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vishnu rajasekhar

Phone: 515-422-0459

Email: vishnu@

Senior Project Manager

Top-performing and passionate Project Manager with more than 13 years of IT experience combining expert SDLC management skills, payment processing, web application development, database management, and administration. Hands-on technologist with a proven track record of leading high-velocity development teams to exceed quality delivery expectations while controlling costs. Accomplished leader, able to coordinate the efforts of diverse teams of on-shore and off-shore[remote] application developers and QA engineers towards successful enterprise program and project outcomes using the agile methodology and an expert understanding of the underlying technology. Deep domain experience with State Government, Health, and financial institutions. Heavily invested in personal and professional development with PMP Certification, Scrum Master Designation, SAFe 4 Certified Agilist, ITIL Foundation, and multiple Microsoft Certifications. Subject Master Expert in (Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, WI ePDMP).

Areas of Expertise

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|Project Management and PMO |Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (WI ePDMP) |Payment Processing |

|Project Estimation & Scheduling |Capacity and Resource Planning |Software Architecture and Design |

|Scrum Master/Agile |Accelerated Product Development |Microsoft Project/ Project-Online |

|Change Management |Team Leadership |JIRA and Confluence |

|Risk Management |Value Driven Portfolio Management |Application Development |

|Business Analysis |Scenario Based Modeling for PMO |Balsamiq and MS Visio |

|Customer Focus |Financial Domain Experience |SDLC |

|State Government | |Purpose Oriented Thinking |

Professional Experience

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WISCONSIN INTERACTIVE NETWORK (SUBSIDIARY OF NIC INC.) Madison, WI 9/2017 – PRESENT

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

2017- 2018

▪ Managing the Wisconsin Prescription Drug Monitoring Project (WI ePDMP).

▪ The ePDMP is a new tool to help combat the ongoing prescription drug abuse epidemic in the state of Wisconsin. By providing valuable information about controlled substance prescriptions that are dispensed in the state, it aids healthcare professionals in their prescribing and dispensing decisions.

▪ Working directly with Department of Safety and Public Service and Department of Health.

▪ Managing the product development, EHR integration, customer support, and leading the project team.

▪ In charge of release plan, quality, managing risks, and budget.

PENNSYLVANIA INTERACTIVE LLC (SUBSIDIARY OF NIC INC.) Harrisburg, PA 5/2013 – 8/2017

Project Manager

2017

▪ Managed the following enhancement projects:

o Department of Transportation - Driver record applications for implementing Act33 of 2016(Interlock Limited License)

o Driver Vehicle Services – Practice Exam Mobile Apps (iOS and Android) Enhancements.

o Office of Administration -Employment Website Phase 2.

▪ Led complex and multi phased driver record application enhancement project which includes Individual Driver Record System, Business Account Driver Record System, Batch Driver Records System, and Real Time Driver Record System. Replaced data source (legacy system), Managed TPE (CCP and CDB) changes. Worked directly with wholesalers and coordinated UAT. This project started in 2016 September and completed on 6/18/2017; largest (in-terms of revenue) individual project in our portfolio for the PA Department of Transportation (PA DOT).

▪ Led team of four and successfully launched three of the agencies websites on/ahead of time.

2016

▪ Key member of the PMO and in charge of capacity and portfolio. Implemented new timesheet system, a capacity and resource planning model which is helpful for portfolio level planning and risk management.

▪ Played a key role in initiating two enterprise projects currently in the execution phase. Conducted requirement gathering, business analysis, wrote proposals, and built prototypes using Balsamiq mock-ups and Viso.

▪ Developed a capacity planning strategy that is aligned with team skills, application demands, and priority product road map features while facilitating development velocity. Maintained a consistent project management approach to ensure that the team delivering the 2016 project phase and approved enhancements have the proper resource allocation, full understanding of the business requirements, and a commitment to meet all deadlines and SLA requirements.

▪ Took initiatives to build a knowledge base and more subject matter experts through training in driver record portal.

▪ Managed 12% of projects for the overall PAI Portfolio (2016-17) in addition to the enhancement/ change request sub projects. Stream lined escrow process, documented, and transitioned to the development team.

2015

▪ Played a key role in PMO Office that delivered a comprehensive portfolio of 44 services to the Commonwealth of PA. Contributions included providing capacity planning, business analysis, program management, risk mitigation, and resource allocation assistance for a 30+ member cross-functional team while serving as the PM on driver record portal projects for the PA Department of Transportation (PA DOT).

▪ Achieved measurable improvements for PA DOT in application performance and UI by the hands-on management of a PM, software developers, and QA engineer at the project detail level which included reviews, testing, network scanning, penetration testing, accessibility testing, and load testing for each deployment.

