Project Manager

Maneesh Sharma

**** ***** **** ***** *** • Houston, TX 77059 • 281-***-****(H) • 832-***-****(C)

Email: *******.********@*****.***

Professional Highlights:

• 16+ years professional experience delivering result solutions and managing teams

• 6+ years Cross Functional Technical Software Project Management managing various scaled projects of $500,000 to $1 million

• Managed resources to support multiple Program Management projects

• Managed process improvement project that resulted in million dollar savings to United Space Alliance and NASA

• Managed multi-site architecture project to convert legacy software to support Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

• Implemented Lean and Six Sigma principles and agile processes to create CMMI Level 3 processes to meet business goals and achieve certification

Professional Experience:

Project Manager January 2005 – Present

United Space Alliance Houston, TX

• Managed various scaled projects under NASA contracts that used Software Development Life Cycle (CMM Level 3 Compliant): Requirement Analysis, Design Analysis, Develop, Test, and Deploy

• Estimated project costs using Constructive Cost Model

• Regularly updated project status and tracked project costs in labor hours

• Skilled at determining project’s schedule and cost variance

• Determined and implemented corrective action(s) for project schedule and cost accountability

• Managed and performed project risk analysis leading to successful software testing and delivery

• Managed team of 6 software developers supporting multiple Program projects simultaneously

• Managed software developers updating .NET, JAVA applications, and databases.

• Coordinated various project participants & stakeholders: Facility Schedulers, developers, software installers, testers, customer, and management.

• Coordinated across multiple organizations and vendor to test Exceed on Demand platform that accessed several LINUX applications.

• Coordinated across multiple organizations to resolve a globally used software application plotting problem.

• Green Belt project resulted in Software Integration Engineering Process ( CMMI Level 3 Compliant)

• Green Belt project resulted in multi company integrated training and tracking process from concept to roll-out

• Established Green Belt project to identify Common Hardware and Software Configuration Management Process

• Created Use Cases for multi-site project dealing with delivery, installation, and use of Mission Control Technologies (MCT)Tool

• As Customer Liaison to Flight Director’s Office responsible for managing work requests, developing program level project schedules, obtaining resources, and resolving conflicts

• Developed process to manage documentation for displays developed in scripts or input files.

• Developed Discipline Software Organization’s Flight Readiness Review Packages containing software releases and fixes to support Mission Operations.

• Approved Discipline Software Organization’s Readiness to support Facility step-up to Simulations and/or Mission Operations.

• Conducted customer meetings to identify, prioritize and determine work as required by customer.

• Provided Performance Review on individuals assigned to designated projects.

• Resolved conflicts among stakeholders.

• Performed First Level Management Duties

Software Developer June 1997 – December 2004

United Space Alliance Houston, TX

• Successfully developed X Windows System applications to command and retrieve data from following medical devices on board International Space Station: BPECG, Defibrillator, Data Dump Collector, Radiation, and Volatile Organic Analyzer.

• Degenerated Customer requirements and generated data flow diagrams

• As Internal Quality Auditor led internal ISO 9000 audits in various organizations

• Responsible for installing and running application software on UNIX platform to support Shuttle and International Space Station Mission Operations.

Application Developer Analyst July 1996 – April 1997

CAP Gemini America Omaha, NE

• Analyzed, designed, developed, and tested software that controlled printing press that printed Salvation Army and Easter Seal letters.

Application Developer July 1995 –June 1996

West Interactive Corporation Omaha, NE

• Analyzed, designed, developed, and tested applications that allowed customers to place international calls using phone cards, capturing sweepstake information via voice capture, and talking to other small- business oriented customers.

Awards and Honors:

• Quest Monthly Team work award in 2001: Lead development of 5 medical software applications interfacing with hardware on the International Space station.

• Quest Monthly Teamwork Award in 2006: Managed feasibility study and project replacing a vendor’s tool used to develop displays in Mission Control Center. Eliminating license fees saving $1 million dollars to United Space Alliance and NASA.

• Performance Award in 2006: Successfully managed Mission Control Center Re-host project that resulting in platform independent application software.

• Performance Award in December 2009: Assumed increased responsibilities: Manage multi-site Mission Control Technology tool project; Customer Liaison between NASA Flight Director Office and Facilities Development Operations Contract Management; Lockheed Six Sigma Green belt training.

Education:

Master of Science (M.Sc) in Technical Management, Embry Riddle Aeronautical Spring 2008

University Houston Center Houston TX

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Computer Science Spring 1995

Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Electronic Engineering Technology Summer 1994

Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS

Other skills:

Operating System: UNIX, LINUX, Windows XP and Vista, Exceed on Demand

Tools: COSTAR (Constructive Cost Model), Insure ++ (Checks software memory leaks), Rhapsody tool to develop Unified Modeling language (UML) diagrams

Software Languages: C language, C++ language, X Windows System, and C Shell Script

Packages: Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Point, & Microsoft Word

Certifications:

Project Management Professional (PMP) to be certified

The Operating Excellence & Program Management Green Belt Training, Lockheed Certificate of Completion

Internal Quality System Auditor, Integrated Project Management Training, and Leadership Institute Series, United Space Alliance

Leadership & Management Certification Program, University of Houston

I received a Smartcard Personal Identification Verification Badge to access Mission Control Center after completing the Homeland Security Presidential Directive Identification, which requires more rigorous documentation of individual identity.

References:

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