Vivek Wadekar

Dallas, TX

Cell: 214-449-9049

Email: vwadekar@gmail.com

 

In my 20+ years of IT career, I served as Agile Coach, Scrum Master, Program Manager, Business Process consultant, Software Development Manager, Solution Architect, Senior Software developer, Quality Engineer and negotiated large IT contracts. Playing a variety of roles in my career has helped me understand end-to-end software delivery, more specifically, the aspects of Lean and Agile from the trenches, which helps me in coaching & mentoring agile teams to deliver high quality business critical software applications leveraging technology.

 

Summary:

 

·   Senior IT Professional with over 20+ years of experience in the Information Technology.

·   Strong business knowledge in multiple industries - Financial Services, Media and Entertainment, Publishing, CPG, Manufacturing, Airlines, Healthcare and Insurance industries.

·   Worked for leaders in IT consulting industry like Cognizant Technology Solutions, Tata Consultancy, HCL Technologies, CSC and their Fortune 1000 clients.

·   Worked in all phases of software development lifecycle including program management, architecture, business analysis, design, development, testing.

·   Certified Scrum Master. Over 10 years of experience as a Project Manager and over five years as Agile Coach / Scrum Master.

·   Successfully delivered large and complex projects using SAFe, Agile Scrum Methodology, RAD, Waterfall and PMP methodologies.

·   Worked on projects involving latest technologies and trends including cloud computing, SaaS, mobile solutions, digital marketing, social media, ecommerce, SOA, ERP (SAP), business intelligence, Oracle/SQL Server, Microsoft .Net, Java, J2EE, Angular JS, ATDD.

·   Worked on Development, Support and Maintenance projects.

·   Expertise in global delivery model (onsite-offshore) and working in multi-vendor environment.

·   US Citizen and local to Dallas, TX.

 

Areas of Expertise:

·   Problem Solving.

·   Process Improvement.

·   Executive Reporting

·   IT Roadmap, 3 Year IT Plan & Strategy development

·   Contract Negotiations and Management.

·   Agile Coach, Project Management, PMO, Scrum Master.

·   Agile Scrum, SAFe, RAD and Water Fall Methodologies.

·   VersionOne, Rally and Jira - Agile Tools.

·   MS Project and MS Office Productivity Tools.

·   Global Team Management (Offshore / Nearshore).

·   Risk Management.

·   Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

 

 

Education:

·   Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India, 1988 (First Class with Distinction)

 

Certification:

·   Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

 

Professional Experience:

 

Infotec Consulting Inc., Plano, TX Sep 2011 - Present

Principal Consultant, Agile Coach

Successfully delivered large business driven IT projects for clients like Capital One, Intel Security, VHA and Sagitec Solutions.

 

Client: Capital One Financial Corporation, Plano, TXJan 2015 – Aug 2015

Agile Coach / Program Manager

For Capital One delivered state-of-the-art Online Small Business Loan Platform in less than 1 year using Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

·   As Agile Coach and Scrum Master directly managed 2 globally distributed (Canada, India, multiple locations within US) Agile development teams of 9 members each

·   Responsible for defining implementation roadmap and Release planning process

·   Coordinated 4 supporting Agile teams including business, DevOps, Real Time Messaging (RTM), Enterprise Data warehouse each with 6-9 team members

·   Facilitated Scrum Ceremonies – Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum meeting, Backlog grooming, Demo, Retrospective.

·   Removed impediments for teams.

·   Worked closely with Senior business leaders and Product Owner to understand business goals for each release and helped decomposing EPIC into small stories using INVEST criteria.

·   Put in place cadence to incrementally deliver shippable software in production at the end of each 2-weeks Sprint.

·   Delivered Capital One the ability to process small business loans within 24 hrs compared to 15-20 days in previous loan platform. This is a big competitive advantage for Capital One.

·   Leveraged latest digital technologies including Real Time Messaging, Security Compliance, DocuSign for digital signature and rules engines to automate bulk of loan processing

·   Used VersionOne as Agile management tool.

 

Client: Intel Security (previous McAfee), Plano, TXSeptember 2014 – Dec 2014

Agile Coach, Scrum Master

Responsibilities:

·   Manage implementation of SAP Cloud solution for Travel & Expense using Agile Scrum Methodology.

