Vinod V. Rangayyan, PMP, CSM

vrangayyan@gmail.com | 1-830-305-2681 | linkedin.com/in/vrangayyan

 

Leveraging IT Project/Program Management for rapid gains in enterprise performance

 

IT project management professional, directing medium to large $5M+ enterprise-wide Financial Services initiatives/programs on time, mitigating risks through dynamic leadership, establishing best practices, and leading teams towards critical client goals.

 

CORE COMPETENCIES

PMO, Program Management, Project Management, Project Delivery

Strategic Business Planning, IT Strategy, Team Leadership, Client Relationship

Process Improvement, P&L management, Software Development, Training & Development

Tools: Clarity, Version One, MS Project, MS Office

 

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP) from Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) from Scrum Alliance

 

EDUCATION

Master of Science – Computer Science, Marist College, NY, 2003

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Staffordshire University, U.K., 1999

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Mysore, India, 1995

 

EXPERIENCE & ACHIEVEMENTS

 

IT Project Management Consultant

CaptureRx (Kforce), San Antonio, TX, May 2015 to June 2015

CaptureRx delivers pharmacy benefits management, 340B, and GPO solutions to America’s hospitals and health centers.  Kforce is a leading Technology and Finance & Accounting professional staffing services firm.

·               Managed application development projects to add/upgrade features in core IT platform for Walmart and RiteAid using .Net, Silverlight and MS SQL.

 

IT Project Management Consultant

Wells Fargo (Modis), San Antonio, TX, Oct 2013 to May 2015

Wells Fargo is #1 Mortgage originator and servicer.  Modis is a global provider of IT staffing and recruiting services.

·               Manage strategic Consumer Lending Home Lending Servicing Default PMO initiatives.

·               Advise on business strategy, project execution and operational improvements through direct feedback and project management reporting.

·               Lead long-term enterprise-wide complex business improvement & technology Mortgage projects with geographically distributed teams. Using MSP, IAM, LM Workout, ECAR, HEDDA, OLLW, ERLMF, HDA, MBS/RSI, WOPT, SLOAD, .Net, Oracle, Business Objects, Teradata, COBOL, mainframe and distributed systems.

·               Develop and manage project plans, project definition document, business requirements, business case, risk analysis, issue, statement of work and other deliverables as per enterprise project management methodology including waterfall, phased and Scrum.

·               Analyze problems, bring issues to resolution, and escalate as necessary to meet timelines. Influence stakeholders and negotiate with vendors in dynamic environment.

Ø       Led team to implement new business process across business areas to provide CEO mandated benefits to highly sensitive customer segment.

Ø       Managed project teams to implement multiple processes and IT systems changes to successfully meet federal regulatory compliance deadlines.  Managed technology changes through Scrum application development teams.

 

IT Project Management Consultant

Capital One (Concise Technologies), Dallas, TX, Oct 2012 to Oct 2013

Capital One is in Top 10 largest banks in deposits. Offering financial products & services to consumers, small business & commercial clients.  Concise Technologies is a leading Information Technologies and Engineering consulting organization.

·               Lead moderate to large complex software development & infrastructure projects and programs that are spread across geographies by providing strategic direction and applying Scaled Agile Framework, Scrum and Phased methodologies.

·               Develop and manage project plans, revising to meet changing requirements and leverage problem solving skills to ensure project plans deliver on intent.

·               Maintain key project documentation and manage budget and escalate risks and effectively communicate to ensure project delivery. 

·               Manage client relationship, update program status reports & dashboards.

Ø       Coordinated activities and resolved impediments across over 25 project teams in 3 strategic Auto Loans programs.

Ø       Led process and practice teams as part of Home Loans Mortgage Data Warehouse department’s agile transformation program based on project management methodology assessment. 

Ø       Coached three Home Loans projects teams on agile/Scrum principles, practices, and processes.

