Meeta Parekh, MBA

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Robbinsville, NJ 08691

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SENIOR SYSTEMS & TECHNOLOGY LEADER

Systems Management Process Innovation & Management Strategic Planning & Execution

Highly accomplished, forward-thinking technology operations executive with an extensive portfolio creating connections between technology and business to achieve scalable and sustainable results. Capitalize on business, financial, and operating acumen to support ongoing revenue growth. Adapt to rapidly changing environments which serves as a driver of cost savings, process improvements, efficiency, and consistent operating improvements. Lead organizations to achieve and surpass business goals by monitoring, measuring, and reporting on internal and external process effectiveness. Inspirational leader, motivating employees through effective communications, mentoring, development, performance management, and incentives. Expert at synthesizing technical and people skills to achieve positive outcomes. Unique ability to break down complex concepts and translate into action. Additional areas of strength:

Business Transformation & Innovation Cost Analysis, Reduction, & Control

Teambuilding & Development Technology Transformation Coaching & Mentoring

Change Management Process Improvement Strategic Planning

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

2006 – Present VP, Program Management, Prudential Financial, Newark, NJ

oManaging projects by applying strong leadership skills at various stages of lifecycle.

oPresented large-scale projects to the board of directors and to Town Hall meetings.

oDefine objectives and development plans to ensure alignment with project needs.

oParticipating in the evolution of work intake and demand management processes.

oVendor selection and management of associated agreements and statements of work.

oImplemented hardware and software upgrades to several mission critical applications

oWorking knowledge of SDLC best practices and exposure to Agile methodology.

oExperience in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) ensuring technology delivery and business alignment.

oIdentify and prioritize RPA opportunities through cost/benefit analyses.

oCollaborate with developers and business partners to drive the delivery of RPA solutions

oBuilt a high-performance software team from scratch. Recruited outstanding engineering talent and developed key components focusing on ease of use, extensibility, and maintainability.

oProven ability to oversee projects and direct to prioritize, track and drive customer requirements and technical solutions using Agile Methodologies.

oImplemented project management standards within the organization which resulted in an increase in project success rates and reduction in average project completion time.

oRecognized for outstanding written communication skills.

Director, CD Portal Application

oImplemented changes resulting in over $2M in operating expense savings in the 1st year.

oSaved company over $50K in operating expenses by retiring two servers.

oOptimized data flow to drive the creation of a newly formed portfolio administration team.

oLed the evaluation and selection of a new OCR system for the firm.

oImplemented OCR software to automate Tax K1 data extraction.

oImplemented digital Robot and AI analytics to bring about technology transformation.

oPartnered with IT solution partners to influence product roadmaps to provide Prudential with competitive advantage using industry best practices and trends.

oTeam awarded the ‘Rock Star Award’ for excellence and delivering on-time and under budget.

oPresented this system to audiences over 350+ at the ‘PGIM Investment Operations & Systems’ Town Hall

VP, Program Management, Project Consents & Preferences

oAn Enterprise-wide initiative to be CPRA (California Privacy Rights Act) Compliant by 1/1/2023. As the PMO from GT, facilitated these Technology initiatives:

oEnsured that the project is aligned to operational and strategic objectives

oFacilitate Team Collaboration and Communication

oDesign and track various program and performance KPIs to ensure we were on track for 1/1/23 delivery.

Director, MDS Portal Application

oImplemented a centralized function for the PGIM Market Data Services (MDS) team responsible for procuring and coordinating all market data and research services globally, allowing for transparency on costs and providing added benefits when leveraging services, negotiating fees, reviewing contracts, and performing the vendor due diligence that spans across multiple businesses.

oLed the initiative of building an application with automated invoices and Reporting functionality through standard enterprise architecture, system infrastructure and software development framework.

oRecruited, built, developed, led, and managed high performance development team.

oImproved efficiency, agility, and effectiveness by consolidating and streamlining data through vendor application, designing, and implementing Agile processes.

oImplemented digital Robot and AI analytics to bring about technology transformation.

oCommunicated and collaborated with senior and executive level business users.

oManaged overall development schedules, resources, budgets, contracts, performance, and risks. Custom software was built using .Net and SQL Server.

oDelivered the company’s flagship system, managing through countless technical and organizational challenges, on time and on budget.

Manager, AVR/ IMR/ RBC and AOI Projects

oAutomated the AVR/ IMR/ RBC Process Improvement Application.

oOversaw all the technical aspects of the system, through all phases of the project life cycle, from system design, to testing and successful implementation.

oRecipient of the 'Owl Award' for exceeding targets, being a top contributor, meeting team goals while getting outstanding performance reviews from Account Managers as well as Clients.

2002 – 2005 Project Manager, Insurance Services Office, ISO, Jersey City, NJ

oSpearheaded the SalesLogix Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System.

oResponsible for building and managing project plans, resource leveling, cost allocation and tracking, and architecting distributed high-performance fault tolerant systems.

oManaged the creation of HTML User Interface PAAS CD to replace PAASbase Folio CD.

oDelivered the product to customers ahead of schedule and under budget.

oDeveloped Integration of Rules and Loss Cost System.

E D U C A T I O N:

oPMP certification, AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification, RTE Certification

oMBA, Excelsior University, Albany, NY

oMSc in Software Systems Analysis and Design, Sheffield University, UK

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