Roshan Faizal

CURRICULUM VITAE Surname, First Name: Location: Email: Faizal, Roshan Kerala, India- Profile: • • • • Project Manager & Business Analyst with a total experience of 7+ years. Challenge driven and committed at getting tasks done within their respective deadlines. Team player with hands-on experience in Agile software development and Product Management. Broad experience in handling clients from Middle East, US & UK. Skills: Project Management, Product Management, agile Software Development, Business Analysis, Microsoft Projects, Open Projects, Client Interaction, JIRA, Confluence, Business Communication, Lead Generation, Business Development, Mockup Preparation, Prototyper, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint. Other Responsibilities: • • • • • • Working as a Team Lead - PMO, coordinating the daily project activities and managing a team of Project Coordinators and Analysts. Preparation of Project plan with specific Project milestone delivery dates and managing of Project Backlog with the development team. Managing the financial aspects of IT Service projects and ensuring that the scope stays within the estimated cost. Developing workflow diagrams and preparation of the Functional Requirement Specification document. Performing Business Analysis on use case scenarios of Project features within the Project scope. Risk Analysis and Resource effort tracking, thus, ensuring smooth project execution and on-time delivery without any timeline slippage. Experience Fingent Technology Solutions February 2014 till present Fingent is a Global IT company that crafts strategic IT business solutions enabling business success. Since their inception in 2003, they have pioneered custom solutions that have become central components in their client’s business success. (Details of Projects mentioned in Appendix 1) Designation: Team Lead - PMO Job Description: Use project scheduling and control tools to monitor project timeline. Review project financials based on the work hours spent by the team. Analyse project requirements with the PMO team for the preparation of project workflows and wireframes. Aid the Pre-sales team in calls with potential clients. Review team process to ensure effective project delivery. Analyse quality of work to predict risks affecting project timelines. Qburst February 2012 till February 2014 QBurst is a company that focuses on developing custom business software as per the requirement of the client. They have been at the forefront of web and mobile application development industry, delivering tailormade software solutions to clients, both big and small. (Details of Projects mentioned in Appendix 1) Designation: Associate Business Analyst Job Description: Responsible for analysing business requirements for projects. Prepare Functional Requirement Specification document with use cases as per the analysis of the requirements. Effectively communicate the comments and feedback of the client regarding the project to the whole team. Maintain a friendly rapport with the client and ensure further business deals. Ensure that the client is provided with a quality assured solution. Lab Furniture Systems India Pvt Ltd June 2010 to January 2012 Lab Furniture Systems India Pvt Ltd., is a company that offers quality solutions for Research and Pharmaceutical companies by constructing state-of-the-art facilities as per their requirements. Clients include Biocon, ITC, Dabur, Fresenius Kabi, Pfizer, AVT, Novozymes, Momentive Performance Materials, Saint Gobain, Hospira, Orchid Pharma. (Details of Projects mentioned in Appendix 1) Designation: Design & Project Engineer Job Description: Responsible for the designing of Exhaust system (HVAC). Analyze client requirements and provide technical advice as per the requirements. Analyze Lab equipments and chemicals used in the lab in order to suggest ideal chemical resistant furnitures and Fume hoods for the project. Create and manage overall project management process including site management. Update client with progress at work-site and the project as a whole. Ensure smooth moving of the project and efficiently tackle roadblocks. APPENDIX 1 Projects Completed Ø Fingent Technologies SSNW April 2017 till present This product aims at notifying end-users about threats in the geographic area around their current location. The product includes a back-end which will let admins add threats and risks around an area. The mobile application will then prompt the end-users about the threats around the user’s current location. Responsibilities and Contribution: Project Manager for the project; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Interact with the client in understand project feature requirements; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation to ensure maximum turnover. TaxSlayer March 2017 till present This product aims at letting Tax preparers conduct transactions that allows them to charge their customers for the service rendered in preparation of Tax papers, conducting audits, etc. The broader perspective involves developing a POS application for retail outlets to let them manage billing for their products using this software Responsibilities and Contribution: Project Manager for the project; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Interact with the client in understand project feature requirements; Prepare wireframes and mockups for project features based on the feature workflows; Maintain Project Backlog and coordinate with the Development team with the Project execution; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation to ensure maximum turnover. All Sports Tracker January 2017 till present This product aims at letting coaches track workout routines of athletes for specific sports. The MVP is currently aimed at helping Higsh school Coaches in training high school athletes and tracking their sports