Amita Behuria Pathak, PMP

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amitabehuria ac2xbs@r.postjobfree.com 734-***-****

BUSINESS PROFILE

Result oriented Senior Project Manager with more than 15 years of experience executing numerous IT projects from initiation to implementation and project operations. Ability to manage multiple projects, large team of direct and cross functional team members with maturity and professionalism. Self-motivated and focused individual. Highly skilled in both Agile and Waterfall Methodologies, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Product implementation, Requirements Analysis, Pre-sales, and Vendor Management.

Possesses strong interpersonal, communication, problem solving and decision making skills. Ability to establish and maintain strong alliances; lead and motivate teams; drive projects to successful completion and achieve fiscal bottom-line results. Highly customer focused leader, have been credited for exceeding customer expectations and delivering quality to customers. Proven ability to identify business opportunities and provide management and technical expertise to sales representatives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager III /Senior Implementation Project Manager Aug ’15 – Till date

Clarivate Analytics, Formerly Thomson Reuters

Clarivate Analytics is the global leader in providing Intellectual Property Management solutions and services to Governments, Corporations and Law firms.

Successfully managed multiple (10-12) projects concurrently in varying stages of implementation, worked with the internal team to design the solution, direct technical & QA team to implement processes/tools for clients managing the intellectual property life cycle.

Identified multiple business opportunities for revenue growth

Improved resource utilization with proper project planning

Provided product improvement ideas for increasing Customer Satisfaction

Senior Project Manager/ Release Train Engineer Mar ’15 – Jul ’15

Thirdware Solutions Inc., Client: Ford Motor Company

Global Unified Database (GUDB) Program objective was to develop and deploy common processes and system to collect, standardize and segment the dealers Point-of-Sale Service information. Provide Ford with a foundational database that enables Dealership Performance Reporting, analytics, marketing program support etc.

Analyzed the release roadmap of scrum teams located in different regions (USA, India, and Germany) for dependencies, impediments/challenges and established release cadence to bring in consistency and transparency

Performed the gap analysis to prepare the teams for release train (scaled agile)

Senior Project Manager Aug ’12 – Jan ’14

Cybage Software Pvt. Ltd

Successfully managed multiple projects for 2 different clients: iProspect and Infogroup-Yesmail. iProspect is the world’s leading digital performance marketing agency. Delivers personal, adaptive and valuable digital experiences utilizing proprietary solutions including: paid and natural search, data & insights, social media management etc. Infogroup Yesmail is an e-mail marketing solutions provider with the capabilities to create, build and implement e-mail campaigns that directly support client objectives

Played a key role in the delivery of the pilot project which led to acquiring big contracts

Developed and fostered effective relationships with clients, providing update on projects and resolving any issues/concerns promptly. This resulted in consistent repeat business and a satisfied customer.

Developed solution by formulating objectives; planning project deliverables; leading the exploration, evaluation, and design of technical solutions

Developed team members to achieve project goals and employee personal career goals. The outcome of this was a happy team with respect to their work content and compensation level.

Lead IT Consultant / Project Manager Jun ’10 – Jul ’12

Fujitsu Consulting India

Successfully delivered SharePoint implementation projects for Diamond Bank Plc and PRAJ Industries. Objective was to implement Workflows and Dashboards, Develop an Intranet Portal on SharePoint 2010 which is an online gateway to electronic content and collaboration platform for the employees

Achieved project milestones, forming project teams, establishing project budgets, and monitoring project progress by tracking activities, publishing progress reports, resolving issues and recommending actions.

Assisted account managers in mitigating the risk of scope creep to active projects by introducing better procedures in scope and requirements definition. This avoided the cost of providing unintended and uncompensated functionality to clients.

Project Manager Dec ’07 – Mar ’09

Infosys Technologies Limited

Successfully managed the project for Baker Oil Tools, the objective was to develop effective learning solution for process adoption and sustainability. Enable all the targeted users to effectively use the Power System by adopting the new process (Quote to Invoice) and learning how to use the new system through training

Lead various project plan development activities, including identification of phases, activities, tasks, deliverables, milestones and dependencies

Defined the project schedule and resourcing needed to cost effectively accomplish project objectives

Closely manage financials to achieve the planned project budget. Monitor & update monthly actuals & future forecasts; develop new/revised estimates as applicable

Managed a team of Instructional designers, Creative Designer, and Voiceover vendor

Project Leader Technical Lead Developer / Programmer Jul ’99 – Oct ’07

Tata Consultancy Services Limited

Delivered multiple project over the course of time with responsibility of customer interaction, requirements gathering, design, coding, validation, deployment and operation support in various geographies. Was responsible for project planning, estimation and team management

Certifications:

PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP) since April 2007

Certified Scrum Master(Scrum Alliance) since March 2015

Microsoft Certified Professional in Microsoft Exam 70-320 & Microsoft Exam 70-315 in 2003

Industry Domain:

Intellectual Property Management

Media and Entertainment (Internet Advertising, Email Marketing)

Banking and Finance

Learning Services

Life Sciences

Embedded Systems

US Government (DOC, DOS)

Core Competencies:

Project Management

Leadership & Communication

Project Planning & Metrics Analysis

Risk Projection & Mitigation

Customer Relationship Management

Implementing process improvements & best practices

Root Cause Analysis and Issue Management

Managing multi-cultural, virtual teams in global delivery model

Competency Development

Proposal making & software estimation

Cost budget preparation

Technology Skills:

Microsoft technologies including SharePoint 2010, ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, VB 6.0, ASP, XML, XSL, XSLT, HTML, DHTML, VB Script and Java Script.

Databases: MS SQL Server 2000/7.0/ 6.5, Oracle 9i

Special Software: Visual Studio, Visual Source Safe, Microsoft Transaction Server, Microsoft Active Sync 3.0, MS Certificate Server (SSL), TOAD

Project Methodologies / Best Practices:

PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) 3rd edition

CMM/CMMI (Capability Maturity Model Integrated)

Project Management tools:

MS Project, WRIKE, JIRA, Clarity Project Insight, Elementool

Microsoft Office:

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering) from VSSUT[http://www.vssut.ac.in/], Odisha, India

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