Project Manager

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YASH SHARMA

Project Manager

QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY

I have 9+ years of consulting experience (including BIG 4) in project management and technical leadership of customer facing mission critical applications for B2C & B2B, and diverse systems integration for several Fortune 100 organizations.

I have proven record of managing large and multiple parallel projects for enterprise systems integration; business-to-business integration; website & content management systems implementation; architected large-scale global EAI and B2B solutions for supply chain; working with on-shore and off-shore staff and cross-cultural teams; participating in RFP response preparation; coaching and mentoring peers.

Also, I have hands-on experience in all phases of Solution Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC) for software applications: technical and functional requirement definition; gap analysis; technical solution design; defining/building application integration; legacy data migration; defining use cases, test plans, quality assurance, application deployment and support.

FUNCTIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Project Management for large to small projects, multiple parallel projects across multiple timezones

• Data, Business and Systems Analysis

• Technical Leadership

• Enterprise Systems Integration

• Business-to-Business Integration

• Website Content Enrichment and Management

• Hands-on Architecture, design, development, QA, CAT, deployment

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

Program/Project Management Tools HP PPM, Microsoft Sharepoint, CA Clarity, WorkBench, MS Project, HP Quality Center

ECommerce Products ATG, Vignette

Software WebMethods, Vitria, WebLogic Business-Connect

Industry Standards RosettaNet, XML, XSLT, EDI

Languages Java, HTML, C++

Database Oracle, SQL, JDBC, ODBC

Others MS Office, MS Outlook, MS Visio, MS FrontPage, PeopleSoft, Siebel, AS/400, JDE, AS/400, SAP, Lotus Notes,

WORK EXPERIENCE

Project Manager: Motorola (Client) Apr 08 – Jan 09

Global Interactive Marketing Applications B2B Portfolio

• Managed several parallel projects and multiple sub-tracks within projects to implement enhancements to Motorola.com and launching region specifc sites

• Managed the implementation of data extraction, conversion and import to/from multiple systems hosting Motorola.com

• Managed site preparation and launch of 28 international sites for Motorola in 8 different languages hosted on a shared platform

• Managed application development, quality assurance testing, customer acceptance testing, application deployments, application support enablement, onsite & offshore resources management and coordination.

• Performed budget, time, scope, resource, issues, risks management, IT and Customer approvals and notifications, change management approvals, application deployment approvals, cross-project dependencies

• Prepared, managed and presented project plans, weekly project reports, steering committee reports

• Managed project documentation including requirements, design, support transition, deployment, QA & CAT Plans, test cases and results, deployment checklists and approvals

• Managed all projects and site launches strictly adhering to Motorola’s M-Gates Program & Project Management Methodology

Results: A repeatable process for content extraction, translation, import, site preparation and launch. Enhanced Motorola.com to increase market perception of Motorola, reduced site maintenance and associated costs, increased percentage of site visits and resulting in increase in revenue and positioning of Motorola solutions and offerings

Project Manager: OfficeMax (Client) Jun 06 – Mar 08

New OfficeMax.com Website Implementation

• Managed implementation of Paypal as a payment method on Officemax.com including website checkout, settlement, reconciliation, fraud/dispute/ACH Reversal management

• Managed integration of new officemax.com public facing front-end to backend systems for Order Placement, Inventory and Delivery Times Lookup, Payment Processing, Shipment Tracking and Proof-of-Delivery.

• Managed customer facing enriched content classification, segregation, and cleanup, and development of standards for customer facing enriched content

• Managed implementation of interfaces between OfficeMax and third party vendor for enriched content collection, development of workflows for SKU, Product, Category, Price, associated data creation, collection and daily management.

• Managed building of interfaces between OfficeMax internal systems to retrieve Products, Prices, and Promotions for display on site, and installation, configuration and testing of content management system and its integration with customer facing website

• Managed data migration from old website to new website, data loads and configuration for Production soft and hard launches, and production support for Content Management Application

• For all projects

• Prepared, managed and presented project plans, steering committee reports, weekly status reports

• Managed integrations requirements gathering, design & development, deployments and QA execution

• Managed budget, time, scope, resource, issues, risks, project dependencies

• Obtained Change control board approvals, Customer approvals and notifications, change management approvals, application deployment approvals, cross-project dependencies

• Managed project documentation including requirements, design, support transition, deployment, QA & CAT Plans, test cases and results, deployment checklists and approvals

• Strictly followed OfficeMax PMO Methodology and SDLC to ensure compliance and high quality deliverables

Results: Launch of OfficeMax’s new ATG based B2C website with over 21000 items for sale, Paypal as an additional payment method, with improved sales due to new and better site design, additional features, decreased operational costs and complexity, and decreased time to market for website improvements. Implementation of website Content Management System tightly integrated with officemax.com.

Project Manager: Lexmark (Client)

Atlas R6 – webMethods Integrations

• Managed webMethods integrations between Siebel. JDEdwards and E2Open

• Consolidated business requirements and identified integrations based on solutions areas

• Conducted Breakout sessions to gather Integration Functional Requirements

• Prepared SOW for integration work, project plan, status reports

• Managed budget, resources, scope, risks/issues, project documentation

• Managed integration development, testing and deployment in compliance with Lexmark BI2C (Business Integration Center v2) Methodology

Results: Implementation of an Enterprise Integration System to facilitate exchange of information on Lexmark Orders, Shipments, Service Debriefs, Payments and Delivery Confirmation resulting in reduced maintainance and operations cost. scalabale system and instant information availability for Customer Service.

JOB HISTORY

• Project Manager at Slalom Consulting (formerly Two Degree Consulting) 2006 – 2009

• Manager at Crowe Horwath (formerly Crowe Chizek) 2003 – 2006

• Senior Consultant at BearingPoint (formerly KPMG Consulting) 2000 - 2003

• Associate Consultant at Quantum Information Systems, India 1999 - 2000

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

• Master in Computer Science, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign

• Bachelor in Computer Applications, Devi Ahilya University

• webMethods 6.0 Certified

• Honors Diploma in Software Technology and Systems Management

CONTACT INFORMATION

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• Phone – 630-***-****

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