performances. The performances tracked will be shared with College Coaches which will help them in recruiting these students to college teams. Responsibilities and Contribution: Project Manager for the project; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Interact with the client in understand project feature requirements; Maintain Project Backlog and coordinate with the Development team with the Project execution; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation to ensure maximum turnover. Sourcr November 2016 till present Sourcr is a recruitment marketplace that connects Employers to specialist recruiters across Australia. For Employers who have made the decision to outsource their recruitment needs, they can post jobs, with the fee they are willing to pay, which are viewed by recruiters across the country. Responsibilities and Contribution: Project Manager for the project; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Interact with the client in understand project feature requirements; Analyse recruitment algorithm and design a solution to effectively track candidate application status; Maintain Project Backlog and coordinate with the Development team with the Project execution; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation to ensure maximum turnover. Ed360 & Ed360 School ERP February 2015 till present This product aims at providing an Augmented Learning Platform for students for the betterment of their Academic studies. The Learning management solution is a web based application, of which some pages will be mobile responsive and developed to make learning fun and interactive for the students. The application will be used by Teachers, Students, Content Editors, Management and Parents. The school ERP packaged along with the LMS offers to be a complete package letting the school use the LMS for managing the learning process and the ERP solution to manage the school management side. Responsibilities and Contribution: Product Manager for the product; Responsible for rolling out the product successfully in a school at Sharjah; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Maintain Project Backlog and coordinate with the Development team with the Project execution; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation in order to ensure maximum turnover; Interact with the client in understand project feature requirements; Prepare wireframes and mockups for project features based on the feature workflows UpSkill September 2015 till present This product aims at creating an LMS which can be used by Corporate firms to develop their employee skill set by focussing various competencies which are required for each job title. The product specifically focusses on analysing the capabilities of each employee and then, suggesting courses from the course library to help these employees develop their capabilities to grow within the organization. Responsibilities and Contribution: Product Manager for the product; Research on human behaviour and effects of gamification in human resource development; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Maintain Project Backlog and coordinate with the Development team with the Project execution; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation in order to ensure maximum turnover; Interact with the client in understand project feature requirements; Prepare wireframes and mockups for project features based on the feature workflows Legends Personal Training Program August 2014 till February 2015 Legends Personal Training is a select group of the finest Personal Trainers and health professionals in Wimbledon and Kingston. This application was developed for the Legends Personal trainers by implementing a research based “Structured Muscle Shock Training” algorithm that will help their clients achieve their respective fitness goals. This application will be used by Legends Personal Trainers and their respective Trainees. Responsibilities and Contribution: Project Coordinator for the project; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Interact with the client to understand the working and functioning logic of the “Structured Muscle Shock Training” algorithm; Maintain Project Backlog and coordinate with the Development team with the Project execution; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation to ensure maximum turnover; Prepare wireframes and mockups for all the of the Trainer/Trainee scenarios. Casting Call March 2014 till May 2014 Casting Call is a youth theater program designed for community outreach in churches, campuses, and schools. This website aims at providing theater program materials that address relevant themes affecting the current generation with goal to increase community development and engagement between youth, leaders and parents. Responsibilities and Contribution: Project Coordinator for the project; Preparation and execution of Project plan; Monitor Project timeline & resource allocation to ensure maximum turnover; Coordinate with the client in implementing custom design for each of the website pages. Ø Qburst Data Intelligence June 2013 till February 2014 This project aims at creating technical document and User guide for the apps PharmaTALENT and PharmaCOACH. Responsibilities and Contribution: Technical content writer for the project; Interact with the client to under the business model and functionalities of the project; Interact with the technical team involved in the project to under the technology used in the project; Analyze the application and ensure that the basic flow as well as the alternate flow of the application is captured and recorded. DFry June 2013 till February 2014 This project aims at creating a Business Intelligence tool with an intuitive user friendly UI that uses the large amount of data that is being collected to generate informative reports that help in