team in the

development, support and administration of global Integrated Enterprise

Asset Management COTS product (IBM Tivoli/Maximo) and ERP

i mplementation and support for one of the largest multi- national company

t hat specializes in manufacturing paint, fiberglass and chemicals. The role

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involves:

Lead day to day global support and maintenance of enterprise asset

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management product suite for business units / sites spread all over

t he world (Manage project schedule and keep track deliverables for

new product enhancements, conduct weekly status meetings to

t rack critical issues and provide status updates to higher

management and global client sites)

Provide functional and technical subject matter expertise, lead and manage

i n-house and off-shore development team to troubleshoot critical issues,

design and development of enhancements, data migration, server

administration (Websphere) that also includes migration, performance tuning

i n coordination with vendor support (IBM)

Provide subject matter expertise for the maintenance and support of

M AXIMO Integration to Oracle Financials and other ERP COTS tools for

i nventory, finance and procurement utilizing the product enterprise interface

adapters

Implementation / rollout and migration of product to new global sites on a

periodic basis

Provide subject matter expertise for functional and technical design,

development and system maintenance

Johnston McLambJohnston McLamb, Chantilly, VA (Apr 2008 – Apr 2009)

Client: United Stated States Postal Service (USPS)

Project Manager responsible for project management that includes managing and

leading a team of 5 members in the administration, support and development of

COTS and custom built solutions for various projects within the US Postal Service.

Responsible for successful design, development, implementation and rollout of a new

revenue tracking application for sales and service associates employed across all US

post offices. Responsible for coordinating and project deliverables including status

reports and other project documentation to the client in accordance with sox

compliance requirements, development and maintenance of project schedule (per

Technology Software Life Cycle Sox compliance guidelines), managing budgets and

developing proposals for new initiatives within the firm. Responsible for

coordinating CMMI level 3 requirements and its compliance and SOX compliance

requirements for projects within the USPS. Responsible for coordination and leading

t he team in planning and implementation of software and hardware (application

server, database) migration for disaster recovery remediation in coordination with

USPS remote IT network support team.

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Booz Allen HamiltonBooz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA (Apr 2003 – Jan

2008)

Served as a Principal Consultant/Project Lead responsible for the implementation

and support of COTS products involving Enterprise Asset Management (IBM- Tivoli-

MAXIMO) and ERP (PeopleSoft) integration

Client: Department of Interior (National Park Service)

Project lead responsible for:

o Managing various development initiatives for in-house COTS products.

Leading the systems team for Maximo enterprise asset management application

administration, support, development and migration

Providing functional and technical expertise for product development and

configuration and business process analysis and leading the configuration

management efforts.

I nvolved in activities for defining and setting up of a centralized PMO for the IT

department

Client: United States Navy (Marine Core)

As Principal consultant responsible for:

o Administration, Support and implementation of Integrated Enterprise

Asset Management and ERP Product suite

System enhancements involving requirements & business processes analysis,

development of functional and technical models, data mapping & data conversion

Client: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Lead consultant responsible for developing implementation plan, guidelines and

p rocedures for the installation and configuration of a standalone PeopleSoft Asset

Management Enterprise Suite and its interface to existing PeopleSoft Financials

Application and other legacy systems.

Client: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA)

Responsible for analysis, design and delivery of Maximo Enterprise Asset

Management Integrated Solution for the IT Renewal project at the Washington

Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). Key Responsibilities included:

Provide Functional as well as Technical expertise with primary focus on

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M aintenance, Materials, Procurement and Financials Integration.

Fit gap analysis and design workshops with the various departments within

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WMATA including development of AS-IS and TO-BE processes

Data Mapping and data conversion

System architecture design and development including application server

deployment

Led development efforts for product enhancements using Java & JSP

Design and Development of Interface Architecture for integrating Maximo with

PeopleSoft Financials & Supply Chain Management and HR and other legacy

systems.

Installation, configuration and continued maintenance of Application Server

(Weblogic)

Installation and configuration of Interface Adapters (Maximo Enterprise Adapter)

using WebMethods and PeopleTools for integration between Maximo and PeopleSoft.

Development of Functional and Technical specifications.

UNICCO Service CompanyU NICCO Service Company, Newton, MA (2002)

Project Lead leading the asset management support team in the delivery of

outsourcing services that involved onsite analysis, design and implementation of

Maximo Enterprise Asset Management and mobile computing solutions for various

end users in the Manufacturing, Healthcare, Utility, Retail and Educational

I nstitutions. Additional clients included Harvard Medical School, Mercedes Benz,

Westinghouse, Gulf Stream, WEYCO, etc.

Work Technology CorporationWork Technology Corporation, Boston, MA

(2001 – 2002)

Product Manager & Senior Consultant with responsibilities that included:

o Working on multi- track consulting assignments that involve on-site

i mplementation, integration and delivery of Enterprise Asset

M anagement solutions and Time & Expense product suites and in house

development of software application.

Analysis, design and development of interface specifications for B2B Integration of

ARIBA with Maximo for a large-scale asset maintenance and procurement

environment using Java, JSP, and Oracle.

Developing strategies for migrating Work Tech Time, a Client/Server based Time-

Keeping and Attendance application to a Web-based environment.

IBMI BM (previously MRO Software Inc) Bedford, MA (1996 – 2001)

Senior Software Engineer responsible for the Design, Development and Integration

of several software components in the evolution and delivery of Maximo Enterprise

Asset Management Product Suite. Additional responsibilities include providing

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tactical and strategic support for integration with best-of-breed and best-of-suite

business application for various vertical industry domains. Key responsibilities and

accomplishments were:

o Design and development of Java based business components as part of the

core product application server

Design and development of JSP, HTML and JavaScript based front- ends to interact

w ith the various Java Business Components in the Application Server.

Design and development of interface for an online procurement application (MRO

buyer) that provides a single global e-commerce network for the buyer-supplier

chain.

Responsible for the tactical migration of the existing client/server applications to a

web-based architecture. Earlier versions were developed using CENTURA (Gupta

SQL Windows)

Design and development of Maximo enterprise Adapter for integration of Maximo to

ERP systems such as PeopleSoft, Oracle financials, etc.

EDUCATION

Masters degree – Computer Science, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Post Graduate Diploma – Systems Management, NIIT, INDIA

Bachelors Degree – Corporate Management (Finance/Accounting), University of

Madras, INDIA

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ORACLE 10g Developing Web Services

ORACLE 11i General Ledger Management

People Tools I & II

PeopleSoft Integration Tools 8.48

ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS

Enterprise Asset Management (IBM Tivoli - Maximo suite), ERP (PeopleSoft

Enterprise Application Suite, PeopleTools (v8.44), Oracle Financials), WebLogic,

Websphere, Webmethods, Oracle RDBMS, SQL Server, Actuate, Microstrategy

METHODOLOGY

Object Oriented Design, SDLC, Agile, CMMI, Rational Suite

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS

Java, JSP, XML, HTML, JavaScript, Centura, Powerbuilder, SQR

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