Project Manager

Resume of Anita Luthra

PROFILE

A leader and architect in the IT community with over 10 years of experience

helping organizations deliver technology solutions to meet business needs.

Expertise helping companies leverage existing systems, taking advantage of

new technologies as appropriate, and performing technology migrations, re-

platforming and application integration across multiple

platforms. Experience across industries includes insurance, banking,

manufacturing, healthcare, government and academia. Strong working

knowledge across technologies. Track record for successful delivery and

implementation of innovative and effective solutions, while developing and

leading professional teams. History of delivery on time and on

budget. Enjoy working/liaison teams across all company levels and

externally. Chair of the Triad Developers Guild (www.triaddev.org), active

member of INETA and current board member and speaker for the Piedmont-Triad

SQL User Group. Writing & Speaking experience.

EXPERIENCE

Management

. Current Chair of the Triad developers Guild (former Piedmont Triad

.Net Users' Group). Responsible for restoration of the group's INETA

status this year. Board member of SQL Users Group and active speaker.

Closely aligned with current and new technologies. Well networked in

the IT community.

. Technical Lead and manager of complex full Software Development Life

Cycle (SLDC) projects with integration of vendor solutions into

current IT systems.

. Project management. Project & resource planning. Projecting timelines,

across departments and the organization to fast track and coordinate

project tasks to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery. PMP

certification training (PMBOK). 3 units of PMO certification training

completed.

. Contract management. Co-ordination, production of Product and

Enterprise Roadmaps, resource planning, contract negotiation, request

& review of RFP.

. Resource allocation, development and mentoring of teams, project

management. Extensive interviewing & hiring experience. Management of

QA, testing teams, production support. Resume review, interviewing,

and hiring input/lead decision maker. Team co-ordination.

. On-shore and off-shore Vendor Relationship Management with companies

like IBM, Cap Gemini, Satyam, Sales Logix, Microsoft Gold Partners, &

other vendors.

. Experience interfacing with senior management, marketing, business,

and external users, customers, working closely with business &

marketing groups, across diverse and virtual teams, working with

vendors, interviewing, hiring, mentoring, training.

. Sr. Consultant for TekSystems/Maxim Goup 7+ yrs. Functioned in roles

such as interviewing and tech screening nationwide. Working closely

with Acct. Reps for help with consultant placement. Have maintained a

close relationship and they frequently sponsor the current .Net User

Group (www.triaddev.org)

Architecture

. Develop and architect IT best practices & Governance, Systems and

application architecture, analysis, design, standards implementation,

resource management, development & troubleshooting of complex internal

& external systems.

. Multiple implementations of infrastructure, security, web, B2B and e-

commerce systems, database & information systems experience. File,

(multiple) domain and SQL level security design & implementation with

Active Directory. IIS, server configuration and specifications.

. Object Oriented Application & Design (OOAD) solutions-definition with

focus on high-performance, scalability, security, data reporting

needs, reusability, ease of maintenance & interface with existing

systems, including legacy applications. Facilitation of design

sessions. Delivery with multiple methodologies, waterfall, JAD, RAD,

Agile.

. Migrations & integrations across technologies, to meet IT & business

needs, leverage advanced functionality, new technologies, & growth. UI

design and development. Performance and navigation trouble-shooting.

. Data modeling & design, normalization, data mapping, ANSI SQL, XML and

XSLT standards implementation, security design, development using

ERWIN modeler. Browser compatibility review, 1 SAP migration.

. New development, customizations, modifications, integrations across

systems, security & infrastructure architecture and setup, QA,

Production Support, on time, within budget. Prototyping, use case and

test case development.

. UI testing, workflow design and review, performance testing for

scalability. Extensive trouble-shooting experience.

. Review and development of product and enterprise IT roadmaps.

. Writing of test plans, project proposals, infrastructure hosting

documents, work breakdown structures.

. Requirements gathering, development of use case scenarios & diagram

flows using case tools such as ERWIN Modeler, Visio, and exposure to

Rational Suite.

