Project Manager Management

Sorab Gakhar, PMP

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Professional Summary:

A results-driven PMP certified Senior Technical Project Manager offering 17+ years of experience in the IT industry within diverse environments. A talent for successfully delivering strategic projects using outstanding organization, team building, communication and training skills. Experienced understanding of Project Management methodologies for software development (SDLC and PMLC), IT System integration, Major system cutovers during mergers and data center consolidation. Trained and experienced Project manager for SAP systems, Web based Portal systems, Mainframes (SCEPTRE) and ETL based transformation projects..

Normal responsibilities include resource management, business process re-engineering and documentation, developing project plans, managing timelines, requirements gathering, manage operational aspects of projects, scope management, change management, identifying and mitigating issues and risks, developing contingency plans, user acceptance testing, project training, and executing successful user signoff.

Personal Attributes:

Team Player, Creative, Proactive, Strong Communicator, Facilitative Leader, Consistent and Focused, Innovator, Self-Starter & Self Managed, Detail Oriented, Conflict Resolution, Visionary

Project Management Tools

Primavera Teamplay, Clarity, MS Project, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Mindmanager, Change control systems, Sharepoint, Defect Tracking Systems, Issue Management Systems, Budget Management Systems, Project Management Information Systems

Professional Experience:

Primitive Logic September 2011 - Present

Senior Project Manager / Delivery Manager

• Consulting at Pacific Gas and Electric to help plan and deliver a University Management System for residential and commercial energy efficiency classes.

• Work with Business owners to define engagement models, resourcing, project structure, communications and delivery models.

• Define the attributes of success and deliver excellence through client expectations, resource and solution management.

• Work closely with project teams to define UML and Use cases related to project requirements definition.

Wells Fargo July 2009 – September 2011

Senior Technical Project Manager

• Wells Fargo Bank acquired Wachovia Bank drawing forth the largest bank merger in history.

• Worked as a contract consultant, Responsible for helping develop an onshore, offshore model that scaled from 25 to over 200 people.

• Brought in to define, develop and drive projects and processes related to merging Wholesale technology systems between both banks.

• Successfully delivered:

o The first automated data transfer project to migrate credentials of 70,000 customers from Wachovia portals into Wells Fargo Portal systems.

o Within 2 years had direct managerial responsibility for implementing and running over 30 code promotions into production along with direct management of all production events which includes 20 – 300 people for each event.

o The first program to automate the delivery of over 1 billion product entitlements from 20 source applications into 35 go forward systems.

o From Start to Finish. A manager of the largest automated wholesale financial merger rollout ever.

o Multiple smaller projects related to data migration and reporting of automated solution metrics.

• Direct responsibility:

o Defining policies and procedures and ensuring their rollout.

o Managing day to day tasks for over 20 resources ranging from Project Managers, Data Architects, Modelers, Engineers and Automation specialists on a Platform (Production Support) team.

o Managing security audit requirements, security plans, bcp plans, implementations etc.

o Management of overall testing environments and production environments in a hybrid Unix/Oracle, Windows/SQL architecture using Informatica, Autosys and NDM.

o Driving weekly, monthly, yearly timelines across multiple functional organizations and resources. Building a Quarterly release cycle with overlapping requirements and handling all production planning and implementation procedures.

o Manage teams for design, test, and automation of new code from lower environments through production along with production support procedures.

o Management of the hybrid Unix/Microsoft platform, including working with related impacted teams for code promotion procedures to different environments

U.S. Airways, Tempe, AZ August 2007 – June 2009

IT Program/Project Manager

• Key leader during merger related activities (US Airways / America West) and post merger process growth initiatives.

• Manage multiple programs/project priorities, involving department or cross-functional teams focused on the timely and successful delivery of a project or system

• Communicate with other PMs, stakeholders, upstream and downstream application owners to coordinate activities, events, milestones, and deliverables

• Led large scale projects and programs while adhering to PMO standards and guidelines. Delivering projects on time, within budget and with the highest quality possible. Responsible for reporting and communications to internal and external customers at all levels of the organization.

