SUMMARY

• Experienced Agilist and Program Manager offering 17+ years of success, leading all phases of diverse technology projects: CSP, CSM, CSPO and Six Sigma Black Belt credentials; degrees in Business Administration and Engineering
• Managed programs and projects involving multiple vendors and spread across geographies. Also conceptualized and managed Agile PMO. Intellection and implementation of Scaled Agile (SAFe) across enterprise’s IT and engineering divisions
• Planed and managed multimillion - dollar projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains
• I leverage technical and business acumen to communicate effectively with C level executives

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Servant leader
• Outcome based approach
• Coaching & mentorship
• Assertive & facilitative
• Scaled Agile
• Software development & support
• Process improvement migrations & integrations
• Project scheduling, costing & budgeting
• Cross-Functional supervision & client relations
• Business & IT planning
• IT vendor management
• Agile PMO setup & management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Working with NeApp as Agile Program Manager
• Managed and executed SFDC, Oracle ERP, IDM, MDM, and Siebel integration program.
• This team has onsite as well offshore components.
• This was the first Agile program at NetApp
• Managed and executed ERP upgrade program at NetApp
• Managed Salesforce implementation (Service and Sales Cloud) at Confidential
• Managed and executed Integration initiative at Confidential
• Leading PreSales team focusing on Salesforce, Integration and BigData

Confidential

Agile Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• NetApp
• Instrumental in setting up Agile PMO
• Managed Salesforce rollout
• Oracle ERP upgrade (9.x to 10.x)
• Setup of mobility framework utilizing Kony
• FY16 transition of Sales and Marketing applications which include Salesforce, MDM, Quoting engine (Oracle ERP), Sales Team Compensation (AnaPlan), and Hierarchy of Sales Team (SMART)
• Architected and designed Oracle ERP and SAP integration for contract and install base interfaces using Oracle Fusion Middleware.
• Architected and designed integration of Salesforce, Siebel, MDM (Prospect and Partner), IDM, Inference Engine integration, and R12 using Oracle Fusion Middleware
• Release Management for ERP, Integration & Identity Management
• Confidential
• Conceptualize Enterprise wide Agile roll out using Scaled Agile (SAFe)
• Confidential: Salesforce implementation focusing on Sales and Service cloud
• Confidential
• Leading PreSales efforts around SaaS, Cloud, Bigdata and Integration

Confidential

Agile Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Leadership and management of CoE in core technology areas and successful execution of several initiatives.
• Successfully built a joint COE with customer in enterprise SOA.
• Advises several strategic customers in driving COE in building core competency in areas like Web 2.0, SOA Integration, Identity Management, and SaaS
• Developed and managed Enterprise Architecture, BigData, SOA, and Cloud Teams to gain business across the globe.
• In addition, directly involved in development and enforcing architecture for BPM and Portal initiatives which encompasses various projects using TIBCO and Oracle Fusion Middleware tool sets.
• Lead member of Development and Review Panel of RFPs & Proposals.
• Extensively involved in presales activities and works as interface between Sales and Delivery teams
• Worked with African markets for outsourcing and off shoring model.
• To purse this objective, engaged with TELCOs and ISPs.
• The projects include IT & ITeS services - portal development, data migration, integration, setting up architectural board, remote Infrastructure management, application & product maintenance & support - 24x7, product implementation
• Led a team of professionals who were engaged in assessment for Architecture - Enterprise, Product, sustenance of IT assets and setting up Engineering Processes
• Established new strategic direction of utilizing Agile Project Management methodologies - Scrum, Kanban and Test Driven Development
• Instrumental in winning major projects in South Africa in ISP and Telco domain

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• One of the Founding members of the Architecture team.
• Developed roadmap for off-shoring POS customization and implementation across 5000+ stores of Confidential, using iterative development and deployment approach. Supported requirements management, software engineering and architectural needs. A key team member in the transition from a legacy point of sales (POS) to new generation standard based POS
• Architected and developed customer loyalty program to encapsulated gift card, in-store card, store credit and insurance cover for prescriptions
• For GoldenRule, built a BPM, SOA and EAI solution. Worked with C level executives to perform a technical and business assessment of technology infrastructure. Created an implementation plan based on workflow, use cases, and requirements. Mentored the resultant team. Transformed development effort into a profit center from cost center