Project Manager
Resume:
REGGIE AFTAB, PMP, CSM
SENIOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM MANAGER
A Project Management Professional (PMP) with 16 years experience in Information Technology; experience and proficiency with Microsoft Project 2010; Primavera 6.0; proven ability, experience with Full System Development Life Cycle (SDLC); RUP phases; CMMI Key process areas; PMBOK4th Edition Knowledge Areas and Scrum; creation ; managing of effective tools in .NET Technology to ensure adherence to Project Management methodologies. PMI and Scrum Alliance certified
CERTIFICATIONS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL (PMP) FROM PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE (PMI) 2010
BRAINBENCH CERTIFIED IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
CERTIFIED SCRUM MASTER (CSM) BY SCRUM ALLIANCE
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems, Strayer University - Arlington, VA,
• Minor in Business Administration
Master of Science, Software Engineering, George Washington University - Sterling, VA
Formal Project Management Training - RMC Project Management Inc.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS
MS-Project 2010, Primavera 6.0, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Portfolio Management Tools, Earn Value Management (EVM), CMMI Key Process Areas, Scrum by Agile Methodology
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Project Management Institute (PMI); Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), Scrum Alliance
CITIZENSHIP AND SECURITY CLEARANCE STATUS
US Citizen. Active Public Trust Clearance
WORK EXPERIENCE
Fannie Mae – Orlando, FL 07/2012– 12/31/12
Clients: IN HOUSE (Financial Projects) - TELECOMMUTED
Program Manager
Managed and directed multiple financial NET, JAVA projects, from Inception to deployment by following SDLC or Agile methodologies. Managed Development and Q.A resources
• Led group of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers and Quality Assurance resources in Project Management Office (PMO)
• Led Development projects/ PROGRAM from Inception to Deployment On Schedule and within Budget to meet business objectives by following the SDLC and Agile/ SCRUM Methodologies
• Led Cross-Functional Teams from different groups like Business Analyst, Development and Quality Assurance Teams
• Development Projects for all Phases Of SDLC (Analysis, Requirement, Design, Code, Testing, UAT and Implementation
• Prepared and Communicated PROGRAM progress and Budget (EVM) on Weekly Status Reports
• Documented, Maintained and Communicated Project Risks and Issues logs to all stakeholder holders
• Continuous interaction with all Stakeholders throughout the Program Lifecycle (SDLC, Agile)
• Created and maintained multiple detailed Program Schedules in MS-Project 2010
• Maintained and Organized Program related documents in Microsoft Share Point 2010
• Documented Stakeholder Requirements and Providing the Level Of Effort (LOE’s) to business
• Prepared Program related SDLC Artifacts and Key Milestones and ensuring successful delivery of Milestones
• Created and Presented Program related Presentations to Senior Management and other groups in the organization
Express Scripts Inc. (Fortune 500) – Orlando, FL 04/2011– 06/2012
Clients : IN HOUSE (Contract)
Sr. Program Manager
Managing and directing multiple healthcare Development projects, from Inception to deployment by following SDLC and Agile methodologies
• Managed, Developed and Maintained multiple detailed project schedules as a PROGRAM/in MS-Project 2007
• Planned, execute, Monitor and Controlled all management plans, performance baselines part of Project Management Plan to meet program/ project objectives
• Tracked, Monitor and Controlled the PROGRAM progress on weekly and monthly basis
• Maintained and Organized projects documentation in Microsoft Share Point 2007 for the PROGRAM
• Led Cross-Functional Teams from different groups like Business Analyst, Development and Quality Assurance Teams
• Led group of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers and Quality Assurance resources in Project Management Office (PMO)
• Led Development projects/ PROGRAM from Inception to Deployment On Schedule and within Budget to meet business objectives by following the SDLC and Agile/ SCRUM Methodologies
• Developed monthly budget reports for each project
• Prepared weekly and monthly Program status reports
• Face to face Meetings with business users/ clients on regular basis
• Coordinated development efforts across with multiple functional teams in a Balanced Matrix environment
• Followed Agile processes during development, monthly sprint releases
• Oversaw User Stories and Story points being created in XPlanner or Rally by business analysts
• Facilitated creating the Product backlog, Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Stands up, Burndown charts and Retrospective meetings
VIP and Johnston McLamb Inc. – Orlando, FL 02/2008 – 02/2011
Clients : HUD, USPS
Sr. Program Manager
