Project Manager Management
Resume:
HRUSHIKESH SULAKHE
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OBJECTIVE: To obtain a creative and challenging position where my product
management, project management, business analysis, and consulting skills
can be used and further enhanced.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY: Experienced professional with skills in defining
product roadmap, gathering and documenting product requirements, justifying
new product features, project management, product and project status
reporting and communication within cross-functional teams and upper
management.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
WSJ Professional (professional.wsj.com) - Wall Street Journal Digital
Network July 09 - Present
RSG Media Systems, LLC.
o Presently working at WSJ Digital Network as Jr. Project Manager
managing a large-scale strategic product integrating WSJ.com and
Factiva to provide customers with premium news content.
o Working closely with Sr. Project Manager and Project Management Office
in detailed status reporting and communication across stakeholders for
successful delivery of the product.
o Coordinating project across Product Development, Editorial, Design,
Technical, and QA groups through all project phases in an agile
environment - product inception to launch.
o Managing stakeholder expectations for successful launch of enterprise
and consumer product versions.
o Working closely with stakeholders in documenting requirements and
making key development decisions.
o Monitoring quality of the product closely with QA group and
coordinating user acceptance testing during product launches.
WSJ.com - Wall Street Journal Digital Network
May 10 - Present
RSG Media Systems, LLC.
o Working at WSJ Digital Network as Project Manager managing WSJ.com.
o Working with Design, Analytics, Advertising, Sales, Marketing,
Editorial, and SEO teams in meeting milestones.
Lifetime Television RightsLogic Project - RSG Media Systems, LLC.
Jan 09 - June 09
Lifetime Television, New York and Los Angeles
o Worked as a Product Business Analyst at RSG Media Systems, Inc. in
implementing RightsLogic Rights Management product - a rights
management tool for managing rights information between broadcasting &
entertainment houses and producers/artists/actors/musicians, etc.
o Conducted RightsLogic product study with client business stakeholders.
Demonstrated the product and performed gap analysis & documented them.
o Recommended product enhancements/features to meet business needs.
Developed specification documents based on study.
o Lobbied innovative solutions to Product Development group in defining
product roadmap.
o Worked closely with Project Manager to develop project schedule, scope
definition & metrics, and project deliverables. Coordinated with
client, Dev, and QA teams located at different time zones to ensure
orderly project communication for achieving milestones.
o Worked with Sales and Marketing teams to showcase product features and
prepare for trade shows.
Rainbow Media RightsLogic Project - RSG Media Systems, LLC.
Oct 08 - June 09
Rainbow Media, New York
o Worked as a Product Business Analyst in implementing product
enhancements/phase 2 for the client.
o Worked with client in understanding, explaining, and negotiating
defects and enhancements.
o Managed client expectations and showcased upcoming product features to
sell to the client.
o Worked with Project Manger, Dev, and QA teams to ensure timely
delivery of enhancements.
National Geographic Channel RightsLogic Study - RSG Media Systems, LLC.
July 08 - Sept 08
National Geographic Channel, Washington DC
o Played role of Product Business Analyst; assisted lead Senior Product
Business Analyst and Project Manager in gap analysis and product
specification documentation.
o Worked with Project Manager in preparing estimates and negotiating
cost with the client.
DiscoverTax PTE Project - Revenue Solutions, Inc.
July 07 - June 08
Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Boston
o Played role of Product Consultant working with Department of Revenue
Audit team in gathering requirements and converting them into solid
product solutions.
o Project involved loading of partnership tax returns in the DTAX data
warehouse and mining the data for potential defaulters.
o Developed strategic plan in optimizing Audit team's process of
handling partnership returns and recommended modification to the tax
returns.
o Led a team of two consultants in requirement gathering sessions,
requirement documentation, and implementation plan.
o Oversaw database modeling and data mining effort using Oracle 10g,
PL/SQL Developer, and Embarcadero DT/Studio tools.
DiscoverTax Estate Tax Implementation - Revenue Solutions, Inc.
Jan 08 - March 08
Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Boston
o Project involved optimizing business process workflow of Estate tax
Audit team.
o Came up with innovative solutions to modify state tax returns based on
sessions conducted with Estate tax Audit team.
o Responsibility included feature prototyping and using DTAX to optimize
business process.
DiscoverTax CT Training - Revenue Solutions, Inc.
March 08 - March 08
Connecticut Department of Revenue, Hartford
o Conducted week long training on DiscoverTax product for a 10 member
client team.
o Training involved presentations, demo runs and interactive classroom
sessions with the clients.
o Responsibility included developing training materials, presentations,
demo files, and conducting the training.
DiscoverTax RAR Automation - Revenue Solutions, Inc.
Jan 07 - October 07
Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Boston
o Worked as a Product Consultant in demonstrating product features to
Department of Revenue Audit team.
o Gathered RAR tax rules and requirements from Audit team to configure
DTAX Case Management system
o Recommended automation of product workflow to ease Audit team
operations.
o Worked with Solution Center to meet project milestones.
EDUCATION
o MS, Information Systems, Illinois State University; December 2006,
GPA: 3.93/4.0
o Bachelor of Science, Electronics & Telecom, Pune University, India;
June 2003, GPA: 3.56/4.0
OTHERS
o Strong written and verbal communication skills; self-starter and
quicker learner.
o Proficient problem solver with good analytical and consulting skills.
o Founding Member and Secretary, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, Honors Society at
Illinois State University.
o Recipient, IMPETUS & CONCEPTS, 2003, 2nd Best Project of the Year at
Pune University, India.
o Strong ethics value, personable, and friendly personality.[pic]
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