Kavitha Reddy

ac0dn2@r.postjobfree.com ***** Tate Court, Oakton, VA 22124 703-***-**** (C)

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

A multi-functional expert offering an eventful career of over 15 years in managing and overseeing project / program management, delivery management, IT consulting, quality control and assurance of software projects in a diverse range of technologies. Exhibits core strengths to bridge technology and business goals in developing and designing solutions for the product and managing process setup and development. Demonstrates success in understanding client requirements, conceptualizing cost effective and customized solutions, drawing resource estimates, making presentations and securing client financial commitments. Well versed in business process understanding and PLM (Product Life-Cycle Management) including planning and prioritizing software deliverables and developing overall product roadmap plans. An articulate communicator who can fluently speak the language of both business and technology blending technical expertise with interpersonal skills while leading cross-functional project teams and integrating their efforts to maximize operational efficiency.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Managerial

Strategy Planning Budgeting/Forecasting New Initiatives/Set Ups Business Plans/Models P&L/Financial Planning Policy Formulation IT/Management Consulting Operational Strategies Change Management Technology Integration Best Practices Technology Governance

Technical

Project/Program Management Delivery Management Offshore/Onsite Model Data Visualization Application Management System Implementation & Design System Integration IT Roadmap Creation Cost & Resource Deployment Risk Mitigation Vendor Management Change Management Re-usable Architecture

Functional

Business Development Pre Sales Initiatives Customer Relationship Revenue Generation Solutions & Design Market Intelligence/Penetration Requirement Mapping Business Proposals Presentations/Demos Prototyping Account Management Training & Development

DOMAIN EXPERIENCE

Online Marketing Digital Media Secure Data Delivery Manufacturing Retail Telecom

AWARDS & HONORS

Individual Impact Award Employee of the Quarter Excellence in Service Dedication and Service

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Acquiring extensive experience of working with and serving clients of Fortune 100 companies across US and global companies

Earning wide recognition for consistent success in developing processes and procedures to streamline operations and enhance revenue performance

Pioneering efforts in solution preparation/proposal based on customers’ requirements and presentations to both business and IT audiences

Experience in Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software system implementations and in evaluating and selecting COTS solutions

Managing large projects and leading communications with senior stakeholders discussing the wider implications of the options and advising on additional strategies to minimize liabilities

Playing a key role in providing comprehensive business solutions with successful IT and COTS implementations in organizations within pre-set budgets and deadlines

Adept in leading technical teams and projects utilizing Agile, RUP and Waterfall methodologies meeting client commitments and achieving outstanding results

CAREER SUMMARY

FANNIE MAE INC., VA

01/2016 – Present

Senior IT Project Manager

Led the EDI technical team on the Enterprise IDS Convergence Initiative. Worked on leading the team from initiation through implementation across several releases to ensure that project milestones and deliverables were met and implemented within scope and budget

Worked diligently with stakeholders, business and technical leads to understand scope and align project deliverables to meet release deadlines

Conducted bi-weekly stakeholder meetings to keep them abreast of project status, changes, progress, timelines, cost and deliverable timeframes

Met with product owners, business and technical leads to understand the scope and projected timelines were accurate and aligned with the sprints for accurate and timely completion

Collaborated with the enterprise data warehouse and infrastructure teams to understand the current state and future state needs to create an effective plan to meet the newly designed target state objectives

Presented project and program level roadmaps to upper management and critical stakeholders detailing application and system level work to ensure that it could be completed within the targeted timeframe

Involved heavily with internal and external department heads in planning the target state design and architecture to meet stakeholder expectations and accomplish the project goals

Documented and kept track of key changes and risks to the project along with a risk mitigation strategy to ensure smooth execution of the project

Achievements

Led the development team through effective sprint planning to ensure that all activities from design to architecture met target state goals and were completed within the allocated timeframe.

Monitored project risks and scope creep to identify potential problems and proactively identified solutions to address them in advance.

Ensured all expected project deliverables were completed within the stipulated timelines and met quality and budget constraints.

