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Poorna Chandra Rao P

Laval,QC

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17+ years of experience in all aspects of the software development life cycle process including Cloud migrations, analysis, design, development, testing, and support of software solutions for complex business needs across Retail Banking / Health care /Insurance /retail domains. Highly accomplished Cloud Project Manager / Cloud Engagement /Technology Architect with a verifiable track record of managing complex IT projects and exceeding expectations in Fortune 5 Companies (Bank Of America/Bank Of Montreal/ Wal-Mart Stores/GE/Xerox). Rich exposure to international work culture having worked in USA, CANADA around 12+ years. Expertise in Client Engagement and delivery management with a flair for Designing and implementing effective strategies towards Continuous Service Improvements. Experience in managing programs in Matrix organizational environments. Understanding of technology principles and services including infrastructure, business applications, data management, security, application platforms and consumer facing technology. Expertise in using SDLC models Iterative, Waterfall and Agile. Proven expertise in managing and delivering large scale/complex projects across different engagements of Application Development, Maintenance & Production Support service lines. Recognized project management skills, consistently deliver complex, large-scale projects on time and within budget. Seasoned IT Project Manager lends unique oversight for critical info technology programs. Resourceful, tech-savvy approach honed over more than 12+ years toward handling complex hardware and software installations. Lends experienced knack for IT equipment planning, installation, troubleshooting and maintenance. Provides expert navigation to avoid risk associated with cost, allocation and technical considerations.

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years of professional experience

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Work History

IT Project Manager- Cloud Migrations

CVSAetna Company

09.2020 - Current

Design and implement complex IT interfaces to and from CVS Software Systems and ensure alignment and compatibility throughout each application and across related applications
Assembling project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources as needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of projects
Communication with external customers regarding projects is required
Create and maintain an effort-driven project schedule for each project by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, resources, task dependencies, and critical paths
Control and track project performance (scope, time allocations, cost, conversion targets, and quality) by constantly evaluating project progress and conducting regular team status meetings
Managed cross-functional teams to ensure efficient allocation of resources and successful project completion.
Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations.
Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics.
Negotiated and managed project budgets to meet goals.
Trained personnel on use of IT tools and applications.
Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.
Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
Wrote, updated and maintained project documentation.
Delivered reliable solutions by overseeing software design, development, testing, implementation, and support phases of IT projects.
Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
Devised test plans to validate accuracy of IT projects.
Led technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
Implemented risk mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues impacting project deadlines or budgets.
Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
Led system integration efforts, working closely with vendors and internal teams to ensure seamless transitions.
Led and managed staff of 15 team members engaged in administering complex IT infrastructure.
Facilitated communication among team members to solve complex technical challenges efficiently and effectively.
Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
Managed budgets for multiple projects concurrently, tracking expenses and reallocating resources as needed to stay within budget constraints.
Determine, monitor, and review all project economics, including costs, staffing requirements, resources, and risk
Provide leadership, direction and integrate activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support
Anticipate and identify risks and issues that may impact deliverables; develop and implement mitigation and corrective actions
Monitor and report on the status of project efforts (including weekly time reporting, issue management and risk prevention/mitigation) Ensure the project remains focused on key objectives and goals and comply with established methodologies
Develop and manage project expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas are engaged on the project
Develop and pro-actively execute project plans from initiation through close out; taking established PMO Best Practices and applying as needed to each project Ensure that the project stays on plan by identifying issues and actions and leading team members to resolve issues and complete actions; taking the initiative to make decisions consistent with achieving project objectives
Identify and manage risks associated with projects and minimize their impact on the project success
Report on progress and escalate key issues to management in a timely manner to maintain progress
Develop, document and maintain complex business models and interact with all departments and participate in business meeting of the organization and explore new ways of opportunities to redesign business processes to increase client/customer satisfaction
Led development of data migration strategy and ETL mapping Spec’s including data profiling, source-to-target data elements mapping, business rules processing and data transformations
Create JIRA dashboards for Dotnet, JAVA application cloud migrations for tracking and status reporting to executive teams
Create Usecases for IIB Apps, .Dotnet and Java Apps for Pilot project implementation and POCs
Sequence and create Wave planning to migrate Apps and Services to Azure Cloud
Facilitate execution of all applicable contractual agreements Gather and develop requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
Create and Deliver Portfolio assessment to identify applications patterns for Cloud Migration
Ensure pre Go-live readiness: technical, configuration, conformance obligations and any workflow modifications Design systems, tools, and process for Lift and Shift migrations and identify opportunities for modernization for cloud first designs
Documents and identifies the selection criteria and process to choose the appropriate Cloud Service provider service based on data, compute, databases, security requirements
Establish Inclusion and exclusion criteria from Cloud COE for applications in Java and Dotnet technology stack
Create Usecases for Pilot project implementation and POCs
Sequence and create Wave planning to migrate Apps and Services to Azure Cloud
Demonstrate technology and strategic business acumen, as well as, the ability to engage in Senior-level Technology decision-maker discussions related to the business value of Cloud Services and Implementation of Customer Business Solutions Orchestrate On-Premise Application, Database, Batch server migrations to AWS, Microsoft Azure , IBM Cloud Pak Cloud.

