Anita Kata

Project Leadership & Execution Directed multiple large strategic accounts and projects, exceeding $6M, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with organizational priorities.
Developed and implemented comprehensive project plans detailing scope, timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
Enhanced project delivery by streamlining workflows and optimizing communication across development and operations teams.
Consistently met deadlines without sacrificing quality or workplace safety standards.

• Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication Cultivated strong client relationships through transparent reporting, regular updates, and exceeding delivery expectations.
  Collaborated with senior management to align project objectives with strategic goals, contributing to business growth.
  Facilitated workshops and stakeholder meetings to gather requirements, resolve conflicts, and ensure alignment.
• Risk & Performance Management Proactively identified, assessed, and mitigated project risks, ensuring minimal disruption and timely execution.
  Monitored and analyzed project performance, implementing adjustments to achieve efficiency and quality.
  Established rigorous quality control processes, leading to significant improvements in project outcomes.
• Team Leadership & Development Led cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation to achieve high engagement and productivity.
  Mentored junior team members in best practices, enhancing overall team performance and professional growth.
  Organized training programs to address skill gaps and promote continuous improvement.
• Cost & Resource Optimization Negotiated supplier contracts, achieving cost savings without compromising quality.
  Developed accurate budgets and resource plans to optimize allocation across project phases.
  Reduced project costs through strategic resource allocation and streamlined operations.
• Tools & Technology Implementation Oversaw implementation of project management software, improving tracking and workflow efficiency.
  Enhanced real-time progress monitoring with dashboard tools, increasing visibility and stakeholder confidence.
• Continuous Improvement & Reporting Conducted post-project evaluations to identify lessons learned and refine future processes.
  Delivered detailed project reports to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
  Optimized project schedules by identifying critical tasks and reallocating resources for sustained momentum.
  

• Implemented product strategies in definition with product goals
• Executed multiple AI&ML & Data science projects successfully to real time business users
• Ensured products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule
• Facilitate scrum ceremonies like sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, demo & review
• Work closely with product owner & business stakeholders in maintaining & prioritizing the release backlog
• Protect development team from outside distractions, impediments, or team conflicts to meet the sprint goals and deliverables
• Facilitate user story reviews with business analysts
• Responsible for end-to-end project management covering complete life cycle starting from pre-discovery to closure
• Responsible to execute projects with complete understanding of clients organizational SOPS and business processes
• Coordinate with different application teams also with SIT, UAT, Performance Engineering Team, Release Management, Configuration Management & Production Support
• Responsible for communication, including status reporting, risk management, escalations, problem solving and, in general making sure the project is delivered on schedule, and within scope
• Proactively identify potential project risks and help develop mitigation plan
• Conducted user feedback in identifying the pain points & developing solutions to improve productivity & efficiency
• Creating opportunities for Innovations & Automations

• Perform duties as Scrum Master & QA Lead by developing and executing activities related to end-to-end project management, including project plans and estimates, scoping and requirements through implementation and deployment
• Support the Product Owner
• Worked closely with internal and external customers to develop software solutions using Agile methodologies, and oversee the design, development, and testing, and troubleshooting of applications
• Facilitating the daily scrum meetings, spring planning, spring review, and spring retrospective
• Assisted team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, sizing and task definition and participated proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools and best practices reducing development time by a Sprint of 2 weeks
• Helped the product owner to come up with a set of stories for better understanding for estimate and development
• Also worked with them on Artifacts Such as Product Backlog, Spring Backlog, Sprint Burndown, Release Burndown
• Track and communicate team velocity and sprint/release progress
• Provide visibility to team impediments/risks and help eliminate them
• Trained and coached a development team of 50 team members to utilize Agile Methodology with Scrum

• Multi-functional role of managing multiple projects with Salesforce internal CRM developers and responsible for product delivery
• Communicating with multiple clients on various projects to understand requirements and ensure quality in product delivery
• Assisting the leadership team in addressing key challenges with timely reports

• Conceptualized critical features in the Enterprise eCOPS (EeCOPS) application based on business requirements of the client, Andhra Pradesh(AP) Police Department
• Lead the quality assurance team to ensure product delivery at the required standards
• Varied initiatives to streamline processes mapping in the project for higher productivity
• Conducted role-based capability development on EeCOPS application for more than 2000+ AP police personnel
• Effective Management of multiple vendors and project infrastructure
• End to End communications & training content developed for the Andhra Pradesh (AP) Police Department for Enterprise eCOPS (EeCOPS) application

• Responsible for preparing pre-sales content, proposals, and campaigns
• Lead generation and conversion through direct sales and references to reach targets
• Post sales follow-up and customer engagement activities

• Projects worked in: AMEX, Western Union, Credit Suisse
• Designed the AMEX applications with the help of UX designer for the new enterprise migration applications for the global market
• Excelled as business analyst; gathering client requirements and subsequent analysis
• Delivered as quality consultant; creating risk mitigation plans and designing test scripts
• Executed testing functionalities for defect tracking and product improvement
• Comprehending business requirements and translating them to task and deliverables
• Hands-on experience in Java, HTML, XML, AJAX, JavaScript, CSS, MS-SQL, UX Design & Web Development