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IT Project manager

Posted on: 2010-03-01

PRIYA RAMAMURTHY, PMP

E-mail: [email protected]

 

 

IT PROJECT MANAGER/ SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

 

PMI-certified, results-driven Project Manager with more than ten years’ experience managing complex IT projects and software development using global delivery. Strong technical & design background with hands-on development experience. Effective peoples’ manager and mentor. Excellent problem solving and documentation skills. Solid leadership, interpersonal relations, verbal and written communications and team building skills.

  • Responsible for analysis/definition of business requirements, identifying and mitigating risks
  • Experience in managing, mentoring and developing teams comprising of business analysts and developers.
  • Delivered enterprise business solutions using share point server 2007 (MOSS) and SharePoint services 3.0
  • Extensive experience with managing onshore-offshore development teams.

 

An efficient project manager with a track record of delivering quality projects on time and within budget.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

SourcePro Inc., (An EWIE Group Company), S. Plainfield, NJ                                                     Apr 2009 - Present

IT Project Manager

Managing distributed project team of more than 10 people using global delivery model. Responsible for complete SDLC of project planning, implementation, execution & testing, delivery, UATs and user training. Develop QA strategies and test approaches for assigned projects. Ensure timeliness and quality of deliverables. 

  • Streamline requirement specifications and communicate specifications to the technical team.
  • Proactively track and provide project progress reports and escalate issues to senior management.
  • Established strong partnerships within organization to drive business process improvements and technology engagements. Provided recommendations for process improvement and process re-engineering.
  • Responsible for providing risk management including mitigation strategies and managing the risk register.
  • Hired and build a quality offshore development team.

Major Accomplishments:

► Direct the development of AP 3-way match application and helped re-engineer AP process to reduce processing time by over 25%.

► Implement a case management system companywide to improve case tracking and response time efficiency by over 70%.

► Establish a Project Management Office (PMO) for the IT division of SourcePro. Implemented best practices and deployed common set of project management processes and templates.

► Manage implementation of a content management portal site for process management and training content. Helped improve training metrics and access to strategic information. 

 

EWIE Inc., (An EWIE Group Company), S. Plainfield, NJ                                         Jan. 2005 – Apr. 2009

Project Manager/ Software Development Manager

Strategic and tactical leadership to global development team. Created and executed offshore development center communications plan. Conducted joint application design sessions (JAD); documented requirements using use cases, swim lane diagrams, sequence diagrams. Reviewed architecture and system designs, technical & reference manuals. Managed system testing to ensure applications adhered to project standards, performance criteria and functional specifications. Collaborated with release manager and development team to ensure clean migration to production. Conducted UAT and training sessions. Researched and evaluated new technologies.

  • Supervised system testing to ensure that the applications adhered to project standards, performance criteria and functional specifications.
  • Partnered with business groups to review processes, measure performance and make improvements to increase value through cycle time improvements and operating cost reduction.
  • Assisted in opening an offshore (India) office. Researched new location, organized infrastructure requirements, initial hiring, operations, and productivity challenges.

 

Major Accomplishments:

► Implemented a workflow driven, intranet portal system based on MS SharePoint Technologies. The development environment included MOSS 2007 enabled with excel services having SQL Server 2005 backend

► Increased productivity, reduced reporting time, and saved the company more than $100,000 in direct costs by designing and implementing a business intelligence platform using SQL reporting services.

► Implemented Quote tracker management web application (SQL Reporting Services, ASP.Net) that helped improve on time quote delivery metrics by almost 90%

 

EWIE Inc., (An EWIE Group Company), S. Plainfield, NJ                                         Jan. 2003 – Dec. 2004

Software Development Lead

Gathered and assessed requirements from business users and acted as the single point of interface between them and the IT/QA team. Reviewed test plans, assisted with QA testing and UAT. Created training documentation and trained administrators to provide first level of support. Work closely with Microsoft Technical support team to diagnose and troubleshoot complex SharePoint problems, including researching issues related to client environments, configuration and permissions.

  • Developed business solutions through the use of effective design practices, on-time development cycles, and seamless deployment of custom-built web sites
  • Prototyped and tested interfaces with other systems such as BizTalk Server.
  • Worked with HR to convert existing paper forms and flowcharts to design a SharePoint Portal system and establish workflows

Major Accomplishments:

► Architected and delivered web based Cost Savings and Returns applications (ASP.Net, SQL Server 2005). Improved management and tracking of savings by 60% enabling company meet forecasted savings targets.

► Designed and implemented a document management solution (EDI, StreamServe, SQL Server 2000, and ASP.Net) to manage EDI conversations that reduced order entry time by 50% and improved order to cash efficiency.

 

Microtech Consultants, Inc., Woodbridge, NJ                                                                         Apr. 2001 – Jan. 2003

Sr. Programmer/Analyst

Developed an online store comprising of catalog, shopping cart and credit card transaction modules with commerce server 2000. Analyzed user needs, and researched to identify often used functions by user; Created screens organizing features/menus logically to enable users retrieve information in fewest possible clicks.

Major Accomplishments:

► Anticipated reduction of more than 20% in average time spent on order creation by users.

   

COMPRO Technologies Ltd., New Delhi, India                                                          June 1997 – Mar. 2001

Software Consultant

Developed a web-based and CD based multi-media catalog for a hardware parts conglomerate in US.

 

 

University of Delhi, New Delhi, India                                                                            July 1995 - June 1997

Lecturer

Taught graduate level courses in Neural Networks and FORTAN.

 

TECHNICAL SKILLSET

 

Project Management/Office: MS Project 2007/2003; Excel; Word; Visio; Office InfoPath 2007/2003

Project Management Methodologies: PMBOK, Spiral, MSF, Waterfall, Agile, Tenstep, Method123

Windows Server:  Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), SharePoint Portal Server 2003, WSS 3.0, WSS 2.0, Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 (SPD 2007), SQL Reporting Services, Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft Project Server, BizTalk server

Programming Languages: ASP.NET, VB.NET, ASP, HTML, JavaScript

Databases: SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 2005

QA Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Team Foundation Server (TFS), Test Director

Other: Visual SourceSafe, StreamServe 4.0

 

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

 

Project Management Professional (PMP), PM Institute (PMI)

Project Management for IS/ IT professionals, Villanova University

Certificate in MS Project 2007, Microsoft

Certificate in Analyzing Requirements and defining Microsoft .NET solution architectures, Microsoft

Certificate in Process Mapping, Rutgers University

 

EDUCATION

 

Master of Science in Electronics (Gold Medalist), University of Delhi, New Delhi, India                  1995

Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, NIIT, New Delhi, India                                                      1995

Bachelor of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India                                                              1993