Sr. Project Manager

MADHURI NATHANI

Mid Wilshire, Los Angeles CA ****6

*********@*****.*** / 617-***-****

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

OBJECTIVE

A senior management position utilizing results-driven abilities in strategic planning, team building, organization, requirements assessment and delivery of products and applications.

PROFILE

Twelve+ years of comprehensive experience in senior-level management of business strategy and plans across all business functions, with responsibility for corporate policies, standards and strategies, in rapidly changing, highly competitive growth environments.

PMP Certified Project Management expert who enables organizational success by facilitating the accomplishments of its strategic projects through consistent processes, effective communications and stakeholder collaborations.

Skilled in client needs assessment, market intelligence, product specification, risk analysis, budgeting and client-vendor retaliations.

Expert in software development life cycle (SDLC), program management, project management offices (PMOs), multiyear planning, and managing matrix teams.

Recruit and train high performance teams. Effectively communicate concepts and complex technical information to non-technical personnel at all levels.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Creative Problem Solving

Project Management

Global Team Management

Priority Setting & Goal Achievement

Program Management

Business Intelligence

Marketing Analytics

Strategy Communication

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

BE (Bachelors in Computer Engineering)

PMI PMP Certified.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Lean Yellow belt in progress.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Farmers Insurance Group

Senior Project Manager

Los Angeles, CA

Oct 2007 – Present (7+ years)

Create, plan, and execute business development programs aligned with company’s business needs and overall strategic goals. Work closely with industry standard bodies to promote company profile and long-term corporate vision. Significant achievements at Farmers Inc.:

Project Manager for Commercial Auto and CMP for 29 exclusive states with a combined GWP of ~$700M.

Successfully implemented various projects of varying complexity to address profitability issues.

Responsible for end-to-end development and deployment of various product enhancements, which include introduction of new coverage and enhancing the existing models.

Manage successful development and implementation of product enhancements which included Coverage Extensions, Pricing Discount/Segmentation and New Market Introduction, by helping the product managers in Market Research, Cost-Benefit Analysis and developing & presenting Business Cases to senior management.

Work directly with senior corporate executives to align product direction with corporate strategies.

Recruit, retain, empower, and develop talent into the organization.

Inflexxion, Inc.

Project Manager

Newton, MA

Aug. 2005 – May 2007(2 years)

Inflexxion, a web services company is focused on providing public health solutions for healthcare professionals, government, industry and educational institutions. Significant achievements at Inflexxion Inc.:

Successfully managed information technology projects with budgets over $2.5 million and teams of over 30 professionals.

Led requirements analysis, design, development and quality assurance of various websites.

Collaborate with senior research staff to develop interactive websites focused on various common medical conditions. These websites were made available to the public, healthcare professionals, government and educational institutions.

Led planning and execution of project strategies, research, budgets and duration using various tools including Microsoft Project.

Monitored company adherence to accessibility regulations and standards of practice, as prescribed by government and local authorities.

Contributed to detailed analysis and design of custom requirements for pharmaceutical companies.

Prepared and presented summary and detailed project status reports and presentations to executive management and other stake holders.

Urmi-Tata Indicom Enterprises,

Project Manager/Services Administration Manager

Mumbai, India

Aug 2001 – Nov 2004 (3+ years)

Urmi Enterprises is Information technology and telecommunications giant TATA’s subsidiary. Significant achievements at this job include:

Managed an overall budget of $2 million for setting up a new franchise center.

Managed information technology projects with large teams (50+) and multi-million budgets.

The setup of the new franchise location of Tata Indicom included hiring, training and managing a team of 40+ Customer Support executives (CSE) and Field on staff (FOS).

Crafted and executed business development plan to increase geographic distribution and promote sales. The result of this plan was a 20% increase in sales volume.

Improved workflow through strategic planning, resulting in an 80% reduction of call center backlog.

Provided leadership and management for divisional units.

Managed administrative processes such as performance reviews, recruiting, seminars and staff development programs.

Resolved complex customer issues, while acting as a single point of contact for clients.

Organized road shows in strategic locations to promote and maximize sales.

Prepared and presented detailed and summary project status reports to executive management.

Jai Industries,

Project Manager

Mumbai, India

June 2000 – July 2001(One year)

Achievements: Reduced new hire training time by 50%, by reevaluating techniques and creating an easier, more efficient program.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Project Management Methodologies: Well versed with PMI methodologies. MS Project, Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Internet and e-mail applications, HTML, DHTML, C++, VB 6.0, SQL, Oracle, MS Access.

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