Sunil Sehra (MBA, PMP, CSM)
Simi Valley, CA, 93065
Cell: 805-***-****
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PROGRAM MANAGER
Diligent project manager offering a proven record of success leading all phases of diverse technology projects; PMP, MBA and CSM credentials; and computer programming and business finance experience. Business strategist; plan and manage multimillion-dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains. Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams. Expert in agile and waterfall project management methodologies. Known for ability to produce high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
Enterprise Implementations
Program Management
Cross-Functional Supervision
System Migrations/Integrations
Business Intelligence
Team Building & Mentoring
Custom Software Development
Vendor Management
Client Relations & Presentations
Database Design (RDBMS)
Systems Engineering
Business & IT Planning
TECHNICAL SKILLS: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Business Intelligence, CRM, Pega, Database Applications, PeopleSoft, Cisco, ERP, Agile, Waterfall, Jira, Cloud, Scrum
CAREER HISTORY
BANK OF AMERICA
Senior Program Manager January 2017 to Present
•Led effort to implement a $30M Credit Bureau Reporting System replacing the current manual reporting process and saving the company $5M/yr.
•Responsible for the end to end implementation of a $25M of a Document Management System.
•Conducted analysis of application configuration changes for 50+ applications within the Home Loans division
VERAX CONSULTING
Senior Program Manager January 2016 to December 2016
•Led projects with budgets of up to $10M and cross-functional teams of up to 25 developers, programmers, analysts and network specialists
•Established new standards in the estimation and development of client proposals and successfully delivered several winning proposals.
•Implemented Project Management best practices including use of proper tools, techniques and controls to ensure greater success rate of client engagements.
BANK OF AMERICA
Senior Program Manager January 2011 to December 2015
•Built a $100M Mortgage Fulfillment System including migrating 100+ legacy applications saving the company $40M/yr
•Led and orchestrated planning, communication, and delivery of a streamlined Financial Planning and
Analysis (FP&A) system by segmenting all customers into business categories that drove analytics and reporting
•Managed the vendor engagements process including contract negotiations, facilitating outsourcing of functions and projects, and onboarding of a Strategic onshore and offshore vendor.
AMGEN INC
Senior Project Manager April 2009 to December 2010
•Led the implementation of a Case Management workflow system that removed all Regulatory and Compliance risks by tracking and expediently reporting unexpected Adverse reactions for any Amgen drugs to the FDA.
•Built a single software system integrating 20 different applications and managing 50 resources in 8 different teams to manage Adverse Events (AEs)
•Led a SWAT effort to fix a failed implementation. Managed client expectations, maintained scope, and led the recovery effort to bring closure to outstanding usability.
BAXTER INC
Senior Project Manager January 2008 to March 2009
•Built a Global Inventory Tracking and Quality Operations system to process plasma globally at all Baxter Manufacturing sites reducing inventory costs by 10%
•Led a CFR Part 11 implementation to audit and ensure that company systems and software are in compliance with the FDA
•Managed Plasma Operations IT group increasing overall Plasma retention efficiency by 5% in one year.
FARMERS INSURANCE
Senior Project Manager January 2006 to December 2008
•Built a Customer Relationship Management System improving customer inquiry response times by 20%
•Built data warehouse, reporting, and Business Intelligence platform to help provide performance benchmarks
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
Project Manager January 2005 to December 2005
•Led a team of 40+ to implement a single main customer-facing web portal to sell all Blue Cross products
•Led all sprint planning, execution monitoring, and close-out of project.
Dev Lead January 1996 to December 2004
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
MBA, Information Systems California Lutheran University
Project Management Professional (PMP) Simi Valley, CA
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Simi Valley, CA
Leading SAFe Simi Valley, CA
Information Technology Infrastructure Library Toronto, Canada
B.Sc., Comp Sci Toronto, Canada
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Project Management Institute
Toastmasters
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
SCARBOROUGH DISTRESS CENTRE July 2000 until December 2002
Provided telephonic counseling for persons in distress on a voluntary basis
Provided training for new volunteers
THE SAMARITAN HOUSE May 2012 until Present
Managed homeless shelter meals and schedule
Supervised volunteers at homeless shelter