Technologies

. Technologies include but not limited to C#, Vb.Net, ADO.net, Java, SQL

Server, CLR development, SSIS, CSS stylesheets, XHTML, HTML,

JavaScript, Oracle, CRM, SOA, and Web Services, Mercury Test Director,

Lotus Notes, Visio, MS Project, ERP system SAP, CRM system Sales

Logix, eGate (SUN SeeBeyond), Visual Studio & .Net 3.5, 2.0, 1.1.

Visual Studio Team System (C# 3.5), design, architecture & development

of Web Services & Services Oriented Architectures, SharePoint, etc.

. Use of graphics tools such as Adobe Photoshop, PaintShop Pro, HiJaak

Pro, Gif Animations, JPG rendering. Graphics file conversions,

resizing, and image editing to fit web/e-commerce requirements, and

meet company legal standards.

. Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and MS Project, MS Outlook, ERWIN

modeler, Visio. Sun certification training on eGate (formerly

SeeBeyond).

. Infrastructure experience with Security architecture & design, Server

builds, patching, trouble-shooting, systems configuration.

. Experience training in Silverlight with WCF & RIA Services.

JOB HISTORY

Strategy, Architecture & Innovation (CONSULTANT) WELLS FARGO/WACHOVIA

SEPT 2009 - CURRENT

. Architecture & Enablement/Engineering Services Team.

. Solutions & Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management

. Merger-related Analysis. Systems, Solutions & Applications

Architecture.

. Merger projects including consolidation of Oracle General Ledgers for

Wachovia & Wells Fargo.

. Executive presentations & analysis/meetings.

. Agile & Project Management methodologies

TECHNICAL

. Systems analysis, SQL, .Net, Java, Oracle,, Data Warehousing, .Net

Development,

. SQL Server SSIS/Stored Procedures/analysis, and .Net development (web

& Windows).

. SharePoint Site set-up, manipulation, design, Visio, Microsoft Office

Suite, OpenXML.

Technical Team Lead (Consultant), American Express

Mar 2008 - Sept 2009

. Interfaced on IDN roadmap strategy and roll-out across multiple teams.

. IDN Interactive technical team Lead/ Developer, SQL Server design and

architecture, development.

. Worked closely with across local teams based out of India, Phoenix,

Florida and Greensboro. Interface with the business. Project planning,

scoping, coordination and implementation. Meet project deadlines and

business need on time with minimal errors. Liaison with IBM as needed

(for infrastructure management needs). Project planning, on-time

project delivery. Documentation and design.

. Success in US Risk Operations Platform (ROP) lights on maintenance,

monitoring, prioritizing/actioning of job and production support issue

items, development of application and process enhancements and

coordinating and packaging SQL releases. Day to day production support

issues, releases, standards development, code reviews, liaison and

coordinate across teams (domestic, international).

. Successfully completed DB migration lead (SQL Server), Visual Studio

2003 to Visual Studio Team System 2008 for a web application (.Net

intranet and extranet) with a back-end data warehouse housing millions

of rows of data across multiple databases, and an OLAP cube. Hands-on

development. Instrumental in security modeling (active directory, file

system, SQL server security) trouble-shooting, implementing, testing.

Mentoring, standard & release implementation during the migration and

implementing QA Controls.

Enterprise Integration Architect, Goodrich Aerospace

Sept 2007 - Mar 2008

. Instrumental in successful liaison and completion of companywide SAP

Systems migration working closely with the enterprise Database

Manager, the Enterprise IT director, architects, business & IT

executives and teams, nationally and internationally. Interfaced with

Boeing executives, in the UK and France. Key development was occurring

in Chula Vista, CA. Worked closely with the SAP architect, SAP team,

J2ee, infrastructure and DBA teams during a SAP 4.5 to 6.0 migrations

parallel with a new J2ee e-commerce application release.