Developed project plans that identified key issues, approaches and performance metrics. Presented to company executives and key personnel to ensure the company met SLA’s and key milestones both internally and with external vendors.

Received accolades from management and team members for on-boarding quickly and effectively with the IDS convergence effort already in progress and for saving valuable time and budget to help a lagging project be completed ahead of schedule and exceeding client expectations.

THE COLLEGE BOARD INC., VA

01/2015 – 12/2015

Senior IT Project Manager

Led the CMO technical team across a broad range of activities for the AR SAT redesign project. Worked closely with external vendors (Person, Xerox, ETS and RR Donnelly) to ensure that project milestones and deliverables were met and implemented within scope and budget

Kept stakeholders and upper management abreast of project status, progress, changes, timelines and cost, by facilitating and conducting interdepartmental and vendor targeted meetings

Conducted PMO working sessions weekly to ensure that project scope and deliverables aligned with internal groups and vendors and ensured the right resources were available to complete the project

Worked diligently with project teams, stakeholders and SME’s to understand business requirements and worked with product development to translate the requirements into application and system architecture

Collaborated with the data and infrastructure team to ensure that the current infrastructure could support the proposed re-design and that the pertinent data and information were available in a timely fashion to meet the newly designed SAT objectives

Captured the current state design and architecture with proposed future state changes for the re-designed SAT to help the business better understand the process/data flows, requirements and changes required to achieve the desired future state

Involved heavily with external vendors and internal stakeholders in the revamp of the current SAT to meet the new requirements and design. Ensured that the required data and information was available to accomplish the project goals

Documented and kept track of key changes and risks to the project along with a risk mitigation strategy to ensure smooth execution of the project

Achievements

Led the operations team in facilitating solutions design for operational processes, performing impact analysis, vendor management, identifying quality controls and performing end to end operational acceptance testing and validation to deliver a robust technical solution for the newly re-designed SAT project.

Ensured all expected (in scope) deliverables from and to vendors, as defined in the RSAT design solution and vendor contracts were completed meeting quality, timeline and budget constraints.

Accelerated the performance of the operational and validation processing by reducing the number of iterations and removing redundant cycles to enhance a delayed project completion to an on-time and on-budget completion, earning kudos from the directors and upper management.

Diligently managed vendor relationships ensuring adherence of vendor SLA’s and KPI’s, supporting on-time window activities, ensuring quality of data feeds and defined quality checks were met.

Recognized by management for effectively managing the SAT re-design initiative and for delivering key milestones ahead of schedule and meeting client/vendor expectations.

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION., VA

Senior IT Manager

03/2010 – 12/2014

Led a cross-functional team of IT professional to schedule and execute all stages of enterprise software, hardware and system implementations. Assessed business implications for each project phase and monitored progress to meet deadlines, standards and cost targets.

Excelled in guiding the work of technical teams. Articulated project goals and scope, translated business needs into technical terms, prepared detailed work breakdown structures (WBS) and instilled shared accountability for achieving project milestones.

Created cost-benefit analyses and ROI assessments that were used as the basis for decision-making on proposed IT implementation projects.

Resolved numerous project issues including staffing shortages, tactical matters, scope creep and divergent business and user needs.

Led and participated in several Steering Committee meetings driving business critical decisions for IT projects.

Proven ability to resolve complex problems, quickly diagnosing and identifying issues and determining the proper resolutions.

Executed the quarterly business review meetings attended by upper management, discussed successes and shortfalls and planned accordingly for the future.

Ensured customer satisfaction through monthly customer one on one meetings / scorecard.

Achievements

Led project teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.

Drove impressive improvements across the business as a result of IT implementations. Equipped FDIC with solutions that increased the performance and throughput of projects by 40%, shortened the billing cycle by 50% and saved $1M annually.

Selected by the CFO to be part of the PEG Council for FDIC, responsible for planning, estimating and forecasting expenditures for all IT projects for the fiscal year; with projects scaling from 200K to 40M in revenue.

Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Worked on several projects in an Agile environment while creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures to meet client needs.