·   Setting up Scrum processes, cadence and best practices including Security compliance.

·   Remove impediments for smooth execution of project.

·   Coach team members and business on Agile Scrum methodology and Rally Agile tool.

·   Define product roadmap and manage product plan, budget, schedule and resources.

·   Guide team in decomposition of EPICs into User Stories and tasks.

·   Guide team in estimation of User Stories and Tasks.

·   Conduct Release Planning, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Retrospective and Sprint Review (Demo) meetings.

·   Participate in weekly steering committee meeting with business to review business processes, company policies and security compliance, provide update on project status, velocity and burn down.

·   Manage globally distributed team consisting of McAfee IT, Business and SAP Consulting resources.

·   Used Rally as Agile management tool

 

Client: ProsAlly Solutions Inc. Plano, TXMarch 2013 - August 2014

Agile Coach, Scrum Master

 

ProsAlly.com is cloud based CRM and Office software platform for Small and Midsize businesses in Home Services and Construction industry.

 

Responsibilities:

·   Performed role of program manager and Agile Coach to develop company’s cloud based CRM and Office Platform.

·   Coached 2 teams of 9 members each on Agile Scrum methodology to ensure understanding of Scrum concepts and processes.

·   Oversaw Platform development leveraging offshore teams based in India.

·   Assisted in decomposition of EPIC into stories, identification of story points, estimation, release planning and grooming sessions.

·   Facilitated release planning, backlog grooming, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning and demos.

·   Guided teams when allocating stories to Sprints, task definition, prioritization ensuring smooth delivery of project.

·   Held daily Scrum (stand-ups) meetings for tracking Sprint status, velocity, release progress and burn down.

·   Assisted in the removal of impediments.

·   Organized sprint and release retrospective to review the sprint results, what went well, what could be improved in future Sprints.

·   Resolved project issues including prioritization, budgeting and staffing.

 

Client: Sagitec Solutions, Multiple cities in USJuly 2012 - February 2013

Program Manager / Agile Coach

Sagitec specializes in implementation of large and complex online Pension administration platforms (TCV of $15 - $30 million) for state, school and city employee Pension funds.

 

Responsibilities:

·   Involved in program management of three large and complex projects. Each Project had a team size of 25-30 people.

·   Managed distributed teams at multiple locations - onsite teams at Columbus, OH, Jefferson City, MO, San Diego, CA and offshore teams in Pune and Chennai, India.

·   Ensured standard processes and best practices are followed across multiple projects including compliance to security standards.

·   Managed project plan, budget, schedule, communications, risks and resources.

·   Removed impediments for project teams for smooth execution of projects.

·   Participated in monthly steering committee meetings with executive management of client.

 

Client: VHA Inc. Dallas, TXSeptember 2011 - June 2012

Scrum Master

For Dallas based VHA Inc., a leading Healthcare company, managed mission critical web (Java) based software development project using Agile Scrum Methodology. The project involved design and development of web portal for VHA members (Healthcare Providers) to select Eligible contracts, Discount Tiers and make a volume commitment to VHA Approved Suppliers.

 

Responsibilities:

·   Ensured consistent Scrum cadence and best practices are followed.

·   Removed impediments for project team for smooth execution of projects.

·   Conducted release planning, sprint planning, daily standup, sprint retrospective and sprint review (Demo) meetings.

·   Participated in monthly steering committee meetings with business and stakeholders.

·   Used Rally as Agile management tool

 

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), Dallas, TXOctober 2010 - August 2011

Principal Leader

CSC is global IT consulting company with $15 billion revenue and more than 60,000 consultants.

 

Responsibilities:

·   Involved in program management of multiple client projects as part of vertical Program Management Office (PMO).

·   Removed impediments for various teams working on multiple client projects.

·   Provided thought leadership, domain and solution expertise to ongoing projects in technology and consumer division (Communications; Media & Entertainment; CPG; Retail; Technology; Travel & Transportation industries).

·   Worked with CIOs to discuss IT outsourcing opportunities and improving business performance.

