Renuka Kaul

( 317-***-**** : ac275e@r.postjobfree.com - Katy, TX

Result driven, detail-oriented, and highly motivated IT Project Manager with 16 years of successful experience. Adept in project management, service delivery management and contract management of software applications while complying with stakeholder timeline and budget requirements. Currently seeking a position as a Project Manager which will utilize all skills, abilities, and areas of expertise as follows:

Project Management

Program Planning

Stakeholder Relations

Business/Client Development

Service Delivery

Financial Analysis

Consulting Engagements

Advanced technologies

Cross-Functional/Team Leadership

Communication Planning

Interpersonal Communication

Performance Improvement

Career Highlights

Experienced in managing application development projects end to end using waterfall, scrum and critical path/chain methodologies.

Experienced in managing support services portfolio that results in lights-on and also looks into constant improvements in productivity, uptime, and accuracy for business operations.

Adept at leading/managing big and cross-functional teams.

Recognized throughout career for automating several processes and increasing performance.

Extensive domain knowledge in Pharma – Enterprise Integration, Banking – Risk Management, Shipping – Booking, Oil and Gas – PLM, Asset Management, Security and Engineering and Construction – Timekeeping, Cost/Progress Measurement and Inventory Management industries.

Employment

IT Project Manager – Chicago Bridge & Iron Houston, TX – May 2016 – Sep 2017

KEY PROJECTS

Cost-to-cost Percentage of Completion Change (Pipe Fabrication) (Feb 2017 – Sep 2017) – Currently managing this project to support accurate revenue reporting for projects by re-configuring/customizing Oracle JDE E1 to make CB&I GAAP complaint in terms of C2C, PoC methodology for calculating revenue.

Enterprise Cost System Implementation – CB&I Cost and Progress Management Pilot (Jan 2017 – Sep 2017) – Currently managing a pilot project to implement a new cost system called PIMS from OMEGA for Cameron, Lake Charles and Tacoma sites replacing existing system (PMCS).

Project Status Report – Phase I & II (Global Project Controls) (May 2017 – Sep 2017) – Currently managing recreation, automation and migration of company’s Project Status Report (PSR), All PSR and subordinate PSR, used by Executive Management to review and report the status of a project/company, from legacy system to Oracle JDE E1 to better reflect the projects' financial status.

LumTray Application Rewrite (Technology) (Jun 2016 – Jul 2017) – Rewrote LumTray engineering tool, used to select maximum and minimum controlling loads for the tower, from Delphi to .NET.

Global Timekeeping Solution (Sep 2016 – Oct 2017) – Prepared Business Case (proposed TO BE work flow, implementation models and Financial Analysis) recommending implementing global timekeeping solution to replace Equential and TimeWorks and integrate with CB&I's security access system, Lenel.

Languages/Environment MS Project, Project Center 2013, SharePoint, Excel

IT Project Manager - Halliburton Houston, TX – Oct. 2014 – Feb. 2016

KEY PROJECTS

Contractor Access to Halliburton Network/System Assets (Security) Mar 2015 – Feb 2016

Involved in Contractor Access Program being implemented to remediate inconsistencies in provisioning and de-provisioning of contractors to Halliburton network and systems to ensure appropriate controls and compliance with applicable licenses, contracts, and regulations.

The program consisted of 8 different projects to implement and managed

Assignment based security model project which would implement centralized contractor access management via Active Directory objects and Oracle Identity Manager.

Network Foundation project which would shift contractor access from Juniper/Junos Pulse SSLVPN to F5’s Big IP and CISCO ASA firewall to Next Generation Firewall to build a secure network framework where contractor access would be centrally managed and limited. Security controls would be implemented using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure by moving the environment from internal network to DMZ to create required segmentation.

Other Projects Managed

SSP interface with SAP SOs (Completion Tools) (Jul 2015 – Feb 2016) – Developed an interface to transfer data from SmartString Plus (SSP) to certain t-codes within SAP to execute scheduling events and post actual utilization and exposure time to SAP.

Landmark Internal Licensing Platform Migration (Landmark) (Jul. 2015 - Nov 2015) - Migrated Landmark Licensing Tool used to generate software licenses to an enterprise licensing solution TS Orders.