Integration Lead/Project Manager

The Hartford Insurance

12.2017 - 08.2020

Managing end to end customer engagement/project delivery with respect to proposing cost effective solutions
Performing stakeholder analysis
Conducting the kickoff meeting and managing expectations for all stakeholders involved
Facilitate execution of all applicable contractual agreements Gather and develop requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan
Managing task execution by leading the project team
Measuring project performance using appropriate tools and obtaining stakeholder feedback to evaluate their satisfaction
Organize and facilitate the daily scrum, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demo, retrospective meetings and other agile ceremonies
Supporting the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog
Lead on estimation and planning, whilst respecting Agile practices
Develops and manages all key project governance documents, such as the Project Charter, Workplan, Communications Plan, and Risk Mitigation Strategy
Manage code migrations for different enhancements using Phire Migration tool
Develop project status reports, deployment reporting/tracking and maintaining and monitoring status reporting logs for stakeholders within Hartford
Estimate effort, schedule tasks, and predict defect levels during the engagement-planning phase thereby reducing costing efforts by 25%
Interact with business to gather requirements through JAD (Joint Application Development) sessions and documentation of requirement specifications
Manage on-premise PeopleSoft deployments migrations to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Innovate new logics, data migration solutions and programs for better performance of the system and data retrieval when extensive amount of data is being processed by systems
Led development of data migration strategy and ETL mapping Spec’s including data profiling, source-to-target data elements mapping, business rules processing and data transformations
Co-ordinate with Business users and finalize BRD, (Business logic Diagrams BLD) documentation for Development/enhancement
Demonstrate technology and strategic business acumen, as well as, the ability to engage in Senior-level Technology decision-maker discussions related to the business value of Cloud Services and Implementation of Customer Business Solutions Orchestrate On-Premise Application, Database, Batch server migrations to AWS, Microsoft Azure , IBM Cloud Pak Cloud
Update and monitor project document repository to ensure all documents are reviewed and maintained in the repository
Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
Led the development of comprehensive project plans, incorporating scope definition, risk mitigation strategies, and budgeting considerations.
Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
Consistently exceeded client expectations by delivering high-quality projects ahead of schedule and under budget.
Achieved optimal results during conflict resolution among team members which led to increased productivity levels throughout the duration of the project.
Established strong relationships with clients through transparent communication practices and exceptional rapport-building skills.
Delivered projects within budget constraints by identifying cost-saving opportunities through effective vendor negotiation and resource management.
Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
Successfully managed competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining strict adherence to deadlines and quality benchmarks.
Directed changes to project scope and cost and implemented appropriate change management processes to keep project on track.
Adapted swiftly to changing business requirements or unforeseen challenges without compromising on deliverables or timelines.
Championed continuous improvement initiatives through evaluation of processes, identification of inefficiencies, and implementation of best practices.
Developed and maintained project budgets to control costs and meet organizational and project goals.
Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with others.
Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.

