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AREAS OF EXPERTISE SDLC (Waterfall, Agile) Project Management Change Management Vendor Management Automation Testing SUMMARY An ambitious Project Management Professional and Certified Scrum Master with 5+ years of experience who values teamwork, integrity and accountability to help drive teams to exceed beyond their current limitations. Skilled at meeting the demands of business objectives, by way of identifying, clarifying, scheduling and tracking projects throughout the project life cycle. With proven solid understandings of the agile development methodology and leading both technology and technologically challenged teams in the agile framework. Adept at juggling the demands of complex projects to meet the scope of their deliverables, through strong leadership, data analysis, communications and creative problem solving. Seasoned at working with cultural diverse teams across the globe, from early-stage requirements gathering and procurement of services to project follow-through and completion. * Manage multiple teams of (20+ resource both onsite and offshore) * Demonstrated responsibility and leadership capabilities at all the deliverables. * Lead, manage and drive teams in Agile methodology in Product based companies to effectively deliver on schedule and Budget. * Active participation in product requirement meetings with the stakeholders. * Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions for gathering requirements, analysis and design. * Extensive knowledge on developing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Requirement Document (FRD), Technical Specification Document (TSD), Scope of Work (SOW). * Experience in conducting GAP analysis, SWOT analysis, Cost benefit analysis and ROI analysis. * Manage, review and execute manual, automation and performance test strategies, test plans and test cases. * Design of project checklists, risk registers, issue trackers, communication plans, change management plans and implementation plans. * Conduct and manage demo of products to business team and management. * Provided additional adjudication processing assistance to team members with complex reimbursement and client-related questions. * Design and review project plans and checklists prepared by team to process Customers data. Owned the entire SDLC process for development projects. * Closely worked with procurement team and involved in vendor management for resources. Managed and executed custom support activities. * Developed Risk management document, Disaster management documents, Change management documents and Vendor management documents. * Analyzed the existing release process and submitted multiple reports to improve the process and efforts. EXPERIENCE SUMMARY Client: FAVLY, CA Role: Tech Project Manager/Scrum Master/Agile Coach OCT 2017 - PRESENT Favly is a Business-Centric Platform that enables local small business, consumers and communities to connect. Customers can ask For a referral, recommendation on a business or service from friends, associates, social network, the local community search and review businesses, ask questions, find solutions and purchase gift cards. Businesses can create their own listing with photos, videos, announcements, specials, gift cards and information tailored to their customers. Responsibilities: * Communicated with stakeholders regarding project risks and supported enterprise/non-enterprise production releases. * Involved in technology, maintaining a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, and identifying Emerging technologies that can impact growth. * Achieved 25 percent efficiency improvement by identifying and removing impediments to prevent distractions and introducing new time management technique by managing the product team and ensure they focus on sprint goals. * Led sessions to aid co-creation of Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, and Team Values & Working Agreements. * Created and presented project status reports to business and upper management on a bi-weekly basis and conducted quarterly forecast sessions with the use of MS PowerPoint presentations. * Identified the potential problems, associated risks and implementing risk mitigation measures in various projects. * Responsible for preparing the project plan, project schedule, milestone tracking and resource allocation using MS Project. Responsible for writing Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) and User Requirement Specifications. * Experience in writing and executing Change management plans and vendor management plans for successful software. * Tracked and communicated team velocity, sprint/release progress, sprint burnt down and other metrics that helped business in release planning. Maximized resource utilization resulting in 40% increase in productivity. * Responsible for regular analysis and tracking of budget between the multiple development teams part of multiple vendors. Monitored and communicated health of the project through metrics. * Collaborated with marketing and sales teams to communicate value of the products we build to the market. Environment: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JSON, JQuery, .Net, ASP.NET, iOS, Android, Angular.js, Bootstrap, Coda, GIT, Jasmine, JIRA, Visual Studio. Client: EMERGE MEDIA/Translate.com, IL