. Developed/modified Road-maps (short-term and 10 year plans) for roll-

outs across all facilities nationally and internationally under

direction of the Director of IT, interfacing with teams at all levels

internally and externally.

. Liaison with companies such as Airbus and Boeing. Analysis of

integration architecture using Java CAPS, See Beyond, Active

Directory. Sun Certification training - EGate.

. Architecture & oversight of ERP systems (SAP) interfacing with a J2ee

website. Project sizing and planning. Utilized Sharepoint as our CMS

system. Worked closely with external vendors across the country (CAP

Gemini and a couple of smaller vendors) as well as internationally in

Europe. Travel was almost 50%.

. Coordinated business requirements and project plans across teams, with

team leads, managers, directors, and virtual teams. Developed

excellent working relationships with managers, directors, developers,

vendors, consultants across IT and the business at all levels. Liaison

between IT corporate, the project Office (PMO) and the SAP development

team.

Database & Systems Engineer, TEKSYSTEMS/RMIC Insurance

jan 2007 - sept 2007

Data warehouse & OLTP database design & development. SQL 2005 Business

Intelligence (SSIS), New development and implementation of standards for a

merger of multiple companies and migration of legacy data in multiple

formats into standard DB design. Integrated multiple lenders into RMIC.

Hands-on development. Instrumental in design, architecture and

implementation of data migration of large volumes of mortgage data into

RMIC's databases and front-end intranet. (Consulting position created for

me)

Technical Project Mgr/Architect, (cONSULTANT) GMAC Insurance Corp

Mar 2006 -

Dec 2006

. Implemented Commercial Insurance web-based product line with

anticipated growth of several million dollars (product became #3 in

the company) managing an external vendor delivered product (Java

based), which interfaced with internal .Net systems and back-end

legacy systems. Implemented two states successfully on time and on

budget.

. Built project from inception and early architecture design, working

closely with vendors and the internal development and testing teams,

infrastructure, security and QA teams.

. Managed Change control process, issue tracking with Mercury Test

Director. Worked closely across teams such as QA and testing, eternal

vendors, internal development teams.

. Managed the details of a large vendor contract, and held the

(external) vendor accountable for successful implementation in-house.

. Reported directly to the IT manager, with dotted line reporting to

Director of Marketing and Manager of Marketing.

. Acted as liaison between internal web (e-commerce) team, testing team,

QA team, marketing team, vendor, and infrastructure translating

business requirements to the vendor and ensuring delivery on schedule,

and budget. Met all internal quality controls and scalability and

GMACI standards requirements needs. (Position created for me - 1

renewal)

Technical Lead/Migration architect (Consultant), R. J. Reynolds

July 2005 - Mar 2006

. Architected, designed and developed migration strategy for existing

web based product and developed new product (for Marketing group) with

use of modeling tools such as Visio and Erwin Modeler.

. Mentored, coordinated and helped team members develop across

technologies & technology platforms, using Web Services, Windows Forms

and SOA. Interfaced with external vendor providing data feeds through

2 firewalls and multiple database platforms.

. Instrumental in recommendation and implementation of a corporate-wide

training curriculum for migration to .Net and negotiation of training

contract using Computer Horizons.

. Mentored J2ee developers using IBM WebSphere and Oracle with

transition to Visual Studio .Net and SQL Server (also interfaced with

DB2), and implementation of Serena Changeman. SharePoint was heavily

implemented in this environment.

. Wrote test cases, worked with DBA teams, and security and

infrastructure teams. FYI: A large SAP implementation was also

occurring in parallel. We worked in close proximity with the teams.

. Implemented Data design and reverse engineering of backend database

for large web e-commerce site using Erwin Modeler. Internal web

security was Active Directory based, external security through 2

firewalls (including a DMZ), and Rijndahl security model .

