Project Manager/Test Manager What type of job are you looking for? I am looking for a Project Manager/Delivery manager/Test Manager /Application Support Manager role where i would be resposible for the delivery for a solution or providing support . This may include the planning,Tracking, communication etc . What nationality are you? Indian . COming to belgium on a dependent Visa with my husband What languages do you speak (and at what level)? English - Expert. Trying to learn Dutch What country or area are you looking to work in and why? Belgium as i will be living there with my husband for the next few years What countries have you worked in? India , UK What countries do you have a visa to work in? India What field do you currently work in? Application Integration (Project management) What fields have you worked in before? Infomation Technology- Development/Application Support/ Testing and Management Which do you consider more valuable? Formal education or skills and why? Skills . If i have the right skills i will be able to complete the work i am responsible for. However i have great respect for Formal Education as that makes concepts Describe the benefits of working with others It completes the skill set, everyone learns, one makes up for the dip of another one and together most difficult jobs are accomplished. Not to forget that it keeps the motivation levels high Describe the benefits of working alone When have to plan , concentrate , report or troubleshoot at times What was your worst working experience? None- All the bad ones have taught me things and in the end when the job gets done , everything is good What is the most important lesson you have learnt throughout your career? Do not be afraid in saying - I don't know. Learn if you don't know . What unique skills do you have? People Management , working in extreme conditions and have always delivered What would you consider as your 'dream job'? Right now , one in belgium where i am trusted with responsibilities What are the most interesting aspects of your field? Interaction will all kinds of people and the thrill of successful delivery Please paste your resume here so that we have all the details to call you RICHA SARATHI richasarathi@rediffmail.com 0091-9850963906 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Summary: I am coming to Belgium with my husband on a dependent visa and am interested in working in Belgium. Total work Experience of 12.5 years. Certified PRINCE2 Practitioner. Results-driven Project Management professional with skills in managing Application Maintenance projects, directing full cycles for complex, multisite programs and initiatives. Proven ability to deliver productivity and improvements through well-managed, on time projects. Accomplished in all areas of software development, including requirements analysis; solutions development; application design; writing, testing, and debugging code; installation; troubleshooting; quality assurance and maintenance and upgrades. Lead and collaborate on cross-functional teams to attain team goals and create strong, viable products. Details Feb 2009 till Aug 2009 Infosys, Pune IBU - ES-EAI Role - Project Manager Client - TELENET Telenet Group is the largest provider of broadband cable services in Belgium. The scope of work for the Project was Replace current webMethods software package in the OMS infrastructure component (OASIS) with Oracle Service Bus (OSB) . This includes 100+ events , 240 business flow and development of the database and file adapters. Responsibilities Planning - Preparing estimates, Project plan, Risk Management plan, Resourcing, Budgeting etc. Tracking the Project in terms of Deliverables, Risk, Budget . Communication with Project Stakeholders Managing the training of resources. Accomplishments Solution delivered with 0 delay and 0 Post go-live defects Received a Client Engagement Feedback of 7/7 No defects in Integration testing as the Unit testing was done end to end . CMM level 5 Project Nov 2007 till Feb 2009 Infosys, Pune IBU - ES-EAI Role - Project Manager Client - British Telecom (Global Services) Team Size- 30 Managing the migration of B2B functionalities of BTGS from Cyclone to Oracle B2B and working towards developing a common Gateway for BT. The program had four projects each handles services for a separate group of Trading Partners/Suppliers. The technologies used were WLI and Oracle B2B. Challenges The project was transferred to us from another vendor, when the design and part of coding was already done and there was already a delay in the schedule. First Oracle B2B implementation by Infosys. Also first Oracle B2B implementation in BT BT had financial penalties associated for any delay. So Managing risks had to be done closely to avoid any delay. Had to go beyond our scope of work to ensure there are no delays in delivery