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MBA, PMP, SSM, CSM, CSPO, ICP-ACC, BS (Computer Engineering)Street Address 14th stBuffalo NY Street Address
PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEEMAIL AVAILABLELINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLEIntroductionIn my long career of more than 30+ years in Information Technology, I have progressed from being a Software developer to Project Manager, Program Manager and Senior Scaled Agile Scrum Master, Agile coach, and Product Owner.RolesSoftware developer.C++, SQL etc. B.S in Computer Engineering.Scaled Agile (SAFe) Scrum Master.CSM and SSM certified from ScrumAlliance.org and Scaled Agile IncProject Manager, Program Manager.PMP Certified. Adept in using Waterfall and Agile methodologies.Agile coach.Certified ICP-ACC Agile coach from ICAgile.Product OwnerCSPO Certified from ScrumAlliance.org.SkillsProficient in using Project Management and Scrum tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, ServiceNow etc.Extensive experience in managing dual-shore projects (US/ India) (Europe/India).Experience in practicing Agile Methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, XP & lean.Experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master for Web applications, Data centric applications, Mobile apps, Cloud deployed apps, Microservices and RPA Automation.Worked as software developer in prestigious US Corporations like Apple, Oracle, EMC, Risk Management Inc etc.Good experience in Banking domain for Global Sanctions enforcement, BSA, AML and OFAC screening for Payments Transactions (SWIFT MT, CHIPS, FEDWIRE, ISO20022). Also worked in the Finance department for Profitability monitoring and Regulatory Model execution. CCAR and CECL.Worked in big retail e-commerce, and Health insurance companies.Experience SummarySoftware Developer (C++, C#, Java, .Net) 16 yearsProject Manager (Agile and Waterfall) 14 yearsScrum Master (Jira, Azure DevOps) 12 yearsScaled Agile (SAFe) scrum master 5 yearsAgile Coach 3 yearsProduct Owner 2 yearsMy USPAs a Scrum Master/Project Manager, I have a proven track record of cultivating high performance teams.I focus on continuous team improvement, providing thought leadership, using escalation management, anticipating impediments, and making necessary tradeoffs, keeping in mind the interest of the business.EducationMBA (Finance and Banking) - Indira Gandhi University, New Delhi India - 2012B.S (Computer Engineering) - Bombay University, India - 1988PMP - Project Management Institute, USA.SSM Certified Scaled Agile (SAFe) Scrum Master, Scaled Agile Inc, USACSM Certified Scrum Master, Scrum Alliance, USAICP-ACC Certified Agile Coach, ICAgile USACSPO Certified Product Owner, Scrum Alliance, USAVarious Masters level Project Management courses from UC Berkeley USA (Extension)Visa StatusUS CITIZENAwardsAwarded USA Patent #7954109Patent Title: Systems and methods for time-based sorting and display of captured data events in a multi-protocol communications System.ExperienceNOV 2023 MAY 2024M&T Bank, Buffalo NY Project Manager/Scrum Master ContractSAFe Scrum master in the Finance Management ART. Associated with two teams viz.1. Profitability Management.Using Oracle Financial Apps (OFSAA), Hadoop and SQL databases. Migration to Snowflake and Oracle cloud is undergoing. Kanban is the agile methodology used. Essentially it is a BAU operation.2. Regulatory Model Execution.CCAR and CECL report generation for Fed and internal audit. This project is an attempt to replace existing implementation of SAS RFW software with a homegrown python-based solution. SAFe Scrum is the agile methodology used.Jira and Confluence are the main agile tools used. Target Process and Jira roadmaps are used for ART level dashboards.My responsibilities:1.Work with the PO on project roadmap, schedule and resource requirements.2.Regular reporting of the project status to all stakeholders and management.3.Continuous improvement in the team productivity/throughput.4.Agile coaching of the teams as and when required.NOV 2022 JUL 2023BNY MELLON Bank, Pittsburgh PA Project Manager, Scrum Leader IIVP for Agile Transformation in the sanctions enforcement department (Operations and new projects). Responsibilities included putting together an Agile Framework using Scrum methodology, coaching the team in Agile principles, acting as a scrum master and a product owner.I was managing real time payment transactions screening for OFAC and other global sanctions enforcement using Fircosoft Continuity and Pelican AI software. I was Project manager/Scrum Master for new projects mainly about making Payment applications sanctions compliant. Responsible for sanctions screening of various types of payment transactions like SWIFT MT, ISO 20022, and FUF formats.Jira and Confluence were the tools used and I have used some advanced capabilities of Jira such as Roadmaps (using JQL) and Workflows.Removal of false positives was achieved using AI and NLP. Pelican AI was the software used to help in this activity.JUNE 2020 OCT 2022REGIONS Bank, Birmingham AL Senior SAFe Scrum MasterScrum Master for two teams in Regions Bank Financial Crimes unit (BSA/AML/OFAC).Worked in a scaled agile framework based advanced ART. Handled two teams working for Banking Operations related to BSA/AML/OFAC. Jira and Confluence were the main tools used for this Scrum Master role. I interacted closely with all the stakeholders viz. Program