Managed and directed a staff of five programmers with an annual budget of $1.2 million per year; organized, scheduled and coordinated development efforts; performing requirement analysis, conducting weekly status meeting with client and programmers
• Developed and maintained project schedules, managed as a Program in MS-Project 2007
• Created Project Management Plan, along with all management plans and performance measurement baselines
• Developed monthly budget reports on revenue forecasts and status reports
• Led group of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Developers and Quality Assurance resources in Project Management Office (PMO)
• Led Development projects/ PROGRAM from Inception to Deployment On Schedule and within Budget to meet business objectives by following the SDLC and Agile/ SCRUM Methodologies
• Prepared monthly Budget to reflect Planned VS. Actuals labor Cost and Hours
• Developed full cost estimates of application development projects, including labor, indirect and direct costs
• Led requirements gathering, analysis, design, testing and implementation for new development and enhancements of the applications in JAVA and Oracle 10g; VB.NET and MS-SQL 2005
• Participated in contract negotiations with customers and vendors
• Followed System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology phases for development projects
• Created Statement Of Work (SOW) from project scope
• Involved in IT Infrastructure Vendor selection process
• Led the successful Program effort from CMMI Level II to CMMI Level III
City Of Jacksonville and Advanced Software Systems Inc. – Jacksonville, FL 07/2006 – 12/2007
Clients : MCFRS, IIE, Parature, Managed Objects, COJ
Sr. Project Manager
Managed and directed six .NET new development projects with an annual budget of $6.0 million while managing 14 direct reports including .NET Developers, SQL Developers and four Project Managers. Managed projects by following PMBOK Best Practices and Processes; followed the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases
• Developed and maintained detailed project schedules in Primavera 5.0 and MS-Project Server 2007
• Prepared and maintained portfolio forecasts, resource plans, and tracked budget versus spend
• Assessed Variances from the Project Plans, Gathered metrics, Developed and implemented changes as necessary
• Identified and Implemented Mitigation Plans for Risks and Resolutions for Schedule issues
• Prepared weekly project status reports for business
• Participated in business analysis to understand business needs and objectives
• Assured that system design and development meets the needs and requirements of the business owners
• Reconciled conflicts within and between staff regarding resources, deadlines and standards
• Wrote employee performance evaluations
• Provided Quality products within time and cost
• Successfully deployed Web enabled and Windows based .NET projects in production
AOL Inc. (Systems Engineering Services) – Dulles, VA 06/2005 –06/2006
Sr. Project Manager
Managed and directed staff of five programmers with an annual budget of $2.5 million; scheduled and coordinated development efforts with multiple vendors; conducted weekly status meeting with the clients. Followed PMBOK Best Practices, processes and procedures; developed UCases using Rational Unified Process (RUP). Managed three very large projects simultaneously in functional as well as in matrix environments
• Developed project schedules using Primavera TeamPlay and MS-Project 2003
• Managed and Tracked vendors progress, get Signoff on SOW and deliverables
• Supervised full time and contract employees involved in the development of new and maintenance projects
• Prepared project status reports and issues log
• Oversees procurement process related to projects
• Monitored time and dollar expenditures to ensure projects/budgets meet established targets
• Calculated EVM Values to monitor projects performance based on schedule and cost
• Wrote employees semi- annual and annual performance evaluations
DDL Inc. – Arlington, VA 04/2004 – 05/2005
Client : Dept of Homeland Security/TSA
Sr. IT Manager
Managed and directed a staff of four programmers with an annual budget of $1.0 million; organized, scheduled and coordinated development efforts; performed requirement analysis, conducted weekly status meeting with client and programmers; developed project plans and schedules using MS-Project 2003/2002. Managed two large projects simultaneously by following PMBOK Best Practices and Processes; SDLC
• Managed ORACLE 9i/10g database and custom ORACLE FORMS AND REPORTS 9i for TSA finance
• Involved writing RFP’s for new work.
• Wrote weekly status reports and risk log
• Created detailed Project schedules and tasks
General Dynamic – Mclean, VA 04/2002 –04/ 2004
Client : HUD
Technical Manager
Managed staff of six with an annual budget of $1.5 million; maintain accountability for day-to-day operations, group budgeting, staffing and performance management, researching new technology, purchasing, conflict resolution and overseeing the timely rollout of projects; lead a team of developers in migration efforts to .NET technology; contribute cross-functionally to project planning issues, risk and scope management.
