Project Management Manager

LAVEENA PAREEK

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

*************@*****.*** 309-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/laveenapareek Los Angeles, CA-90046

● Certified project manager with 7+ years of experience in successfully delivering complex projects on time, within budget with high-quality standards through effective project planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement

● Possesses a track record of adapting to continuously changing environments, implementing effective solutions to complex problems, and ensuring project success while maintaining a high level of professionalism and integrity

● Demonstrated leadership skills in managing cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives, while maintaining collaboration and accountability among team members

Program Manager 3 Orbit Systems Inc, USA (Sep 2024 – Present)

● Oversaw multiple IT projects for a state client, ensuring adherence to state regulations and optimizing resource allocation

● Achieved 96.8% on-time project delivery rate by managing dependencies and ensuring proactive stakeholder communication

● Implemented Scrum practices in projects, improving process transparency by 17.8% and efficiency by 12%

● Delivered Agile Scrum training to department staff, promoting consistent understanding and adoption of Agile principles Project Coordinator Diversified Servies Network, USA (Sep 2023 – Sep 2024)

● Directed the planning and execution of an $84.7 million grant management project, ensuring all goals were met within budget.

● Spearheaded the implementation of Smartsheet, a project tracking and task management tool, resulting in a 6.75% increase in team efficiency through improved collaboration, streamlined workflows, and centralized data management

● Proactive risk management reduced project delays by 8% and established a comprehensive escalation plan Business Analyst Graduate Assistant Illinois State University, USA (Aug 2021 – May 2023)

● Collaborated in execution of the project management plan for the university-wide dashboard, highlighting the success of graduates

● Led the development of dashboard that is designed for internal departmental use, resulting 60% reduction in weekly workload

● Led and mentored team of 3 Graduate Assistants and was responsible for training and onboarding of new Graduate Assistants Project Manager/Entrepreneur PlusOne Marketing Solutions LLP, India (Apr 2017 – Oct 2020)

● Managed end-to-end project delivery through SDLC lifecycle by implementing Agile/SCRUM methodology for multiple projects

● Optimized utilization of IT professionals from multiple teams for medical insurance project based in Colorado

● Increased stakeholder engagement by 25% through regular communications and transparent project status updates

● Achieved project success by leveraging project management tools such as JIRA and Trello

● Successfully collaborated with 4 on-site and 2 off-site cross-functional teams, as well as managed 2 outside vendors, resulting in streamlined project execution within allocated time and budget Business Analyst Decipher Zone Softwares LLP, India (Jan 2015 – Feb 2017)

● Conducted stakeholder interviews and facilitated workshops to gather and analyze business requirements

● Developed and maintained requirement documents such as Business Requirement Documents (BRD), Functional Requirement Documents (FRD), Use Cases, UMLs, Wireframes, Prototypes, and User Stories

● Developed and maintained Tableau dashboards and ad-hoc reports, boosting data accessibility and analysis efficiency by 64%

● Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including developers, QA testers, project managers, ensuing smooth project delivery Certifications

● Project Management Professional (PMP) Project Management Institute Mar 2026

● Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Scrum Alliance May 2026

● Tableau Data Analyst/Specialist Desktop Udemy Inc

● MySQL for DA and BI

● Generative AI for Project Managers Specialization Udemy Inc

Coursera

● Generative AI Overview for Project Managers Project Management Institute Skills

● Project Management: Azure DevOps, Clarity, JIRA, Trello, Smartsheet

● Software and MS Office: MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, Teams, Cognos, MySQL, Oracle, Tableau, PowerBI

● Programming Languages: SQL, Python

● Soft Skills: Leadership, Detailed Oriented, Problem-Solving, Critical Thinking, Oral and Written Communication, Vendor Management, Business Analysis, Requirement Analysis, Data Analysis, Strategy Development, Emotional Intelligence

● Master’s in Technology Project Management- Illinois State University, USA (Aug 2021- May 2023)

● Graduate Certificate in Quality Management and Analyst- Illinois State University, USA (Aug 2021- May 2023)

● Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering- Rajasthan Technical University, India (Sep 2009 - Jul 2013)

● Tableau dashboard with ACME company's worker compensation data Cleaned data by identifying missing values/errors in exploratory data analysis, used Tableau to visualize and explore patterns/relationships to understand the main cause of insurance claims

● Internship: Oracle 10g: Data Warehousing Fundamentals from Mapple Edusoft Pvt Ltd, India Implemented database concepts to varied components like data extraction, authentication, monitoring, and preserving data integrity, data warehouse fundamentals and architecture Summary

Work Experience

Education

Academic Projects

● Knowledge and Skill Retention in Introduction to Programming Course Published in the 6th International Conference on Software Engineering and Information Management (ICSIM)

● Role of AI in Smart Supply Chain Management

Presented research paper in 2023 Annual meeting of Illinois State Academy of Science Research Papers

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