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Senior Information technology professional with experience in development and support at major corporates like State street, CVS, Walmart and Apple. Knowledgeable and successful in managing IT programs at offshore and onsite using waterfall and Agile...
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I was responsible for initiation and delivery of the application
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Highlights of my work:
- Responsible for delivery of client onboarding applications sized 3 million USD
- Engage with business to understand scope, analyze requirements and prepare roadmap
- Finalize solution approach with architects, prepare staffing plans and cost estimates
- Prepare and review project plan and document milestone deliverables
- Manage design, development, testing and provide go-live support
- Identify gaps in existing process and help in their rectification
- Streamline development, testing and release processes and automate them to increase efficiency
- Manage program budget. track Opex and Capex and update share point with latest figures of cost burn rate v/s delivery
- Identify risks and dependencies that affect planned schedule of work and manage their resolution
- Organize periodic review meets with IT and business stake holders to share project progress with metrics related to schedule, cost variance, milestone progress, risks, change management.
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Contributed by owning end to end development and deployment using Agile methodologies
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Highlights of my work:
- Responsible for initiation, development and delivery of “Enhanced Custody Finance” application which was a strategic initiative of GTM to remodel the custody financing business
- Review and manage product road map with Business and Development VPs and plan releases
- Onboard and coach project teams on Scrum methodology and guide in adoption of best practices
- Supervise agile ceremonies and ensure documentation and tracking of outcomes in RTC
- Create suitable templates for project artifacts and ensure they are updated as per norms
- Manage development of UI, services and database functions and secure signoff for testing
- Increase speed of delivery by adopting CI/CD practices and tools like Jenkins, SONAR, Jacaco
- Identify and mitigate risks and inter team dependencies by early planning and engagement
- Measure the metrics of Velocity, burn rate and story points delivered to make course corrections
- Secured Platinum certification for all 3 teams which indicates top level of agile process maturity
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Highlights of my work:
- Responsible for delivery of CVS Online store applications
- Conduct engagement kick off meetings to communicate project scope, timelines, costs, risks and their mitigation plans, communication plan
- Establish a governance structure for the engagement and plan the structure and format of status reporting, project documentation, escalation matrix and change management
- Review project plans, mile stones, system and performance testing plans and release timelines
- Review UI design, service components and data model changes and assess the impact
- Manage onsite and offshore development teams and track the progress through unified status calls
- Document and manage release plans and resolve dependencies to avoid release break downs
- Resolve escalations, track schedule and budget against approved plans and minimize variances
- Preparation of dash boards to ensure visibility about work status, upcoming releases, improvements in delivery timelines, staffing and financials
- Organize program review and status meetings with VP, director and senior managers to communicate overall program status, issues and risks
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Managed agile teams
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Highlights of my work:
- Manage two scrum teams and ensure successful delivery of application
- Work with business managers to understand product needs
- Groom and manage product backlog and finalize release priorities
- Work with architects and UI team on design, technical back log and integration
- Attend quarterly PI planning and finalized deliverables in consultation with PO and scrum teams
- Conduct story grooming sessions with PO and team to ensure common understanding and avoid functional gaps
- Organize sprint planning meets to finalize work for each sprint and secure PO concurrence
- Conduct daily stand-ups to know the sprint progress and resolve issues
- Manage Sprint demo and retrospective meetings to get PO feedback and identify areas of improvement
- Use JIRA and manual scrum boards to manage sprint work and track blockers
- Maintain team communication and documentation in confluence
- Resolve risks and impediments by collaborating with other scrum teams
- Report periodic status through velocity tracking and sprint burndown charts
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