Project Manager Management

Durga Prasad Seloj

Project Manager/Scrum Master

Ph#832-***-****(M) /Email: *******@*****.***

Immigration Status: US Permanent Residenct

CSM (Certified Scrum Master) SAFe Practitioner (Agile Certified) and ISEB Certified

Professional Summary

Over 15 years of combined Business and IT experience as Project Manager and Test Manager experience in BP/CEVA/HP/HPE and DXC Technology in SAP Projects management and Test Management working with IT and Business Teams in Logistics, Oil and Gas and Technology industries.

• Worked on various Mission Critical projects like SMO/ Split Merger, ECC Upgrades of SAP projects and Legacy/Platform Systems.

• As a Project Manager, led and managed multi-million-dollar global Projects in SAP and BW initiatives - from initiation to delivery in FICO, Supply Chain, and master data modules for SAP R/3, Sales Compensation, EDW, Finance systems (Eiffel, LH)

• Managed major project like Auba Networks acquisition and integration, working closely with Vendors and Clients, resolving mission critical challenges.

• Closely worked with Biz/IT on Cost estimation and Project Execution.

• Drove continuous process improvement by collaborating with stakeholders on design of new solutions that enhance business value and achieve established goals.

• As a Test Manager closely worked with Biz/IT and Offshore teams successfully complete the given tight times lines.

• Resolved many mission critical issues that encountered during SIT/UAT and Go live.

• Leadership skills in driving Strategic global multimillion dollar projects.

• Very good at managing projects E2E and responsible for the delivery of the end product.

• Designed and deployed new policies and processed that improved efficiency while reducing volume of defects.

• Adept in the management of projects that come in within tight deadlines and budget constraints.

• Managed challenging complex project to create advanced technology for QA team that enabled from manual to automation testing facilities, time to retrieve test results quickly.

• Thorough understanding of Project Management life cycles, processes, tools and techniques

• Proficient at working with tools like ALM, HPSM and HP Internal tools

• Extensive experience in building and coordinating with Onsite and Offshore global teams

• Worked with Biz Teams, IT Teams and Off Shore teams in end to end SAP projects.

• Expert in Design/generate the status report from ALM and present status report to management

• As an Agile Project Manager/Scrum master successfully implemented Agile methodology by closely working with Stake holders and Scrum team

• Played a key role in transformation of waterfall methodology to Agile methodology Scrum Master Experience and Highlights

• As a Scrum Master facilitated daily scrum meetings (Time bound meetings about 15 min) to understand daily scrum progress

• As a Scrum master helped team to eliminate impediments and other issues with scrum team

• Conducted Sprint Review meetings and contributed to Sprint retrospective meetings along with the team.

• Closely working with Product owner and scrum team to deliver the end or shippable product

• Enact change and continuous improvement increasing the productivity of Scrum Teams

• Empowered teams to self-organize and grow cross-functionality

• Performed Gap Analysis, Impact Analysis to check compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with new business requirements and suggested methods to overcome them

• Facilitate scrum ceremonies (grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, daily stand-ups, etc.)

• Influenced, planned and motivated all team members to deliver on these key initiatives by leading from the front and negotiating amicable decisions with stakeholders.

• Helps product owner to make the product backlogs in good shape and make them ready for the next sprint.

• Responsible for managing the scrum process with the coordination of scrum team in Agile methodology.

• Conducted the project planning activities and managed the execution of large scale and elevated risk, Strategic, projects according to plan (Opportunity Management, Initiating to Closing)

• Acts as safeguard for his team ensure the team is intact Project Management Experience and Highlights

• Project Management experience includes Client Management, Customer interaction, Scope definition, Project planning, Capacity planning, Change control, Integration and Release management.

• Played a leading role in requirements gathering, Business and Technical design sessions with the clients, DBA’s, developers, Involved in entire SDLC and Business Process

• Proficient at methodologies specific to Waterfall and Agile methodologies

• Closely worked with off shore test teams to complete all the testing phases of the project SIT and UAT cycle including manual and automation

• Drove continuous process improvement by collaborating with stakeholders on design of innovative solutions that enhance business value and achieve established goals

• Developed mitigation strategies and managed HPE’s implementations working with senior level business partners.

• Worked with external vendors, IT/Business partners in developing strategic roadmaps and implement cross portfolio systems.

• Developed, modeled and implemented application development strategies including off shore development globally.