Achieved seamless migrations and integrations that were transparent to client customers, accomplished with no unscheduled downtime and delivered by as much as $500K under budget.

AOL TIME WARNER INC., DULLES, VA

2002 – 2010

Sr. IT Project Manager

03/2005 – 02/2010

Managed and led a cross-functional team with off-site and on-site resources supporting applications that served over 7,500 clients worldwide, generating revenues over $15M

Designed and implemented multiple customer applications with interfaces to ODBC including executive information systems to enhance the legacy Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system

Led the corporate ERP committee for design and development of corporate architecture while utilizing service oriented architecture and governance

Coordinated with project teams to support them to integrate the projects with change management initiatives undertaken by the organization

Experienced in managing UAT teams, developing and testing applications, developing test plans and implementing them

Achievements

Prepared and executed an IT strategy that reduced administrative costs and direct labor costs by 35% and actualized $3.5M increase in new business

Directed the Infrastructure Revamp project and implemented a system that improved reliability, enhanced efficiency and established scalability for future growth

Managed all maintenance and development processes and ensured compliance to SOX guidelines

Established automated processes that supported vital functions including production scheduling, inventory control, single data source, cost containment and trending models

Promoted reusable assets, shared infrastructure and applications to reduce costs and improve information flow

IT Project Manager

08/2003 – 02/2005

Led a team of 12 members to model, and analyze business applications, design and architect the framework, develop Fast Track reporting driving revenue growth for AOL Time Warner

Handled daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly dashboards/reports and corporate applications while monitoring system performance and application availability for external customer facing sites

Handled the tasks of overseeing the development and operation of change management methodologies and procedures to guide the adoption process

Responsible for UAT project planning, testing and integration for corporate business applications

Interacted with several international clients, upper management, directors and above to gather requirements and implement projects in an Agile SCRUM environment

Participated in Scrum activities while facilitating daily meetings, planning sprints and coordinating project completion

Achievements

Managed design, integration and implementation of Adtech, AdSystems and Omniture operational data and development of Enterprise wide mission critical applications that supported AOL’s core mission of one data source for all Business Intelligence needs

Senior Systems Analyst

04/2002 – 07/2003

Played a key role in developing and maintaining AOL’s member databases, time-sensitive projects and Billing and Finance reports

Developed and maintained new and existing data warehouse projects and prepared critical reports which generated the numbers on Wall Street

Achievements

Initiated and participated in various conference calls for receiving status and progress on current issues, updating the stakeholders and client teams

MCI COMMUNICATIONS INC., CHANTILLY VA

01/1997 – 03/2002

Systems Analyst

Designed and architected an internal facing website to support the helpdesk, database, reporting, development, billing, infrastructure and tools teams’ business needs.

Involved in gathering business requirements, analysis, data modeling and project implementation schedules for several teams reporting to the Director and above in an Agile environment

Achievements

Developed several intranet websites for 7 departments under the Business Market Division for a Major Telecom Company, MCI Telecommunication based in Virginia

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Science, Computer Sciences, Strayer University (GPA 4.0)

Bachelor of Science, Commerce and Accounting, Mount Carmel College

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Management Training

Exceeding with Others I to I Communication Diversity and Inclusion

Certifications

CSM certified

PMP – in progress

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Languages: Java, C/C+, Abinitio, ETL Framework, Perl, SQL, HTML

Databases: Oracle, MySQL, Redbrick, Sybase

Operating Systems: UNIX, LINUX, CentOS, Windows NT

Designing Tools: Rational Software Architect, Microsoft Visio

Others: OLAP, Data Warehousing, Rational Rose, RUP, SCRUM, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Governance, UML, SQL, PL/SQL, XML, LDAP, TIBCO, Informatica, Rally, Planview, Tableau, Business Objects, RSA, ReqPro, JIRA, BMC Remedy, ArcGIS, QSM SLIM Estimate, QSM SLIM Control, Cloud Computing, IPV6, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Sharepoint

PERSONAL DETAILS

Nationality:

U.S. Citizen

Other:

Clearable

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