• Develop PM principles, processes and methodologies to redefine the role of projects within the organization.

• Project knowledge and standards expert as a liaison to the business and other project managers for process related project portfolio management.

• Strategically manage multiple programs with interdependent projects along with weekly resource planning and change control.

• Produce weekly program and project detailed cost reports across multiple capital approvals, accurately capturing spent to date data and accurate cost forecasting.

• Participate in departmental budget functions and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary

• Manage groups of .NET, COBOL developers, business analysts and QA testers for delivering portal management solutions and developing mainframe solutions (SCEPTRE).

• Managed the implementation of over 25 medium to large projects from inception in a multi-functional matrix environment.

• Creating, storing and preparing project documentation for external KPMG audits.

• Managed IBM RACF Security Initiatives, including SOX audit requirements.

Hewlett Packard, Houston, TX February 2004 – August 2007

IT Project Manager

• Strategic planning leader of IT Architecture for Asset End of Life, Data Center Consolidation and Product Data Management system integration.

• Developed and executed project management plans.

• Managed overall coordination, status reporting, communication and resources of project efforts.

• Business requirements analysis, definition, documentation and communication.

• Business Process documentation and re-engineering.

• Test Case development and management, System and Integration Testing.

• Experienced managing projects with SAP EH&S, SAP BW, SAP MM, SAP DMS, Netweaver, ETL and Custom SAP Portals.

• Managed multiple worldwide training efforts engaging businesses in other countries with training on tools and processes.

• Developed Solutions for Supply Chain environmental data management through external collaboration techniques with cost avoidance figures of $220,000.

o As the project manager, developed business processes to allow HP supply base access to internal Product Data Management systems for managing environmental data.

o Following the HP 5D Project Management methodology, Developed a project plan, managed timelines, managed issues and risks, developed contingency plans, User acceptance testing and project training, Executed successful user, sponsor, and stakeholder signoff.

• Solutions for internal environmental Bill of Materials review cost avoidance techniques with figures of $700,000. Coordination of the Project and Project Team from Define phase through Delivery and Support: Supervised project team members and served as a business liaison across 8 different business units and multiple IT organizations.

Interactive Media Design, Houston, TX November 2002 – February 2004

Project Manager

• Managed multiple client relationships to help deliver many small strategic projects for new online systems.

• Developed and executed project plans with deliverables and milestone dates.

• Responsible for overall coordination, status reporting, communication and resources of project efforts.

• Business requirements analysis, definition, documentation and communication.

Compaq/Hewlett Packard, Houston, TX October 1998 – November 2002

Competitive Product Marketing Manager

• Responsible for coordinating multiple projects in the Industry standard Server Group, managing strategy for Compaq and Blade products

• Creating and maintaining a competitive lab to promote awareness of marketing and hardware through demos and reviews.

• Worked with many bleeding edge servers and server solutions created by the Industry Standard Server group to assess advantage over competitors.

• Coordinated World-wide distribution of training and sales information including streaming videos, white papers and presentations.

• Experienced with Dell servers including Dell server technologies, capabilities and benefits. Also proficient with installing and configuring Dell technologies.

• Experienced with HP, IBM servers and technologies including clustered, multiproc servers, remote cards, and server install/deployment and management software.

Technical Skills:

Proficient use of HP/Compaq, IBM, and Dell Servers as well as whitebox solutions. ASP (Microsoft Active Server Pages), HTML, VBScript, Visual Basic, Visual C++, PHP, Windows Platforms, Linux, Unix, Internet Marketing, Competitive Analysis, Outsourcing, Hosting, Adobe Photoshop/Image editing, Video Editing, Macromedia Flash, Microsoft Office Suite, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, Networking, Installing hardware and software. SAN, Blade PC technology, Altiris, Session Allocation Manager, RDP, and RGS.

Education:

University of Houston, Houston, TX December 2002

Bachelors of Science: Information Systems Technology

PMP Certified Professional in good standing with PMI

Affiliations:

Member of the PMI National organization.

Member of the San Francisco chapter of PMI

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