. Designed and implemented architecture of data migration with Windows

services, prototypes, wire frames. Wrote and implemented test case

scenarios while reporting across departments to both, IT and Business

managers while working on multiple projects (C# and VB.net, web

services, SQL, DB2 technologies). (1 renewal)

Information Architect/Sr. development lead (Consultant)

nc Employment Security Commission Aug 2004 - Oct 2005

. Instrumental in design & delivery of complex reporting system based on

the ALMIS (National Labor Market Database designed by a consortium) to

6 states. (C#, web services, SQL, Oracle, VB.net, Project Management)

. Implemented design standards for ANSI SQL, XML & XSL standards, back-

end C# data access modules.

. Analyzed, designed & built data repository (Data Mart) which

interfaced with the ALMIS North Carolina's Labor Market Db.

. Selected, interviewed & screened consultants (across the U.S.) for all

of ESC's IT groups.

. Architected and developed single code set to access SQL & Oracle

databases. Also designed the back-end security model. Components were

designed & developed, using SOAP & Web Services with 2 layers of

encryption, to a front-end web portal.

. Interfaced closely with developers, Infrastructure, DBAs, the Project

Manager and technical writers.

. Mentored and managed (5) resources, both locally & remotely. Supported

end users during and after implementation.

. Developed VISIO project & Data Architecture flows, designed, reviewed

& coded XML/XSL query structures and data mapping. Reviewed technical

documentation.

. Designed, implemented and modeled information architecture standards

for multiple databases, XML and security model.

NOTE: 2 month overlap - worked this as a 2nd job through

implementation of product while consulting at RJR. 2 renewals. 250 mi

daily commute.

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center jan 2004 - sept

2004

0. Was HIPAA coordinator for departments in Cardiology

1. Handled project management and planning tasks for cardiology across

multiple teams within the company.

2. Delivered first set of Wake Forest's ACC and STS Quarterly reports.

Defined and designed web site, and reporting system for the Cardiology

department.

3. Customized Vendor-based system, Apollo (LUMEDX) using a database back-

end. Provided complex reporting.

TEAM Lead/DBA/Developer, TEK SYSTEMS/GMAC Insurance Corp

sept 2001 - oct 2003

. Embedded DBA for GMAC Insurance's eAgency. The website uses an

adapter pattern and uses of XML, XSL, Microsoft technologies, and back-

end database (SQL and Oracle). It serves up over 7,500,000 page views

per month and delivers a set of applications to service the needs of

27,000 independent insurance agents nationwide. eAgency helped GMAC

Insurance achieve a #1 ranking in automation by the Florida

Association of Insurance Agents in 2003.

. Architected, developed database, developed security model for

integration of a CRM system into live web system (Sales Logix). This

involved migration of a large legacy database, and integration with a

3rd party vendor-based system.

. Architected & developed a backend system interfacing with the

mainframe. Mentored and trained mainframe developers for object-

oriented programming. Helped with migration of site from VB and COM+

to VB.Net using COM interop.

. Worked closely with the testing and QA teams, the business,

infrastructure, the mainframe teams and external vendors as needed.

Worked on Project planning, test cases, and use cases, documentation,

code reviews, code standards. (5 renewals)

Lead Data Analyst, TEKSYSTEMS/IFG Companies 2001

. Balanced an Accounts Receivables System 80, 000 records (3 months) to

the penny (cycled through 3 million records).

. Redesigned the Database and developed a majority of the first phase of

the data warehouse.

. Interviewed and performed technical screenings for IFG. Supported

security and server, & design issues for the client.

. Interfaced daily with the CIO, managers, DBA team and developers.

Development Lead, TEKSYSTEMS/Wachovia Bank 2000

. Analyzed, designed, developed technical strategy (based on customer

profile) of E-commerce (wire transfer) n-tier web site, Wachovia

Connection Plus. Implemented client side scripting to handle cross-

browser compatibility and first 2 phases of WCPlus site redesign for

customer profiling.

. Worked closely with team members, user education group, security &

networking teams, project managers, the business, the testing team, an

external marketing/Ad agency, and the internal marketing team for

development of the UI interface, and design of the wealth management

website.