team, Operations, System Architect, Technical teams, Business Analysts etc. I conducted all scrum ceremonies and helped in the PI planning and goal setting for the teams.Worked with Lexis Nexis Bridger software for static KYC OFAC scanning, and SAS AML for BSA/AML enforcement.UiPath was the RPA tool used. Projects involved usage of micro services architecture deployed on Cloudera on-prem private cloud and Red Hat Openshift container platform. Hadoop was the Bigdata technology used, and data access was through Hive and Apache Spark, from Data Lake and a dedicated Data Mart.Supporting utilities and components were developed in .Net using C# as the language and MS Visual Studio as the development platform.On the data warehouse side, I oversaw the project to migrate Oracle data mart to Hadoop and Apache Spark based distributed data mart. For ETL on Hadoop side, tools used were Hive and Spark, whereas Toad for Oracle was used on the Oracle side. PL/SQL and Spark SQL were used for data processing needs.JANUARY 2020 JUNE 2020PNC Bank, Pittsburgh PA Senior Scrum Master - ContractScrum Master for two teams in PNC Retail Banking.I used Scrum technique for the Automation team and Kanban for the Resiliency team. Jira and Confluence are the main tools used for the Scrum Master role. As I was a senior developer and solution architect in my initial career, I helped the team in technology related matters besides performing all the Scrum ceremonies. I also doubled as the Product Owner involved in Backlog grooming and Release planning. I do have working knowledge of tools like Automation Anywhere, Ansible and other DevOps tools like Bamboo and Harness.AUGUST 2019 DECEMBER 2019Staples, Framingham MA DevOps SAFe Scrum Master - ContractSAFe Scrum Master for DevOps and eCommerce Azure migration teams.I was part of the Agile Release Train which had almost 100 team members and 8-10 Scrum Masters. I was using Scrum methodology for the Azure Cloud migration project team and Kanban for the enterprise CICD team. Jira and Confluence were being heavily used within my teams and to interact between other teams.In Staples the latest in DevOps tools is used including Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, Terraform, Nephos, Electrode, NginX, MongoDB, Couchbase, Kubernetes etc.Developers used MS VSTS as the development platform for code control.All projects supported the Enterprise operation of E-Commerce and Retail business of Staples.My job responsibilities included conducting all Scrum ceremonies, taking part in PI planning and collaborating with the product owner on a regular basis. For the DevOps team I had to play the Product Owner role too as there was no officially designated Product Owner.JUNE 2019 JULY 2019Da Vinci software, Bismarck ND - Agile Coach and TrainerDeputed to North Dakota State Information Technology Department. Conducted Agile Transformation training for the state IT employees. Acted as a Scrum Master on a pilot project.Microsoft Azure DevOps was the tool used for Scrum, Kanban and DevOps activities.MAY 2018 - MAY 2019Cintero Systems, Mumbai India Program Manager / Scrum MasterCintero Systems is a Web & Mobile Development Company based in Mumbai. As a Program Manager I was involved with various activities like Business Development, Client Engagement, Project Management and QA of various projects which the company had undertaken.I was instrumental in introducing the Agile Methodology for work projects, acting as the Agile coach for the development team. I also acted as Scrum Master using tools like Orange Scrum (freeware) to facilitate agile way of doing work. Notable clients included Zee media, which is a major TV Broadcasting and Media company in India.DEC 2016 - FEB 2018Mediserve, Mumbai India - Program Manager / Scrum MasterThis erstwhile company was a subsidiary of the Brighton Health Group of USA, part of the health insurance industry. It had BPO and Software development operations. It employed more than 300 people at its Mumbai office. It supported all USA Healthcare functions such as providing Health Insurance, Credentialing, Revenue Cycle Management, Claims Adjudication, Provider Verification, Provider/Payee operations etc.As the Program Manager my responsibilities included taking care of Network Infrastructure and Software delivery. Additional responsibilities included resource procurement and operations management, customer engagement and new technology adoption. My mandate was to provide IT solutions and vision, for better operation of the business. I was involved in planning the IT needs of the company and budgeting for the resources necessary to execute the plans and delivering IT solutions.One of my initiatives was to create a Sharepoint based company Intranet. I coordinated the daily scrum. Used MS TFS as the Scrum and Project management tool.MAY 2014 - AUG 2016Niteo Systems (Subsidiary of NEC America), Pune India -Infrastructure and Dev Project Manager/Scrum MasterI was in-charge of development and execution of NEC application suite to support Remote Monitoring Services line of business. This application suite monitors and triggers support response for all events occurring at NEC managed I.T. installations around the world. This is a real time, mission critical application suite which has to be operational 24x7. Applications were developed using diverse software platforms like .net, J2EE, Lotus Domino etc. and interface to external systems like Peoplesoft