Project Management, Management Consulting, Business Analysis, Presales

Jigar Parikh

Phone: +91-937******* / Email: *********@*****.*** / *****.**@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

. A self-motivated professional with over 5.5 years of experience in IT

Consultancy, Project Management, Bid management and Business Analysis and

an overall experience of above 7.5 years.

. Presently associated with PricewaterhouseCoopers as Project Management

Consultant in E-governance vertical.

. Distinctive skills in planning, executing and handling various

consultancy projects in compliance to quality standards.

. Excellent analytical, organizational & planning skills with demonstrated

abilities in leading motivated teams towards achieving organizational

goals.

. Adept in design & development of IT applications from requirement

analysis to system study & UAT.

. Masters Degree in Advanced Information Technology (MS) - Advanced

Embedded System Design.

. An effective communicator with excellent relationship building &

interpersonal skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Technical

Operating System : Windows

Software Packages : MS Office, MS Visio, HTML (Intermediate),

Java/Database (Intermediate).

Functional

Project Management

o Conducting case / process study for project

planning, scoping, estimation, tracking and

carrying out BPR (Business

Process Re-engineering of various processes for better and

efficient use of IT for client process flows.

o Implementation of project plans within deadlines.

o Team mentoring, deployment, monitoring.

o Defining best practices for project support and

documentation.

IT Consultancy

o Client interaction for requirement gathering,

system study & in-depth analysis.

o Drafting functional requirements for computer systems using models

and diagrams to represent the processes and functions involved.

o Assisting in functional testing of the new system

and ensuring that it meets the user specifications.

IT Compliance check

o Study of the core processes and defining scope of

the IT Compliance

o Defining parameter, sample size, processes,

validation of the samples, identification of the

variances

and submitting observation in the report

Business Analysis

o Study and design of software application/process

flow and defining the test cases.

o Preparing URS documents, PowerPoint presentations

for client demonstration and application testing.

o Preparing technical proposal with respect to the

RFP published by various clients.

PROJECTS HANDLED

PwC [Consultant: Dec 2012 - Till Date]

. Title : Project Management Consultancy for e-Governance & GIS

Project

Client : Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation/ Municipal Corporation,

Ludhiana (MCL)

Scope : Consultation, Project Management, FRS Preparation, RFP

Preparation and Bid Management for

e-Governance and GIS Project at AMC.

Role : As a Team Member (Consultant)

o Identifying the requirements of various departments,

preparation of Functional Requirement Specifications for

all the Departmental Modules.

o Carry out 'AS-IS', 'TO-BE' study and Gap Analysis.

o Interacting with the Department HOD/ systems

administrator, to identify and freeze requirements.

o Various Departments handled were Finance/Accounts, Water

Resources Department, Hospitals (Hospital Management

System), HR Department, etc.

o Preparing and delivering the Presentation on the IT

Roadmap to the Department HOD's, Commissioner and IT

Committee members.

o Involved in preparation of RFP for MIS & GIS, Bid

Process Management, evaluation & selection of vendors,

Project Implementation and Project Management;

. Title : Project Management Consultancy services for Rajiv Gandhi

Jeevandayee Arogya

Yojana (RGJAY).

Client : Public Health Department, Govt. of Maharashtra

Scope : PwC was appointed for guiding the RGJAYS to establish an

IT solution and to monitor overall project

progress. PwC was also expected to perform IT security

audit, devise a framework for IEC activities and propose a

way forward for statewide rollout of the scheme

Role : As a Team Member (Consultant)

o Functional testing of RGJAY application being customized

by TCs along with functional testing, UAT, error

detection, benchmarking against various international

healthcare websites.

o Supporting onsite team in various reporting and testing

activities.

. Title : IT Consultancy for Various Projects.

Client : E-District, Government of Maharashtra/ Government of

Gujarat

Scope : Study, examine and identify IT infrastructure, hardware,

network and prepare GAP Analysis

Report for E-District, Government of Maharashtra & various

projects of Government of

Gujarat

Role : As a Team Member (Consultant)

o Carry out 'AS-IS', 'TO-BE' study and Gap Analysis.

o Prepare GAP Analysis report for each of the districts of

Maharashtra for the available and required IT

infrastructure along with details of citizen services

delivered by various Government offices for the state of

Maharashtra.

o Preparing Expression of Interest and Technical Proposal

in response to the RFP published for the Consultancy

services of the proposed Project for various

departments.

