Manager Development

Prasad Joshi

908-***-**** ******@*****.***

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Computers Engineering

Diploma in Business management

Technical Diploma in iSeries technologies

Executive summary

Over 20 years of IT experience and over 10 years of experience as Application Development Manager, managing teams of developers, BAs, project managers, QA and EUA teams

Successfully managed projects across different functional areas having excellent relationship with stakeholder and IT teams

Work collaboratively with IT, business, and operational teams in order to facilitate the successful implementation of technology development projects

Responsible for staff hiring, mentoring, coaching as well as performance reviews

Responsible to define the roles and responsibilities and direct, manage and assess the activities of the project managers and business analysts

Manage projects with third party vendors

Strong technical background in iSeries and SQL server technologies

Experience in managing and implementing projects with Tibco and cross platform technologies

Expert in Waterfall and Agile methodologies

Expert in MS Office, Jira, RM Track, Robot, Implementer

Areas of Expertise

Strategic Planning

Team Building

Software Selection

Process Improvements

International Operations

VENDOR RELATIONS

Project Management

SDLC

Agile

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

DATA WAREHOUSE

WATERFALL

IBM I Series

Supply chain

jda

DB2

SQL SERVER

RPG, SQL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

One Main Financial Dec 2017 – Jan 2019 Software Development Manager

Manage and mentor team of 15+ on shore and off shore consultants and employees to deliver projects on a monthly scheduled basis for Brach related applications. Responsible for working with business teams, stakeholders and development teams to design and manage development using Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Work closely with QA and EUA teams for testing and implementation activities. Provide overall iSeries expertise and project management expertise to development teams to deliver projects with quality.

Bed Bath & Beyond Oct 2000 – Nov 2017

Application Development Manager

Major Initiatives:

Supply Chain and Logistics:

Over 10 years of experience in managing supply chain projects, working with various business teams such as Store Operations, Logistics, EDI, Finance and Payroll.

Part of a lead team responsible to design and develop end to end supply chain solution, in house, at Bed Bath and Beyond.

Supply chain process has helped the company to streamline the business process and automate various manual processes saving millions of dollars for the company.

Enterprise Merchandising Order Processing:

Responsible for design, development and delivery of store ordering and warehouse ordering systems working closely with Merchandising business director and VP teams.

Web based store ordering solution with accuracy of data, using DOM engine and interface with planning systems.

The company was able to save millions of dollars in freight by combining orders rather than spreading them across different days and departments.

Canada and Mexico International Implementations:

Key role in international expansion of the business over last 10 years, with the team of 15+ BAs, PMs, developers and consultants.

Responsible to create Canada and Mexico iSeries environments and implement legacy systems for Canada and Mexico stores

Responsible to create new law and regulation-based applications for Canada and Mexico stores

Responsible to implement supply chain, ordering modules, Transfers-RTV modules and Gift Registry applications working closely with store operations and Merchandising teams.

Buy Online pick up from Store:

Responsible to implement buy on line pick up from store application.

Managed AS/400 and E-com teams to implement this initiative in a short time frame around the holiday season.

The project was greatly received and appreciated both by stakeholders and customers.

Gift Registry Web Application:

Responsible to migrate iSeries Gift Registry application to Web based application.

Implemented solution on web-based interface ExtJs as well as Mobile application.

The new features and ease of use helped company in savings and grow Gift registry business by millions of dollars a year.

Store Sign system:

Responsible to manage, design, deliver store display Sign system and enhancements using .Net and SQL server technology. The project is used in all stores to print signs for the merchandise sold in stores.

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