Dhananjaya

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Summary

Mr.Dhananjaya is an Information Technology professional with over 15-years of extensive experience in

successfully managing all facets of large-scale projects for Fortune 100 companies, ensuring that objectives,

schedule, budget, and quality goals are met. He has experience in Energy, Telecommunication, Bio-technology

and Semiconductor domains. He has managed/Implemented projects for Applied Materials, ABB, Avery

Denison, Shell, Enron, Sprint, NYNEX, Amway and Genencor

Mr.Dhananjaya has hands-on experience in agile software development and release management experience

delivering enterprise applications through multiple release cycles. Skilled at leading teams, mentoring team

members, developing architecture, design, and requirements, and establishing software configuration

management and release processes to enable organizations to build stable products quickly. Experience in

various SDLC methodologies.Mr.Dhananjaya has practical experience with Project Management, Resource

Management, Onsite-Offshore Management, Configuration Management and Earned Value Management

Systems (EVMS).

Mr. Dhananjaya also has solid experience in providing strategic and tactical planning and understanding of

Information Technology, including how it is employed in order to set directions for organizations. He possesses

excellent staff management and exceptional project management skills to effectively partner with project teams

to foster effective proactive collaborations. In addition his experience in leading the requirement elicitation

process has allowed him to develop solid experience in gap analysis, requirements management, risk analysis

and project plans, with proven expertise in creating UML diagrams, document business workflow processes

using Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), screen mockups, and systems requirements specifications.

Skills Set

Project Management:IT Strategy Planning, IT Infrastructure Management, Service Delivery Operations,

Project Management/Agile Project Management, Scope/Time/Cost/Quality/HR/Risk/Procurement

/Change/Configuration Management, Client Relationship Management, Vendor Management. Initiating,

planning, Executing, Monitoring and control, closing

Technical:Extensively worked in developing /managing Windows Application and Web Applications using

Visual Studio VB, C/C++,ASP.NET, Sharepoint 2010,XML, HTML

Education

• MS (Computer Science) – New York Institute Of Technology (NYIT), New York, USA – 1992

• B.E. (Electronics & Telecommunications) – Bangalore University, Bangalore, India - 1984

Certifications

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Certificates: CLP Notes Application Developer

Professional Profile

• Knowledge of PMBOK and PMI principles.

• Expert level knowledge of standard PM tools (MS Project, Visio, and MS Office Suite).

• In-depth knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having thorough understanding of

various phases like Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing.

• Hands on experience applying various quality-management tools including Pareto analysis, Cost-benefit

analysis and Control Charts.

• Strong project management skills including planning, scheduling, monitoring and budgeting with

experience in gap analysis, risk analysis and effort estimation

• Working knowledge of requirement gathering by conducting personal interviews, developing questionnaire,

brainstorming, or role playing to get a better understanding of client business processes and creating

requirements traceability matrix for tracking the requirements.

• Proven experience creating RFP/ RFQ/SOWs.

• Experience in rollout of applications to various business units.

• Proficient at creating and transforming business requirements into functional and non-functional

requirements using both, the traditional and use case driven approach.

• Expertise in the writing requirement documents including Business Requirement Document (BRD),

Software Requirements Specifications (SRS), Non-Functional Requirements Specifications, Use Case

Specifications, Report Specifications, Business Rules and Data Requirements.

• Extensive hands on experience designing business and system models using UML diagrams such as use case

model, class diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams and collaboration diagrams in Rational Rose

and MS Visio thereby helping development and quality assurance team in understanding the requirements.

• Experience in requirements management including creating traceability, populating attributes, assigning

types, creating views, and comparing baselines using Requisitepro and Doors.

• Experience in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and workshops with end-users,

system analysts, developers and QA team for to solve the problems and enhance the application.

• Experience in prioritizing outstanding defects based on business requirements and allowing sufficient time

frame to ensure accuracy and considered deadlines.

• Experience in documenting all phases of the QA process and reviewing Test Plans, Cases and Results.

• Extensive experience planning and executing UAT; hands on experience creating UAT Strategy, UAT Plan,

Test Cases, Test Scripts, Test Metrics and Test Evidence.

Technical Skills

Project Management Tools SharePoint 2010, MS Project 2010

Business Modeling Tools MS Visio

Database Systems Oracle, MS Access

Programming Languages VBScript, JavaScript, ASP.NET, SQL, XML,

HTML, /C++, Lotus Script, Notes API

Operating Systems Windows(98, XP, Vista, 7 and 8), Windows NT,

MAC, Unix, AIX, OS/2

Miscellaneous Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Access, Outlook)

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Development Methodologies SDLC (Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall), Use Cases,

JAD

Career Highlights

ATS Sep 2008 – Dec 2012

Cleveland, Ohio

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple or large scale projects.

• Manage scope and change management process.

• Perform effective stakeholder management.

• Development and implementation of complete project schedules to ensure required dates are met.

• Review major deliverables across projects.

• In coherence with the account team keep track of the project financials (profitability, revenue, margins and

utilization) and allocation of appropriate budget

• Minimize risk factor across multiple projects.

• Implement reviews and quality assurance procedures in accordance with company methodology to ensure

profitable and successful execution of project.

• Maintain a positive rapport with the project team. Maintains effective working relationships with the

customers/partners and their staff.

