Project Manager Quality Assurance

MANU VARMA, PMP

** ******** ********, ***** *****, New Jersey, USA, ZIP 08514-

**** *-****: ********@*******.***

Self and family are Canadian Citizen and posses permanent

residency of USA (Green Card)

Introduction and Career Objective

An exceptional project management professional who can make major

contribution to success of an organization. Superior technical and

professional qualifications, hands-on experience on technical and business

projects including offshore setup, PMO management, Sponsor and Stakeholders

expectations, various instances of change mgmt, risk, issue, quality, team

dynamics and overall management. Strong PMBOK, SDLC, OOAD, CMM, ITIL and

agile PM process in project and client-focused setup have resulted in huge

successes in Canada and USA. Self and family have obtained US permanent

residency (Green Card) and now looking for a suitable IT Project Management

position in USA preferably in and around New Jersey, Pennsylvania or New

York. Self and family is living in New Jersey for last 4 years.

Skills Summary

PROJECT & PMO MANAGEMENT, COMPLIANCE BASED SOLUTIONS AND PROCESSES.

AGILE / LEAN/ SDLC / PM PROCESS, SOX Compliance, MS PROJECT 2003

ENTERPRISE SERVER, NIKU, ORACLE PROJECT & FINANCIAL,

VISIO, CASEWISE, PRO-VISION, PW&C SUMMIT-D METHODS, RFP, CHARTERS,

MATRIX, PIR, BASEL Accord II, ITIL.

SOFTWare / HARDWARE / TOOLS / OPERATING ENVIRONMENT

PL/SQL, SQL SERVER, IBM 390, IBM AS400, IBM RS/6000, IBM 4300, UNISYS

Mainframe, ICL 2900, Client/Sever, IBM SYSTEM38, BULL ATM and B RISE

POS, DESKTOP PCs, IBM MVS, UNIX (SCO, AIX, SOLARIS), WINDOWS NT, ORACLE,

APPX, IMS.

PLATFORMS / LANGUAGES / TOOLS / COMPLIANCE

MICROSOFT .NET,JAVA, XML and J2EE, ORACLE DEVELOPER 2000, RUP, UML, SUN

SOLARIS, SQL, PL/SQL, C++, COBOL, RPG IV, CICS/VS, JCL & JOB CONTROL,

CMMI, SDLC, RUP, VISUAL BASIC, IMS, IBM GLOBAL TOOLS, SOX COMPLIANCE FOR

AMEX BANK.

Education and Certifications

B. Tech. (Electrical Engineering) - Institute of Technology, BHU, India

MBA - Xavier Institute of Management (XLRI), India

Six Week EDP at IIM Ahmedabad - India's premier Business School

PMP - Certified Project Management Professional since 2000

Member of IBM IT Professionals Panel

Professional Experience

Rogers Communications, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jan 2009 - To date

Sr. Oracle Consultant

Managed IT and compliance based Project -

1. New Rogers Information System (NRIS): Developed applications for new

Rogers Information System to replace the legacy customer information

system and portal covering enquiry, provisioning, customer master,

fulfillment, sales and accounting.

2. Oracle compliance project for organization wide Oracle 9i currency.

Numerous Patch Analysis, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance,

Learnt Oracle standards, compliance parameters and used worldwide

oracle resources and operations.

Technical Skills- Oracle 9i, Agile PM Process, Supply Chain, PCI

compliance, PL/SQL, Patch Analysis and OVSD - Change Mgmt.

DTE Energy, Detroit, MI

Oct 2007 - Dec 2008

Sr. IT Project Manager

Managed IT application development projects e.g. implemented High Bill

Analyzer Tool for DTE residential and industrial consumers partnering with

vendor of the tool. Developed and implement web based New Gas Service

application for DTE consumers. Managed a team of SME, BA, and architect,

developers, testers, QA, DBA, SOX compliance and standards. Responsibility

includes project time, cost and resources mgmt, processes viz. RFP

preparation, business analysis, planning, execution and transition

Technical Skills- Project Management, Change, .NET, Agile PM Process, ITIL,

ETL, Web Components, RUP, UML, MSP 2003.

American Express Bank, Markham, Canada & Phoenix, USA

Sept 2005 - Sept 2007

Senior Project Manager (Contract Position)

Concurrently managed following high profile, high risk, time sensitive

projects in a daily client status update mode-

1. Managed application systems and processes for new Centurion credit

card launch in American, Europe and Asian markets. Used AMEX Method/1

PM methodology and Business Objects Query & management of worldwide

team throughout the life cycle.

2. Implemented Great Plains Application and infrastructure enhancement

and server installation partnering with IBM and vendor. Managed and

implemented enhanced application and server upgrade related to

infrastructure, database and applications

3. Implemented SOX compliance for online Banking Access Approval for Amex

Bank users worldwide. A time critical, worldwide locations, complex

process, people and software based collaboration project successfully

completed on time within budget.

Technical Skills- Method/1 Process, SDLC, RUP, UML, Business Objects, OOAD,

J2EE, Sarbanes Oxley, crystal Reports & Web Access.

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Hexaware Technologies - Montreal, Canada / Jamestown, New Jersey

May 2004 - Aug 2005

Senior Project Manager

Numerous PM processes, Change Mgmt, Risk quantification, PMP coaching and

project status reporting. Managed project for Transfer Pricing, a

multimillion project for sharing application systems, infrastructure and

revenue between Air Canada and Aeroplan. Used IBM

processes and tools viz. Level- 2, SOW, PS-2, Team room, PAL, PME, and MVC

etc. fully compliant to RUP, CMM and PMI standards. Prepared compliance

documents, presented project status and Invoice management software

partnering with client.

