Professional Summary

Results driven Leader with 20+ Years of Technically sophisticated SAFe & PMP Certified Professional with

** ***** ****** (US) experience.

Over 10+ Years of extensive experience across IT Delivery Management using Agile methodology, Program Management, Product Development, and People Management both Onshore & Offshore model with teams having varied experience.

Sunrise calls and Sunset Calls

oWhat are the barriers to success for today

oWho needs help from who

oWhat is behind schedule

oTrack existing risk, is there any new risks

Leading strategic alignment, direction and implementation of various Projects and Programs using Agile methodologies

Providing directions to the managers to ensure continual review of the project contracts on regular basis that out of scope work is identified, documented, communicated to the appropriate person and managed promptly and efficiently

Having Knowledge to Understand the overall product roadmap as articulated by agile coach/product owner and translate roadmap into team specific release planning and sprint planning.

Holding 10 Years Multiple Entry US Business Visa Valid till 2029.

Work Experience

2016 July – Present Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai

Roles: Engagement Delivery Lead, Program Manager

Clients:

Responsibilities:

Developed strategies and plans for project / program Execution using Agile methodologies

Monitored project / program implementation

Ensured programs are run successfully and delivered results as per agreed KPIs

Met Clients on daily basis to discuss project / program direction, overall health, risks, and developing initiatives.

Provided guidance to Project Manager / Scrum Masters and mentored them and played project manager / Scrum Master in few projects.

Ensured good cross-connect and collaboration between different projects in a program

Handled Conflict resolution and proactive Risk management.

Ensured all stakeholders are aligned with the common goals of the program

Sunrise calls and Sunset Calls

oWhat are the barriers to success for today

oWho needs help from who

oWhat is behind schedule

oTrack existing risk, is there any new risks

Maintained project dashboards, status of completion goals, backlog items and tracked project metrics.

Identified bottlenecks, risks and coordinate discussions with cross-functional teams to review projects deliverables

Provided leadership and consistently introduced innovative approaches to enhance performance and customer satisfaction.

Helped team to solve problems rather than provide solutions and cleared the roadblocks that the scrum team cannot remove themselves.

Used strong business and technical knowledge to implement solutions to impediments, keeping projects on track

Assisted with internal and external communication, improved transparency, and radiated information

Reported the Status to Stakeholders and Leadership

Environments: Re-Act, Java 8, Spring Framework 4, Microsoft Azure IOT V2, MQTT,

Docker, Jenkins, Cent OS, Shell Script, Junit 4, Github, Sonar

2013 Sep - 2016 June IBM (India) Private Limited, Chennai

Roles: Scrum Master, Project Manager

Clients:

2012 Nov - 2013 Aug Cisco (India) Private Limited, Bangalore

Role: Architect / Project Manager

1996 Jan - 2012 July Polaris Financial Technology Ltd., Chennai (4 Years) and United States (12 Years)

Roles: Project Manager, Data Architect, Oracle Consultant (Developer, DBA), Oracle Developer

Designation: Assistant Vice President, Principal Consultant, Consultant, System Engineer

Clients:

4 Years 4 Years 3 Years 18 Months 1 Year 6 Months 6 Months

Roles Played

Delivery Lead

Program Manager

Sr. Scrum Master

Sr. Project Manager

Technology Handled

Java Full Stack

React, Sprint Boot & Oracle

.Net Full Stack

Angular, net Core & SQL Server

IOT

Cloud (AWS, Azure)

Data Analytics (Denodo, Python, AWS Athena, Snow Flacks, Red shift, Tableau)

Oracle (Designer, Forms, Reports, Pro *C and DBA )

Domain Knowledge

Banking (Retail, Corporate)

Insurance

Data Warehousing/Analytics

Financials

Life Science

e-commerce

Retail

Manufacture

Shipping

Certifications & Education

OCP Oracle Certified Professional from Oracle Corporation

PMP Project Management Professional Certified by PMI (Project Management • Institute)

PgMP Program Management Certified through PROGStudy

SAFe Leading SAFe (SAFe Agilist), Certified by Scaled Agile, Inc.

Completed M.Sc Computer Science in Madurai Kamaraj University

Customer focused, highly organized with effective Client management skills, and demonstrated ability to manage expectations, build relationships and communicate solution strategy at all levels. Responsible for liaising with sponsors on project related matters, where appropriate, participated in business development activities including review of RFI, RFP, Bid.

Worked closely with analytics and technology teams across the business, shaped solution designs which meets business needs as well as aligning to the broader strategic Data & Analytics objectives

Accountable for communication with internal and external customers and maintain expectations, Interacted with Customer, upper management, and leadership of other departments to ensure smooth processes. Establish strategies for risk mitigation and contingency planning.

Coached and mentor team members to develop agile capabilities, Guided the teams towards improving the scrum way of working including ensuring cross term coordination.

Involved in reviewing and monitoring the preparation of the overall department budgets, by evaluating cost control, timelines and project quality status.

Reviewed the reports that identifies & tracks the status of programs, projects, milestones and deliverables, and ensured effective and efficient program monitoring, reporting processes are in place.

At the end of each sprint tracked metrics (eg velocity code quality defect density across all phases code review metrics testing metrics) for each sprint, report the same to the management

A keen planner, strategist and implementer with demonstrated success in end-to-end Delivery management and ensuring effective management of various resources to meet project specifications, Strong problem solving & technical skills coupled with confident decision making for enabling effective solutions leading to high customer satisfaction and low operational costs.

Technical Skills

Oracle 6 to 10g, Pro *C, Designer 6i/9i, Oracle DBA 6 to 8i, Forms 3.0 to 9i,

(My Core Technology) Reports 1.1 to 9i, Unix, Shell Script.

Knowledge in

Core Java, J2EE, Java Scripts, Hibernate, HTML

Visual Studio 2008. ASP.Net, C#, ADO.Net, XML

HDFS, Map Reducer, Hbase, Hive, Pig, Scoop

Oracle Applications 10.7, 11.0 and 11i - Oracle Projects, Service Contract

Used - MS-Project, Jira, Erwin, TOAD, VISIO, Quality Center, Kintana, Autosys, PVCS

Knowledge in – Sonar, Github

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