Poonguzhali Elango
Mississauga,ON
Summary
Over 16+ years of experienced Application Project Manager skilled in driving efficiency and productivity through development, delivery and support of strategic plans. Dedicated to creating and delivering initiatives to guide organizational navigation of modern technology. Proven history of successfully translating technical requirements into business solutions. Strong proficiency in [Software] with passion for utilizing excellent communication to foster company rapport.
Application Development Manager over 16+ years of experience encompassing Technical Support, Development and Technical Lead, lead & manage all phases of SDLC starting from requirements gathering, estimation to Deployment and warranty support. Expertise in UI Projects with multiple technologies (Java, Spring, Angular JS). As a Java Tech Lead, worked on several proposals by providing solution and technical estimate and has exposure to DevOps.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager
Cognizant || Client: CVS Health (Health Care)
Mississauga
10.2022 - Current
- Handled the project manager role, for all development projects. All ESA project management activities like budget & milestone submissions, contracts creation/amendment and utilization maintenance were handled.
- As people manager – involved in setting the goals for team members and track the progress, facilitated trainings, providing career guidance and growth opportunities while also attending to their needs and concerns.
- Responsible for all periodic status reporting, weekly and fortnightly status reviews with the Cognizant and Client senior management teams. This also included owning transformation levers, implementing the opportunities identified and reporting benefits achieved.
- Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance, and cost efficiency.
- Reviewed project risks and devised proactive strategies to avoid potential roadblocks.
- Focused on project monitoring and management by developing forecasts and tracking expenses.
- Communicated effectively with stakeholders to ensure project goals are met on time and within budget.
- Monitored progress of each project to ensure timely delivery of deliverables in accordance with established quality standards.
- Coordinated resources across multiple departments and teams as needed for successful completion of projects.
Tech Lead
Cognizant || Client: CVS Health (Health Care)
Mississauga
02.2017 - 09.2022
- As a Team Lead for UI application, the main responsibility is to Gather Business requirement, Design, develop and handle the project.
- Designed asset models, templates, elements, and the code development of the new components in the project as per the coding standards.
- Involved in Development and Implementation of user stories.
- Reviewed and approved business requirement documents, design documents, and technical design documents to be put through to the next level of development.
- Gained in-depth knowledge of application architecture, functionality, and the underlying modules and components.
- Performed integration testing of new components and functionalities and prepare test cases for the stated functionalities and maintained proper test cases for all the business logics to ensure no blocker or requirement gap in functionality.
- Involved in writing JUnit test cases to ensure that the Cognizant coding standards are followed by maintaining 100% compliance in JCAP report, Review of Unit and System Test Strategy.
- Performed continuous improvement activities in Application Code Quality against baseline measured through a static code analyzer.
- Involved in the user story review. Involved in discussions with Client BA and Client Technical Lead in daily scrum meetings.
- Participated in Elaboration and Sprint planning.
- Responsible for Task creation and delegation among team members.
- Responsible for Conducting Peer reviews. Involved in interacting with QA team for defect and closure.
Developer & Lead
Cognizant || Client: Aetna International
Coimbatore, India
06.2016 - 07.2017
- As a Team Lead for Actisure upgrade project, the main responsibility is to Design, develop and handle the project.
- Involved in Development and Implementation of the code for the upgraded web services in the portals.
- Responsible for Task creation and delegation among team members.
- Responsible for Conducting Peer reviews.
- Involved in interacting with QA team for defect and closure.
- Performed integration testing of new components and functionalities and prepare test cases for the stated functionalities and maintained proper test cases for all the business logics to ensure no blocker or requirement gap in functionality.
- Collaborated closely with team members to keep projects on track and meet anticipated deadlines.
- Designed user-friendly software interfaces to simplify overall management.
- Worked in team environments to produce high-quality programs and applications for various industries.
- Coordinated system installations, testing and code corrections.
- Analyzed solutions and coding fixes for software problems.
- Modified existing software systems to enhance performance and add new features.
Enhancement Lead
Cognizant || Client: Pearson (Domain: Information, Media & Entertainment)
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
07.2015 - 05.2016
- Responsible for Design, develop and handle the project.
