Project Management Manager

Prasad Salunkhe, PMP, CSM, SAFe SPC

http://www.linkedin.com/in/prasadsalunkhe

703-***-****, *********@*****.***

US Permanent Resident and Public Trust Clearance

Professional Summary

•10+ years’ experience as a Project Manager/ Program Manager/ Scum Master/ Agile Coach for multiple teams.

•20+ years’ experience in eCommerce, Banking, Finance, Insurance, Mortgage, Health Care, Real Estate and Telecom industries.

•6+ years’ experience in Digital Transformation. Well-versed in PMBOK/ Waterfall/ Agile/ Scrum/ Lean/ Kanban/ Hybrid/ SAFe.

•Proficient in Project/ Program Management, PMO, ERP, Infrastructure Upgrade, SAAS Product Management, Change Management, Risk Assessment, Data Analytics, Cloud Migration, QC, DevSecOps strategy and Agile Training.

•Managed State and Federal clients, Onshore/ Offshore teams to deliver quality product within scope, on time, and on budget.

Education & Certifications:

•Master’s in Telecommunication, SUNYIT, NY – December 2003

•Bachelor’s in Telecommunication, VESIT, Mumbai – December 1996

•Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMI

•Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

•Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - Scrum Alliance

•SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), & SAFe 5.1 Release Train Engineer (RTE)

•Certified in Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals

•Completed AWS Cloud Practitioner Course and Cloud Architecture Core Concepts Course

•Completed Salesforce CRM Course

•Certified DevOps Project Manager™ (DevOps-PM)

•ICAgile Certified Professional - Agile Team Facilitator & Agile Coaching

•Certified Agile Leadership (CAL- E & CAL-T)

•IT Service Management - ITIL v3

•Completed LinkedIn course: Getting Started with AI and Machine Learning

•Certified Business System Analyst - Inquestra Learning, & ISTQB Certified Tester

Technical Summary

Agile Tools Azure DevOps, Atlassian Jira/Confluence, Rally, Teams, Mural

DevOps Tools Jenkins, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps

Reporting Tools / BI Crystal Reports, Cognos, Tableau

Project Tools SharePoint, Team Gantt, MS OneNote, Smartsheet, Wrike, MS Project EPM, ServiceNow

ERP Oracle Financial 11i, SFDC, NetSuite, RevPro, Microsoft CRM dynamics

Cloud/Platform Amazon, Azure

Vulnerability Tools SonarQube, NexusIQ, FOSS and Fortify

Major Assignments

Sr IT PMO Consultant 01/2023 – Present

Agile4all, LLC., VA

Providing IT consulting services for local and federal clients in the DC metro area.

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/OASH: Supporting different IT projects for US PHS Commissioned Corps officers.

Collaborating with various branch chiefs, OCIO and IPT team to have a smooth project deployment.

Conducted daily triage of incidents, working closely with the dev team to scope issues and deploy hot fixes promptly.

Collaborating with the 508-compliance team to ensure all projects met 508 requirement standards.

Partnering with Totara and USDA team to deliver new Learning Management System (LMS) for the CCHQ training branch.

Enhanced program governance by establishing a new framework for project intake and incident management processes.

Navy Federal Credit Union (NFCU): Successfully delivered Repo (Collection Workflow Management) application as part of APPRAT initiative to modernize legacy applications.

Automated the Repo (Collection Workflow Management) application, one of the complex modernization projects.

Led a large team in merging five IBM Lotus mainframe applications into one PEGA case management application.

Promptly resolved dependencies with external vendors and addressed potential risks to program deliverables.

Took a more customer-centric approach by partnering with the PO/CPO to create a clear product roadmap and feature backlog.

Received commendations from the AVP/VP of Collection at NFCU for the successful delivery of the Repo project.