IT Project Manager

McKesson Specialty Health

10.2015 - 12.2017

Actively manage and direct project activities
Create and manage overall project plans based upon identified timelines, scope and resources
Engage with clinical health care sites and stakeholders; handle client relationships to manage expectations Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed; identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas Work with Mckesson Clinical Site Physicians, team to provide stakeholder feedback, business requirements Facilitate training of end-users and distribution of materials and job aids; develop documents and support materials as required before and major project roll outs in clinical applications
Ability to lead architecture discussions and proof of concept buildouts for customers
Develop, document and maintain complex business models and interact with all departments and participate in business meeting of the organization and explore new ways of opportunities to redesign business processes to increase client/customer satisfaction
Led development of data migration strategy and ETL mapping Spec’s including data profiling, source-to-target data elements mapping, business rules processing and data transformations
Co-ordinate with Business users and finalize BRD, (Business logic Diagrams BLD) documentation for Development/enhancement
Create executive dashboard reports for governance meetings
Document and articulate to senior leadership the architectural design changes, tool decisions, automation needs and transition risks in a changing environment Create weekly status reports and trackers for general consumption
Managing overall service delivery of Infrastructure and Application support tracks
Work with client CIO, Vice Presidents and Directors in each area and plan for current and future work in the portfolio Guide and manage project team with focus on project plan adherence and quality delivery
Responsible for operating and help defining service model globally, monitoring and improving the performances concerning the server & systems operations
Responsible for identifying and classifying problems and incidents, and managing their impact on the business by minimizing the impact of incidents and maximizing the accessibility of services in regards to the Server & Systems Operations Services.

IT Project Manager

Sysco Corporation

04.2013 - 09.2015

Analyze business process and gather project requirements, document and implement the SUS (Sysco Ordering System)
Conduct workshops with the key end client users to design the blue prints and functional design documents
Used Influx review/analyze requirements specifications from the business needs, support creation of to-be flows, configuration Sheets, specification documents, fit gap analysis documentation etc
And define/review detailed functional/process, infrastructure, security design; Actively manage and direct project activities
Create and manage overall project plans based upon identified timelines, scope and resources
Create executive dashboard reports for governance meetings
Track project financials and costs including management and reporting
Track project resources management and reporting
Vendor and third party management and reporting
Used Infosys Preventive Maintenance Framework to analyze and deploy preventive measures for repeated business impacting issues, thereby reducing the production downtime and delays
Clearly identify gaps in project delivery, time, cost, resource, deliverables, etc...and escalate as appropriate
Develop action plans for metrics deviations from the scope of work or current project plan
Guide and manage project team with focus on project plan adherence and quality delivery
Transition of Service Support of SUS portfolio from Third party vendor to Infosys
This involved 6 major components that are varied in technology, complexity and high criticality
Total team size of 40 globally distributed associates
Work with Onsite Vice Presidents and Directors in each area and plan for current and future work in the portfolio
Design and develop programs and reports with suggestions to the necessary software components required for the system setup
Data analysis and Data mapping
Request for and track the availability of hardware, software, human and other resources required for successful execution
Developed use cases, workflow, screen mock-ups, and Interface requirements, Prioritized outstanding defects.

Technology Project Manager

Wal-Mart

11.2010 - 03.2013

Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with stakeholders throughout SDLC to resolve open issues
Work with the DB2 DBA’s in determining the appropriate design for Mainframe Application enhancements
Analyze and deploy preventive measures for repeated business impacting issues, thereby reducing the production downtime and delays
Analyze the data coming in from various 3rd party interfaces onto Mainframe and oversee support acquisition and merger projects
Created documentation for training of end users
Estimate effort, schedule tasks, and predict defect levels during the engagement-planning phase
Track Schedule performance Index, and Estimate to Complete on weekly basis, taking necessary measures to improve the project performance metrics
Present periodic Dashboard reports on the current program, future opportunities and client issues
Assisted in the formulation and documentation of Technical Specifications, test plans, and reviews of test results
Developed use cases, workflow, CICS screen mock-ups, and conversion requirements
Lead the change control committee
Solution architect for Global Equity Stock Administration Archiving system, developed using JCL, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 and Easytrieve
Developing Test plans and executing not only for the Global Equity system executing the entire testing (FT, SIT, JIT, UAT) for the entire operational system using MiTWA Approver for Mainframe code before rolling to Production, Provided L2 production support for mission critical mainframe applications
Developed the staffing management plan for overall program
Responsible for creating Resource calendars and acquisition / release of resources.

