Project Manager Management

Rupali Kumbhani MBA PMP PMI-ACP

*N*** Mark Twain St Charles, IL 60175 Cell: 815-***-****

Email: *********.********@******.**.*** LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rupalikumbhani

Forward thinking leader with 12+ years of global experience in enterprise-wide technology

initiatives that support business systems, strengthen organizational capabilities, and enhance

productivity and efficiency.

Successfully managed software projects of up to $30M budget in Education, Healthcare, Mobile,

Finance, Security, and the Service Industries.

Managed cross-functional onshore-offshore teams - sizes of 5- 30 members.

Experienced in business development, product positing, and market expansions with strong

operations, financial, and HR skills.

Expertise in communicating complex technical information to business executives and integrating

seemingly disparate data into logical whole to drive the right business decisions.

Experience

Ipsen Inc. Rockford, IL Jan ‘14-Present

Project Manager

Managed cross-functional teams in the furnace manufacturing industry. Reviewed project proposals

and specifications, developed project plans, and managed budget, risk, and quality of the

projects. Improved the production process by implementing innovative ideas to cut the lead-time by

30%. Worked with business users to gather detailed business requirements. Established and maintained

client relationships by clear and continuous communication. Tracked customer payments, project costs,

and reported on project portfolio performance. Co-chaired a team to streamline the pricing of products

that increased sales by 5%. Remained 18% to 25% under budget on all projects. Co-developed strategic

plans for global business development and reported the progress of the plan to C-level executives.

APICS Chicago, USA July ‘12-Dec ‘13

Project Manager

Managed a project that digitalized the supply chain certification test taking processes and operations

within North America. Co-created the project management structure and maintained processes to limit

risks in a nonprofit organization. Developed an effective change and communications strategy in the

certification, testing, corporate service and sales department. Analyzed the project requirements,

developed project plans and schedules, and delivered the project ahead of deadline. Assisted in the

preparation of user and system test plans.

Datamatics Global Services Ltd. Mumbai, India Oct’ 07-Dec’ 11

Project Manager

Managed a cross functional team of technical leaders, developers, business analysts, and quality

assurance experts in a multi-project environment. The projects were web applications development

and maintenance. Lead BA on multiple system enhancement projects from scope development through

implementation. By analyzing the content management system market, I was able to introduce cost

saving content management services that lowered the project costs by 40%. Accelerated project

productivity to 100% by introducing clear role definitions, new processes, and extensive training for the

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team. Improved communication between team members from the UK and India. Honored with “SPOT

Award” in recognition of successfully managing and mentoring a team that created a portal website in

two months. Negotiated project costs thus earned extra revenue of $10M. Build agile team and

performed role of agile manager and scrum master.

Polaris Software Lab Ltd. Mumbai, India Mar’ 05-Oct’ 07

Project Manager

Lead the application implementation team by identifying the scope of the project, orchestrating

designing activities, and delivering quality services. Responsible for execution the project life-cycle,

including scope definition, business requirements, quality assurance (QA) testing, user acceptance

testing (UAT), implementation, and post project analysis. Created a collaborative culture among the

team members from Asia and the USA, which helped in meeting aggressive deadlines and resolving

customer crises. Received the “GEM” award for delivering the security application in a challenging

situation that earned additional $5M business from client. Convinced customer to change the

technology of software projects from visual studio to .NET and gained revenue of $2M with successful

completion of project. Assisted in managing resource allocation, including adjustments based on

emerging business or technical opportunities and challenges.

India games Ltd. Mumbai, India May’ 03-Mar’ 05

Technical Manager

Co-created a mobile game development team that included technical, graphics and marketing

resources. Managed projects throughout the entire life cycle and delivered those projects in a fast paced

environment. Developed architecture solutions for generic functionality of the game on multiple

devices.

Education and Credentials

Executive MBA - Advanced Global Management IE Business School, Spain Jan ‘03 – Jul ‘14

M.Sc. in Computer Science Mumbai University, India Jun ’01 -Jun ‘03

Project Management Professional (PMP) Project Management Institute Sep ’09 - Present

Project Management Professional in Agile (PMI-ACP) Project Management Institute Nov ’12 - Present

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Scrum Alliance Nov ’12 - Present

Software Skills

Management Tools Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Share Point

Programming/Web Languages JAVA, C, C++, J2EE, HTML, XML, JSP

Agile Methodology Scrum, XP

Database Sybase, SQL, Oracle

ECM/CMS FileNet, Jahia, Documentum, Febrik, Iceberg, Joomla.

Operating System Windows NT/XP/2000, UNIX, Linux, Sun Solaris

Mobile Languages BREW, J2ME, Pocket PC

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