Sr Project Manager/ Scrum Master 10/2020 – 01/2023

Freddie Mac, VA

Freddie Mac is committed to building a better real estate finance system. It has undergone a digital transformation and adopted top initiatives such as Agile, AWS/Azure Cloud, and DevSecOps to launch its premier SAAS product, Optigo Lender.

Coached and transformed three teams into high-performing agile teams.

Resolved impediments within the team and at the train-level to address dependencies with external Vendors, and CRM teams.

Collaborated with other teams to implement shared microservices, API’s resulting in an optimal solution.

Partnered with PO and RTE during the SAFe PI planning for a refined backlog, clear strategic roadmap, and lead PI activities.

Worked closely with PO to capture both business and technical features like Disaster Recovery enablement, and HA migration etc.

Improved Scrum Master hiring process for Multifamily SAFe Agile train.

Sr. Technical Project Manager III/ Program Manager 09/2019 – 09/2020

WMC Global, VA

WMC Global delivers threat intelligence and rapid attack infrastructure takedown, safeguarding consumers, and enterprises from high-risk experiences through the provision of user-friendly web application products.

Led PMO team in strategic planning with leadership to develop initiative road map and high-level integrated project plans.

Introduced Agile methodologies and coached leadership and all WMC employees in best Lean/Agile practices.

Planned and managed development lifecycle activities for multiple projects. Organized product demo for stakeholders.

Partnered with PO to create roadmaps for Business and Technical features enhancements, including all security upgrades.

Conducted regular PMO meetings to align all stakeholders and share action items with management.

Managed resource allocation, multiple vendors, SOW/Project contracts, client deliverables on time & within budget.

Sr Project Manager/ Scrum Master 08/2016 – 08/2019

Fannie Mae, VA

Fannie Mae provides access to affordable real estate mortgage financing. As part of our Digital Transformation initiative, we enhanced the Automated Desktop Underwriting web application by migrating to a microservices architecture and cloud infrastructure.

Managed four agile teams to deliver business value & ensured the completion of all project deliverables.

Coordinated with RTE to create schedule for SAFe PI planning, identifying risks & dependencies using Jira/Confluence.

Enhanced Scrum ceremonies by actively involving team members in Daily Stand-Up, sprint reviews, retros, and refinement sessions.

Improved transparency, delivery time, and operational efficiency for the platform team by adopting Kanban methodologies.

Coordinated all pre-release activities and led the production release for Data warehouse team using MS project.

IT Project Management Consultant/ Scrum Master 10/2015 – 08/2016

Hilton and Beacon Health Options

Provided BA/PM/Agile expertise for Hilton and Beacon Health Options. At Hilton, successfully delivered 10-day close multi-million-dollar

SFDC program a key finance initiative. At Beacon led the upgrade of existing web-based applications with advanced functionalities.

Sr. BA Lead/ Project Manager 04/2014 – 09/2015

CACI, VA

CACI served as central Big Data warehouse for MIDAS healthcare program. Provided business data analytics solutions for the logic required to report and manage performance of the Affordable Care Act activities under CMS/CCIIO.

Sr. IT Tech Consultant 08/2007 – 03/2014

Quantum InfoTech, Inc., VA

Company provides IT and GIS software services for government and large commercial projects. Worked with the Federal Reserve Bank, NRECA, Amtrak, and MRIS for an eCommerce site, as well as with the State of New Jersey for the eGrantPlus FEMA project.

IT Consultant 08/2006 – 07/2007

Ripple Korp Inc., /Fruition Inc., VA

Worked with Freddie Mac on the Single-Family amortization team, and with Deloitte & Touché/State of Maryland on the SACWIS project.

IT Consultant/ BA/QA 07/2005 – 08/2006

EBS Inc., VA

Worked with Verizon Business/Wipro on the eCommerce-EDI project and with PTC on the Oracle financial upgrade project.

Network Analyst 06/2004 – 05/2005 Uniplus Consultants Inc., VA

Customer Support Engineer 09/1999 – 08/2000

Furgo Geonics, India

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