Dipti Wangu

Dipti Wangu

Agile and Waterfall Project Management
Reply rate:
-
Availability:
Hourly ($/hour)
Age:
43 years old
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Experience:
13 years
DIPTI WANGU Contact: - Email: -Canada PR Number: T-; Category: IM-1; Date of Expiry: 20/06/2018 CAREER SUMMARY Hold over 13 years of rich experience working as an IT professional Successfully managed and delivered multiple projects for top Insurance and Banking clients like MetLife, Cigna, TD Bank, Co-Operative Bank, AIG and HDFC by handling end to end activities of delivery, finance, staffing, contracts, hiring and reporting Succeeded in various roles like that of a Delivery Manager, Project Manager and Scrum Master in offshore Agile projects for more than 4+ years Significant on-shore experience working with MetLife at Atlanta, Georgia, USA for 2.5 years as a coordinator and Production Support engineer Strong background in working with SDLC methodologies like Waterfall and Distributed Agile Facilitated Sprint planning sessions with Product owners and teams to create Product Backlogs. Planned implementation of prioritized stories in sprint and managed communication with all stakeholders Eliminated impediments, Monitored and Drove teams to sprint completion meeting milestones Provided Agile methodology trainings to offshore teams across accounts Led process improvements and implementation. Kept team motivated and focused on project goals EDUCATION MS/Software Engineering from BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India 2007 BTechfrom NIT, Rourkela, Orissa, India 2004 CERTIFICATIONS Certified Scrum Master 2018 WORK SUMMARY IT Project Manager at HSBC account of Capgemini Jun’16 – Jan’ 18 Delivery Manager at AIG Insurance account of Capgemini Jun’15 – Mar’16 Project Manager at COOP – Cooperative Bank account of Capgemini May’14 – Jun’15 Program Manager at TD Bank account of Sapient Oct’12 – Feb’13 Project Lead at TD Ameritrade account of Sapient Jan’12 – Sep’12 Senior Programmer, Track Lead at Cigna.com Redesign account of Sapient Nov’10 – Dec’11 Senior Programmer at Metlife account of Patni Computer Systems, Noida/Mumbai/Atlanta Sep’04 – Oct’10 SKILLS Operating System:Windows XP, Unix Environment: Client Side & Server side Database: DB2, Oracle Internet Tools: RAD, WSAD, JUNIT, Hammurapi, ANT, Visual Source Safe, Test Director, Starteam, LDAP, JIRA, RTC, MPP, Power Point, Sharepoint, MS Excel Languages: Java Other: Vignette, Struts, Portals, Interwoven, Kony Studio Functional Skills: Management & Leadership Skills, Training & Development WORK EXPERIENCE IT Project Manager at HSBC account of Capgemini Jun’16 – Jan’18 Work with PMO team post allocation of project to define requirements and map the same to RTC project. Get JIRA setup Work with Resource Managers to get BA, Engineering/Development, Functional Testing and UAT teams allocated to the project as per initial requirement understanding Kickoff project and create Sprint plan. Work with Business and BA to get stories uploaded in JIRA Backlog Conduct Sprint Demo, planning and incorporate Product Owner comments and get Sprint signoff. Remove impediments faced by team members to achieve quality and meet all milestones Get Clarity, JIRA and RTC for project closed Delivery Manager at AIG Insurance account of Capgemini Jun’15 – Mar’16 Ownership of delivery for all projects on time on milestones with quality Staffing resources with required skill set to ensure success of project and managing logistics Owning invoicing as per SOW for T&M and FP projects, reducing cost of execution to maximize contribution margin Handling performance management of the team including ratings and individual goal settings Project Manager at COOP – Cooperative Bank account of Capgemini May’14 – Jun’15 Managed Streams 1, 2, 3, Common components during development phase Managed entire team during defect fixing phase and performed build and configuration management Program Manager at TD Bank account of Sapient Oct’12 – Feb’13 Identifying exact requirements and creating a statement of work with major milestones and deliverables through interactive sessions with client Conducting technical discussion with technical architect and team to come up with an approach for implementation Getting resources with the right skills staffed on the project and managing infrastructure and logistics Creating and tracking project plan and managing resources to meet milestones with no slippage Leading Quality Assurance team to test requirements thoroughly and reducing defect count in subsequent internal releases Ensuring packaged code and related documents are delivered as per previously agreed upon milestone dates Following up with client to deploy and test delivered code and get sign off on quality Enhancing customer relationships to proceed into next scope of work for team Project Lead at TD Ameritrade account of Sapient Jan’12 – Sep’12 Understanding project requirements from functional and business perspective Suggesting end to end estimate for technical implementation Getting approvals from clients on the approach and estimates and leading team to achieve quality output Sharing knowledge with client on implementation through interactive sessions and documents Senior Programmer, Track Lead at CIGNA account of Sapient Nov’10 – Dec’11 Worked on getting familiar with the new technology and then worked with the team to document the knowledge gained Actively involved in Technical Design discussions of various components created during the Design phase Created Interwoven CMS, Java and IDOL based components Acted as Track Lead and led the team into completion of the project and Support phase Senior Programmer at Metlife account of Patni Computer Systems, Noida/Mumbai/Atlanta Sep’04 – Oct’10 Analysis of Change Requests and estimation Analysis, Coding, Testing and Deployment of code changes to implement the requirements Analysis and resolution of Production issues like Technical and Functional issues reported by the user, Infrastructure issues reported by user or detected during monitoring within SLA
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