AKSHAY DUTT TRIPATHI

1330 Shore District Drive #2319, Austin, TX 78741

(314) 799-8608 akshay.d.trip@gmail.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/akshay-tripathi-pmp-csm/1/8a/47b/

 

 

PROFILE

 

A PMP and CSM certified professional with nearly 14 years of work experience in project management and a proven track record of building high net worth accounts in global markets. Possess excellent analytical abilities, communication skills, along with a sound knowledge and hands-on experience with client relationship development, cross cultural management, project management and strategic business planning. Seeking a challenging role in business operations with an aim in providing efficient and effective solutions to help the organization increase its productivity in global markets. Additional expertise includes:

 

·            Global Project Management	·               SDLC	·               Budgeting & Planning
·            Agile	·               Vendor Management	·               Risk Management
·            Cross-functional Communication	·               Strategic Planning	·               Change Management

 

EDUCATION

 

·               Hofstra University, NY - Masters of Business Administration (with Finance Concentration), May 2011

·               Barkatullaha University, Bhopal, India - Bachelor of Engineering, April 1999

 

CERTIFICATION

 

·               Project Management Professional (PMP); Active member of “PMI Austin” chapter

·               Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Senior Project Manager, rateGenius Inc, Austin, TX                   (Jan, 2015 – present)

 

·               Developing best practices to formalize project management processes, agile methodologies and businesses processes that are efficient and focused on results.

·               Leading weekly meetings with key business leaders across the company to prioritize projects and resources based on capacity-demand models.

·               Working with channel partners, sponsors, and internal marketing team to create project documentation, identify and mitigate risks.

·               Managing large scale projects and program implementations in complex IT environments with full life cycle responsibilities including managing scope, cost, and schedule from initiation through closure.

 

 

Technical Project Manager (Contractor), Charles Schwab, Austin, TX          (Aug, 2014 – Jan, 2015)

 

·               Defined project staffing, resources, schedule and deliverables for multiple financial domain projects.

·               Maintained communication and managed project stakeholder expectations.

·               Developed and presented reports on project progress and risks to appropriate project stakeholders across multiple business units as well as to the PMO.

·               Managed and controlled project budgets and forecasting.

·               Managed the development projects for multiple scrum teams, which include both local and remote team members working on multiple trading product lines.

·               Worked with product owner on artifacts such as product backlog, spring backlog, sprint burndown, and release burndown.

·               Evaluated project schedule and financial variances through root cause analysis and correction.

 

Senior Director of Information Technologies and Services, Hofstra University, NY (May, 2011 – Jun, 2014)

 

·            Developed and implemented strategic plans for information technology applications and equipment for the organization.

·            Managed an IT staff of 16 people and an annual budget of $1 million.

·            Provided technical expertise, supervision and expectations for IT team members.

·            Oversaw the administrative computing programs and services that are developed with an institutional perspective.

·            Developed cooperative relationships with other organizations to identify, test, and adopt innovative programs or technologies for the organization.

 

Onsite Project Manager, Wipro Technology, St Louis, MO              (Nov 2006 – Dec 2008)

Client: MasterCard Inc.

 

·               Oversaw the strategic management and operational oversight of Wipro’s USA based business development and operations. Streamlined operations to reduced operating cost, and increase profitability.

·               Effectively managed multiple large inter-disciplinary projects, including requirement gathering, setting expectations, coordinating cross-functional team activities, and tracking and resolving issues.

·               Coordinated with international stakeholders and staff in Australia, India, Belgium and USA.

·               Initiated customer focused surveys to capture clients’ need and expectation, which improved process flow by 15%, resulting in on-time task completion and increased team member moral.

·               Was responsible for the scheduling, staffing and management of a $1.1M annual budget for client projects.

·               Consistently delivered complex, large-scale projects on time and within budget.

·               Assisted the Vice President of Global Operations in the creation of statement of works (SOW), weekly project progress reports, financial analysis reports and contracts for proposals.

 

 

Offshore Project Manager, Mpact, Chennai, India                    (Dec 2003 – Oct 2006)

CLIENT: MasterCard Inc.

 

·               Managed the strategic plan, development of business requirements, development of functional and program specifications, relational database design, programming, testing and implementation by following the Rational Unified Process (RUP), blended with agile development techniques.

·               Developed and maintained technical documentation for user acceptance testing.

·               Consulted and mentored team members concerning methods, procedures, and standards used during design, development, and unit testing phases of system development projects.

·            Provided leadership and managed development teams and projects. 

 

 

Project Coordinator, Mascon, Chennai, India                (Jul 2001 – Nov 2003)

CLIENT: MasterCard Inc.

 

·               Involved in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle including project initiation, logical modeling, functional specifications, coding, testing, implementation and post implementation support.

·               Examined business processes, analyzed software needs, and translated users’ technology requirements into functional/business requirement documents.

·               Conducted the analysis of complex business problems and processes to translate business requirements into documented functional specifications.

·               Interacted with stakeholders to determine, analyze, formalize and document user needs for new system and report creation, enhancement and modification.

·               Liaised with QA to ensure test cases and scripts are written and documented. Ensured accuracy and the appropriate levels of detail are contained in the test scripts as they pertain to the Requirements.

·               Worked as a point person for production issues. Made sure production problems are resolved in a timely manner.

·               Created end user training documentation. Planned, scheduled and trained users.

·               Initiated numerous technology and process improvement measures including software design process and post development documentations.

 

Software Engineer, Polaris Software Lab, Chennai, India                        (May 1999 – Jun 2001)

CLIENT: Citibank

 

·               Provided technical assistance in identifying, evaluating, and developing systems and procedures that are cost effective and meet business requirements.

·               Worked with user groups to provide training, resolve questions, assess user needs, and recommend changes.

·               Participated in the preparation of specifications for system changes and systems testing.

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

 

·               Software: MS Project, MS Vision, JIRA, MS Sharepoint, MS Office, TFS, Clarity, Oracle, SiSense

·               Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), RUP, SDLC, PMBOK, CMMi

 

REFERENCES

 

·               On Request