System Analyst

Birla Soft Inc

01.2010 - 11.2010

Closely working with BA’s to understand and analyze the business requirements
Involved in Work estimation and detailed analysis of all existing components
Involved in Detailed Design and Implementation of the Change Requests
Supported System test and User Acceptance Test
Analyzing SC tickets and coordinating with GE users directly through mails and Daily telephonic conversation to resolve queries.

IT Analyst

TCS

09.2008 - 11.2009

Analyzing DR (Development Requests) requirements and providing an Estimate for the same
Preparing Low Level Designing
Coding and Code Review according to the Check List
Perform analysis and documentation of test cases, execution of tests, writing of JCL, validation and documentation of results, and resolution of defects
Coding CIT, SIT Jcl’s and executing respective flows
Coordinating with the client through mails and Daily telephonic conversation
Reviewing and uploading all Project related artifacts to Discovery
Creating tasks in Ultimatix TCS portal
Approving offshore timesheets and generating invoicing
Consolidating offshore team tasks status on weekly basis and reporting to Onsite and Client.

Sr. Systems Engineer

IBM

12.2006 - 08.2008

Actively manage and direct project activities
Create and manage overall project plans based upon identified timelines, scope and resources
Engage with clinical health care sites and stakeholders; handle client relationships to manage expectations Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed; identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas Work with Mckesson Clinical Site Physicians, team to provide stakeholder feedback, business requirements Facilitate training of end-users and distribution of materials and job aids; develop documents and support materials as required before and major project roll outs in clinical applications
Ability to lead architecture discussions and proof of concept buildouts for customers
Develop, document and maintain complex business models and interact with all departments and participate in business meeting of the organization and explore new ways of opportunities to redesign business processes to increase client/customer satisfaction
Led development of data migration strategy and ETL mapping Spec’s including data profiling, source-to-target data elements mapping, business rules processing and data transformations
Co-ordinate with Business users and finalize BRD, (Business logic Diagrams BLD) documentation for Development/enhancement
Create executive dashboard reports for governance meetings
Document and articulate to senior leadership the architectural design changes, tool decisions, automation needs and transition risks in a changing environment Create weekly status reports and trackers for general consumption
Managing overall service delivery of Infrastructure and Application support tracks
Work with client CIO, Vice Presidents and Directors in each area and plan for current and future work in the portfolio Guide and manage project team with focus on project plan adherence and quality delivery
Responsible for operating and help defining service model globally, monitoring and improving the performances concerning the server & systems operations
Responsible for identifying and classifying problems and incidents, and managing their impact on the business by minimizing the impact of incidents and maximizing the accessibility of services in regards to the Server & Systems Operations Services.

Information Associate

EDS

06.2005 - 11.2006

Analyze business process and gather project requirements, document and implement the SUS (Sysco Ordering System)
Conduct workshops with the key end client users to design the blue prints and functional design documents
Used Influx review/analyze requirements specifications from the business needs, support creation of to-be flows, configuration Sheets, specification documents, fit gap analysis documentation etc
And define/review detailed functional/process, infrastructure, security design; Actively manage and direct project activities
Create and manage overall project plans based upon identified timelines, scope and resources
Create executive dashboard reports for governance meetings
Track project financials and costs including management and reporting
Track project resources management and reporting
Used Infosys Preventive Maintenance Framework to analyze and deploy preventive measures for repeated business impacting issues, thereby reducing the production downtime and delays
Clearly identify gaps in project delivery, time, cost, resource, deliverables, etc...and escalate as appropriate
Develop action plans for metrics deviations from the scope of work or current project plan
Guide and manage project team with focus on project plan adherence and quality delivery
Transition of Service Support of SUS portfolio from Third party vendor to Infosys
This involved 6 major components that are varied in technology, complexity and high criticality
Total team size of 40 globally distributed associates
Work with Onsite Vice Presidents and Directors in each area and plan for current and future work in the portfolio
Design and develop programs and reports with suggestions to the necessary software components required for the system setup
Data analysis and Data mapping
Request for and track the availability of hardware, software, human and other resources required for successful execution
Developed use cases, workflow, screen mock-ups, and Interface requirements, Prioritized outstanding defects.