which included preparation of environment, co-ordination with other vendors and timely communication. Working very closely with Oracle as the Product was not mature. Performance testing was a long and challenging exercise as the product was new and the environment was shared with other teams. Accomplishments Solution delivered with 0 delay and 0 Post go-live defects Received a Client Engagement Feedback of 7/7 CMM level 5 Project. Feb 2007 to Aug 2007 Tech Mahindra Limited UK Project - Financial Community Extranet Client - British Telecom (Global Services) Role - Programme Quality Gate Manager The project aims at transferring the Radianz (leading Financial Extranet Provider) operations into BT MPLS domain. Radianz was acquired by BT in 2005. BT Radianz has an extranet service called FCE on the RXN network. FCE allows service providers to sell information feeds to members. The programme is divided into six projects Service Delivery, Service Assurance , Service Surround , Data Synchronization , Internal Reports and Data Migration. Technically each stream is made of components developed and supported by various vendors. These components are integrated using web services or interactions with a common database. Present Roles and Responsibilities: Defining the Quality Gates and Processes for the programme. Making sure that agreed user requirements are documented, prioritized, acceptance criteria agreed and covered by testing. Providing timely input to higher management about the possible issues and progress of the Project. Defining and collecting metrics to give a sense for how the project is progressing and whether the deliverables produced are acceptable Ensuring that the solution is of acceptable quality Responsible for making sure that Change management is properly followed. Coordinating with the Component Teams to ensure that the Project Plan is understood and adhered by all and the Common Quality gate Criteria is applicable to everyone. November 2003 till Feb 2007 NIIT Technologies Limited Client - British Airways, London Project - Nirvana Application Support . Role - Project Manager Nirvana is the name given to a set of Customer Relation Applications using various third party and BA products and services. The core of Nirvana is a third party application ePowercenter. Nirvana is used by BA executives to log complaints and compliments, maintain history of customer correspondence, compensate customers at the Airports and awarding settlements to customers in various forms etc. It is a high availability application and is on 24X7 supports. Roles and Responsibilities Responsible for the Application Support of Nirvana set of Applications and delivery of the Nirvana service as per agreed SLA. Responsible for the implementation and testing of applications/utilities using ePowercenter as their core application. Reviewing the documentation (BAD, SAD, Project Plan, Test strategy, Test Plans etc) for associated delivery projects. Responsible for document, update and sign off of Application Support related documentation (Opins, SMP, SLA, Test Strategy, Release Strategy, Risk Logs etc) and configuration management. Responsible for Release Management for the releases of the core product and implementation of the same. Resource Planning -Budget, Recruit, Prepare Rotation Plans, Prepare Training and development plans and performance metrics. Single point of contact for the Suppliers. Attending Operational review meetings, Post implementation review meetings and updating the customers of any happenings in the team Prepare Weekly/Monthly Status reports for NIIT and BA. Accomplishments. Provided leadership and direction to project teams by understanding business processes, managing scope, technically and functionally mastering the application and ensuring that an appropriate level of application quality was maintained at all times. Increased Project Profitability by changing onsite/offshore task responsibilities and suitably training the offshore team. Played an instrumental role in automating support procedures by developing utilities to do checks on application servers and fix known issues. Documented the SOX compliance documents for the project and conducted audits to ensure compliance with SOX guidelines and to assist as needed from a technical and functional standpoint. Managed relationships with third parties and conducted timely Service Support Reviews. Coordinated the successful simultaneous development of several projects mainly Cash Compensation, Non-Cash Compensation, EU Compensation etc. Successfully handled implementation of Nirvana which included data migration, Application testing, User testing and development of additional utilities. Project - CARESS Role- Team Leader Offshore Caress was a BA developed application for Customer Relations on VB, ORACLE and used FILENET to store images. It was decommissioned and was replaced by Nirvana. Responsible for trouble shooting issues and doing code changes as required. Developing associated reporting applications for internal teams e.g. MIS. Responsible for migration of data from Caress to Nirvana. Accomplishments Developed a utility for doing daily checks on the system and fix known issues. Developed utility for migrating data from Caress to Nirvana. November 2002 till Nov 2003 NORTH DELHI POWER LIMITED-(Joint venture of Tata Power and Delhi Govt.)