TCS [Business Analyst: Nov '09 - Nov 2012]

. Title : Home Department Integrated IT Solution (HDIITS)/(eGujCop)

Client : Home Department, Govt. of Gujarat

Scope : Creating a dynamic, world-class model police organization

by providing innovative IT

solutions that would not only facilitate law enforcement

for community safety but would also aim to build crime &

criminal information database for effective crime control

and deliver quality citizen centric services in a proactive

and efficient manner.

Computerizing all the departments of the office for

efficient, effective and economically viable governance.

Workflow automation, MIS, Knowledge Management, Process re-

engineering are major work areas.

Role : As a Team Member (Business Analyst)

o Customer Relationship Management, Team management,

collecting and analyzing master data, Codification of

data, Requirement gathering, Mapping of the

organizational hierarchy and functional processes to the

applications in the project, Client presentations &

demonstrations.

o Configurations of the office file application with

drafts and order creation, MIS, Migrating of old data to

the new system, suggesting process re-engineering.

Training to end users, UAT, Analyzing implementation

issues.

o Manual testing of the application/solution developed,

Coordinate with development team.

o Engaged with modules such as HRMS (Human Resource

Management System), ESS (Employee Self Service),

Traffic, etc.

o To suggest and provide innovative and value added

services to customer and solution developed.

o Preparation of application prototypes using HTML /

JavaScript for pilot phase implementation.

. Title : Online Voting System (OVS).

Client : State Election Commission, Government of Gujarat.

Scope : Government of Gujarat has envisaged developing and

implementing Online Voting System

for State Election Commission, Government Of Gujarat.

Role : As a Team Member (Business Analyst)

o Analysing, designing, system testing, implementing and

maintaining solution to meet functional objectives of

the business.

o Manual testing of the application/solution developed,

Coordinate with development team.

o Preparation of application prototypes using HTML /

JavaScript for pilot phase implementation.

o Participated in Mock Voting Drill which was carried out

under leadership of State Election Commissioner and Vice

President, TCS at Ahmedabad.

. Title : Integrated Workflow and Document Management System (IWDMS)

Client : Health & Family Welfare Department and Sports & Cultural

Department, Government of

Gujarat.

Scope : Providing assistance for Integrated Workflow and Document

Management System (IWDMS),

an e-Governance suite developed by TCS, which envisions an

electronic file management system in Secretariat, linking

all the departments within Secretariat.

Role : As a Team Member (Business Analyst)

o Analysing, designing, system testing, implementing and

maintaining solution to meet functional objectives of

the business.

o Customer Relationship Management, collecting and

analysing master data, Requirement gathering and to

interact with end customers from time to time

M/s. Gunjan Electricals [Partner: July '08 - Aug '09]

. Title : Installation, Commissioning and Maintenance Contracts of

various Government and

Private Organizations.

Client : Various Government clients such as NPCIL, Western

Railways, GETCO and Private clients

such as Kadam Environment Consultants, etc.

Scope : Providing installation, commissioning and maintenance

services for various Electrical

Projects/Equipments.

Role : As a Partner/Entrepreneur

o Preparing Proposals in regards to the Tenders published

by various organizations.

o Carried out Installation & Commissioning of Battery bank

at NPCIL, IPCL. Also carried out maintenance work for

battery banks at IPCL, Vadodara.

o Carried out Work of installation of earthing grid at

various sites under GETCO Divisional office, VARTEJ

Division.

JCT Electronics Ltd. [Graduate Engineer Trainee: Jan '06 - Sept '06]

. Title : Troubleshooting of various automated CNC Machines, PLC's

and looking at the

process of production of Color Picture Tubes.

Client : Various Companies involved in production of Television

Sets (Onida, Philips, LG, etc.)

Scope : Troubleshooting of various automated CNC Machines, PLC's

and looking at the process of

production of Color Picture Tubes.

Role : As Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET)

o Implementing preventive maintenance schedules of CNC and

Conventional machineries and instruments to increase

machine up time and equipment reliability.

o Production & Quality management of Colour Picture Tubes.

ACADEMICS

2008 Masters in Advanced Embedded System Design from International

Institute of Information Technology, Pune

2005 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication) from

Charotar Institute of Technology,

Changa, Gujarat.

OTHER TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS

o ITIL Version 3 Certified

o E-Governance certification conducted by Dept of IT- Government of

Maharashtra.

PERSONAL DETAILS

. Date of Birth : 8th December 1983

. Fathers Name : Mr Ajaykumar J Parikh

. Residential Address : A-503, Aarohi Elegance, Nr. Safal Parisar, Gala

Gymkhana Road, South Bopal.

Ahmedabad - 380058 (Gujarat).

. Permanent Address : B-23 Alankar Society, B/h. Utkarsh Vidyalaya,

Gadapura, Gotri Road.

Vadodara - 390015 (Gujarat).

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