Software Engineer

Satyam Computer Services

04.2004 - 05.2005

Analyze business process and gather project requirements, document and implement the SUS (Sysco Ordering System)
Conduct workshops with the key end client users to design the blue prints and functional design documents
Used Influx review/analyze requirements specifications from the business needs, support creation of to-be flows, configuration Sheets, specification documents, fit gap analysis documentation etc
And define/review detailed functional/process, infrastructure, security design; Actively manage and direct project activities
Create and manage overall project plans based upon identified timelines, scope and resources
Create executive dashboard reports for governance meetings
Track project financials and costs including management and reporting
Track project resources management and reporting
Used Infosys Preventive Maintenance Framework to analyze and deploy preventive measures for repeated business impacting issues, thereby reducing the production downtime and delays
Clearly identify gaps in project delivery, time, cost, resource, deliverables, etc...and escalate as appropriate
Develop action plans for metrics deviations from the scope of work or current project plan
Guide and manage project team with focus on project plan adherence and quality delivery
Transition of Service Support of SUS portfolio from Third party vendor to Infosys
This involved 6 major components that are varied in technology, complexity and high criticality
Total team size of 40 globally distributed associates
Work with Onsite Vice Presidents and Directors in each area and plan for current and future work in the portfolio
Design and develop programs and reports with suggestions to the necessary software components required for the system setup
Data analysis and Data mapping
Request for and track the availability of hardware, software, human and other resources required for successful execution
Developed use cases, workflow, screen mock-ups, and Interface requirements, Prioritized outstanding defects.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Acharya Nagarjuna University

Guntur, India

11.2002

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Kakatiya University

Warangal, India

04.2000

Skills

DOS
MVS
OS/390
Z-OS
Unix
COBOL
JCL
Easytrieve
Clarity
JIRA
PPM
Support Central
Kintana
Mercury Quality Centre
Support central
Test director
DB2
IMS DB
IDMS
MS-ACCESS
Oracle
TSO/ISPF
QMF
SPUFI
SYNCSORT
DFSORT
RMDS
Microsoft Azure
Azure Migrate
AWS
EC2
ELB
S3
IBM Cloud PAK
APIC
Scrum Methodology
Systems Analysis
Risk Analysis
Project estimation and bidding
Performance Improvements
Risk Assessment
Stakeholder Communications
Communication Planning
Data Analytics
Waterfall methodology
Cross-Functional Collaboration

IT Infrastructure Management
Business process re-engineering
Work Planning and Prioritization
Presentations
Project Scheduling
Documentation Management
Project planning and development
Client rapport
Systems Installation, Configuration, and Upgrading
Scope Management
Resource Identification
Systems Design Documentation
Strategic Planning
Project regulations
Budget Control
Idea Development and Brainstorming
Information Security
Requirements Gathering
Software development life cycle
Customer Needs Assessment
Advanced problem solving
Team Leadership
Staff Management
Deliverable Tracking
Performance Evaluations
Software Development Lifecycle
Meeting facilitation
Project Management
Processes and procedures
Status Reporting
Assigning Work
Change Management
Project Planning
Budget Preparation
Resource Planning
Schedule Management
Client Relations
Technical understanding
MS Office
Software Development
Performance monitoring
Computer Programming
Forecasting
Budgeting and forecasting
Business Analysis

Certification

PMP Project Management Professional from PMI
AZ-900 Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
ITIL V3 Foundation
SAFe Agilist
Professional Scrum Master PSM

