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RELEASE AND PROJECT MANAGER
Summary

IT professional with 8+ years experience in Release management, Project management and Quality Assurance. Experience include releasing and managing cross functional projects, collaborating at all levels of a team within and outside the organization. A proven and successful leader in both Private and Public sectors who is dedicated, self- motivated and well organized with great people skills.

Skills
  • Release Management
  • Change Management
  • Project Management
  • Quality Assurance Lead
  • Lean-Agile and SAFe Principles
  • DevOps
  • HP QC, JIRA, TFS, 0365, ServiceNow
  • Azure Cloud implementation
  • Waterfall implementations
  • Strong interpersonal relationships
  • Excellent written and verbal communication
  • Detail oriented and Quality focused
  • Process improvement and adherence
  • Well organized multitasker
Experience
Release and Project Manager|Metlife, Inc. - Murrieta , CA|11/2018 - Current
  • Release management for 12+ agile teams within the Employee Experience organization including Human Resource, Shared Services and Common Services
  • Successfully led cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects iteratively with multiple dependencies and constraints.
  • Proven track record to take product to launch successfully on set sprint schedules and on business commitments.
  • Build and maintain IT Release Calendar and work closely with other roles within IT/Development from different portfolios across IT and the organization and create a centralized view of all releases.
  • Proactively plan each release window across all projects and portfolios.
  • Coordinate deployment activities within multiple teams onshore and offshore including managing resource conflicts and code conflicts.
  • Continuously improve release management processes and practices by collecting and presenting data, post implementation.
  • Create Project progress reports, Release closure report and present to Executive committee.
  • Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to ensure smooth and reliable delivery of software systems and infrastructure to fulfill business objectives, support business processes, and ensure business continuity.
  • Work with team members, decision makers, stakeholders and management to define business requirements and system goals that can be achieved with release management, enhancements and process improvements.
  • Assist in managing projects and interdependencies to ensure milestone adherence and that the integrity of the release can be ensured.
  • Negotiate, plan and assist the IT team/System Administrators/Project Managers and the team members in planning each release.
  • Develop a detailed deployment plan along with a back-out plan in the event anything goes wrong during/after deployment.
  • Ensure all testing has been completed and provided sign off's for Prod release.
  • Validate that the product has been correctly packaged before deployment and ensure that all release controls have been satisfied.
  • Manage risks and issues that may affect the release scope and schedule.
  • Lead and coordinate release readiness reviews, milestone reviews, and business go-no-go reviews including the execution of the deployment plans and checklists.
  • Participate and Represent in CAB meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks.
  • Work with the communications team on the release of pre-planned communications about each release to all appropriate stakeholders and end users.
  • Ensure that releases do not disrupt production or other critical activities.
  • Work with Agile and Scrum methodologies to accomplish project milestones and meet demanding timelines.
  • Work with DevOps engineers to understand branching strategy and code merges.
  • Validate functionality, performance and compliance of each product against design specifications to maintain strong development standards and high customer satisfaction.
  • Monitor progress to ensure application releases are delivered according to plan, expectations and compliance requirements.
  • Lead off-site teams to complete timely tests and facilitate smooth product releases.
  • Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of schedules and scopes.
  • Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications and staff availability.
  • Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
  • Delivered 50+ projects per year with consistent record of meeting timeline, scope and budget requirements.
  • Improved operations by working with external and internal team members and customers to find workable solutions.
  • Eliminated process discrepancies, implementing continuous improvements for scheduling procedures across multiple client calendars.
  • Scrum master for small scale projects.
  • Assistant Scrum master for major projects.
  • Built strong and meaningful relationships with Project managers, Product owners, Scrum masters, onsite and offsite development team, Test team, IT Ops and change management team.
  • Conduct Product demos to business users and Executive leaders.
Project Management Consultant|Harmon International Industries - Cheney , WA|05/2013 - 08/2017
  • Lead projects and enhancements efforts from conception through post production support by implementing well organized Project Management methodology
  • Lead all Test plan activities between third party developers, Business users and Functional subject matter experts.
  • Set project schedules and oversaw milestones for duration of project.
  • Defined scopes, managed resources and oversaw schedules in line with stakeholder and project owner specifications.
  • Develop Project calendars, Reports/Metrics, Release notes, Project retrospectives and present to Business users and Senior leadership.
  • Develop and implement Standard operating procedures (SOP) for Software testing process and Test management process.
  • Manage on-time delivery of multiple concurrent projects while meeting business requirements and exceeding client expectations.
  • Developed processes to enable consistent on-time deliverables to customers per timelines established in contract.
  • Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
  • Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
  • Maintained close connection with project personnel to quickly identify and resolve problems.
  • Oversaw on-site and vendor teams of up to 20 professionals working on diverse IT projects.
  • Delivered 9 projects per year with consistent record of meeting timeline, scope and budget requirements.
  • Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications and staff availability.
  • Identified, addressed and either resolved or escalated project issues.
QA Analyst|Experis US Inc. | Client: CitiBank, N.A - City , STATE|11/2012 - 05/2013
  • Analyzed project requirements to find bugs and eliminate issues.
  • Documented identified defects using Quality Center and helped developers complete further testing and resolve issues.
  • Worked with off-site teams to complete timely tests and facilitate smooth product releases.
  • Consulted with product owners and developers to fully understand intended features and functionality.
  • Designed and updated test cases to complete consistent manual tests.
  • Tracked software bugs and detailed all information regarding findings and resolution techniques in documentation.
  • Recommended improvements to systems and procedures for increased productivity.
  • Set and achieved product quality objectives while meeting product specifications.
Education and Training
University of Madras|India|2004B.B.A: Business Administration
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