Project Management

Taruna Sharma

*** **** ***** **** #***, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Ph: 408-***-****(H), 408-***-****(C) Email: **************@*****.***

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SUMMARY

Master of Science (Engineering Management and Leadership) graduate from Santa Clara University

4 years of experience in the software Industry with experience in developing, implementing, and managing complex data warehousing

projects

An organized, detail-oriented, and conscientious self-starter, able to strategize and prioritize effectively to accomplish multiple tasks

and stay calm under pressure

Excellent communication and organizational skills to foster positive work environment

SKILLS

Product Marketing: Market Research, Marketing Mix, Market Segmentation, SWOT Analysis, New Product Development Process,

Marketing Plan, New Product Development Process, Pricing

Project Management: Project Management methodologies, Planning, Scheduling methods & tools

BI Tools and Reporting Tools: Informatica Power Center 7.1 and 8, Data Stage, Business Objects

Scripting Languages and other Tools: Toad, Putty, Reflextion X, Autosys, PHP, JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Unix

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i, MySQL and SQL Server

MS office skills: MS Project 2010, MS word, MS Power point, Advance MS Access and MS Excel

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Graduate Student

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Sept 2010 to Sept 2012

Developed marketing plan for a new product that includes: Introduction of product, Strategic focus, Situation Analysis, Competitive

Analysis, Market Research, Marketing Mix, Market Segmentation, Implementation Plan, Financial Projection and evaluation and

control

Developed business plan for a deployment of Fuel Cells project and prepared Execution & Financial plan, work breakdown structure,

SWOT analysis and market research for the project

Developed operational plan for T6 Furniture Company’s new Ladder-back line of Chairs that includes: Operation Strategies, Facility

Location Plan, Floor Layout Plan, Material Requirement planning, Supply Chain for the Operation Plan

Developed and managed an E-commerce application (Online Movie Rental) project

- Worked in Scrum - Agile software development environment

- Developed application from concept to testing using web development technologies PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML/CSS and User

interface design patterns

- Perform application demonstration and won best project title

Developed test plan and test cases for ABC Company’s new account payable system based on the requirements of the company

Software Engineer

Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, India. Feb 2006 to Feb 2009

Software development engineer for Business Intelligence and Data warehousing division. Interfaced with clients (UBS, Toyota

Financials, and AstraZeneca) to determine business and project requirements. Communicated to clients on progress and resolved issues

during development phases. A list of my job responsibilities follows:

Participated in daily meeting/calls with client’s team to discuss business and mapping requirements.

Prepared functional and technical design documents, Developer’s guide and other common services documents

Developed Mappings and Workflows as per Business logic, quality and coding standards prescribed for the module

Extensively worked in the performance tuning of ETL mapping and session

Involved in writing database scripts such as SQL queries, PL/SQL Stored Procedures, Indexes, Functions, Views, Materialized views

and Triggers

Worked on code change requests for module Interfaces

Worked on enhancement and perform unit testing of code module after they are developed

Prepared Unit test plan (UTP) documents for mappings and performed Unit testing in Development environment

Prepared Operational Manuals documents for operations team

Fixed bugs and resolved issues raised by QA team

Software Developer

Radix info solutions (P) Ltd., New Delhi, India. Oct 2005 to Jan 2006

Involved in the analysis, requirement gathering phase of project

Worked on development of a Web Portal (AlfaBetaIndia.com)

Performed unit testing in development environment

Software Developer Intern

Ministry of Information Technology, New Delhi, India. Jan 2005 to July 2005

Worked on billing management system as a lead team member. This system is remotely login by its administrator. The result of this

Project provides various electronic bills in receipt form and also facility to generate reports.

Involved in the analysis, requirement gathering and development of project modules

Performed unit testing and defect tracking

ACTIVITIES

Member of Indian Student Association at Santa Clara University

Mentored Junior Software Engineers by giving Knowledge transfer sessions

Computer Science Teacher for senior secondary level class

EDUCATION

Santa Clara University, Sept 2010 – Sept 2012 GPA: 3.78/4.00

Master of Science (Engineering Management and Leadership)

Banasthali Vidyapith, India, June 2002 – May 2005 GPA: 3.68/4.00

Master of Computer Applications

Ch. Charan Singh University, India, June 1999 – May 2002 GPA: 4.00/4.00

Bachelor of Computer Applications

Relevant Course Work - Master of Science (Engineering Management and Leadership)

Technical Product Management & Marketing, Strategic Marketing and New Product Development, Project Management Basics &

Advance, Global Technology Development, Global Software Management, Accounting and Cost Control for Project Managers, Strategic

Technology Management, New Product Design and Development, Human Resource Development, Operations and Production Systems,

Software Ethics, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, Software Quality Assurance & Testing, Information Security

Management, Requirement Engineering, Wireless and Mobile Networks

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