successful analysis. Responsibilities and Contribution: Business Analyst for the project; Responsible for research on Data to be fetched for the Data dump in the project; Research on stock markets and the data generated on a stock on a trading day; Research on reports that can be generated using the data dump on each of the stock fetched using hadoop. Unius Learning Project August 2012 till February 2014 Unius provides a universal platform for academics and students to manage and interact with their courses. Unius aims to unite all users to enable accessible learning for everyone. The platform is a new generation of Virtual Learning Environments that is very flexible in concept and adaptable to specific features. It allows instructors and students to access and manage their study materials, assignments, progression and time more effectively. There are many other features such as on-line brainstorm, e-library, e-journals and social forum access. This project involves incorporating a social networking module into the existing application. Responsibilities and Contribution: Business Analyst and Project Coordinator for the project; Responsible for all client communications; Requirement gathering and preparation of FRS; Research on the requirements of the client and suggest the best way to implement the feature; Provide suggestions on what could be an added attraction to the application as per the current user requirements and market trends. CarPilots October 2012 till April 2012 CarPilots is a mobile application of CarPilots.com which is Australia’s first and largest Chauffeur and Transfer booking engine. CarPilots manages the entire ground transport experience, allowing passengers to automatically book a pick-up from anywhere, and offering automated dispatch management to our fleet of Drivers. This project involved the enhancement of the existing CarPilots app. Responsibilities and Contribution: Team Lead and Business Analyst for the project; Managing and coordination of developers and the server side team; Coordinating effort estimation and preparation of road map based on the estimation prepared; supervise the team and progress to achieve maximum productivity; Status reports, follow-ups and any sort of communication with the client. PatchSchools Mobile August 2012 till December 2012 The PatchSchools mobile application is the mobile version of social networking website, PatchSchools. Responsibilities and Contribution: Business Analyst for the project; Reviewing and checking whether all features of the web applications are included in the project; Communication with client regarding every aspect of the project. PatchSchools June 2012 till Feb 2013 PatchSchools is a social networking site with its targeted audience mainly belonging to the educational sector. This site makes it much easier for the students, parents, teachers as well as schools, colleges and universities to keep put with the fast changing trends and patterns associated with the teaching culture. This proves to be a brilliant place where novel ideas can be discussed; ever recurring doubts are cleared and also educational reforms and methodologies be discussed by any registered user. Responsibilities and Contribution: Business Analyst for the project; Responsible for gathering of requirements; Communicating the concept and requirement of the client to the developers; Exploring and researching all scenarios and Gap analysis; Review of features developed to make sure that all scenarios of the features are considered. Automated App Builder June 2012 to September 2012 This is an application aimed at helping start-ups create mobile applications at a very cheap price. This is a product which is being developed by Qburst and a UK-based company, Apalyst. Responsibilities and Contribution: Business Analyst for the project; Responsible for all client communications and gathering of requirements; Preparation of FRS as per the requirements of the client; Research on improvements to be made on the features and current trends of other competitor apps. Bank of Khartoum March 2012 to May 2012 The project involves development and implementation of a series of white-label applications for the Bank of Khartoum (BOK). The current scope would be to develop the e-Business Suite and Portfolio Manager. The project is aimed at implementing the services of SFSC (Sudan Financial Services Corporation), a client of BOK, which involves buying, selling and managing certificates, maintaining customers, agents and staff of SFSC and to maintain all transactions to buy and sell certificates through this web application. Responsibilities and Contribution: Business Analyst for the project; Preparation of use case document as per the requirements of the client. Ø • • • • • • • Lab Furniture Systems India Pvt Ltd. Pfizer Animal Health Care, New Delhi Hospira Health Care, Sriperumbudur, Chennai Saint Gobain, Sriperumbudur, Chennai Wacker Chemicals, Kolkata Lupin Pharma, Suzgaon USV Ltd, Navi Mumbai Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd, Gurgaon Responsibilities and Contribution: Project Engineer; Attend Pre-sales meetings and provide estimation charts for project execution; Provide a Technical Analysis on the risks and roadblocks that the project can encounter during execution; Managing project site activities to ensure that deadlines are met; Managing a team of 10 to ensure successful execution of project milestones; Ensure successful installation of automating equipments for the Exhaust systems; Validate Exhaust systems as per industry norms; Educational Qualifications: Examination Discipline/Specialization School/ College Board/University Year of Passing % B.Tech Applied Electronics and Instrumentation RSET, Cochin MG University 2010 60% 12th Science + Maths + Computer Greet’s Public School CBSE 2006 63% 10th Central Board CBSE 2004 80% Greet’s Public School