. Performed Data design, modeling and reverse-engineering with ERWIN

data modeler.

. Utilized JAD & RAD methodologies for design & development. Worked with

the imaging system. Responsible for development, testing, QA,

production releases, end-user support internally & externally.

Information Architect/Lead (Reporting Web Server/Database Server):

. Implemented high-volume OLTP web executive reporting solution using

Crystal Reporting Web server.

. Worked with Logistics & Security for set-up and configuration of

Reporting Web Server interfacing with a database server, and web

servers on a web farm.

. Helped with set-up and implementation of migration from legacy

database to current database.

. Performed trouble-shooting for security issues, & components being

tested for migration & upgrade.

. Worked with infrastructure to use a sniffer to trouble-shoot

performance and bandwidth issues.

. Completed research, analysis and detail design & documentation for a

large tax system using the Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)

methodology (3-tier system) using multiple technologies. Wrote detail

development design documentation. (3 renewals - First Union merger)

tech lead, Information Design CONFIGURATION & Architecture,

TEKSYSTEMS/LUCENT Technologies

1998 - 1999

Technical Team Lead Analyst/Architect/Developer for Switch Quoting tool.

. Acting technical manager & architect.

. Performed architecture, layout and design for web-based multi-million

dollar switch-quoting system across Canada & the U.S. with stringent

security requirements. Actively participated in design, budget and

project planning meetings across multiple groups. Completed a contract

pricing database for end-users (pricing). Migrated application from

legacy to newer technologies. Oversaw & performed extensive security,

database, and network trouble-shooting.

. Interfaced with executives, marketing managers, developers, leads and

technical consultants across the US and Canada, in Lucent's R&D

domain. Collaborated with the security team and the Research domain to

set up a secure web site and implement digital certificates. Worked

with the Infrastructure team and IBM consultants. Interviewed

contractors. Mentored Bell Labs programmers and Lucent administrators.

. Developed UI interface design, and site navigation for ease of use,

using image editing tools. Architected, for multiple browser

compatibility, ease of navigation, scalability, security.

. Managed SQL database development for 4 OLTP databases. Worked closely

with Ph.D. scientists & engineers on calculation algorithms,

infrastructure and security groups, and IBM.

. Set-up, coordinated, wrote training materials and trained end-users

nationally. (NOTE: Was brought in to trouble-shoot and hired by the

marketing director after a $1,000,000 project failure and stayed

through 4 renewals until stock collapse.)

Associate Faculty (Indiana/Purdue University & IVY Technical College,

Ft. Wayne, IN) 1992 - 1997

Director of Training, Three Rivers Software

. My department was responsible for 25% of the company's growth &

revenue within the first year. Negotiated and implemented small &

large contracts with companies such as General Electric, Lockheed

Martin, GE Aircraft, Navistar, Fort Wayne Community Schools. Managed

Vendors, training department, and interfaced closely with sales teams

for cross-sell and customization of financial products.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Technology & Management, 2002

Bryan School of Business, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North

Carolina

Bachelor of Arts in Communication

Minors: Business & Teaching English as a Second Language

Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Triad Developers Guild/PNTUG - Current Chair 1+ yr. Responsible for

restoration of INETA status, and 200+% growth of group in 1 year. (Former

board member & active member - 8+ years)

Enterprise Architect Roundtable - Executive Council

Piedmont Triad SQL Server User Group - Board Member (3+ years), Keynote

speaker (most recently in 2009)

TEKSystems Technical Excellence Award - July 2007

UNCG Alumni - MBA/MSITM Panelist October 2006

Forsyth Tech - Taught Microsoft XML certification class

Associate Faculty - 5+ years.

Speaking & Training - Multiple Code Camps, Microsoft events and community

events.

Former Chamber of Commerce member.

4849 Hampton Rd.

Clemmons, NC 27012

TEL: 336-***-**** or 336-***-****

E-MAIL: ********@*****.***

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