SUMMARY

• Proficiently skilled distinctly focused Senior Project Manager & Product Manager excelling with over a decade of experience in Financial/Business Analysis, Project Management and Team Leading.
• Possessing a profoundly distinctive technical acumen, strategic execution, problem solving & analytical skills.
• Thereby, aiming to strengthen a career with a motive to utilize all the gained knowledge and skills for the betterment of the organization.

Areas of Expertise

• Prod Road mapping, Gap Analysis, Prod
• Backlog Management, Risk Management
• Team Leadership & Mentoring
• Server
• AS400
• Reporting/ETL tools
• Cognos, Informatica MDM 9.1, Tableau, Informatica PowerCenter 9.X
• Agile Tools
• VSTS, TFS, JIRA One, ADO (Azure DevOps), Aha & Confluence

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/7/10/11

Process/Tools: Google mail, Slack, Requisite Suite (Requisite pro, Rose), MS Visio, MS Office, Rational Unified, MS Access, Brio, ServiceNow SFDC (Salesforce), ERP (S/4 Hana), C4S, Process (RUP), UML, Visual Source Safe, HP Quality Center, SuperLibra

Languages: C, C++, SQL, PL - SQL

Databases: My SQL, SQL Server, MS Access

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Tampa FL

Sr. IT Program/Project Manager & Product Manager

Responsibilities:

• Aligned Product Vision & Developed product road map with stakeholders. Collaborated with teams to build/manage Prod Backlog
• Work with other Product Owners to ensure there is a coordinated approach across the entire VZC ecosystem.
• Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
• Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
• Analyzed architecture design, scoping, implementation, testing and deployment needs to define project requirements.
• Designed, documented and executed system upgrades and patch management using update manager.
• Assessed each scrum team member's responsibilities and delegated tasks to balance each employee's workload.
• Applied agile methodology to shorten cycle time and achieve target margins.
• Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.
• Proactively identified and found ways to resolve issues to prevent distractions and keep projects on track.
• Led and assisted technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
• Managed complex, cross-functional programs by dependency management, which mitigated significant business impact
• Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics.
• Developed project management road map to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.

Confidential, Tampa FL

Sr. Business Analyst /Product Owner/ Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Evaluated consistency and importance of different business intelligence data against needs to determine optimal courses of action.
• Synthesized current business intelligence data to produce reports and polished presentations, highlighting findings and recommending changes.
• Demonstrated extensive product knowledge in combination with data analysis skills to foster informed business decisions
• Build User stories, defined acceptance criterion, maintain prioritized backlog & collaborated with design & UI/UX team
• Prioritize product backlog & drove Scrum team progress to overcome obstacles and realize success throughout life of each sprint.
• Collaborated with business owners, team members, technologists and other scrum masters to define solutions and drive progress.
• Assessed Risks which may impact delivery, quality or customer experience & provided leadership with proposed options.
• Performed market research to evaluate trends and optimize Pharmacy Order Life cycle process.
• Led sprint reviews, daily scrums and planning meetings to realize full team engagement.
• Researched emerging technologies and current trends to stay knowledgeable in methods that could benefit Scrum team.
• Evangelized Agile as strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in implementation of new tools and techniques.
• Facilitated the PI Planning readiness, by fostering the preparation of Vision and Backlogs, and through Pre-PI Planning and Post-PI Planning meetings
• Proficient in writing queries on AS400, SQL queries using Microsoft Access/SQL server

Confidential, Warwick RI

Financial Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed forecasting tools to analyze revenue variance, business pipeline and industry trends.
• Managed, tracked and monitored financial updates, watch lists and insurance files.
• Assessed companies dealing with difficulties to identify possible corrective strategies based on financial and operational data.
• Reviewed financial reports and streamlined operations to increase productivity and company profits.
• Improved operational efficiency and cultivated cost reduction and increased productivity.
• Delivered financial oversight and advice to corporate stakeholders to improve strategic planning.
• Valued and priced securities and companies based on historical, current and forecasted information.
• Reviewed weekly and monthly budget performance reports, ensuring departments and agencies operated within allocated budgets and investigated excessive expenses and reporting discrepancies.
• Identified risks associated with projects, contract approvals and other client accounting issues.
• Monitored and analyzed financial, statistical and operational data trends.
• Built and maintained databases for forecasting future financial performance.