(Delhi) Systems Analyst Major Achievements Development and Implementation of On-line MIS (JSP, ORACLE) from the billing database. Development and Implementation of Enforcement System (Developer2000, Oracle-8i). Development of Meter Repository System (Developer2000, Oracle-8i). Development and Implementation of software for the Load Dispatch center (VB-6, Oracle-8i). Documentation for ISO 9001-2000 for IT department. Coordinated the implemented of Document Management System for Managing scanned Customer communications. Nov 2001 October 2002 STERLING HOSPITAL (ADD Life Medical Institute Pvt Ltd) System Analyst It is a 275 beds Multi-super specialty hospital jointly owned by Paras Pharmaceuticals and a group of doctors. Major Accomplishments Implemented Hospital Management solution for the hospital, which was developed by a third party. Conducted business Analysis and facilitated the customization of the product and training of users. Platform- VB, SQL SERVER 2000 Developed an Audit system for the Hospital in JSP using the database of the HMS, which was used by the Senior Management for their MIS and decision support system, Stores for managing inventory and alerts. Feb 2000 -Oct 2001 ASSOCIATED INFOTECH LIMITED Ahmedabad Senior Developer It is a company started by ex WIPRO software professionals in 1993.The company has branches in Ahmedabad, Baroda and Delhi. User Requirement Analysis, Design and development of Data Organizer (JSP, Oracle 8i). Data Organizer is a generic application /Plug in component for transfer of Data from various databases to any database/file. It also provides for viewing, data, and analysis of data, data cleaning and data ware housing. This product was implemented at Knoll Pharmaceuticals, Reliance Industries etc. Developed the Prototype for iATM (JSP, Oracle 8i). iATM is an advanced demand forecasting system that helps banks identify and forecast demand for cash by location and time and analyze the trends at various ATMs. User Requirement Analysis, Design and development of SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (MARKET PLANNER) (JSP, EJB, ORACLE 8i). The Market Planner is a Data Mining and forecasting module in the SCM and was later used as a part of the Supply Chain Management System developed by the company. Designed and Developed the Logistics Centre Management System (Developer2000, Oracle 8i) which focuses in automating the whole activities of Logistics Centre, which is presently manual and partially computerized. The whole project was subdivided into various modules i.e. Issue, Receipt, Transportation, Distribution, Invoicing, Billing and Financial Accounting. Developed, tested and implemented Increment Module (Developer2000, Oracle 8i) for Indian Rayon Industries Limited (Aditya Birla Group). The Increment module takes care of the Appraisal grades allotment, Setting of Increments - Category, grade, department & Individual wise by HR. System study of Police department for the development of a package for the Administrative & Crime related work of Police Stations of Gujarat. July 1997-Feb 2000 ALSTOM Limited (formerly GEC ALSTHOM) - Assistant Manager Delhi Joined as Management Trainee. Promoted in April 1999. Job Responsibilities Business Development activities in North India for 66kV-400 kV Substations & Switchyards. Preparing Tenders, discussions & negotiations with Govt. utilities like Power Grid, NTPC, and DVB IPPs like Daelim, Toshiba, PEC Engg, and Somdutt Power etc. Consultants like Desein,Bechtel. Marketing of Power Transformers 33 kV 400 kV . Marketing of EHVSF6 Circuit Breakers. Internal Auditor for ISO-9001. Execution of projects in Northern Region-e.g. Electrification of Paint Shop & weld shops for Maruti Udyog Limited. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS BE, Electrical from Bhagalpur College of Engineering (1993-97) with 84% marks. -FIRST RANK holder in the University. A.I.S.S.C.E (CBSE Board) from K.V.Noida (1993) with 83% marks. A.I.S.S.E (CBSE Board) from K.V.Noida (1991) with 78% marks. Certifications Certificate course in Oracle Applications development Twice certified ISO 9001-2000 Auditor. Certified PRINCE2 practitioner. Awards 2007- British Airways Excellence award for Attitude, determination and Team Work 2007 Excellence Award for contribution to the planning of the FCE Project from British Telecom | 
