SHARAD ARYAL adnb4q@r.postjobfree.com Phone 703-***-****

TECHNICAL/SOFTWARE/IT AGILE PROJECT MANAGER

Professional Summary

Accomplished, Committed, and Creative Project Leader delivering IT Projects through improved productivity, performance, and cost control. Broad experience leading and innovating in both government sector and business sector with all levels of project management skills, business interaction, and technical expertise with global certification skills: - Certified Agile Leadership, Certified Scrum Master, and Certified Scrum Product Owner.

Detail-Oriented Computer Engineer: - BE Computer Engineering and Master of Science in Computer Science enthusiastic having 16 years of Project Management and Development.

Lead and manage a team of IT professionals and portfolio of projects from inception to deployment for various domains: - government, health sector, finance, and business and provide architectural direction to teammates through coaching and mentorship.

Work on Requirements Analysis, SDLC, Waterfall/Iterative/Agile, Product Development, Application Development, QA, Release Management, Identity and Access Management, Technical Support, Business, and Technical Strategy, Business Analysis, Planning, Purchasing, Timelines, and Milestones.

Work on handling SCRUM artifacts, prioritization and estimation of user stories using techniques:-Moscow, KANO, planning poker and T-shirt sizing. Facilitate the Scrum Ceremonies and manage the team’s Kanban workflow.

Effective project oversight and governance, perform network analysis using PERT to calculate the duration and identify critical activities in a project. Implemented COCOMO for estimating effort, cost, and schedule for software projects and used Project Logbook and SOW for narrative description of project in more detail.

Accurately estimate and meet deadlines, identify risks and roadblocks that hinder a project, monitor and measure performance at a project level using Earned Value Analysis, draft, and submit budget proposals, error estimation, and progress tracking, SWOT analysis, escalate issues when necessary.

Perform Project Crashing to reduce the time of a project and work on deployment, infrastructure management, and customer support, and worked with all cross-functional groups. Report project progress and status on a weekly and monthly basis to the management team and the Board of Directors.

Manage the project and development of several applications on various web technologies .Net, Java, Python, PHP, C, C++ and teams on database administration, data dictionary design, database modeling, design, performance tuning, and several other database objects in database management system.

Work on Several Project Management tools and manage source control and cloud software: -MS Project, Asana, Teamwork Projects, JIRA, Team Foundation Server (TFS), IBM RTC, AWS, Windows Azure, and Azure Dev Ops.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, flexible and versatile to new environments, self-motivated a good team player, and have worked in a multicultural environment.

Academic Accomplishments Certifications

MS Computer Science, 2012

Un University of The District of Columbia

Wa Washington DC

Certifi Certified Scrum Master – Scrum Alliance (Certificate ID: 000976684)

C Certified Product Owner – Scrum Alliance (Certificate ID: 000976684)

Cert Certified Agile Leadership –Scrum Alliance (Certificate ID: 000976684)

Or Oracle SQL/ PLSQL -- Learning Tree International

(Awar ( Awarded with Distinction)

CORE COMPETENCIES

Leadership Execution Decision Making

Communications Strategy Development Team Management

Technical Competence Critical Thinking Risk Management

Organization and Planning Cost Management Quality Management

Scheduling Scale Agile Framework SCRUM Artifacts

Agile Méthodologies HR Project Procurement Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SDLC Methodologies

Waterfall, Agile Scrum, Hybrid (Waterfall + SCRUM)

Project Tools

MS Project, MS Office Suite, JIRA, MS SharePoint, GIT, Object

Oriented Analysis (OOAD) using Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Web Technologies

HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular, ASP.NET, PHP, JSP,

Knockout JS, Node JS

Requirements Management

MS Office, JIRA, Rational Requisite Pro

Reporting Tools

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Tableau 9.1, MS Excel

Databases

Oracle 9i/10g/11g/12c, MS-SQL, MY-SQL, MongoDB

DBMS

SQL Server Management Studio 2003/2012, PostgreSQL

UML and Design tools

MS Visio, Visual Paradigm, Rational Rose

Data Modeling/ Design

ER Diagrams, Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Activity Diagrams,

DFDs

ETL Tools

Informatica, SQL Server Data Tools – Business Intelligence (SSDT – BI)

Analysis Tools

SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), MS Excel, Tableau

Testing Tools

HPQC, HPALM, Load Runner

Defect Tracking Tools

HPQC, HP ALM, JIRA, Rational Clear Quest

Languages

C/C++, VB/C#.NET, Java, Python

Cloud Technologies

Windows Azure, AWS.

Professional Experience

Sr. IT Specialist - Project Manager

Office of the State Superintendent of Education -DC Government Feb 2021 – Present

Provide leadership to the team for the assigned applications and/or technical assets and responsible for conducting and coordinating project development activities.

Collaborate with the Division of Health and Wellness for the business requirements and technical specifications and project documentation.

Create a Project Charter for Orchard Project, a child nutrition program, funded by USDA to DC OSSE using the SAFe-Agile methodology. Prepare PI- planning, facilitate Epic milestones, and Epic grooming.

