SUMMARY:

A versatile and self - directed results driven technology manager with demonstrated experience in program/project management, mission critical service delivery, business operations, customer service and strategic planning. A problem solver with extensive global background in Software Delivery, large scale projects with 24x7 availability, Cyber security based services and products with a multi-national presence. With ability to manage large project/programs with customer facing as well as subcontracted vendors and adapt to new situations, seeking a chance to work with a growing company with exciting work

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Program Management
• Project Management
• Software Development
• Service Delivery Management
• Vendor Management
• Software release management
• Real time Payment Systems
• PCI-DSS
• ISAE 3000
• PKI
• Smart Cards
• Identity Management
• Hardware tokens
• SafeNet Luna
• Thales nShield
• Authentication
• Entrust Certificate Authority
• LDAP
• SWIFTNet/Alliance products
• Software/Hardware security & risk assessment
• Penetration test
• Hardware Life Cycle
• Customer Campaign Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Manage sub-contract with Fiserv and ensure all contract deliverables were completed according to contract schedules
• Project logistics, financial tracking, budgeting, project management and scheduling for vendor as well as internal delivery
• Full life cycle development with customer requirements development, design and elaborate, planning, execution and launch phases
• Oversee completion of PCI-DSS assessment, ISAE-3000 audit/compliance, business continuity planning
• Chair Joint Steerco between Confidential and Fiserv, attend internal executive steerco and tech steerco
• Manage delivery of Confidential software in multiple iterations to financial institutions part of this program
• Work with Industry Test Working group responsible for delivering and executing the Industry Test Strategy and Plan the new platform
• Work with Operational Working group responsible for identifying operational (technical as well business) aspects of the new platform

Senior Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked with Gemalto (SafeNet) engineering, manufacturing and quality divisions to build Confidential customized next generation Confidential with increased performance and resiliency
• Overseeing integration and qualification of the HSM with Confidential Products including penetration tests, quality tests by hiring third party vendors
• Managed customer campaign with 4 campaign managers to refresh the hardware at customer sites while closely working with customers
• Managed customer refresh strategy, financials, and program executive status reports and updates to C-level executives

IT Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead and managed medium to large IT Projects using Confidential project methodologies (Waterfall and agile) and procedures
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects with cross-functional teams spread across USA, Belgium, Netherlands and Malaysia
• Lead workshops to gather business, functional, operational requirements and determine project scope and feasibility
• Negotiate contracts, change requests to acquire new products services from various vendors
• Manage IT resources, business resources, and vendor resources related to project activities
• Develop and manage project plan, resources, scheduling and budget
• Stakeholder project issues, status with project teams as well as senior management including

Lead Service integration Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead integration and testing of various Confidential products
• Help Project managers in analyze, budget and track the projects
• Specialized in Information security (PKI based solutions)
• Expertise in designing, implementing and supporting 24x7 mission critical applications with 100% availability.
• Level 3 Center of Expertise for various Confidential products supporting customer support and Operations team
• Lead a team of 4 to design and implement business continuity plan for Confidential against de-capacitation of existing data centers.
• Technology evaluation lead for selecting various vendor products for Confidential applications such as TIBCO Rendezvous for messaging, Netscape Enterprise Directory, Role based access control products, various Hardware Security Modules
• Evaluating vendors based on the product, vendors financial position, risks etc.

Software Developer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Worked as software developer designing, developing various software applications using different computer languages like Algol, COBOL, Java, C++, Oracle etc.
• Worked as Integration engineer integrating various vendor products for Confidential ’s new messaging solution (Swiftnet).
• As consultant, at Pacific Bell (now ATT), worked as Confidential mainframes System Analyst supporting number of systems and applications.
• As consultant, at Michigan Department of Transportation, worked as Confidential mainframes System Analyst.
• Designed and developed, ASSURE, a test automation tool for Confidential mainframe based applications
• Worked as part of maintenance team for Confidential database systems in offshore development facility