• Managed large merger and acquisition integration, divestiture at HP/HPE by effectively managing the team and day-to-day relationships to ensure exceptional performance Relationship Management

• Reported to Hewlett Packard CIO staff and line management on project status and projections from an application development and implementation perspective

• Demonstrated ability to forecast and manage risks before they became bottlenecks

• Solicited, received and acted on feedbacks that have been provided by business colleagues that has helped me to develop and grow further.

• Interacted with various levels of the client organization to identify areas where technical expertise could benefit the client

• Leveraged SAP SD Functional skills to help identify opportunities for future engagements Consulted with other engagements within the practice to provide technical expertise to onshore and offshore resources to resolve difficult problems.

• Performed resource technical evaluations for client engagements and helped client executive with resource requirements for SAP technologies.

• Protect team from over-commitment, manage backlog, prioritize resolution of defects

• Met goal of addressing and resolving issues within 24 hours

• Manage the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment

• Coordinate and manage code releases and shared APIs with other IT groups

• Communicate with Business, IT Development team, product Owners and SMES on product issues

• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress

• Facilitated Scrum of Scrum for offshore teams in India Project Manager Leadership Skills

• Demonstrated working independently making tough decisions at the same time provide crisp and timely feedback to all stakeholders’ business, IT and management.

• Interacted with various levels of the client organization at Maxtor Corp and Paccar to identify areas where technical expertise could benefit the client

• Leveraged technical SAPSD skills to help identify opportunities for future engagements Consulted with other engagements within the practice to provide technical expertise to onshore and offshore resources to resolve difficult problems.

• Performed resource technical evaluations for client engagements and helped client executive with resource requirements for SAP technologies.

• Proactively working with Biz teams to gather the requirements getting engaged in budget planning and estimations

• Played leadership role in building the teams, problem solving, integrity and competence

• Consistently motivated teams during crucial and hard times with positive attitude and giving support to teams

Test Management Experience and Highlights

• Proficient at working with tools like ALM/ AgM (Agile Manager)

• Extensive experience in managing and coordinating with Onsite and Offshore Global Teams

• Worked with Biz Teams, IT Teams and Off Shore teams in End to End SAP projects

• Extensively worked with SAP teams on SAP projects like ECC 6.0 Upgrade, Split and Mergers

• Played key role in building off shore QA teams for delivering quality projects successfully.

• Worked with various teams to evaluated and identified testing tools for test Automation

• Designed, Planned and scheduled to run the suite of Automation Regression Test cycle every month for Break Fix Releases and sending the reports to Global Business and IT Teams

• Experienced in planning and executing Performance testing for all major releases

• Involved and managed entire SDLC and specific to Testing Life cycle and Business Processes

• Developed Project Test Strategy, directed test execution, prepared daily metrics and summary reports to present to Management Teams and Business Stake Holders.

• Designed, developed and maintained Requirement Traceability Matrix until Business Requirements were signed off by IT, Business& Management teams and Stake Holders

• Extensively involved right from requirements gathering and discussing with development and business team to come up with an effective Test Strategy and Test Plan for testing

• Assisted Business Teams with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), developing and Implementing all QA procedures, ensuring testing proceeds smoothly until sign off for Go -Live

• Contributed in defining timelines and project plans, monitored estimates, feasibility, effort, time and compatibility.

Achieved Challenges in HP/HPE SPLIT & MERGER

• Coordinating with various cross platforms/Legacy Systems teams

• Identified more than 160+ Interfaces coordinated & worked closely with all Integration Leads

• Converting critical Manual End to End test cases into Automation test cases

• Escalating the Mission critical Issues to PMO to get them resolved for Go -Live

• Identified Offshore SMEs to complete SIT/UAT within the timelines during spin/merger

• Designed and developed High-level and detailed Daily Test Status Reports Work History

• Project Manager, DXC Technologies TX, Apr 2017 – Present

• Project/Test Manager, Hewlett Packard/Enterprise Houston TX, Jan 2010 – Mar 2017

• Test Manger, CEVA Logistics Houston TX, Dec 2007 – Jan 2010

• Team Lead/Business Analyst, British Petroleum Houston TX, Apr 2007 Nov 2007

• Lead Analyst April Hewlett Packard Houston TX, Apr 2002- March 2007 Education

• Master of Science (Geography ), Osmania University 1992

• Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management, Osmania University 1993

• Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications -1996 Awards and Certifications

• CIO Awards in 2013, 2014 and 2015

• SAFe Practitioner (Agile Certified)

• CSM (Certified Scrum Master by Scrum Agile)

• ISEB Certified (Information System Examination Board)

• PMP (PDUs Completed PMP in progress)

References: References will be provided upon request.

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