PMO Project Coordinator / Project Analyst

USHARANI KOTTALA

PMO PROJECT COORDINATOR / PROJECT ANALYST

Dulles, VA 203-***-**** ****************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Project Coordinator / Project Manager with 10+ years of experience supporting IT infrastructure, cloud migration, system deployment, modernization, and compliance initiatives in healthcare and enterprise environments. Strong PMO coordination background with experience maintaining project schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, RAID and decision logs, action registers, project documentation, deployment readiness, status reporting, and executive presentations. Experienced coordinating cross-functional, business, technical, vendor, and executive stakeholders. Certified ScrumMaster with proficiency in SharePoint, Microsoft Office, Jira, Confluence, and MS Project, with strong transferable experience across project tracking and governance tools.

CORE COMPETENCIES

PMO Governance & Project Controls • Milestone & Deliverable Tracking • RAID / Risk / Issue Management • Action & Decision Tracking • Documentation Control • SharePoint • Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) • Project Scheduling • Dependency Tracking • Deployment & Operational Readiness • Status Reporting & Dashboards • Meeting & Stakeholder Coordination • Change Management • Compliance Support • Quality & Documentation Checks • Executive Reporting • Agile / Scrum / Hybrid Delivery • Healthcare IT • Jira • Confluence • MS Project • AWS • Azure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CareFirst, BCBSA – FEPOC Project Coordinator / Project Manager Mar 2022 – Present

Lead enterprise IT infrastructure, cloud migration, system deployment, and modernization initiatives, coordinating milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and readiness activities.

Maintain project schedules, milestone trackers, deliverable status, RAID logs, decision logs, action items, and supporting project documentation to provide accurate visibility to project leadership.

Coordinate cross-functional business, technical, vendor, and executive stakeholders to collect status updates, resolve dependencies, and keep project activities aligned to planned timelines.

Track deployment readiness, testing, production implementation activities, and transition-related tasks; identify items at risk and escalate blockers with appropriate context and recommended next steps.

Prepare executive presentations, dashboards, project status reports, and leadership-ready summaries highlighting milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and key actions.

Facilitate project meetings and governance discussions; document decisions, actions, owners, due dates, and follow-ups, and proactively track outstanding items through completion.

Maintain project documentation and collaboration artifacts in SharePoint and other project repositories, supporting consistent organization and traceability of project information.

Conduct risk assessments, develop mitigation plans, and support change management, budgeting, forecasting, procurement, testing, and production deployment activities.

Managed an end-to-end Machine Learning migration from Cloudera to AWS SageMaker, coordinating technical workstreams, schedules, dependencies, readiness, and stakeholder communications.

Hawk B Inc. Project Coordinator Jan 2018 – Mar 2022

Supported multiple concurrent IT infrastructure and compliance projects, maintaining schedules, deliverables, project documentation, status updates, and action tracking.

Maintained risk, issue, dependency, and action-item trackers; followed up with stakeholders on overdue activities and escalated blockers as appropriate.

Coordinated cross-functional teams and stakeholder communications, ensuring project information, meeting outcomes, and follow-up actions were clearly documented.

Supported CMMC and ISO certification initiatives by coordinating project activities, documentation, and compliance-related deliverables.

Prepared executive presentations, meeting documentation, and project status materials for leadership and stakeholder review.

Previous Experience Technical Recruiter / Technical Support 2007 – 2010

Developed strong communication, documentation, customer support, coordination, and problem-solving skills through technical recruiting and technical support responsibilities.

EDUCATION

M.S., Nagarjuna University

B.S., Osmania University

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)

Project Manager Accredited Certification

ITIL v4

PMI Fundamentals of Predictive Project Management

Microsoft AI Foundations

Microsoft Cloud for Leaders & Azure for Education

TECHNOLOGY & METHODOLOGIES

SharePoint • Microsoft Office Suite • Excel • Word • PowerPoint • Jira • Confluence • MS Project • AWS • Azure • Agile • Scrum • Hybrid Project Delivery • Project Dashboards • RAID Tracking • Documentation & Repository Management

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