Reza Molavi

Sunnyvale, CA. 916-***-**** adzvpx@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/rezamolavi

Senior IT Project Manager

IT Program Manager: In my role as a program manager I have played pivotal roles in driving successful project outcomes by overseeing all project aspects, fostering collaboration, and providing essential support to ensure that projects are completed within scope, budget, and schedule. Additionally, my mentoring efforts contribute to the development of future project management talent within the organization.

IT Project Manager: As an IT Project Manager, I bring extensive expertise in managing the entire project management lifecycle, spanning initiation, requirement gathering, project planning, resource allocation, implementation, and closure. My proficiency in various project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and hybrid approaches, enables me to adapt to diverse technology projects and application deliveries, ensuring their success and alignment with organizational goals.

Senior Business Analyst & Strategist: I strategize and execute large-scale projects that align business objectives with innovative technology solutions, ultimately driving substantial process improvements. I believe in close collaboration with both internal teams and external contractors, fostering a synergistic environment where we use collective expertise to achieve project success. My key responsibilities encompass the development of comprehensive project plans, meticulous analysis of business requirements, and the strategic alignment of technology solutions to optimize processes, enhance efficiency, and facilitate the attainment of organizational objectives. Through my leadership and analytical acumen, I aim to drive meaningful change and ensure that projects are executed effectively, delivering tangible value to the business.

Excellent Communicator: Extensive experience influencing executives and leading cross functional and international teams. Effectively collaborating with diverse teams to bring projects and commitments to fruition and staying calm under pressure.

Expert in Waterfall, Agile & Hybrid Project Management Methodologies: Known for ability to produce high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.

Skills Summary

Project Management

- Custom Application Development

- IT Program Management

- Salesforce & MuleSoft Integrations

- System Migrations/Integrations

- Enterprise-wide Implementations

IT Project Lifecycle

- Requirements Analysis

- SDLC

- Risk Management

- Project Scheduling

- Testing/QA/Rollout/Support

Value-Added Skills

- Cross-Functional Management

- Requirements Analysis

- Client Relations & Presentations

- Business & IT Planning

- Vendor Management

Career Progression

Blue Cross/Blue Shield – (Arizona), Project Manager IV – June 2022 - Present

Fixtrade – Contractor (London, England), Project Manager/BA – Sept 2021-March 2022

Franchise Tax Board (Sacramento, CA), Project Manager/Senior Business Systems Analyst – 2019-2020

Office of Secretary of State (Sacramento, CA), Senior Project Manager - 2013 to 2019

California Department of Water Resources (Sacramento, CA), Project Manager, Systems Engineer, Senior Business Analyst - 1987 to 2013

In the span of 25+ years, I have mastered in-depth knowledge of various aspects and duties as senior IT project manager, senior business and technology analyst, systems engineer and systems administrator, network administrator, server administrator, and database administrator.

Highlight Of Accomplishments

Blue Shield/Blue Cross: As a senior project manager I guided projects from inception to closure, collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional teams, PMO, and fellow project managers to ensure the on-time and within-budget delivery of scoped requirements. I managed multiple projects across diverse business areas and systems, providing essential support in project definition phases, and meticulously tracking project progress. I excel in conveying project status to executive and leadership teams, while also planning, directing, coordinating, and managing projects with precision. My proficiency in creating and delivering presentations, leading discovery meetings, and maintaining project artifacts contributes to my holistic project management approach. Furthermore, I am dedicated to mentoring colleagues, fostering their professional growth within the organization.

Fixtrade: led the first phase of developing a proprietary application for this investment firm. I headed requirement gathering and interviews with traders, financial analysts, and portfolio managers, defined the scope, and clearly understood the proprietary algorithms used to make trades, and decide on investments, and digital currency strategies. I prepared complete documentation for development and led FRO efforts, contract selection process, and award.

FTB: Role - Project Manager/Business Technology Analyst - Prepared Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL) for the modernization of most complex legacy system, provided business and alternative analysis, proposed possible solutions, devised budget change proposals, and offered impact analysis.

Secretary of State Office - Vote California System: Lead project manager on a $60M project to replace the election management system and create a database of record for the State of California. This project involved fifty-eight counties, seven State departments, and law enforcement agencies. This system has been used for managing all local and national elections for the past six years. This was a hybrid project management environment.

CDWR - Bond Management System: I led the design, development, and implementation of a new system to accept online bond applications, rate, and award, and track the awards after. Facilitated the knowledge transfer, training, and continuous support for maintenance and updates of the system. Hybrid ITPM environment.

SOS & CDWR - Custom Software Developments: Managed all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for multiple projects. As a result, we delivered software and applications that streamlined work and added to the accuracy and efficiency of the daily tasks and lowered the maintenance fees.

SOS & CSDWR - System Integrations/Migrations: Project managed large-scale initiatives involving the migration of legacy systems and applications to new industry standards and new platforms such as system redesign, operating systems migration, virtual machine transition, UNIX/Linux migration to Windows. As a result, organization lowered annual maintenance cost with better reliability and performance.

CDWR - Database Developments: Guided teams in the development of a new RDBMS to migrate scattered data from non-standard and homegrown databases into an enterprise system. Our efforts resulted in an accurate and dependable database, eliminated redundancy, and increased data integrity. This also made backup and recovery much more efficient and dependable.

SOS & CDWR - Product Management & Quality Assurance: Migrated legacy systems to a completely new web-based application. Developed strategies to evaluate, and deploy to the production environment, presented the deployment and rollback strategies to the change control board.

Other Roles & Expertise

Senior Business & Technology Analyst (SOS & CDWR, Sacramento, CA), State of California, 2014 to 2020

oPrepared Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL) for the modernization of most complex legacy system, provided business and alternative analysis, proposed workable solutions, devised budget change proposals, and offered impact analysis.

oThe SOX Coordinator reported to the CIO and the audit coordinator and was responsible for administering and facilitating division’s (CERS) Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) program, framework, and operation to effectively identify, assess and report on the division’s full range of risks and risk mitigation/advantage action steps related to internal controls. Liaise with internal and external auditors and proactively coordinated management’s assessment of internal controls over reporting and internal audit testing.

oSpearheaded O365 Governance pilot project to define parameters of SharePoint deployment for the agency, established a across organizational governance board, led meetings, and set expectations.

oCreated incident reporting process to ensure a correct triage and repeatable process to identify issues and corrections effectively.

oReversed engineered legacy systems and provided documents for new development.

Systems Engineer (CDWR, Sacramento, CA), State of California, 2010 to 2014

oDefined and implemented a complete infrastructure and secure framework for a newly created division. Maintained the integrity of server operating systems, hardware, storage, and application software. Managed datacenter design and installations.

oDesigned and developed scalable solutions to support business units, designed and deployed multiple servers, maintained the operability, and the AD structure and domains for the department.

Software & Application Engineer (CDWR, Sacramento, CA), State of California, 2005 to 2010

oProduct Manager & Lead Developer for power contract modeling, power scheduling, data modeling, and financial reporting systems.

oManaged all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) for dozens of custom solutions.

Education & Credentials

MBA, National University (Sacramento, CA)

BS in Computer Science & Engineering, CSU Sacramento (Sacramento, CA)

AS in Math & Computer Science, American River College (Sacramento, CA)

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