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Sridhar Raman email: ac0xsc@r.postjobfree.com

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Sunnyvale, CA 94089 Work authorization: EAD (GC) available I am an organized and detail-oriented project manager seeking a position in a dynamic work environment. I am highly effective at providing overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution and control for completion of projects within time and budgetary constraints. Summary of Qualifications

6+ years of project management experience handling multiple projects across all project phases.

In addition, have over 8 years of global experience in Business Development, International Business Operations & Client Account Management.

Hold a Master’s degree in International Business Administration from Bournemouth University, United Kingdom.

Scrum Master Certified by Scrum Study.

Experience in defining scope, plan, schedule, resource allocation, risk & execution, in addition to monitoring of projects for quality delivery within timeline and budget using Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Consulted with customers to identify key requirements, define project scope, and develop project plan, providing leadership to the team and driving resolution of issues found during execution.

Successfully manage the delivery of products to clients on time and within scope, budget, timeline and resources while ensuring highest degree of customer satisfaction.

Manage multiple projects in parallel with diverse group of customers

Travel to customer sites to facilitate project kick off meetings and signoff.

Conduct retrospective activities following project go-live with all parties involved in the project life cycle

Hands on experience with project management tools including Jira, Mavenlink, Atlassian confluence, MS Project, and Basecamp.

Professional Experience

Agile Project Manager, Infonex Technologies Inc. – October 2016 to present

Responsible for management of all phases of client service projects in areas of professional services, managed services and service implementation.

Handled projects for Fortune 500 companies.

Develop detailed project plan with deliverables and milestones; mitigate risks and address issues to ensure timely completion of projects.

Define work breakdown structure (WBS) for assigned project, based on project specification document.

Conduct regular team meetings to discuss project progress, reviews and updates.

Meet with clients to take detailed ordering briefs and clarify specific requirements of each project.

Manage vendors and clients on a day to day basis. Engage directly with customers, involving them, presenting project details and maintaining a positive relationship.

Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short- and long-term goals.

Meet budgetary objectives and make adjustments to project constraints based on financial analysis.

Develop comprehensive project plans to be shared with clients as well as other stake holders in the project.

Experience in cross-functional project management concepts, methods and practices

Typically work on 2-3 projects at a time ranging in scope & impact from small to large.

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Manage project closing and ensure project deliverables achieved within time, cost and scope.

Coordinating internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of projects.

Develop project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility Agile Project Manager, Inspyrus Inc. – June 2016 to September 2016. End to end project implementation for Inspyrus invoice automation product on premises and cloud based services with responsibilities including,

Developing a detailed project plan with deliverables, milestones, budget and resource allocation.

Conducting team meetings to discuss project progress, reviews and updates. Managing and monitoring progress with regular status updates to internal and external project stakeholders.

Working with stakeholders to ensure project milestones are reached on time within budget and expected quality.

Addressing issues and mitigating risks to ensure timely completion of projects.

Identify efforts of tasks & initiatives by speaking with key stakeholders to determine total timeline.

Interface with clients to gather requirements for new product features and customizations.

Working closely with product development team for new releases, change requests and upgrades.

Interviewing & allocating required resources; effectively performing change management processes for projects.

Write project communication messages to appropriate audiences. Co-ordinate, report status, and ensure stability of project related work efforts. Plan priorities which impact multiple projects. Project Manager, Newline Info Corp – December 2015 to May 2016.

Lead multiple new software application development projects starting from requirement gathering till deployment and post support.

Prepared project scope documents by interfacing with customers, managed requirements gathering sessions, oversaw SRS preparation, reviewed and got approval from customers.

Developed detailed project plan with deliverables and milestones. Defined work breakdown structure (WBS) for assigned project based on project specification document. Conducted regular team meetings to discuss project progress, reviews and updates.

Provided regular status updates to stakeholders.

Managed geographically distributed teams of varying sizes across multiple time zones. Client: Twinkle toes web portal - Duration: 7 months, Team size: 9 Development of an application that offers the service of nannies to registered families. The families are registered in the system and as per their request, nannies are scheduled to the families on a recursive or non-recursive basis. A variety of functions including handling nannie assignments on a recursive or non-recursive basis, family/nannie preference setting and cancellations are available. Client: Henced Web application - Duration: 5 months, Team size: 5 Development of a HTML5 SMS web application running on a CMS-driven website that allows businesses to schedule bulk SMS, add/edit/delete groups and export/import client groups in a few clicks based on the subscription plan.

Project Manager, IKAS Technologies - May 2013 to October 2015. Client: Axfood (Retail) - Duration: 20 months, Team size: 4 Ikas performed Enterprise Application Integration for AxFood, a retail giant in Sweden. Ikas managed the development, support and maintenance of their integration platform and related integration projects. In addition, it enhanced the capabilities of the enterprise application platform (Aurea Sonic) to greatly increase the performance of the integration platform.

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Client: Shammail (Multimedia e-learning project for schools) - Duration: 18 months, Team size: 7 For a Government sponsored company in Brunei, Asia, K-12 school syllabus was converted into multimedia e- learning course material deliverable online using the Internet. This project consisted of five phases: Collecting the necessary syllabus documents, including text book materials, past year question banks etc., Designing an instruction design model, developing story boards with voice over 3D animation, multimedia planning and production, Integrating the multimedia course into a Learning Management System (LMS) and delivering. For some of the phases, outsourcing was done to make use of subject matter experts. Integration was done with 3 teams, each lead by team leaders.

Client: Intrasoft Technologies (Campus ERP suite – SAAS based) - Duration: 24 months, Team size: 11 An educational institution manages three professional colleges spread across different campuses. This project delivered ERP Software so that they could manage their administrative and academic tasks with computers available in the network.

Client: Amaraashop (e-commerce website for a Boutique showroom) – Duration: 8 months Team size: 5 Amaraashop is an online boutique store that sells hand-crafted, well-tailored, ready-made Indian ethnic clothes. Ikas has delivered e-Commerce online store websites and market place solutions for Amara shop.com. In addition Ikas designed, developed and maintains their online store. Project Manager, Assestant – February 2011 to March 2013. Client: Rank Sheet (Job portal - Cloud based) - Duration: 22 months, Team size: 5 Rank Sheet is a 100% free, online exam, certification and job portal. The RankSheet career platform provides free online exams and certifications in various technologies/fields and helps candidates to build a dynamic resume to connect with and get noticed by employers. RankSheet takes it one step further by helping candidates stay updated about jobs in companies of their choice and prove their technical knowledge even before going to a job interview.

Client: Assestant (platform development for Pre-hiring- Cloud based)-Duration: 16 months, Team size: 5 Assestant is a simple and easy to use online assessment platform. Anybody can create assessments by either using the built-in question banks or using their own custom questions - no prior experience or technical knowledge is required. The Assestant platform supports various question patterns such as multiple choice, choose the right answer, fill in the blanks, true or false, and essay questions. Assestant simplifies hiring by helping evaluate candidates before they are invited to an interview, thereby reducing human effort and saving time and money.

Educational Qualification

Masters in International Business Administration (MIBA), Bournemouth University, UK.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Madras University - Chennai.

Completed Project Management Professional (PMP) course in Green International - Chennai.

Diploma in Electronics and Communications Engineering (DECE) - Chennai. Certifications

Scrum Master Certified (SMC)

Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SFC)

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