• Use MS Project to monitor and track tasks and resources.

• Used Agile/Scrum methodology to conduct the projects.

Applied Materials Aug 2001 – Aug 2008

Santa Clara, California

IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and handle the Project planning, audit planning, execution, monitoring & resource balancing to

support multiple simultaneous projects

• Prove excellence in communicating with stakeholders to provide accurate reporting and information

regarding the ongoing projects and initiatives

• Excel in coordinating, negotiating and motivating vendors in support of time line and IT project deliverables

• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver

the goal

• Assure the creation, existence, quality, and accuracy of necessary project related documentation.

• Aid in the planning for quality releases and successful alignment with customer needs.

Recommend improvements and assist in changes to best practices & support the Product Owner

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Participate proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools, and best practices

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Successfully complete project on schedule and in accordance with requirements

Tracking and communicating the Iteration burndown chart, team velocity, and Release progress

Maintaining the team Working Agreement and Definition of Done

Supporting the Delivery Team

Assisting the team with making appropriate Iteration plan commitments through story selection and task

definition

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Applied Materials Aug 2000 – Aug 2001

Santa Clara, California

Systems Manager

Responsibilities:

QIM (Quality Information Management) Systems Manager for Corporate Quality

• Designed and developed Quality Management System applications in Lotus Notes for different product

business groups.

• Designed and developed Quality & Reliability reporting tools using BRIO.

• Maintenance of Corporate Quality web site.

• Project Manager for QMS Data Migration.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, DOMINO

Lotus Notes Developer/Project Leader July 1996 - July 2000

Responsibilities:

Managed project from concept to launch, including developing systems specs., overseeing vendor and

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contractor activities, and validating system prior to handover to the end-user

Confer with management to assess needs and establish scope of projects

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Coordinated all project phases from needs assessment, proposal, costing and pricing, establishment of

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timelines, and daily schedules to checklist and client approval.

Automated accounting functions

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Defined technical and business requirements

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Developed project plans, defining project goals and objectives, and delivering projects

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Identifying and specifying tasks, how goals will be achieved, what resources are needed, and associating

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budgets and time lines for completion and coordinated with the offshore team

Worked closely with engineers in developing Best Known Methods.

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AVERY DENNISON

Brea, California

Designed database for NAFTA purpose. Database is designed in a relational database model. Lotus Script

has been used extensively. Notrix is being used to import information from different applications.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, DOMINO,Oracle, AS/400

SHELL SERVICES

Houston, Texas

As Lotus Notes System Administrator, performed following tasks:

• Server administrator for a global network.

• Migration of Notrix Jobs from one domain to another domain.

• Third level support to users.

As Lotus Notes Developer, performed following tasks:

• Notes Client Install Script: Written a script to automatically install and setup Notes Client

software.

• Designed a web application for marketing division. The application is a central repository for

market industry information.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, LOTUS NOTES, Wise, Win Batch

ENRON

Houston, Texas

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Export Lotus Notes documents to Oracle using Notrix. Import information from Oracle database into Lotus

Notes using Notrix.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, LOTUS NOTES, Notrix, Oracle

AMWAY CORPORATION

Flint, Michigan

Project management tool was designed and developed for the company to manage the project by keepingtrack

of the identified

issues. A process of creating a report of the current and past issues by the manager isbuilt in the application.

Lotus Script was

used extensively in the tool.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, DOMINO

GENENCOR INTERNATIONAL

Palo Alto, California

Designed and developed a tool that will automate cc:Mail to Notes mail migrationtasks. The purpose of the

tool is to convert

cc:Mail archives to a Notes mail archive.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, LOTUS NOTES, NotesAPI, Visual Basic,

Visual C++

APPLIED MATERIALS

Santa Clara, California

Developed a tool that will capture the activity of a particular user from the User Activity property of the

database and log the information.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, LOTUS NOTES, Notes AP, Visual C++

Designed and developed software releases user documentation tool for engineers. Engineers can download the

necessary

software releases when they work on-line oroff- line by sending a request to the product manager.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: Windows NT (Server), Windows, LOTUS NOTES

Designed and developed bilingual (English and Kanji) INFOSHARE applications for all released Applied

Materials products.

Applications are used by CustomerEngineers to create, view and search bilingualdocuments (English and

Kanji)while operating

inside the English based single domain.

The specific features of the application are:

• Review process of the documents that are created by Customer Engineers.

• Feedback features for comments and suggestions.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: OS/2 (Server), Windows (English and JapanesePC-versions), LOTUS NOTES

(English

version 3.3 and Japanese version 3.2J),MS-DOS, DOS (Japanese version)

Designed and developed an application, which provides feedback mechanism between Visual Basic and

LotusNotes.

SYSTEM ENVIRONMENT: OS/2 (Server), Windows, LOTUS NOTES, Visual C++,Visual Basic, Notes API

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Lotus Notes Developer Aug 1994 - July 1996

ABB (Windsor, Connecticut). NYNEX (White Plains, New York) and SPRINT (Kansas City, Kansas)

Responsibilities:

Designed and developed databases and improved business need, customer interface and functionality.

Designed and implemented user set up, end-user training materials, and testing procedures

Member of PMI

PERSONAL: US Citizen

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