Rajvi Sheth
M: 310-***-**** ac0zft@r.postjobfree.com **0 Wall Street, Seattle, WA-98121
Legally authorized to work without sponsorship
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Over 4 years of professional experience in the field of Information Technology as a project manager in software development, with an emphasis in team management and business system analysis. Worked extensively on process methodologies around PMP, ITIL. Major contributor to software development teams for E-Commerce projects in executing project in-budget and on-time. Managed large scale distributed systems across various Software Development Life Cycle processes. Experience with ERP and CRM applications. Familiarity with REST/SOAP. Proven ability to improve processes and implement business solutions in challenging environments. Strong Agile, Scrum, Lean and Kanban functional knowledge. Exceptional professional, interpersonal & communication skills with the ability to tailor communications at various levels of management. Experience working with teams of business stakeholders, developers, testers, customer service and sales personnel to ensure positive project outcome to launch projects on schedule. Successfully managed vendors and stakeholder expectations. Collaborated with global teams in UK, India, Ukraine and Mexico.
TOOLS
Project Management Tools: MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, Asana, EDMS, Balsamiq, Visio, PTC Integrity,MS Office
Testing Tools: Selenium, Junit, Testrail, Test Track
Version Control Systems: SVN,Github
KEY SKILLS
Project Planning
Issue Management
Task Management
Agile/Waterfall methodologies
Scrum/Kanban processes
Vendor Management
Process Improvement
Project Execution
Team Management
Client Communication
Monitoring and Controlling
Risk Mitigation/Management
EDUCATION
California State University- Long Beach Gujarat Technological University
Masters in Computer Science Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Engineering
August 2012-May2014 August 2008 -May 2012
EXPERIENCE
Brighter Inc Technical Project Manager [Jul’16-Present]
Worked intensively with product team to improvise internal portal for dental providers and practices
Intensively involved in managing the development and implementation of software products
Worked with product team to maintain roadmap and backlogs to ensure stakeholder expectations are met
Lead the development team to successfully implement integration with other networks following structured release plan
Created and maintained comprehensive project documentation for team to refer during implementation
Negotiated project milestones with external stakeholders (AETNA) resulting in timely delivery
Worked on critical path projects to improve inventory calculations of appointment.
Worked on backlog grooming and product planning to execute scope management
Medtronic Project Manager [ Jan ‘16-Jun’16]
Responsible for day-to-day management of multiple complex projects worth $40M within Diabetic department that oversees Insulin Pump production
Managed Scope Management for 10 remote teams
Used Agile and Waterfall methodologies depending on the nature of the project objectives
Negotiated any inconsistencies in schedule and budget with the senior management
Proactively kept business stakeholders up- to-date on project status and budget impacts
Reviewed & analyzed the current business processes across groups to streamline change requests
Actively involved in bridging gap between IT departments and other sections of business.
Involved in Dry run and Formal run for insulin pump software.
Upward status reporting and escalation of important issues.
Worked with FDA for pending approvals and feature addition
Internet Brands Project Manager [Jan’15-Jan’16]
Managed a team of six developers and two QA engineers
Resolved project, design, or resource issues before they cause schedule delays
Controlled project processes like scheduling, documentation, risk analysis, and contingency planning
Worked on deliverable decomposition for projects by stating work breakdown structures, dependencies and responsibilities
Controlled project deliverables throughout the project life cycle with skillful prioritization
Managed project time line, scope, resources and ensure projects implementation are meeting expectations across business
Analyzed the scope of the requirements, and managed requirements to avoid scope creep
Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly status reporting.
Social Annex Inc Technical Implementation Manager[Aug’14-Jan’15]
Worked in Agile environment for developing a product for over 20 clients
Worked as a liaison between client and functional teams to successfully gather and document client requirements
Intensively involved in internal team management for small/large projects from inception to delivery
Vendor management and resolving dependencies
Conducted detailed UAT for clients
Futurenet Group Pvt Ltd. QA/Business Analyst [Jun’10-Jul’12]
Conducting client facing meetings for designing user requirements and specifications using Balsamiq Mockup modules
Analyzed feedback from UAT and reported anomalies in JIRA
Documented detailed functional requirements for initiation phase of SDLC
Developed test plans and test cases for construction and education projects by analyzing requirements
Involved in planning and developing testing activities-Regression, Smoke, Unit, Acceptance and Functional testing
Develop test plans and test cases based on product specifications documents
Perform planned and ad-hoc manual testing
Updated and maintained manual test cases and automated tests to keep pace with occurring changes
Assist development teams in activities such as load testing, troubleshooting, and proactive fault management, reliability, redundancy
Analyze user testing feedback and make changes accordingly
Communicated requirements and ensured they are understood by developers and testers.
Worked and collaborated with the offshore development and testing teams to clarify requirements.