Project Manager Management

Nitin Birla Cell: 919-***-****

Email: *****.*****@****.***

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

• Expert in business process engineering and Software development life cycle, including analysis, design, development,

testing, implementation of software applications and guiding QA teams.

• Able to efficiently plan and prioritize projects.

• Adept at reducing development costs and providing traceability of projects.

• Familiar with current industry standards such as Six Sigma, Capability Maturity Model (CMM)

• Excellent communication, analytical, interpersonal, and presentation skills; expert at managing multiple projects

simultaneously.

• Received 3rd prize in MEM Capstone Business Simulation at Duke University

• Received an appreciation award by Project Manager at Cognizant Technology Solution.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE & OTHER SKILLS

• Project Management Tools: Microsoft Project, Crystal Ball

• Programming Languages & Web Technologies: JAVA, J2EE (Servlets, JSP, EJB), Struts, XML, HTML

• Design/Methodology: OOA/OOD, UML

• OS: Windows, Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Student Consultant Small Business Consulting Practicum Sep 2008 – Apr 2009

(Fuqua School of Business)

Client: Progressive Business Solution, USA

• Communicated with the top management to analyze their project portfolios; successfully prepared the program memo.

• Conduct in depth market research and competitive analysis to create strategies for diversifying their business.

• Lead the team of 5 student consultants having cross culture and interdisciplinary background.

Business Analyst Cognizant Technology Solutions, India Sep 2006 – Jul 2008

Client: General Motors, USA

Project: Retail Self Service, a financial online portal

• Analyzed the business functionality and prepared the functional specifications.

• Liaised with the business, technical and QA teams during high level review session to derive and execute action plans,

meeting deadlines and standards.

• Interfaced with business users to prepare and update Business Process Requirement (BPR)

• Performed GAP analysis of business and system process flows, and user requirement

• Systematically streamlined the process for tracking and evaluating the language conversion requirement for the project.

• Followed quality process to remove redundancy and increase the productivity by 10%.

• Involved in testing the application in development and system test environments.

• Experience in Offshore/Onsite delivery model

Client: eBay, USA

Project: Electronic Identification

• Involved in requirement gathering from the business and created process flow and system flow diagram.

• Involved in Project Management activities- Scope, planning, schedule/cost tracking

• Prioritized the business and system problems; conducted impact analysis.

• Implemented an online security for e-Business using JAVA.

• Produced project status report and resolved day-to-day issues with emphasis on SDLC.

• Documented the processes and recommended system solution.

BUSINESS RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant Duke University/Harvard Law School Sep 2008 – Nov 2008

• Contacted representatives of major corporations to investigate entrepreneurial motivation in United States.

• Research will result in published report about role of US entrepreneurs in a global economy supported by Kauffman

Foundation, through the leadership of Prof. Vivek Wadhwa

EDUCATION

• Master of Engineering Management, DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, NC Expected: Sep

2009

• Bachelor of Engineering, VISVESWARAIAH TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERITY, India Sep 2002 – Jun 2006

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