▪ Adeptly coordinated weekly project update status meetings with Finance and other PA DOT stakeholders to keep this multi-year project initiative on track.

▪ Introduced PMI/ITIL best practices and contributed to building an enhanced service management plan.

2014

▪ Meticulous management of the Change Management process which required approvals by the Commonwealth Pennsylvania’s Change Advisory Board and a transparent impact assessment of the maintenance window. Represented PAI in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Change Advisory Board Meetings and maintained a stellar track record of changes for compliance.

▪ Implemented a custom work flow based automated Change Management and document approval process in JIRA. Facilitated weekly PAI internal Change Advisory Board Meetings.

▪ Met the challenge of reconciling three years of financial reporting data by fixing errors in the billing and reporting system which satisfied a key project deadline.

▪ Process Improvement analysis revealed duplicate billing of third party vendor(call-experts) and saved PAI’s thousands of dollars.

▪ Involved in the business development process and researched NIC’s application database. Identified potential and quick win applications fit for PAI. Collected more details from the respective portals. Event Registration, MyEvents2Go, DMVA donation application, Campaign finance application are approved and implemented. 30+ applications/services proposed to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for their consideration from NIC application database. Applications that were already utilized by other States building similar systems with other units within our parent company(NIC).

▪ A variety of inspection applications were analyzed and a business proposal was prepared. Delivered a demonstration of three inspection applications to Department of Labor and Industries executives.

2013

▪ Contributed to developing and testing portal.

▪ Business analysis on PA Business Registration and conviction monitoring project proposal.

▪ Prepared high-level functional analysis document for 80+ agency websites. This document became instrumental for migration program’s planning and estimation and received appreciation from both internal and external stakeholders.

UST GLOBAL, Des Moines, IA 6/2008 – 5/2013

Systems Analyst and Senior Software Engineer

▪ Senior module development leader on a project designed to automate the data management and data enrichment process.

▪ Managed tasks for members of onshore and off-shore development teams as well as third party vendors.

▪ Adeptly controlled the deployment and production release process for the application.

▪ Contributed to the creation of web forms using Silverlight, and C#, stored procedures for the back-end data base, and Cascade Style Sheets for the UI.

▪ Responsible for the development of technical documentation and a run book for the support team.

▪ Acted as an SME for the risk model valuation for a Global Derivative Platform (Pricing Tool) application working closely with the BA team in the US and UK on project requirements, requirements analysis, and estimates for the project center.

▪ Capably managed the assignment of development team tasks to create a simplified market data environment for international users.

▪ Used XAML and XML to rapidly develop a dynamic Silverlight GUI that would be easy to modify in future.

▪ Collaborated with a Quantitative Analyst to change Matlab code to leverage the market environment concept that was the core functional benefit of the application.

Awards

▪ UST Global – Best Performance Award in Q3 2010 for “Execution Mindset”

▪ UST Global – Best Performance Award in Q2 2011 for “Putting the Client First & Execution Mindset”

Early Career Snapshot- Kerala, India 2004 - 2007

▪ MVS Software Consulting PVT.LTD- Team Lead

▪ ACTSINFO, Software Engineer

▪ Tandem Infotech, Software Engineer, Net Developer

▪ OPTURA Soft (P) LTD., Software Engineer, Net Developer

Education

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▪ Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Computer Science, University of Kerala, India

▪ Diploma in Computer Engineering, State Board of Technical Education, Kerala, India

Certifications

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▪ Project Management Professional (PMP) (2017)

▪ SAFe 4 Certified Agilist (SA) (2016)

▪ PMI ACP Certification (2014)

▪ Certified Scrum Master (CSM) (2013)

▪ ITIL Foundation Certification (2013)

▪ Competent Communicator Certification from Toastmaster International (2011)

▪ Competent Leader Certification from Toastmaster International (2011)

▪ PMI- Associate Level Certification (UST-Global -Skill port) -2011

▪ MS Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) .NET Framework 3.5, Application Development Using C# (2010)

▪ Microsoft Certified Professional(MCP): Application Development Foundation - (2008)

Leadership

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▪ Vice President of Education, International Institute of Business Analysis Harrisburg, PA Chapter (2015 to 2017)

▪ Vice President of Marketing, Toast Masters International, Tower Toasters Club, Des Moines, Iowa (2011 to 2012)

▪ Member, PMI Keystone Chapter, Harrisburg, PA

▪ Member, Central Penn Agile User Group

Publications

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▪ Presented on PMI Keystone Chapter - Susquehanna (Harrisburg) Event

Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2016; Topic: A Simple Way to Calculate Your Project Estimate [TECHNICAL session]

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