Lokeswara Palla

Email: abpze3@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ***** **** ****

City: WILLOUGHBY

State: OH

Zip: 44094

Country: USA

Phone: 440-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $95,000

Willing to Relocate

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Lokeswara `Lokesh` R Palla, MBA, PMP

38561 Bell Rd * Willoughby, OH 44094 * 440-***-**** * abpze3@r.postjobfree.com

Career Summary

PMP certified project management professional with 14 years experience in IT industry and more than 8 years experience in planning, managing and successfully executing IT projects within scope and budget. This includes working with clients, multiple business groups within organization, vendors, and staffing partners to quickly build partnerships in delivering high quality projects. My organizational skills, analytical thinking, problem solving skills, ability to motivate teams along with good communication skills are key factors in achieving success in completion of projects and meet company`s and client`s goals.

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lokeshpalla

Blog: http://lokeshpalla.blogspot.com/

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Core Competencies

* Solution Delivery/Program Management

* Agile/Iterative Development

* MS Project/Team Play

* IT Strategy & Vision for Business Applications

* Product Development

* Automation Testing Strategy

* Business Intelligence

* Application Architecture

* E-Commerce

Industry Experience

Healthcare, Insurance, Manufacturing and Marketing

Work Experience

Rosetta Marketing Group, Cleveland, OH February 2012 - November 2012

Sr. Project Manager Solution Management/Delivery

Working with a Fortune 500 Healthcare clients to deliver IT solutions to support their FDA regulatory requirements, internal IT strategy and sales apps using SharePoint Content Management System (CMS) and cloud based framework for iPhone/iPad apps

* Client relationship management and overall program delivery management including SOWs, resources and budget

* Successfully managed $1 million CMS & cloud based framework which was leveraged across multiple iPad/iPhone sales apps

* Work with creative, user experience, development teams to create state of the art apps that help sales reps customize presentations and personalize their sales apps

* Help our clients with Analytics & Optimization(A&O), Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy to have noticeable impact on their apps and site`s user experience and performance in organic search results

* Work with other delivery managers in standardizing and creating project management processes to deliver value to our clients

* Meet with individual team members to mentor and develop an individual development plan to meet their career goals

Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH February 2005 - February 2012

Project Manager

Worked with Commercial Auto and Auto Business partners in delivering IT solutions that would help support mission critical applications, meet various insurance regulatory needs, customer needs, and internal business requirements

* Worked closely with business partners in understanding the business requirements, helping them with IT strategy to create mission critical applications

* Created and executed project plans (Teamplay, MS Project), risk matrix, resource and staffing needs, assigned individual tasks, managed budgets and used metrics to measure project progress

* Worked with business partners in defining project scope, service level agreements (SLAs), managing risks, help with product based planning (PBP), project budget and schedule

* Managed web based Usage Based Insurance (UBI) Trial product with net benefit of $15 million with 20 resources and a budget of $4 million

* Partnered with sponsors and business groups to address our low enrollment conversion ratio and successfully implemented new product enhancements that resulted in 52% increase in conversion ratio

* Worked with enterprise PMO to implement new processes and provided feedback to improve

* Successfully managed SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) based business intelligence (IntelliCheck) enterprise project which had a net benefit of over $11 million in a 5 year period by working with business, DataFlux SAP vendor, multiple enterprise teams, and architects

* Worked with Business and IT Computing/Acquisition groups to purchase third party tools, SQL Server Reporting Services, and to procure and install servers on Progressive environments which resulted in creating a highly scalable multi user environment with failover disaster recovery options

* Helped to complete migration project to new technology platform using .Net Framework a month and a half ahead of schedule which contributed towards the whole program and came under budget by $0.8 million

* Implemented Agile methodology using story cards in Quality Center, planned iterations, prioritized and assigned tasks, tracked iteration progress, and generated reports on progress and issues. This successful planning resulted in achieving more than 100% of targeted iteration points for three consecutive iterations

* Led twelve IT developers over 2 years to the successful completion of a new web based application using .Net Framework, consolidated four applications into one. This new application reduced policy processing time by 20% for all users

On-Call Leader - PCA Agent Quoting Application

* Led an Incident Management team of 12-15 people for two years. Developed internal processes and tools to prioritize and address issues, which resulted in meeting our SLAs 96% of the time

* Successfully mentored and trained new resources assigned to my team resulting in creating a stronger on-call support team

* Worked with other company support teams in creating Incident Management processes and strategy to help reduce issue resolution time

Axentis Corporation, Cleveland, OH August 2003 - February 2005

Software Engineer

Worked with clients and internal professional team to design our product and incorporate their requirements

* Designed a software product for consistent management of Sarbanes Oxley governance, risk and compliance for pharmaceutical companies including message based courses

* Reviewed requirements and designed and developed Web Services and Web solutions using Microsoft based technologies

* Conducted data analysis to isolate problems and developed process to standardize it

Tata Consultancy Services, Cleveland, OH July 1998 - August 2003

On-Site Lead (Clients - GE Lighting, Eaton Corporation)

Worked with clients in assessing their needs and managing projects with on-shore and offshore resources

* Over 2 years of demonstrated experience as On-Site Lead in handling the client`s requirements and managed both on-site and off-site technical resources

* Managed a seven member team which included offsite staff in India

* Helped to implement PeopleSoft to manager HR operations and strategic business initiatives

* Helped design reporting solutions for North America Consumer Category Management System. Sales Managers used this application to view reports and future growth projections for customers

* Analyzed and extracted data to implement Market Response Modeling Tool for the Pricing System.

* Helped design data warehouse and specifications for various reports using Business Objects and Web Intelligence

* Worked with Eaton internal organization in creating strategy to support internal corporate web applications by creating offshore and onshore teams

Education & Certifications

* PMP Certified Professional, PMP #: 1456429

* Master of Business Administration, Cleveland State University 2006 - 2009

* Bachelor of Science, Instrumentation Engineering, Andhra University, School of Engineering, Vishakhapatnam, AP India 1994-98

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