 

HCL Technologies, Denver, COJune 2007 - November 2009

Associate Vice President

HCL is global IT consulting company with $7 billion revenue and 70,000 consultants

 

Responsibilities:

·   Responsible for oversight & program management of multiple IT outsourcing engagements ranging from $5 to $ 25 million per annum for clients such as Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, IRI, Warner Music, SGS International etc.

·   Instrumental in winning and execution of large & complex SAP ERP & CRM implementation and support project for Wolters Kluwer.

·   For a strategic client, improved Customer Satisfaction Survey rating from 3.8 to 6.6 (on a scale of 1 to 7) in just 1 year resulting in $100 million multi-year back office IT outsourcing contract.

·   Instituted proper governance structure with clients for value creation, project delivery and Contract / SLA management.

·   Worked on Projects that included: e-Commerce, Social Media, Digital Marketing, BPR, SAP implementation and support, Java based Application Development & Maintenance (ADM), Testing, Product Engineering (SaaS) and Business Intelligence leveraging onsite-offshore model.

·   Helped clients in their business transformation journey, improved operational efficiency & user satisfaction while reducing IT cost by up to 30%.

 

Azurn/ Value Chain International, Denver, COOctober 2005 - June 2007

Senior Vice President

Headquartered in Australia, Value Chain (now Azurn International Ltd.) is a digital content management specialist.

 

Responsibilities:

·   Established and managed company’s operations in US.

·   Worked with publishing clients like McGraw Hill, Cengage Learning and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to deliver E-Commerce (Java), Digital Marketing and publishing BPO solutions.

·   Established strategic partnership with Intel for joint go-to-market in education segment leveraging web based knowledge management solutions.

·   Established sales, operations, IT processes including adoption of Saleforce.com as CRM system.

·   Leveraged onsite-offshore model to deliver Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), IT and consulting services.

 

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Denver, COMarch 1999 - September 2005

Senior Project Manager

Cognizant is global IT consulting company with $12 billion revenue and 150,000 consultants

 

Responsibilities:

·   Managed large and mission critical projects for Fortune 500 clients like Molson Coors Brewing Company and Royal & SunAlliance etc. in CPG and insurance industry.

·   Assisted client’s CIO office in developing 3 Year IT Plan and PMO processes resulting in better project execution and significant cost savings.

·   Consistently delivered all projects on time and within budget with high quality resulting in increased customer satisfaction and repeat business from clients.

·   Advised clients on technology trends and how they could leverage technology to automate business processes and reduce cycle time.

·   Projects involved business analysis, Java J2EE based web application development, CRM, ERP implementation, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Data warehousing, testing services, Production support, analysis and design, enterprise architecture, migration from Mainframe to Java based web applications leveraging onsite-offshore model.

·   Managed multiple teams of 80 onsite and 400 offshore (India) consultants.

Tata Consultancy Services, UK, Europe and India June 1993 - March 1999    Project Manager

TCS is global IT consulting company with $16 billion revenue and 200,000 consultants

 

Responsibilities:

·               Responsible for project management of key client engagements such as Anglian Water & Scottish Provident in UK, KLM Airlines in Holland and Tata International & National Stock Exchange in India.

·               Provided consulting and project management services to key clients in Insurance, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Airlines industry including process consulting, project direction and technology consulting.

·               Managed large geographically distributed teams for development and support of large enterprise applications with team size of 50-200 people.

·               Consistently recognized by management for meeting goals, expanding revenue and profitability and improving client satisfaction. Promoted 3 times in 5 years.

 

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, IndiaMarch 1991 - June 1993

Project Management

IIT is India’s premier engineering and research institute.

Responsibilities:

·   Managed computer center operations, staff and multiple research projects.

 

Xerox India Ltd., IndiaAugust 1990 - February 1991

Design, Vendor Development, Process Improvement

Responsibilities:

·   Involved in vendor management, business process improvement and cost reduction initiatives at Xerox’s manufacturing plant in India.

 

Uptron Digital Systems, IndiaJuly 1988 - August 1990

Design, Development and Support Lead

Responsibilities:

·   Managed support of PC, UNIX based mini-computers and business applications to a diverse business clientele.