Field Camp Asset Tracking POC (PE) (Mar. 2015 - Jul 2015) - Piloted a Repair & Maintenance Platform to provide visibility into equipment availability using a dashboard. Omni-ID hardware was installed to automatically scan trucks and trailers in Odessa. Software was developed to prove the functionality.

FileNet IS to P8 Migration (ASG) (Oct. 2014 - Feb 2015) – Feasibility study to migrate FileNet Image Services from Toronto datacenter to Content Manager Solution (P8) already existing in Lewisville.

Responsibilities for CB&I and Halliburton include

Project Phases – Initiation, Planning, Execution, Closure

Management – Finance, Stakeholder, Resource, Quality, Vendor, Release, Risk

Project deliverables

Planning, Tracking and Reporting

Cost Control, Budgeting

Languages/Environment MS Project, PPM, SharePoint, Excel, SQL Server database, OMNI RFID tags, antenna, readers

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. - Feb. 2001 – Sep. 2014

KEY PROJECTS

Baker Hughes Houston, TX Feb. 2014 – Sep. 2014

Project Manager - Enterprise Part Management (Product Lifecycle Management) Feb. 2014 – Sep. 2014

Managed Enterprise Part Management project for implementing standardized change management processes for managing parts and related CAD files and documents, and integration to SAP, as part of Teamcenter PLM platform enabling storage, management and access of all product & process data and documents across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and operations.

Responsibilities included - Management – Project, Finance, Customer, Resource, Quality, Vendor, Project deliverables, Cost Control, Budgeting, Planning, Tracking and Reporting

Languages/Environment MS Project, Clarity, Team Center, SAP, SharePoint

Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, IN Oct. 2006 – Oct 2013

Service Delivery Manager - Enterprise Data and Enterprise Analytics (EI&P) Feb. 2009 – Oct 2013

Managed Enterprise Data and Analytics service support and development teams as part of Enterprise Information and Platforms (EI&P) organization which provided integrated IT services across the organization via multiple softwares and tools used by business areas.

Service support areas included Internal and External Data Transfer, Staging Area Databases, Master Data Hub, Informatica, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Analytics and Information Integration technologies.

Responsibilities included

Management – Projects, Finance, Customer Relationship and Resource

Effort Estimation and Resource planning

Training/Mentoring team

Service support in SLA mode, Project deliverables

Consultancy on new initiatives and giving

proposals to convert those into new projects

Performance Appraisal review for team

Team Size Handled a team of 13+ at onsite and 50+ at offshore.

Languages/Environment MS Project, ProChain, IBM Websphere MQ and MQ File Transfer Edition, Axway Cyclone, GXS, Siperian MDM, Informatica, PL/SQL, Microsoft Business Intelligence SSxS tools, RoamBI, Tableau, Visual KPI, Performance Point, SAS, SPDS, R, Denodo, Anzo, Cogito, Data Services

Project Leader - Global Business Integration Project Regression Testing Apr. 2008 – Feb. 2009

Led team to carry out regression testing for affiliates/sites for Sales and Marketing IT applications to test the business continuity functionality after implementing the updates.

Responsibilities included

Coordination with offshore Team / Customer for any issues/queries

Involvement in environment set up, testing with customer, creating validation document packages and ensuring submission to and verification approval from Quality for the same.

Team Size Handled a team of 5+ at offshore.

Languages/Environment HP-UX, Oracle 9i, Informatica, Remedy, TOAD, Quality Center

Project Leader - Application Management Center – Web based Applications Mar. 2007 – Dec. 2007

Managed Application Management Center projects designed to offer IT application support services across the organization enabling to achieve optimum utilization of resources, and also created value through consulting and leveraging external partnerships to identify and implement opportunities for lower cost application support; achieved in part through implementation of repeatable processes.

Responsibilities included

Support multiple applications

Business Analyst for major development projects – Requirement gathering and design

Business continuity

Managing all development projects

Maintaining Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Handling financials

Coordination and timely deliverables

Team Size Handled a team of 4+ at onsite and 10+ at offshore.

