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Pratap Kapse

Sr Project Manager
Pune

Summary

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Past 5 years working as a Project Manger for product based organizations managing Cloud/Java projects with Banking domain.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr Project Manager(Release Management)

TietoEvry Banking
3 2023 - Current
  • Serve as an advocate for release management, communicating release management processes and procedures and assisting teams with adoption
  • In addition, responsibilities include improving - governance of release, release management processes and procedures for successful release plans, process changes, and status reporting
  • Drive continuous improvement through trend reporting analysis and metrics management
  • Work closely with various supporting teams like - DevOps(CI/CD Improvements), CloudNative, Automation, NFR etc.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
  • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
  • Adapted quickly to unexpected challenges or obstacles encountered during project execution, devising creative solutions without compromising objectives.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to determine timely delivery and compliance of project requirements.
  • Conducted post-project evaluations to identify areas of improvement and implement corrective actions for future endeavors.
  • Presented regular status reports to executive leadership, providing insights into progress made toward achieving key milestones.
  • Working knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile delivery methods

Project Manager

Fiserv
09.2019 - 03.2023
  • Leading Scrum team consisting of 8 members and 2 Kanban teams consisting of 10 members
  • These 3 teams all together covers maintenance and support of around 20 legacy banking products (Java and Mainframe)
  • Facilitate teams' planning and tracking activities while coaching in Agile principles
  • Conduct Scrum ceremonies and report team Velocity and Sprint/Release progress to maintain transparency
  • Helped team in removing impediments by playing various roles - Scrum Master, Product Owner, Angular Developer, CICD - DevOps Automation
  • Own various metrics on project level - Risk register, WSR, On call roster, Knowledge Repository, Hiring dashboards, EWI, Check-Ins
  • Represent team in various platform/situations - Executive board approvals on patches, BU/client escalations, monthly town hall/team connects
  • Involved in resource hiring, on boarding and coaching along with existing teams goal setting and feedback
  • Driving Compliance - Non Functional initiatives set on organization levels like Security scans and fixes, Mandatory trainings and survey's
  • Help PS(Professional Services) Team with client SLA and contracts.

Tech Lead

CompuCom (Office Depot)
06.2019 - 09.2019
  • Worked as an Individual contributor in Mainframe technology for Office depot(US based retail firm).

Project Lead (SCRUM MASTER)

Capgemini
03.2010 - 06.2019
  • Leading Scrum team consisting of 6 members for Mainframe Data migration project
  • Apart from scrum team, was handling team of 4 for regular Mainframe maintenance projects
  • Acting as a single point of contact between client and offshore team
  • Release coordinator for scheduled and emergency deliveries
  • Was helping team to overcome any blockers and review the deliverables
  • Involved in WSR, Risk management, Capacity Management and Estimations
  • Enhanced the knowledge repository to overcome knowledge leak due to attrition
  • Involved in team feedbacks and hiring new team members.

Education

BE Computer Science -

Pune University
Pune, Maharashtra

Skills

People Management

Project/Release Management

Risk management, reporting

Agile Methodologies

Client Negotiation/SLA management

Legacy & Cloud Product Management

Jira/Confluence

Java/SQL

Mainframe

DevOps (Jenkins, Fortify, Sonatype)

Training and mentoring

Timeline

Project Manager

Fiserv
09.2019 - 03.2023

Tech Lead

CompuCom (Office Depot)
06.2019 - 09.2019

Project Lead (SCRUM MASTER)

Capgemini
03.2010 - 06.2019

Sr Project Manager(Release Management)

TietoEvry Banking
3 2023 - Current

BE Computer Science -

Pune University
Pratap KapseSr Project Manager