Projects

Journey to Cloud- J2C, CVSAetna Company, Toronto, Canada, 09/2020 - Present, IT Project Manager- Cloud Migrations, Design and implement complex IT interfaces to and from CVS Software Systems and ensure alignment and compatibility throughout each application and across related applications. Assembling project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources as needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of projects. Communication with external customers regarding projects is required. Create and maintain an effort-driven project schedule for each project by identifying and monitoring: overall project timeline, project milestones, tasks, resources, task dependencies, and critical paths. Control and track project performance (scope, time allocations, cost, conversion targets, and quality) by constantly evaluating project progress and conducting regular team status meetings. Determine, monitor, and review all project economics, including costs, staffing requirements, resources, and risk. Provide leadership, direction and integrate activities with other departments to ensure successful implementation and support. Anticipate and identify risks and issues that may impact deliverables; develop and implement mitigation and corrective actions. Monitor and report on the status of project efforts (including weekly time reporting, issue management and risk prevention/mitigation). Ensure the project remains focused on key objectives and goals and comply with established methodologies. Develop and manage project expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas are engaged on the project. Develop and pro-actively execute project plans from initiation through close out; taking established PMO Best Practices and applying as needed to each project. Ensure that the project stays on plan by identifying issues and actions and leading team members to resolve issues and complete actions; taking the initiative to make decisions consistent with achieving project objectives. Identify and manage risks associated with projects and minimize their impact on the project success. Report on progress and escalate key issues to management in a timely manner to maintain progress. Develop, document and maintain complex business models and interact with all departments and participate in business meeting of the organization and explore new ways of opportunities to redesign business processes to increase client/customer satisfaction. Led development of data migration strategy and ETL mapping Spec’s including data profiling, source-to-target data elements mapping, business rules processing and data transformations. Create JIRA dashboards for Dotnet, JAVA application cloud migrations for tracking and status reporting to executive teams. Create Usecases for IIB Apps, .Dotnet and Java Apps for Pilot project implementation and POCs. Sequence and create Wave planning to migrate Apps and Services to Azure Cloud. Facilitate execution of all applicable contractual agreements. Gather and develop requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan. Create and Deliver Portfolio assessment to identify applications patterns for Cloud Migration. Ensure pre Go-live readiness: technical, configuration, conformance obligations and any workflow modifications. Design systems, tools, and process for Lift and Shift migrations and identify opportunities for modernization for cloud first designs. Documents and identifies the selection criteria and process to choose the appropriate Cloud Service provider service based on data, compute, databases, security requirements. Establish Inclusion and exclusion criteria from Cloud COE for applications in Java and Dotnet technology stack. Create Usecases for Pilot project implementation and POCs. Sequence and create Wave planning to migrate Apps and Services to Azure Cloud. Demonstrate technology and strategic business acumen, as well as, the ability to engage in Senior-level Technology decision-maker discussions related to the business value of Cloud Services and Implementation of Customer Business Solutions. Orchestrate On-Premise Application, Database, Batch server migrations to AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud Pak Cloud. DPP – Disability Payments Processing System, The Hartford Insurance, USA, Canada, 12/2017 - 08/2020, Integration Lead/Project Manager, Managing end to end customer engagement/project delivery with respect to proposing cost effective solutions. Performing stakeholder analysis. Conducting the kickoff meeting and managing expectations for all stakeholders involved. Facilitate execution of all applicable contractual agreements. Gather and develop requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan. Managing task execution by leading the project team. Measuring project performance using appropriate tools and obtaining stakeholder feedback to evaluate their satisfaction. Organize and facilitate the daily scrum, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demo, retrospective meetings and other agile ceremonies. Supporting the Product Owner, especially on grooming and maintaining the product backlog. Lead on estimation and planning, whilst respecting Agile practices. Develops and manages all key project governance documents, such as the Project Charter, Workplan, Communications Plan, and Risk Mitigation Strategy. Manage code migrations for different enhancements using Phire Migration tool. Develop project status reports, deployment reporting/tracking and maintaining and monitoring status reporting logs for stakeholders within Hartford. Estimate effort, schedule tasks, and predict defect levels during the engagement-planning phase thereby reducing costing efforts by 25%. Interact with business to gather requirements through JAD (Joint Application Development) sessions and documentation of requirement specifications. Manage on-premise PeopleSoft deployments migrations to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Innovate new logics, data migration solutions and programs for better performance of the system and data retrieval when extensive amount of data is being processed by systems. Led development of data migration strategy and ETL mapping Spec’s including data profiling, source-to-target data elements mapping, business rules processing and data transformations. Co-ordinate with Business users and finalize BRD, (Business logic Diagrams BLD) documentation for Development/enhancement. Demonstrate technology and strategic business acumen, as well as, the ability to engage in Senior-level Technology decision-maker discussions related to the business value of Cloud Services and Implementation of Customer Business Solutions. Orchestrate On-Premise Application, Database, Batch server migrations to AWS, Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud Pak Cloud. Update and monitor project document repository to ensure all documents are reviewed and maintained in the repository. Platform and System Administration Project, McKesson Specialty Health, USA, Canada, 10/2015 - 12/2017, IT Project Manager, Actively manage and direct project activities. Create and manage overall project plans based upon identified timelines, scope and resources. Engage with clinical health care sites and stakeholders; handle client relationships to manage expectations. Proactively identify potential risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed; identify potential