Formulate User Story Points estimation standards and relative work hour’s estimation standards along with the Product Owner and SME’s.

Estimate, plan, and manage development tasks, work on all stages of the project lifecycle from inception through monitoring and closing to deliver projects that exceed expectations on time and on budget.

Work on project estimation using historical data and project audit life cycle. Implement different tools of project planning such as WBS, work packages and responsibility matrix.

Working on Project Appraisal- a visionary plan to reduce manual expenses by $10M annually by implementing an automated testing system.

Develop a detailed project plan using Gantt Chart to monitor and track progress on a project “Data Asset Inventory System” from the inception to the deployment phase.

Collaborate with development managers to verify project progress, monitor resources allocation, and remove bottlenecks/obstacles.

Co-ordinate application delivery with release team (Development, QA, Testing and Business Analysis). Report weekly progress to the management team and the CIO. Provide feedback for development/engineering staff concerning the project work.

Work on all stages of SDLC and run all agile ceremonies including daily scrum meeting, user stories, estimation, planning, backlog maintenance, sprint review, and daily standup.

Project Management & Development Leader

State Of West Virginia - Higher Education Policy Commission OCT 2015 – JAN 2021

Estimated, planned, and managed development tasks for several developers on projects, ensuring projects are delivered on time with quality. Worked closely with clients and end-users to establish problem specifications, documentation, and system designs.

Prepared project plans using Agile SCRUM methodology and complete project with scope, release planning, milestones, and deliverables. Analyzed business requirements and define technical project specifications.

Created bar charts, worked on changes to the project, monitored complex activities using PERT,WBS and performed risk analysis. Generate reports to track team velocity, issue tracking, teamwork load tracking and response time tracking.

Managed projects with a budget up to $5M. Performed feasibility analysis, RFP, and strategic development plan for the company's long-term projects.

Worked on identifying risks, evaluated, and quantified risks and developed risk management plan. Implemented contingency planning as a backup for the project.

Managed the coordination between the Department of Financial Aid, Health Sciences, Science and Research, Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and Human Resources and acted as a liaison between all stakeholders.

Managed several state-funded projects Human Resources Report Card, Higher Education Facility Management System, Underwood – Smith, Workforce, and Reauthorization, Promise, and Gear UP Scholarship, and WV Invests Grant Program.

Created a project plan, set up daily scrum meeting, and closure for Covid Reporting Tool for submitting data to the West Virginia Legislature.

Architected the legacy application WV-Reauthorization and Heap -Workforce with the front-end interface and created role using Identity and Access Management using Microsoft Technologies.

Lead and managed a module of FAMS- Nursing. Designed, developed, tested, and deployed applications to the live environment.

Architected, developed, tested, and deployed responsive app “Underwood-Smith” using Bootstrap 3.0. using MVC architectural pattern and Repository Design Pattern. Performed code reviews, developing, and adhering to coding standards.

Lead IT Consultant/Manager - Project Management & Development

Vastika INC, TX

Client: JP Morgan Chase Bank, and Kaiser Permanente. JUL 2013 – SEP 2015

Managed project " ID-Certification" on JP Morgan Chase, Columbus, Ohio that Kept track of employee information of different lob (line of Business).

Created a project plan, participated in the project and team meetings interacting and collaborating with team members and other departments, as necessary. Provided leadership and mentored the developers within a scrum team, used burn-down charts.

Collaborated with the core development team and the product owner to define and estimate business requirements and then translate these into specific software tasks.

Onshore and offshore distributed team management. Collaborated with offshore teams in managing the project schedule. Managed the offshore developer in a team-based environment, interacted with end-users, and resolved the bugs/issues based on the requirement of the application.

Used chart of accounts-to track all cash outflows and inflows, implemented three points estimations. Generate reports to track team velocity, issue tracking, teamwork load tracking and response time tracking.

Maintained relationships with the technical and operational teams to improve operational effectiveness.

Managed project " Infrastructure management system “on Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO.

Integration, packaging, and deployment of the developed software. Translated business requirements into technical specifications.

Ensured overall quality of deliverables was consistent with defined standards and -Agile development practice.

Managed Web applications to display household users, FORM section, designed a system that displays data from controller to view model and, display the information on the view page using front end technologies.

Managed team foundation server (TFS) for version control and source control. Managed unit testing using a visual studio unit testing framework.

Managed a team to implement design and architectural patterns.

Consulting Projects & Development

Pinnacle Business Network Inc, Washington DC NOV 2012 – APR 2013

Bench Code Solutions (offshore)

Collaborated with internal and external stakeholders to gather project requirements. Estimated project budget and oversee the budget throughout the project lifecycle.

Tracked project timelines, deliverables, and budget management. Created and maintained comprehensive project documentation.

Responsible for conducting, leading, and coordinating software development activities.

Developed, monitored, assessed project budgets through the entire project life cycle providing full transparency to stakeholders.