Ø       Managed multi-functional matrixed Scrum project team of 19 members onsite & offshore in delivering software solutions in 2 weeks sprints to Auto Finance Enterprise Data Warehouse using Teradata, SQL, Ab Initio and Business Objects.

Ø       Led roadmap planning, sprint and release planning, daily stand-up meetings, reviews, demos, and retrospectives.

 

IT Project Management Consultant

Rackspace Hosting (True North), San Antonio, TX, Apr 2012 to Aug 2012

Rackspace is world leader in hosting delivers enterprise-level managed hosting, cloud hosting, and e-mail hosting services to businesses of all types and sizes globally. True North Recruiting is a full-service recruiting and executive search firm.

·               Lead multiple technology projects that are spread across geographies developing new Storage (SAN & NAS – EMC, NetApp) products and features for Enterprise, Cloud and SMB hosting customers. Including Product Development, Marketing, Ordering, Billing, Customer Service, vendors and customers.

·               Manage client relationship and Statement of Work.  Present project status to executive steering committee.

·               Manage Cost/Benefit Analysis and Benefit Realization at the project level.

Ø       Developed Enterprise Storage program roadmap to optimize project delivery and resource capacity.

Ø       Led project teams in launching Replication & Multi-protocol Storage and Managed Backup products.

Ø       Trained multi-departmental project teams in adoption of Agile Open Unified Process methodology.

 

IT Project Manager

USAA, San Antonio, TX, Oct 2006 to Mar 2012

USAA is Fortune 200 Financial Services Company, with $113.5B in assets and 22K employees, serving Banking, Insurance & Wealth Management products to the military community.

·               Direct multiple large $1M+ complex cross-functional process improvement (Six Sigma, DMAIC), software/systems development and infrastructure phased/agile (Scrum) projects for Mortgage/Auto Loan/Insurance/KYC/Fraud/Credit Card/Debit Card.

·               Lead 200+ geographically distributed resources, and employing PMI PMBOK project management methodology.

·               Projects span multiple departments, vendors & technologies - web & mobile applications, .Net, mainframe, ALS, COBOL, Oracle, MS SQL, Business Objects, Salesforce, PeopleSoft, telecom, call center, billing and security.

·               Proactively resolve issues and mitigate project risks.

Ø       Managed $10M+ of projects, 5% under budget, and generating $200M in revenue.

Ø       Managed $5M (2 years, 110+ members) Mortgage/Home Equity project, re-planned with vendor change, and completed 5% under projected cost.

Ø       Lead teams to enhance KYC/Fraud screening process by updating business process and IT systems (Lexis Nexis Bridger, ALS, web/mobile) with vendors.

Ø       Planned $75M projects in the portfolio & programs by developing the business cases and determining strategic alignment in Demand Management within Project Portfolio Management.

Ø       Raised project standards and success rate by running multiple PMO process improvement initiatives based on project management methodology assessment.

Ø       Led two project teams that completed testing with zero defects by implementing SDLC best practices.

Ø       Revised project timeline considering the delays in obtaining Legal inputs for changes to external & internal web portals and brought $1.25M project back on track to success.

Ø       Led the project team to develop technical strategy that met difficult compliance deadline to gain high customer satisfaction and reducing project cost by $500K. 

Ø       Devised best practices and process improvements in project risk management and trained 200+ PMs.

 

Career Note: Further details of other experiences are available on request during an interview and include:

·   Manager, Anoushka Consulting LLC, San Antonio, TX, 2009-PRESENT

·   Business Analyst Consultant, Harcourt (Titan Solutions), San Antonio, TX, 2005-2006

·   Business Analyst Consultant, VERIZON (CIBER), DALLAS, TX,  2005-2005

·   Business Analyst Lead, Bleuphish LLC, Dallas, TX, 2004-2005

·   IT Developer Lead, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2001-2003

·   IT Consultant, SL Electrotech Ltd, Newcastle-under-Lyme, U.K., 1999-2001

·   Manager, Shree Aishwarya Minerals & Alloys, Goa, India, 1994-1999