Developed Business Case, Charter, MSP project plan, schedules, budget, risk

and issue mgmt., QA and weekly status reports.

Technical Skills- RUP, UML, J2EE, Use Case, MSP 2003, OOAD, Visio, Power

Point, Business Objects, Agile PM Process.

Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) - Toronto, Canada

Aug 1996 - Apr 2004

Manager - Project Management Office (PMO)

Established Project Management office at Insurance Bureau of Canada.

Implemented agile PM process and Control Chaos principle based project

management which resulted in 30% reduction on timeline and project cost.

Installed project management integrated tools viz. MS Project Server 2003

Enterprise, Oracle Projects and financials, processes for RFP, project

schedule, budget and costing, business case, charter, project plan review,

change, risk, issue, weekly RAG status reports have resulted in huge

successes. Developed claims and compensation systems for Canadian P & C

Insurance industry. Coordinated 8 project managers, 90 team members and

over 30 IT projects with budget of $ 12 million. Developed Extreme

Programming and agile rapid project mgmt. (RPMP) and PM tools.

Developed a $ 1.5 Million HRDC (Human Resource Development Canada) children

educational grant project (RESP) which resulted in phenomenal growth in

client base from 800 accounts to 34000 accounts within a year. Completely

redesigned the IBM AS/400 database for the new product and developed

application system software. Managed a team of BAs, SMEs, System

Architects, Developers, QA, Proposal and documentation, Client services

analyst and computer operation staff. Timely communication resulted in $ 90

million public investment and $ 18 million of HRDC investment in company's

products.

Managed a project for merger of two Mutual Fund products. This project

included SOW, Charter, application design and development, business risk of

not merging, change management and compliance to legal regulations.

Team: Project Manager, SME, Architect, Business Analyst, Technical Lead, QA

Analyst, Developers, Operation staff.

Technical Skills- SDLC, AS/400, COBOL IV, change and risk mgmt, MS Access,

Visual Basic, Summit-D PM Process.

Toyota Motor Corporation, BAC, Muscat, Oman

Senior IT Manager

June 1992 - July 1996

IT Manager - Applications and Systems

Aug 1985 - May 1992

Country's largest business house and automotive dealer engaged in

automobile, heavy equipment and spare parts sales and service allover the

Middle East with annual sales volume of US $ 90 million.

Planned, Analyzed, designed and developed fully on-line and integrated

Vehicle ordering, receiving, distribution, sales, trade-in, accounting and

pricing system for world renowned automobile franchises namely; Toyota

Motor Corporation, Kato, Komatsu, Kubota, Yokohama and heavy equipment of

Japan.

Developed Spare parts and inventory system, catering to 300,000 line items

of automobile parts covering a network of more than 30 warehouse locations.

System included placement of orders through direct satellite GE-Mark III

link to the IBM AS/400 computer system at Toyota, Nagoya Japan.

Team: IT Manager, Tech Lead, Bus. Lead, SME, Operations Co-ordinator,

Programmers, Testers, Computer Operators.

Technical Skills- SDLC, OOAD, IBM Sys AS/400, RPG III & IV, COBOL IV, MS

Access, Visual Basic, MS Project

Incab Industries Ltd., Overseas Company of BICC plc. UK

Calcutta and Tatanagar, India

Systems Manager

Dec 1984 - July 1985

Electrical Cable & Equipment Manufacturing Co. an Overseas group company of

BICC, PLC. UK

Introduced implemented computerized systems and MIS in the organization.

Installed computer systems and developed numerous application software at

three manufacturing units of the company with compete charge of hardware,

software and support systems. Conducted end-to-end business analysis and

developed application systems for manufacturing and trading

Developed and implemented Material Planning and Production Planning Systems

with complete analysis, architecture, database design, program

specifications, development, testing and Quality Assurance. The software

package was accepted as standard process for production planning by BICC

Plc., UK and implemented in Australia and UAE units of the world largest

electrical cable manufacturing company.

Team: Systems Manager, SME, User Co-ordinator, BA, Tech Lead, Architect,

Programmer, QA, Tester,

Technical Skills- SDLC, IBM 1401, ICL 1900 / 2400, RPG II, COBOL Std, MS

Access, Visual Basic

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Training

Eight week training on IBM AS/400 Advance System Facility and Data Base

Design for Systems professionals at IBM's largest Training

Centre at Basingstoke, UK.

. Facilitation Techniques for Projects and Team based work environments at

Schulich Bus. School, York University.

. Three days full time training in ITIL by Bay3000 Project Management

Professionals.

Three day full time induction on American Express Bank Method/1 PM

methodology.

One week training on Insurance claims and compensation process for Canadian

Insurance Industry.

Three days in-house Critical Thinking and Change Management training by

Bay3000 Project Management organization.

Eight weeks full time induction cum training program called 'Accelerated

Success' by Saville Systems (Now ADC) on Project leadership, configuration

management, Change Management, Team building and presentation skills.

One week training in Summit-D project management methodology by Price

Waterhouse Coopers.

One week full time training on PM tools and processes by Royal Bank of

Canada training provider.

Two weeks team based hands on training on PMBOK by PMI Southern Ontario

Chapter.

. Eight day full time training on the knowledge areas of Project

Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).

. Successfully completed program in "Practical PMO Strategies & Solutions"

by SPM Group Ltd.

. Awarded certificate of Achievement on "Software Quality Management" by

Bay3000 Consulting.

'Object Oriented Analysis and Design', 'System Engineering' 'Structured

System Analysis and Design' and 'Quality Assurance' Courses by QAI -

Quality Assurance Institution (USA).

PCI (Payment Card Industry) assessment process and identified a PCI

standard consultant.

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