Project Manager

ANANDRAJ (ANAND) LETCHUMANAN, MBA – IT Professional & Sr. PPM SPECIALIST

Email: ********.***********@*****.***

Phone: 301-***-****

Summary of Experience

Experienced IT Professional and Certified IT Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) professional with ten years of experience in implementing and executing enterprise solutions for both commercial and government environments.

Extensive experience working in various PMO organizations within the private sector, healthcare industry, and local and federal government environments.

Proven track record of designing and implementing effective technical approaches to drive process improvement and business goals.

Hands-on experience with both Agile/Scrum and Waterfall project methodologies including all aspects of project management: planning, estimating, budgeting, scheduling, execution, training, control, and risk management, change management and quality management.

Experience managing staff (on site and offshore), allocating resources, mentoring team members, and conducting performance reviews.

Extensive experience with requirements gathering, business analysis and implementing enterprise solutions

Experience with providing end user system training, serving as an effective liaison between technical staff and business users.

Education, Training, and Certifications

Master in Business Administration (MBA) – Salem International University, Salem WV

Bachelors of Science (BSc) Computer Science – Salem International University, Salem WV

Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) Professional – Computer Associates (CA), Inc.

Currently pursuing Certified Scrum Master (CSM) – Scrum Alliance (ETA: Early September)

Work Experience

TEKSystems, Inc.

Client (On-Site): Allegis Group, Inc. March 2017 – Present

Role: IT Project Manager & Scrum Master (Financial Management Systems)

Manage the software application implementation of Ariba Procure-to-Pay solution with integration with PeopleSoft Finance and Human Resource modules.

Manage full lifecycle project following the SDLC framework including development, integration, testing, training, deployment, operation and maintenance.

Manage the project portfolio and schedule, technical performance, resource capacity and provide quality oversight by utilizing MS Project and Planview.

Oversee project execution during various phases and activities (Concept to Closure): Initiation, Plan, Scope & Requirements, testing, approvals, change and configuration management.

Develop, collect and report key project management metrics for measuring performance by utilizing Planview, SharePoint.

Manage staff members, allocate project resources and keep track of project budget by measuring burn rate utilizing MS Project and Planview.

Prepare and present project status, costs, change impact analysis, issues and recommendations to Senior Management and PMO.

Partner with business owners and stakeholders to conduct business analysis, create business cases, define project requirements, prioritize product backlog, and develop high level project plans for enterprise applications.

Provide oversight for development, manage test activities and run daily Scrum meetings as well as direct the day-to-day tasks of the cross-functional software development team.

Utilize VersionOne to maintain product backlog, track user stories, and coordinate with design and development team to clarify and queue up features & bugs for deployment.

DSFederal, Inc. Nov 2009 – March 2017

Client (On-Site): Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Primary Role: IT Project Manager & Product Owner

Manage full lifecycle projects following the SDLC framework including development, integration, testing, training, deployment, operation and maintenance.

Manage the project portfolio and schedule, technical performance, resource capacity and provide quality oversight by utilizing MS Project and CA Clarity PPM.

Oversee project execution during various phases and activities (Concept to Closure): Initiation, Plan, Scope & Requirements, testing, approvals, change and configuration management.

Develop, collect and report key project management metrics for measuring performance by utilizing CA Clarity PPM, SharePoint, JIRA, ServiceNow and Redmine.

Manage staff members, allocate project resources and keep track of project budget by measuring burn rate utilizing MS Project.

Prepare and present project status, costs, change impact analysis, issues and recommendations to Senior Management and PMO.

Partner with FDA business owners and stakeholders to conduct business analysis, create business cases, define project requirements, prioritize product backlog, and develop high level project plans for enterprise applications.

Provide oversight for report development, manage test activities and run daily Scrum meetings as well as direct the day-to-day tasks of the cross-functional software development team.

Support the CMMI Dev-Level 3 appraisal and process engineering as the Project Lead for FDA Clarity project.

Utilize Primavera ProSight to provide CPIC reporting and full cycle EPLC and Agile implementation including business processes and documentation.

Utilize JIRA to maintain product backlog, track tickets and user stories, and coordinate with design and development team to clarify and queue up features & bugs for deployment.

Role: Trainer/User Support

Develop custom training and change management materials, administer training sessions via LMS and classroom, and trained business users on the functionality of the Clarity application.

Manage UAT testing preparation, execution and reporting.

Resolve application issues and troubleshooting requests from end users.

Role: PPM Consultant/Functional Analyst

Develop the technical approach to integrating needed custom components and interfaces with the COTS application functionality provided in CA Clarity PPM.

Design and develop user interface components and work flow processes that will most effectively meet business needs and adhere to FDA standards.

Designed a completely custom enterprise solution using CA Clarity PPM to support FDA’s IT Contracts and Acquisition process.

Oversee integration of PIV card authentication via Oracle Access Manager (OAM) to meet FDA’s security mandate.

Develop requirements documentation, implementation plan and execute migration-related activities to successfully implement multiple major and minor production releases.

Plan and execute major upgrades of the CA Clarity PPM application and database ensuring that all custom components migrate successfully.

Optimize MS Project schedules to comply with Clarity PPM and FDA requirements and upload them to Clarity PPM.

Advanced Software Systems (ASSYST, Inc.) July 2007 – Nov 2009

Client: CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield/FEPOC

Role: PPM Consultant/Functional Analyst/System Administrator

Collected and defined specific business requirements with business owners and stakeholders.

Documented business requirements, proposed solutions and progress reports based on business needs.

Designed and developed the proposed enterprise PPM solution using CA Clarity PPM.

Implemented the proposed solution and released the application to the business users.

Developed training materials and trained business users.

Designed and developed a two-dimensional role and OBS based security model based on Organizational Breakdown Structure.

Optimized MS Project schedules to comply with CA Clarity PPM and Care First Blue Cross Blue Shield requirements and uploaded them to CA Clarity PPM.

Client: Montgomery County, MD

Role: PMO Consultant/Business Analyst/Configuration Manager

Understanding business needs and translating the customer requirements at the Project Management Office (PMO) of Montgomery County.

Provided Configuration Management (CM) support for development and testing using IBM Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest.

Created Configuration Management (CM) documentation such as plans, procedures as well as provide support to the change management process at Montgomery County.

Technical Skills

Languages: PL/SQL, SQL, Java, HTML, Visual Basic, XML

Operating System: MS-DOS, Window95/98/NT/XP/Vista/7/8, Windows Server, UNIX, Linux, MAC OS

RDBMS: Microsoft Access, Oracle, SQL Server, Microsoft Fox Pro

Web and Multimedia Tools: Macromedia Dreamweaver, Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Sound Forge

Productivity Tools: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Pagemaker, OpenOffice, Open Workbench, Snagit

Software: Planview, SAP Ariba, PeopleSoft, CA Clarity PPM, CA Niku System Administration, CA Clarity Studio, CA Productivity Accelerator (CAPA LMS), Primavera ProSight, Business Objects Server, IBM Rational ClearCase, IBM Rational ClearQuest, JIRA, Version One, Microsoft SharePoint, Redmine, ServiceNow

Accomplishments and Awards

Employee of the Year, DSFederal Inc.

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