Soumi Haldar ac55hr@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE SUMMARY

I am currently working as a Project Coordinator / Manager with a West Coast based technology services provider.

I have five years of work experience spanning roles in technology, project management, client liaison, and vendor management.

I have managed complex projects and teams in multi-shore models and have end-to-end technology life cycle experience, from business requirements analysis and design through development, testing, delivery and maintenance support.

I am adept at various technology methodologies including Agile processes and have received formal training in quality standards including ISO.

I am a US permanent resident and my educational qualifications include a Master’s degree in Computer Applications and a Bachelor’s degree in Science.

Skills

Project Management

Governance (Board Member)

Vendor Management

Quality Assurance & ISO 9001

Requirements Elicitation and Analysis

SDLC

SAFe Agilist, Certified Professional

Agile / SCRUM Methodologies

Automation Testing

Wordpress

SCRUM Team Member Certification

Lotus Domino Certified Professional

Process Definition

Selenium WebDriver with Ruby Watir, Github, Cucumber, JIRA, Bugzilla, Asana

Lotus Notes Development and Administration

Professional Experience

Ontrix Solutions [March 2016 – Present)] (https://www.ontrix.com/ )

Ontrix Solutions provides digitization services for small and large businesses. As Project Coordinator / Manager, I am responsible for end to end service delivery for key clients. I am the principal client liaison for multiple small and medium businesses, in which role I elicit business requirements, scope, plan, develop functional specifications and take these through to implementation, verification & validation and final delivery. The multiple technology teams I manage include developers, graphic designers, content writers, SEO / marketing professionals, and quality assurance resources located across geographies. My responsibilities include mentoring and training teams, and helping them understand the business context, application functionality, relevant technologies and tools required to deliver solutions to match client needs.

SR Nova (https://www.novatechset.com/)

SR Nova (now Nova Techset) is a leading publishing firm. At SR Nova, I managed the digital media strategy and designed and implemented of digitization programs for clients. I was the principal liaison with external technology vendors, and was responsible for product and vendor evaluation and selection as well as for integrating commercial off the shelf (COTS) products into the product/application baseline.

Sonata Software (https://www.sonata-software.com/ )

Sonata Software is a global IT solutions firm and a long-term service provider to Fortune 500 companies. As a project lead with Sonata Software I managed and liaised for significant business reengineering projects for multinational FMCG, telecom, chemical, automotive and advertising clients including Hindustan Lever, Indian Potash, BPL Mobile, New Holland Tractors, Ogilvy & Mather, etc. The project domains spanned customer relationship management (CRM), marketing and human resources information systems and were implemented across multiple client locations. In addition to external client projects, I implemented significant automation projects for Sonata including a knowledge management system (“Brahma”) and project estimation systems. I also executed a ‘Train the Trainer‘ program and trained the senior computer science faculty for Regional Engineering College, Trichy, one of the leading National Institutes of Technology (NITs) in India.

Microland Software Services (https://www.microland.com/ )

Microland provides IT as a Service including remote managed infrastructure services and digital acceleration for a range of global clients. I developed a custom ticketing system to assign and track creation and maintenance of hundreds of Amazon/Junglee web bots powering the original Amazon “Shop The Web” experience - a program giving Amazon.com a commission for directing its customers to other online retailers. I also designed and developed a function point analysis engine for project estimation.

Chatover a Cuppa (https://chatoveracuppa.com )

I am a co-founder of ‘Chatover a Cuppa’ which mentors school going children to explore the world of reading and creative writing. It is a forum for storytellers the world over to share their experiences online and connect with each other

Educational Qualifications

Master of Computer Applications, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, India

Bachelor of Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India

Other Qualifications & Certifications

SAFe Agilist, SAFe 4.0 Certification

Scrum Team Member Certification

Automated testing tools and methodologies training

Certified Lotus Professional in: Lotus Domino R5 (Development and Administration)

Principal Certified Lotus Professional in: Lotus Notes 4.6 (Development)

Volunteer Work

Board member and Financial Secretary for ‘Friends of the Individualized Honors Program (FIHP)’ which has been recognized by TIME Magazine as a premier small learning community program in US.

Coordinating and chaperoning in-state and out-of-state school field trips.

Coordinating school fairs with both regional and international participants.

Tutoring elementary and middle school students.

School librarian.

References

Available on request

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