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Akash Sharma

Bangalore

Summary

Result-orientated project team leader with 9 years of experience covering project and product management including developing, implementing and supporting complex infrastructures for fast growing startups. A fast and eager learner, I am detail oriented and adapt to changing project requirements quickly to meet business goals. Senior Project Manager bringing highly credible technical leadership to direct multi-functional project teams engaged in full system development and implementation in high tech environments. Experienced overseeing diverse teams of developers, analysts and quality professionals engaged in complex projects. Solid understanding of project management tools. Project Management Professional and certified in Agile methodology.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior IT Project Manager

Apple
Bangalore
01.2022 - Current
  • Accelerated outbound sales cycle by 330% by designing and implementing customer acquisition platform for training and managing technical and IT teams
  • Documented all processes involved in implementing IT projects according to industry standards.
  • Developed project plans that included timelines and deliverables, identified resources needed, and estimated costs for each project.
  • Collaborated closely with other departments in order to ensure timely resolution of any conflicts or problems encountered during the course of the project.
  • Communicated regularly with stakeholders about project objectives, scope changes, timeline updates, resource allocation adjustments.
  • Applied extensive expertise in System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and Agile project management techniques to manage multiple project teams.

Project Manager

PwC
Bangalore
12.2018 - 01.2022
  • Lead a team of developers to build a proprietary CRM system for enterprise and its strategic partners, optimizing sales process and increasing sales revenue by 24%
  • Curated a $2M business implementation project that saves $3.5M on operational inefficiencies between sales and development departments.

Customer Success, Product Support

Verizon
Bangalore
02.2017 - 12.2018
  • Researched user behavior and led strategic product roadmap discussion across multi functional teams
  • Integrated Tableau reporting system into BI sales workflow, which led to 23% increase in post-meeting inquiries for technical sales department
  • Streamlined post-sales support to increase customer retention rate among enterprise clients by 27%.

Project Coordinator

Tata Steel Europe
Los Angeles
06.2015 - 02.2016
  • Acted as liaison between 3 country offices
  • Maintained and documented inventory of over 4,000 items
  • Led a team of 15 as a project manager, creating a trusting, respectful team in the process
  • Consistently ranked in the department's top 3 for completed tasks
  • Trained over 270 temporary remote workers.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Chhattishgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University
01.2014

Master of Science - Artificial Intelligence

Scaler
Bangalore

Skills

  • Scrum
  • Product Development
  • SQL
  • Tableau
  • JIRA
  • Python
  • AI
  • Machine Learning

Websites

Accomplishments

  • Cost Saving Of $100M

Timeline

Senior IT Project Manager

Apple
01.2022 - Current

Project Manager

PwC
12.2018 - 01.2022

Customer Success, Product Support

Verizon
02.2017 - 12.2018

Project Coordinator

Tata Steel Europe
06.2015 - 02.2016

Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering -

Chhattishgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University

Master of Science - Artificial Intelligence

Scaler

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