conflicts between project and functional areas. Work with Mckesson Clinical Site Physicians, team to provide stakeholder feedback, business requirements. Facilitate training of end-users and distribution of materials and job aids; develop documents and support materials as required before and major project roll outs in clinical applications. Ability to lead architecture discussions and proof of concept buildouts for customers. Develop, document and maintain complex business models and interact with all departments and participate in business meeting of the organization and explore new ways of opportunities to redesign business processes to increase client/customer satisfaction. Led development of data migration strategy and ETL mapping Spec’s including data profiling, source-to-target data elements mapping, business rules processing and data transformations. Co-ordinate with Business users and finalize BRD, (Business logic Diagrams BLD) documentation for Development/enhancement. Create executive dashboard reports for governance meetings. Document and articulate to senior leadership the architectural design changes, tool decisions, automation needs and transition risks in a changing environment. Create weekly status reports and trackers for general consumption. Managing overall service delivery of Infrastructure and Application support tracks. Work with client CIO, Vice Presidents and Directors in each area and plan for current and future work in the portfolio. Guide and manage project team with focus on project plan adherence and quality delivery. Responsible for operating and help defining service model globally, monitoring and improving the performances concerning the server & systems operations. Responsible for identifying and classifying problems and incidents, and managing their impact on the business by minimizing the impact of incidents and maximizing the accessibility of services in regards to the Server & Systems Operations Services. SYSDPSTIM - Information Central project, Sysco Corporation, 04/2013 - 09/2015, Project Manager, Analyze business process and gather project requirements, document and implement the SUS (Sysco Ordering System). Conduct workshops with the key end client users to design the blue prints and functional design documents. Used Influx review/analyze requirements specifications from the business needs, support creation of to-be flows, configuration Sheets, specification documents, fit gap analysis documentation etc. and define/review detailed functional/process, infrastructure, security design. Actively manage and direct project activities. Create and manage overall project plans based upon identified timelines, scope and resources. Create executive dashboard reports for governance meetings. Track project financials and costs including management and reporting. Track project resources management and reporting. Used Infosys Preventive Maintenance Framework to analyze and deploy preventive measures for repeated business impacting issues, thereby reducing the production downtime and delays. Clearly identify gaps in project delivery, time, cost, resource, deliverables, etc...and escalate as appropriate. Develop action plans for metrics deviations from the scope of work or current project plan. Guide and manage project team with focus on project plan adherence and quality delivery. Transition of Service Support of SUS portfolio from Third party vendor to Infosys. This involved 6 major components that are varied in technology, complexity and high criticality. Total team size of 40 globally distributed associates. Work with Onsite Vice Presidents and Directors in each area and plan for current and future work in the portfolio. Design and develop programs and reports with suggestions to the necessary software components required for the system setup. Data analysis and Data mapping. Request for and track the availability of hardware, software, human and other resources required for successful execution. Developed use cases, workflow, screen mock-ups, and Interface requirements, Prioritized outstanding defects. WMHGEARG - Global Equity Administration Outsourcing Project, Wal-Mart, USA, 11/2010 - 03/2013, Technology Project Manager, Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with stakeholders throughout SDLC to resolve open issues. Work with the DB2 DBA’s in determining the appropriate design for Mainframe Application enhancements. Analyze and deploy preventive measures for repeated business impacting issues, thereby reducing the production downtime and delays. Analyze the data coming in from various 3rd party interfaces onto Mainframe and oversee support acquisition and merger projects. Created documentation for training of end users. Estimate effort, schedule tasks, and predict defect levels during the engagement-planning phase. Track Schedule performance Index, and Estimate to Complete on weekly basis, taking necessary measures to improve the project performance metrics. Present periodic Dashboard reports on the current program, future opportunities and client issues. Assisted in the formulation and documentation of Technical Specifications, test plans, and reviews of test results. Developed use cases, workflow, CICS screen mock-ups, and conversion requirements. Lead the change control committee. Solution architect for Global Equity Stock Administration Archiving system, developed using JCL, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 and Easytrieve. Developing Test plans and executing not only for the Global Equity system executing the entire testing (FT, SIT, JIT, UAT) for the entire operational system using MiTWA. Approver for Mainframe code before rolling to Production, Provided L2 production support for mission critical mainframe applications. Developed the staffing management plan for overall program. Responsible for creating Resource calendars and acquisition / release of resources. PDS (Payroll Distribution system), GE, Fortmeyers, USA, 01/2010 - 11/2010, Technical Lead, Closely working with BA’s to understand and analyze the business requirements. Involved in Work estimation and detailed analysis of all existing components. Involved in Detailed Design and Implementation of the Change Requests. Supported System test and User Acceptance Test. Analyzing SC tickets and coordinating with GE users directly through mails and Daily telephonic conversation to resolve queries. IFAFE (Immediate Funds Availability with Fraud enhancement), Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, USA, 09/2008 - 11/2009, Project Leader, Analyzing DR (Development Requests) requirements and providing an Estimate for the same. Preparing Low Level Designing. Coding and Code Review according to the Check List. Perform analysis and documentation of test cases, execution of tests, writing of JCL, validation and documentation of results, and resolution of defects. Coding CIT, SIT Jcl’s and executing respective flows. Coordinating with the client through mails and Daily telephonic conversation. Reviewing and uploading all Project related artifacts to Discovery. Creating tasks in Ultimatix TCS portal. Approving offshore timesheets and generating invoicing. Consolidating offshore team tasks status on weekly basis and reporting to Onsite and Client. CFM-IPS (Combined Fund Management & Investment Products system), BMO Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON, Canada, 12/2006 - 08/2008, Senior Developer