- Involved in the estimate preparation and Project setup. Involved in handling and scheduling the daily status call of this project with the client.
- Interacted with the testing team daily and actively closed all the defects raised.
- Involved in Continuous improvement of Application Code Quality against baseline measured through a static code analyzer. Has in depth knowledge of the application architecture, functionality, and the underlying modules / components.
- Involved in Peer review of work delivered by teammates. Responsible for elucidating application functionality to the team, guiding the team on complex issues and reviewing the deliverables.
- Provided input to the Functional SME on unique functionalities of the application to build functional knowledge at the SBU level.
- Mentors the new team members on the application and business logic. Actively monitored their progress in it. Also directly involved in the development part of this project.
- Participates in requirements walkthrough with business to provide inputs on feasibility of implementation based on application architecture.
Software Developer
Cognizant || Client: Pearson (Domain: Information, Media & Entertainment)
Coimbatore, India
10.2013 - 06.2015
- Responsible for Project Requirement Analysis, coding and delivering the project on – time without any issues.
- Responsible for writing JUnit test cases and ensuring that the coding standards are followed by maintaining 100% compliance in JCAP report.
- Involved in implementing the practices that are strategically conceptualized to maximize output with improved quality.
- Tracking and coordinating the activities among the team.
- Contributed towards proactive problem management and Application Strengthening process.
- Robust in testing practices followed in functional testing obviating escalations or issues in the product.
- Contributed towards proactive problem management and Application Strengthening process. Ensures security, regulatory and compliance requirements are met during application enhancements.
Technical Support & Lead
Cognizant || Client: Dun & Bradstreet (Domain: Information, Media & Entertainment)
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu
06.2007 - 10.2012
- Responsible for Project Requirement Analysis, System Study, and Estimation.
- Responsible for Plan Preparation, scheduling all enhancements, development activities, Preparation of Functional Specification/Design, Code Review, Defect Tracking and Review of Unit/System Test Strategy/Plan/Results.
- Involved in project monitoring and issue fixing.
- Created monitoring scripts and actively participated in bug fixes.
- Involved in real-time fixing of issues and support.
- Responsible for building the knowledge repository for the application by creating run book; application overview and server refresh documents apart from the regular Production support activities.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Technology
PSG College of Technology
Coimbatore, India04-2007
Skills
- Programming Languages: Java, J2EE, Spring, Angular JS, SQL, Web Service, Struts, Smalltalk
- Databases: Sybase 157, Oracle 11G, SQL Server 2008, IBM DB2
- Other Utilities: WebSphere 85, WebLogic, RAD, Eclipse, Spring STS, Putty, MPutty, Maven, Junit
- Tools: SoapUI, GitHub, Splunk, Udeploy, Postman
Accomplishments
As an ESA Project Manager, Managed project finance for two T&M and one Fixed bid Project (Around USD 12 Million). Performed revenue forecasting for projects on Monthly basis. Maintained Profitability Margins much better than the expectations. Performed Invoicing on Monthly basis for three projects. Maintained Utilization above 98% for the account.
- Won the 2020 RPA Hackathon from Robotics COE CVS Health.
- Received Multiple Associate of the Month Awards
- Received multiple Accolades from Clients on Critical Project deliverables with near to zero defects
Certification
- Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Timeline
Project Manager
Cognizant || Client: CVS Health (Health Care)
10.2022 - Current
Tech Lead
Cognizant || Client: CVS Health (Health Care)
02.2017 - 09.2022
Developer & Lead
Cognizant || Client: Aetna International
06.2016 - 07.2017
Enhancement Lead
Cognizant || Client: Pearson (Domain: Information, Media & Entertainment)
07.2015 - 05.2016
Software Developer
Cognizant || Client: Pearson (Domain: Information, Media & Entertainment)
10.2013 - 06.2015
Technical Support & Lead
Cognizant || Client: Dun & Bradstreet (Domain: Information, Media & Entertainment)
06.2007 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Science - Computer Technology
PSG College of Technology
- Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
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