CRM. EMC smarts, Microsoft Biztalk server etc. I managed team of people at Pune and Chennai locations.I acted as the Scrum Master for multiple projects using HP ALM as the Agile tool. HP-ALM helps to manage project milestones, deliverables, and resources. It also supports testing and defect management.I had to closely coordinate with the Account Managers in various worldwide locations and with the sales team in Irving TX USA.MAY 2013 - DEC 2013Infinite Computing Systems, Mumbai India - Program ManagerInfinite Computing Systems Inc is based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with an offshore office in Mumbai India. It is a CMMi 3 certified company. It is a Microsoft Gold Partner developing solutions using all products in the Microsoft technology stack.For web-based applications I used MS Visual Studio with MS TFS to do the Agile Project management. I acted as Product Owner for Parking enforcement system for the city of Cedar Rapids IA.I was the program manager for Web Content Management Systems for many Cities in the US using DotNetNuke tool.I practiced lean methodology by giving more value to the customers and reducing the number of defects by using Extreme programming principles.My responsibilities also included preparing the sales pitch, creating response to RFPs and defending the RFP response to prospective clients.MAY 2009 - OCT 2012GCO Technology Center, Mumbai/The Netherlands Agile coach / Scrum Master / Project ManagerGCO Technology Center is the captive software development center of Global Conference Organisers of The Netherlands.The company creates products to help the parent company conduct its business of organizing large Events and Conferences throughout the world. It exclusively uses Microsoft Technologies.I was the project manager for the flagship Event Management System on two platforms viz. as a web-based system and also as a rich client based 3-tier architecture system using .Net and C#. Used Agile Methodologies and SCRUM technique for managing the project within the time and cost constraints. Acted as Scrum Master in collaboration with the Product Owner stationed in The Netherlands. Conducted all the Scrum ceremonies like Sprint Planning, Sprint daily standup, Sprint review, Sprint retrospective etc. and reported metrics like Sprint velocity, Release breakdown chart, defect density to the stakeholders regularly.Tools Used: MS Project, SpiraTeam ALM for Sprint Management, MS TFS, Visual StudioOCT 2004 - APR 2009MoTech Software, Mumbai India - Program Manager / Agile CoachMoTech software is a software consultancy and resource augmentation company in Mumbai India. I was responsible for effective software delivery for all clients of the company.I pushed for the adoption of Agile Methodology in Project Management by acting as the Agile Coach for my group. I evaluated various Agile tools like Jira, Rally, SpiraTeam, HP ALM etc. I enhanced the Quality of the software development by introducing practice of peer reviews, stringent unit testing and making optimal use of available tools. Experimented with TDD and made the developers aware of the technique.OCT 2002 - SEP 2004Allocity (Bought out by EMC Corporation), Mountain View CA - Senior DeveloperSenior member of the development team creating a Storage solution for MS Exchange Server and EMC storage Clariion SAN disk array.Development Environment: C++, MFCAPR 2002 - OCT 2002FileMaker (An Apple subsidiary), Sunnyvale CA - Senior Developer (Contractor)Part of the development team for FileMaker Pro product which is a hugely popular database product on PCs and Apple Macintosh computers.Development Environment: C++, CodewerksAPR 2001 - APR 2002Finisar Inc, Sunnyvale CA - Senior DeveloperMember of development team building software-based SAN protocol analyzer.Was Awarded US Patent for our development team. Please see Patent details above.Development Environment: C++, MFCSEP 1999 - MAR 2001Attivo Inc, Mountain View CA -Software DeveloperI wrote the ActiveX client for peer-to-peer communication over the internet between different applications in the Microsoft Office suite.Development Environment: C++, MFC, COM, DCOM, SQL Server, Multi-threadingMAY 1997 - SEP 1999Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores CA - Software DeveloperWorked at Oracle world headquarters, in the CRM division, as Senior Software Developer. Designed and implemented the UI for Oracle's offering for MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) suite of applications.Development Environment: C++, PL/SQL, zApp, Oracle LiteJAN 1993 - MAY 1997Risk Management Solutions, Redwood Shores CA - Software DeveloperProduct developer for an expert system to predict the financial effect of catastrophe events like earthquakes and hurricanes. This expert system is still widely used by all big Insurance companies in the USA.Development Environment: C++, MFC, CodebaseAUG 1991 - DEC 1992Ace Software, San Jose CA - Software DeveloperI was a member of the development team which created the "AceFile" product. This was a Windows based database product very similar to Microsoft Access.Development Environment: C++, MFC, CodebaseJUL 1988 - AUG 1991Datamatics, Mumbai/Lowell MA - Junior Software DeveloperContractor at Wang Labs, Lowell Massachusetts USA through Datamatics. I was a member of the development team for Wang's office automation application suite.Development Environment: C++ReferencesAvailable. Will be furnished on request. |