Languages/Environment IBM Rational Application Developer, IBM Websphere Application Server, Informatica, Business Objects, Cold Fusion, Oracle, Shell scripts, PL/SQL, LRM tool

Business Analyst - Samples Project Oct. 2006 – Feb. 2007

Gathered requirements for Sample Application which was a forecasting tool used to forecast future sample distribution requirements based on their past distribution and usage. This application’s reporting module provided various forecasting and distribution reports over a period of time.

Responsibilities included

Involvement in the development of frontend, forecasting engine and reports.

Design, coordination, code review, test results review, timely deliverables.

Team Size Handled a team of 5+ at offshore.

Languages/Environment Cold Fusion, Informatica, Business Objects, Shell Scripts and Clear Case

Deutsche Bank London, UK – Knowledge Stream Project Nov. 2003 – Oct. 2006

Business Analyst

Optimized web portal Knowledge Stream (KS) to create a knowledge base for Global Credit Risk Management users with content from multiple information providers, Credit data from internal system (PARAGON) and market data, such as news, FX and stock price information from external vendors.

Responsibilities included

Feasibility analysis of new functionalities added in the system.

Preparation of business proposals to integrate external systems within the existing system and existing Workflow Manager to various business processes.

Standardization of documents like checklists, standards, data dictionary, guidelines, etc.

Module Leader

Designed and developed a module for KS application for credit officers to structure and standardize workflows, track communications, and eliminate inefficiencies in the CRM processes.

Responsibilities included

Requirement gathering to design Workflow Manager which automated Rating Process, tracked communications between systems and reduced inefficiencies.

Developing an interface messaging system between Paragon and KS using web service.

Preparing system test specifications and screen prototypes, configuration management, code walk through, testing, debugging and implementation.

Supporting KS application which involved problem resolution and system enhancements.

Team Size Handled a team of 4+ at onsite and 15+ at offshore.

Languages/Environment Sun Solaris OS 5.8, Unix, J2EE, JSP, Web portal, XML, XSD, XSQL, SQL Plus 8.0, PL/SQL Developer, Toad, BEA Weblogic Portal 8.1, BEA Weblogic Integration 8.1, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Oracle 9i database, Microsoft Visual Source Safe (Ver 6.0) (for source code control), Citrix, HummingBird Exceed

P&O NedLloyd London, UK Apr. 2001 – Oct. 2003

Module Leader - Finance Operation and Customer Services, FOCUS – 5.1 & 5.2 Jul. 2002 – Oct. 2003

Developed Decision Support System to achieve profit improvement through increased visibility of revenue and operational cost and recovery through profit recognition process. It had tools to produce standard and ad-hoc reports, as well as on-line queries incorporating drill down capability.

Team Size Handled a team of 10+ at offshore.

Developer - Customer Service System, FOCUS – 4 Apr. 2001 – Jul. 2002

Re-engineered existing Booking process making Service Requirement Manager a global system holding a single set of Booking and Bill data.

Responsibilities included - Gathering requirements, system design, user interface prototyping in HTML, construction of APIs, coding of forms and batches, creating database environment, preparation of test scenarios, test results and user manuals, and testing.

Languages/Environment PL/SQL, Developer Forms 6i, Designer 6i, Oracle 8i, UNIX, Test Director, Pro*C

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation)

Vivekananda Education Society’s Institute of Technology, Mumbai University, India

Training & Certifications

PMP classroom training (2013), PMI simulation training (2016)

Trail Blazer for Project Management (2012)

Diploma in Core JAVA (2000)

Technical Skills

Languages: SQL, PL/SQL, Designer 6i, Developer Forms 6i, Java, JSP, JDBC, J2EE architecture, XML, XSQL, XSL, BEA Web logic 8.1 for Portal Applications, BEA Web logic Integration, Struts, Pro*C, HTML, JavaScript, CSS

Systems: Windows, UNIX, Sun Solaris 5.8, HP-UX 11

Databases: Oracle, Microsoft Access

Additional Software: MS Project, Project Center 2013, PPM, Clarity, ProChain, SQL Plus 8.0, PL/SQL Developer, Toad, Remedy – Action Request System, Informatica, Business Objects, AUTOCAD, Quality Center, Documentum, Test Director, Hummingbird Exceed, WinSCP3, Citrix, Putty, Reflection, Clear Case, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0, Visio, SharePoint

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