VASUDEVA NARAYANA                                                                                                                                                            CELL: 201 616 7135

                                                                                                                     vasu.narayanaa@gmail.com

             

 

SUMMARY:

 

8 Years of business and project management experience with in-depth knowledge of business processes in retail, banking and higher education industries. A thorough understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including but not limited to the various concepts such as Requirement Gathering, Experience in the development of Client-Sever and Web-Based Applications. Possess a detail-oriented nature with excellent communication, interpersonal, problem solving skills, and recognized for being a valued team leader.

§         Successful two lifecycle implementations of CRM, two lifecycle implementations of online application systems and one EDM tool Imagenow. Process modeling and re-engineering.

§         Led teams to examine and prioritize requirements and risk analysis by accurately analyzing the needs of the clients and making sure to add value and achieve quality.

§         Managing multiple projects and performing leadership roles managing teams of up to 35. Strong analytical skills. Expertise in conducting and implementing Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.

§         Expert knowledge in process re-engineering, re-mapping data flows conducting to-be, as-is analysis. Successfully re-engineered the SIS(PeopleSoft) at NYU-POLY

§         Expertise managing marketing and operational budgets up to 14M USD.

 

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

 

Rational Unified Process, Waterfall Methodology, Agile, Rational ClearQuest, ReqPro, SAP HANA, SAP BODS 4.1, BO Xir2, JAVA, J2ee, JSP, PHP, HTML, CSS, JC, VBA, MS Visio, MS Project, HPQC, SQL, PL/SQL, SQL Server 2008, SSRS, SSIS, SSAS, Oracle 8i/11g, MS Office, VBA, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, SharePoint

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

 

IBM/Department of Labor, Albany, NY                                                                                                                                 Oct 13- Present

Project Manager

·         Consolidated a list of various jobs, processes, interfaces and stream lined the process of managing these resources, helped in saving time and faster resolution to any requirement changes or errors.

·         Made use of six sigma and lean methodology in creating effective new templates for requirement gathering, use case definitions and report definitions in an effort to reduce waste and redundant work.

·         Manage all phases of projects including initiation, planning, cost management (when applicable), resource management, communications, and quality management

·         Independently negotiated and defined realistic expectations (internal and external) with project team and stakeholders

·         Manage a team of 4 business analyst and a QA; assist them in various projects by getting resources and knowledge as needed.

·         Compiled a list of 5000+ critical reports for the employer domain in order to kick start the migration from legacy mainframe systems to new MS SQL environment.

·         Defined project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders. Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals

·         Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations

 

Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                     Mar13 – Oct13

Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager

§         Lead the Student System Integration from NYU-POLY Graduate admissions, as the institute is merging with NYU as of Jan 1 2014. Both campuses are on People Soft Campus Solutions

§         Implemented lean and six sigma approach to the application process, and increased efficiency by 30%, which lead to increased student enrollment

§         Reverse engineered, created and developed project documentation including: entity relationship diagrams, use vases, data flow diagrams, data dictionaries, business processed, project scope, business fit assessment and targeted presentations.

§         Conducted Gap analysis to understand new business model and additional functionalities to be incorporated in to the new application.

§         Conducted JAD sessions for better understanding and refining of requirements in coordination with multiple teams.

§         Create proof of concepts and ability to analyze project needs and determine resources needed to meet objectives and solve problems. Create training material and planning the sessions.

§         Clarified and prioritized requirements by conducting brainstorming sessions with the stakeholders and SMEs.

§         Documented various documents including the Business Requirement Documents and the Use Case Specification Documents.

§         Used Rational Requisite Pro as requirement gathering tool.

§         Conducted analysis and prototyping, implement external data loads, as well as assist in identifying customization, interface and conversion requirements

 

Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn, NY                                                                                                      Sep 07 – Mar 13

Business Analyst

§         Identified all use cases components including basic, alternate and exception flows.

§         Participated in various architectural development sessions to provide technical teams with a better understanding of the requirements.

§         Analyzed requirements and created use cases, use case diagrams, activity diagrams using MS Visio

§         Gathering business requirements and converting them into functional requirements specifications and user requirement specifications.

§         Carried out detailed and comprehensive business analysis with the RUP Methodology.

§         Prepared Business Process Models, which included modeling of all activities of the business from conceptual to procedural level. And Create functional specifications to support people soft modules.

§         Organized and led Change control meetings recommending appropriate action after analysis of changing requirements.

§         Conducted multiple interviews to clarify requirements in order to identify use cases and document UC Specifications. Manage a version control tool for all codes and documents

§         Assisted QA team by Reviewing test cases and clarifying requirements to ensure complete coverage of requirements. Provided training to users, and involved in conducting UAT sessions to gain user confidence and approval.

§         Performed requirement walkthroughs with the Dev. And QA teams with the aim to develop testing strategies and test plans such that test cases reflect user needs.

§         Created and managed a report repository of 60 various reports engaging all levels of the management and wrote complex SQL Queries and procedures to generate these reports

§         Hands on work experience with data warehousing project for building a reporting module and also for students information system, working with various data sources and making use of SQL SSIS to perform ETL, and SQL SSRS and SSAS to perform various reporting tasks and data analysis

 

Infosys Technologies Ltd, Bangalore, India                                                                                                                                Sep 05 – Aug 07

Business Analyst/Project Manager

§         Performed Gap Analysis, conducted walkthroughs and acted as a liaison between the business users, stakeholders and the team to perform requirements, quality and risk analysis.

§         Managed and mentored a team of 4 software developers.

§         Designed and developed a data warehouse, for the analytical reporting module.

§         Involved in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

§         Used MS VSS for version control system and excel based Issue Tracker for bug tracking.

§         Involved in developing applications using Java, J2EE, EJB, Struts, JSP and Servlet.

§         User Training-worked with user community closely to train them and explain various features to them. Conducted online webinars and demo’s to train the end users.

§         Developed database schema and SQL queries for querying database on Oracle 9i.

§         Designed and developed application using Java; Developed SQL queries and stored procedures for the application; Worked with JDBC and modified SQL Queries for better performance; Worked with front end using JSP, HTML, JavaScript and CSS; Involved in code Review and documentation as per company standards.

§         Comfortably worked on oracle 8i based data warehousing project for business objects reporting and made use of Oracle stored procedures to map data together to a central repository.

§         Designed and developed a web based single sign on java application.

 

EDUCATION:

Polytechnic Institute of NYU, Brooklyn, NY

MBA – Global Innovation and Technology Management - 2011

MS – Manufacturing Engineering/ Supply Chain Engineering - 2008

Kuvempu University, India

BS – Mechanical Engineering - 2005