Languages

English

Full Professional

Timeline

IT Project Manager- Cloud Migrations

CVSAetna Company

09.2020 - Current

Integration Lead/Project Manager

The Hartford Insurance

12.2017 - 08.2020

IT Project Manager

McKesson Specialty Health

10.2015 - 12.2017

IT Project Manager

Sysco Corporation

04.2013 - 09.2015

Technology Project Manager

Wal-Mart

11.2010 - 03.2013

System Analyst

Birla Soft Inc

01.2010 - 11.2010

IT Analyst

TCS

09.2008 - 11.2009

Sr. Systems Engineer

IBM

12.2006 - 08.2008

Information Associate

EDS

06.2005 - 11.2006

Software Engineer

Satyam Computer Services

04.2004 - 05.2005

Master of Science - Computer Science

Acharya Nagarjuna University

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Kakatiya University

Poorna Chandra Rao P

Summary

Overview

Work History

IT Project Manager- Cloud Migrations

Integration Lead/Project Manager

IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager

Technology Project Manager

System Analyst

IT Analyst

Sr. Systems Engineer

Information Associate

Software Engineer

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Skills

Certification

Projects

Languages

Timeline

IT Project Manager- Cloud Migrations

Integration Lead/Project Manager

IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager

Technology Project Manager

System Analyst

IT Analyst

Sr. Systems Engineer

Information Associate

Software Engineer

Master of Science - Computer Science

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

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