Developed strategic rationale for change including costs, benefits, tradeoffs, scope, and schedule.

Worked with team members to set and achieve development goals. Provided constructive feedback throughout the project lifecycle.

Performed effectively as a mentor for individuals in ways that contribute to the development of future leaders.

Managed and implemented user interfaces based on W3C standards. Managed client-side validation code.

Managed the projects that execute on various browsers such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome using various debugging tools like Firebugs/Chrome Developer Tools.

Managed Team Foundation Server (TFS) for project repository and versioning control.

Prepared high-level and low-level system design UML diagrams (class diagrams, sequence diagrams).

Project Manager

University of The District of Columbia – DC Government MAR 2011 – OCT 2012

Washington D.C

Involved in collecting and analyzing the business requirements from the client for the RIMI (Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions) Project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Managed UDC PATHS Project and Applications funded by DC Department of Human Services.

Participated in a daily status meeting, weekly meeting, daily status meeting. Strong reporting and effective communication with project Director, business teams, QA, and developers.

Collaborated with software developers, business analysts, and management team to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain web and desktop-based applications built on Microsoft Technologies.

Documentation of user requirements, development of user stories, estimates, and work plans. Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and budget.

Successfully leveraged services, training, and resources to fully meet the dynamic needs of clients and day-to-day operation management of the educational and training grant to TANF recipients of DC residents.

Managed timesheet data entry system applications and sent them to the DC government for approval.

Managed a Web Application portal to display customer information, check status, made a new registration information system.

Maintenance of the hardware devices such as a printer, fax within the organization, maintained networks and servers, and configure the hardware per standards and project/operational requirements.

Performed operating system update, hardware upgrades and resource optimization as required.

Software Developer/ Team Lead

Crossover Nepal JAN 2006 – NOV 2009

Kathmandu, Nepal

Lead development projects to customers in different fields:- car dealership, home mortgage, and medical equipment supplies across Europe mainly Netherland, Germany, Belgium, and Finland.

Accountable for projects and operation of application to customer service, home mortgage services, car payments, medical inventory, and decision-making reports, including Analytics.

Lead all aspects of projects, including capacity planning,resource allocation, project documentation, client engagement, and change management.

Drafted and presented proposals, defined timelines, budgets, deliverables, and milestones, allocate resources.

Negotiated pricing, services, and terms with vendors.

Managed internal and external contractors and staff throughout the project life cycle. Manage medium to large Projects for Technology/Development Applications.

Conducted quality assurance testing to ensure adherence to requirements.

Lead and managed front end interface using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, and ASP.NET/C#.

Created tables, Stored Procedures, and functions in SQL Server 2005 and reports using SQL Reporting Services.

Worked on the setting of IIS and Application Pools.

Internship/ Academic Project

MSCS, University of the District of Columbia SEP 2010 - DEC 2012

1.“A Spatiotemporal uncertainty model of degree 1.5 for continuously changing data objects.”

This project was implemented based on the research paper written by the Chairman and Professor of CSIT UDC, Dr. Byung Yu. It was carried out by a team of three members under his supervision. It calculates the uncertainty model for continuously changing data objects.

2.” Developing a multi-touch electronic advisor in the hallway of the Department to enhance student service at the University.”

This project was carried out by a group of three members. It was related to the Software Engineering and Design; Several aspects of UML and Project Management were carried out before developing the application.

BE Computer Engineering, Tribhuvan University

Major Project: “online Banking System of Credit Union.” DEC 2005

This project was carried out by a group of three members for six months as a part of curriculum - academic internship to fulfill the degree requirement.

Minor Project: “KEC Library Management System.” DEC 2004

Minor Project: “Expenses Tracking System.”

These projects were carried out as a part of the academic curriculum to fulfill the degree requirement.

Workshop, Conference, and Presentation

“Human Resource Report Card, West Virginia “Project Management Overview presented at Conference Stone Wall Resort, Roanoke, WV, September 2019 “Annual Review meeting of the board of Director Human Resource” Higher Education.

“File Submissions, West Virginia” Application Enhancement presented at Conference Stone Wall Resort, Roanoke, WV, June 2018 “Annual Review meeting of four-year public institutions” Higher Education.

Trainings

Certified Agile Leadership- LitheSpeed, LLC

Certified Scrum Master – Knowledge Hut Solutions Inc

Certified Product Owner – LitheSpeed, LLC

ITIL Foundation, Prince2 -- Skill Logic Inc

Administering the Web Server (IIS) Roles of Windows Server (10972)- Learning Tree International

Developing ASP.NET Core MVC web Applications (20486)- Learning Tree International

Oracle Database 12C Introduction, PL/SQL Programming - Learning Tree International

Learn HTML 5: Platform-Independent Web Development with CSS3 and JavaScript - Learning Tree International

Window Azure Suite, DevOps – Deccan soft Inc

CCNA – Networks Walks Academy

Professional Certificate in IT Project Management – University of Washington/ Pearson advance (in progress)

References:

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