Manager Project
Resume:
Yogendra Gupta, MBA, PMP, SMAC *********@*****.*** 913-***-****
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
An Engineer by profession I am a process driven strategic business planner with strong technical skills. I have recruited teams, planned & managed several high visibility & time sensitive projects for several fortune 500 companies including Govt. organizations. With nearly 20+ years of experience in serving IT community on senior roles I have lead projects, developed inhouse S/W, improved existing design, brought process change, improved cost effectiveness & efficiency in core businesses, trained and coached people. I have successfully in managed remote teams spread across different continents and with different skillsets
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Strategic Planner
• Customer focused
• Market Knowledge x several
horizontals & verticals
• Results Oriented with track of
on-time delivery
• Details Oriented
• Software Development
• Change Mgmt. Leadership
• Collaboration and Influence
• People and Organization
Development
• Team Leadership
• Time and Resource
Optimization
• Sales strategies and Product
launch
• Product Design and
Development
• Business/entrepreneur
• Budget planning and
expense tracking
• Consolidation
• Training and Development
• Stakeholder management
Expert in Microsoft 2016 suite of applications including MS project, Visio, Power Point, Excel etc. Diverse Experience – Worked as expert consultant on high priority complex projects in insurance, retail, consumer goods, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, manufacturing, financial and other industries. Worked on projects through development life cycles, engineering and process change, Data warehousing, integrations, migrations, upgrades and setting up organizing trim cost justified teams. Technology Experience - Handled several technologies including SAP, ABAP/4, Oracle, PL/SQL, MS-SQL, Java, C#
.Net framework, EDI, Vertex, ALM-11, UFT, Sprinter and GIS, Salesforce.com, LAMP architecture CAREER PROGRESSION
Manager & Consulting Partner June 2018-
Broker Associate Consultant EXP Realty: Providing Real Estate Consultancy to this most technologically advanced company in the real estate industry.
Consulting Partner: One Source Home Solutions
Consulting Partner: SG Property Management
Achievement: Reduced the cost of Operations by nearly 50%, improved time efficiency by nearly 60%, reduced marketing budget by 22% releasing the team resources to focus on business growth. Improved market penetration by planning strategic business associations
Sr. Project Manager /PMO Oct 2017 – May 2018
USDA, Kansas City
Involved in SAP project in USDA for a short-term assignment. Budget: $1 million
Duration: 6-8 month
Achievement: Reduced the project duration by 3 months saving nearly 35% of budget by visible reporting and scrum methodology. Team size 30 people from 3 different teams ;8 key stakeholders including CIO of USDA Methodology: Primarily Scrum
Manager: Mike Katz 913-***-****) – Portfolio Manager Program Manager /PMO Jan 2016- Oct 2017
Swiss Re ($45bn company), Overland Park
Involved in Inhouse proprietary software development and other Business Intelligence projects Budget: $6.5 million
Duration: Initial 6 months extended to 18 months
Achievement: Average project saving was 10-20% over projected budget and removing the time creep. After 6 months handled 4 concurrent projects having latency & cultural issues. The engagement included managing remote teams spread in several international locations including China, India, Switzerland, Poland, Columbia, Brazil and US. Page 2 of 2
Yogendra Gupta, MBA, PMP, SMAC *********@*****.*** 913-***-**** Project Types: New development, CRM, Software Transformation, Business Transition Software: Java, Salesforce.com, CMP Datawarehouse, AWS Cloud Methodology: Waterfall, Prince2. Introduced Agile iterations and Scrum Methodology Team size: Varied, maximum 18. Total concurrently managed around 30 Manager: Debjit Kanjilal CIO 816-***-****), Milind Pandit 913-***-****) Sr. VP Project Manager /CIO Oct 2014 – Dec 2015
Internet Marketing Group, Overland Park
The company was formed to assist small business including startups, in setting up their social media and online presence and operating e-commerce business
Budget: $1.0m
Duration: Perpetual
Achievement: Not sizeable to count but got to know a lot how small business operate and ensued challenges. Methodology: Waterfall, Scrum (Agile iterations)
Team Size: 2 direct reports/ 15 developers
Software/Tools: LAMP
Project Manager SAP CRM, Project Lead/ Team Lead Mar2013 – Sep 2014 USDA, Kansas
Involved in recruitment of the team members, developing testing procedure for SAP application Budget: Time and Material ($6.0m)
Duration: Contract for 5 years but left early
Achievement: Got operation team from scratch to productive in less than 6 months. Got insight to Govt. Functioning, redefined and established process for years to come, UX. Software/Tools: SAP, ALM, QTP, QC, LoadRunner
Methodology: Introduced Agile iterations and Scrum Methodology Team size: 28. Including recruitment
Manager: Col. (Retd.) Robert Nesmith 913-***-****) -Sr. Project Manager Project Manager/Sr. Manager Aug 2005- Mar 2013
Cap-Gemini (BNSF, Florida Crystals, Limited Brands, Hubbell Electrical, Shire Pharma, Pfizer) Budget: $0.5m to $10.0mil
Achievement: Reduced project cost/time by nearly 40% by deploying new technologies, better scope definition and efficient time monitoring.
Abridgement
I have shown leadership in several projects in various capacities. Managing teams of various sizes in matrix, functional, product based or other types I have been successful in completing the projects within budget and time. With a good varied engineering back-ground I have been able to understand the technologies and intricacies associated with project. I have recruited people, trained people, transitioned new teams and responsibilities. With more than a decade of managing projects and advising on strategic initiatives I have over the years groomed and introduced new management philosophies. Before being on the management role (mostly managing IT projects) I was involved in other responsibilities including Sales, Marketing and product design. I have also been a solution architect identifying and introducing new technologies my main focus on User Experience. Bringing solution to some of the very complex issues I have been instrumental in stabilizing some new initiative like SAP-CRM, i2 Demand Fulfilment etc. CERTIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION
MBA
PMP – 11/2013
SMAC (Scrum Master Accredited Certification) from International Scrum Institute 8/2015
Business Intelligence Certifications from SAP America
Bachelor of Engineering: Electronics and Communication Engineering CHARITY AND OTHER VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS
Master Masson with Masonic Lodge foundation, Chairman, Board Member of several committees for social welfare
Life invitational membership Beta Gamma Sigma honor society, Eagle Scout, NAR Member
Member, Leader in several Charitable organizations including Art of Living, Pratham, Satsang, Asha Jyoti, Habitat for Humanity, Charity Watch and contributor to few other charities
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