• Managed custom eCommerce Web site for our customers, using ASP technology, which now offers more user-friendly functionalities.
• Managed successful conversion from MS-SQL 7 to MS-SQL 2000; multi-user database application for Windows 2000 environment using VB.NET, Web services, Microsoft .NET Platform, ADO.NET and financial reports for customer using CRYSTAL REPORTS 9.0.
• Attended regular status meetings with the business
• Developed project schedules in MS-Project 2000
• Monitored budget, actual versus spend, calculated EVM values to check for variances
CoNcert Management Inc. (AT&T/BT Joint Venture) – Reston, VA 06/1999 –03/2002
Client : AT&T, BT
IS Manager
Supervised, organized, scheduled and coordinated the development efforts of a team of nine programmers with an annual budget of $12 million; assessed customer needs, resource management, development of project plans, budget control, and conflict resolution; calculated Earned Values, Variances, BCWS, BCWP, ACWP using tools like Milestones Professional 2003; programmed web-based database interface functions.
• Provided clear communications with all levels of the client and team on technical issues, which resulted in improved customer relations within all levels of the organization.
• Contributed to significant development processes including HTML with Site Server 3.0 and MS-SQL 7 to provide Statistic reports on intranet and extranet web sites usage.
• Managed ASP 3.0 front end and back end MS-SQL 7 applications as well as Portal project
• Developed detailed Project plans in MS-Project 98
• Attended requirement meetings with the business
• Assured that systems design and development meets the needs and requirements of the business
Booz Allen & Hamilton – Mclean, VA 10/1998 – 06/1999
Client : PBGC, IRS
Technical Manager
Managed and directed staff of nine programmers with an annual budget of $2 million; organized, scheduled and coordinated performance development efforts; performed requirement analysis, application design, data modeling and implementation; conducted weekly status meeting with client and programmers; developed project plans and schedules using MS-Project 98.
• Impacted the profitability of the organization by executing new database modeling. Utilized CASE Tool and streamlined development efforts of Image Processing System for PBGC using Visual basic, Oracle and FileNet objects.
• Developed web based issue-tracking system for IRS using Visual Interdev 6, ASP3.0, Vbscript, HTML, DHTML, and SQL resulting in significantly higher efficiencies
Comso Inc. – Arlington, VA 05/1997 – 09/1998
Client : FDIC
Technical Project Manager
Managed and directed technical staff of seven with an annual budget of 2.5 million; involved in analysis, design and development stages for National Asset Inventory System for FDIC; analyzed the functional requirement document and assisted in writing both internal and external design documents; advised senior managers on budget recommendations and selection criteria for interviewing candidates and hiring staff.
• Generated reports for management in the application using Crystal reports 4.3 and 5.0. Designed database physical and logical models using CASE tools like ERWIN 3; created data flow diagrams using VISIO 3.0.
• Developed NAIS project as a web based application utilizing C/C++, HTML, Oracle, SUN Solaris and Novell Netware; Completed FDIC project using C/C++, Visual basic, UNIX shell scripting.
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) – Herndon, VA 11/1994 –05/1997
Client : INS
Sr. Systems Engineer
Performed systems analysis; designed, developed, tested and implemented the INSPASS System for INS; created UNIX Scripts using VI and ED editors; developed Access/ Excel macros, SQL and UNIX Scripts.
• Provided end user technical support and Y2K programming/testing; maintained key responsibility for Full System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Generated ad hoc report to the end users using MS-ACCESS; maintained the IDMS and S2K databases on mainframe; wrote applications in COBOL and CICS COBOL; converted codes when necessary.
First Virginia Bank/ BB&T Bank – Falls Church, VA 06/1989 – 10/1994
Client : First Virginia Bank/ BB&T Bank
Management Trainee/ Programmer/Analyst
Analyzed, developed and maintained system in Visual Basic 3, Access 2.0; maintained bank/branch terminal Master files; maintained and coded COBOL and SAS programs; wrote task sheets for user support; performed test cases to ensure the integrity of the system; delivered presentations of weekly project reports to managers.
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