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Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Software
Certification
Accomplishments
Domain
Functional Expertise & Technology
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Umesh Sharma

Umesh Sharma

Sr Project Manager
Mumbai

Summary

Motivated and enthusiastic professional with 17+ Yrs of experienced & Certified PMP Senior Project Manager gifted at meeting tight deadlines, driving business opportunities and working well in team-based environments. Engaging and personable to manage key milestones and deliver exemplary customer service. Dedicated to detail oriented leadership and goal-oriented planning.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certificates
2
2
Languages

Work History

Sr Project Manager

Siemens Technology Ltd
Mumbai
07.2017 - Current
  • Monitored contracts and service level agreements to identify potential risks and implement mitigation actions to protect development process from unforeseen delays and costs.
  • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
  • Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors.
  • Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
  • Coordinated cross-functional teams to determine timely delivery and compliance of project requirements.
  • Oversaw large portfolio of projects to support teams, report progress, and influence positive outcomes for key stakeholders.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.

Program Manager

InnoEye Technology
Mumbai
12.2015 - 06.2017
  • Met with project stakeholders on regular basis to assess progress and make adjustments.
  • Interacted with customers and clients to identify business needs and requirements.
  • Addressed and resolved technical, financial, and operational concerns by working with team members and directors.
  • Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
  • Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.
  • Demonstrated strong writing and presentation skills to develop briefs, memorandums and analytical reports for clients.
  • Participated in pilot tests and revised programs based on feedback and results.
  • Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
  • Collaborated with business leadership to set priorities based on business needs, resource capacity and risk exposure.
  • Built teams to address project goals and objectives for multiple projects.
  • Managed multiple strategic projects with numerous sub-projects or workstreams.

IT Project Manager

Idea Cellular Ltd
Pune
12.2012 - 12.2015
  • Developed project management roadmap to define project objectives, timelines and milestones.
  • Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of project scope determination.
  • Led technical upgrade projects for clients by working and coordinating with consultants and developers for integrations.
  • Organized internal audits and led efforts to determine and remedy deficiencies.
  • Proposed and implemented system enhancements to improve performance and reliability of storage environment.
  • Designed, documented and executed system upgrades and patch management using update manager.
  • Developed project plans identifying key issues, approaches and performance metrics.
  • Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments.

Project Manager

Verizon Data Service India Pvt Ltd.
Chennai
03.2010 - 12.2012
  • Achieved project deadlines by coordinating with contractors to manage performance.
  • Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
  • Managed projects from procurement to commission.
  • Developed and initiated projects, managed costs, and monitored performance.
  • Developed and implemented strategic project plans to meet business objectives.
  • Drafted project reports to identify successful outcomes, insights and future recommendations.
  • Provided detailed project status updates to stakeholders and executive management.
  • Provided detailed technical and operational direction in project challenges, consistently meeting deliverables according to deadlines.
  • Monitored project progress, identified risks and took corrective action as needed.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
  • Developed and implemented project plans and budgets to ensure successful execution.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Analyzed project performance data to identify areas of improvement.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.

Sr. Lead Business Analyst

Sterlite Tech
Ahmedabad
08.2007 - 01.2010
  • Elicitation, Analysis, Documentation, transition & management of requirement at project level.
  • Process Led Transformation: Business Process Design Modelling ( BODM ), Operation Efficiency Improvement ( OEI ),Customer Experience Enhancement (CXE).
  • Analyzing requirement & Scope Management, Business Case Formulation, providing E2E Telecom solution.
  • Requirement analyzing and consolidate information to develop business case to support achievement of business objective.
  • Closely tracking project progress by monitoring on Project Scope, Budget and Schedule.
  • Liaising between Client, Development, Product & Project Management Team, QA Team and other key business stakeholders to foster quality communications globally.

Software Developer & Analyst

Mechlin Software Technology
Pune
12.2004 - 07.2007
  • Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
  • Revised, modularized and updated old code bases to modern development standards, reducing operating costs, and improving functionality.
  • Introduced automated diagnostics for sensor data collection and processing.
  • Designed customized solutions for proposals to potential customers.
  • Designed intuitive graphical user interfaces to improve user experience.
  • Led version control efforts for organization, employing public and open source repositories.
  • Conducted data modeling, performance and integration testing.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

University of Rajasthan
Jaipur
06.2001 - 05.2005

MBA - System

SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY
Pune
05.2005 - 06.2007

Skills

Project & Program Management

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Software

NET, C, C, C#

HTML, MYSQL, RDBM, TOAD,

Opersa -DevOps,

JIRA, MS Project, Visio

Micro Soft 365 ( Spreadsheet, Presentation , Documentation etc), Power BI, Power Technologies ( Power Automate, Power Apps, BI, SharePoint Online ),

SAP -Sales & Distribution Module

Certification

PMP - Project Management Professional

Accomplishments

  • Providing Digital consulting, Growth Mindset coaching and thought leadership services in the areas of digital transformation, innovation and business model re-creation to the Siemens Business
  • Incubated a “Digitalization Solution center” to drive Digitalization on niche technologies for Siemens entities in Region with IT Business Partners for external customers to drive the revenue growth
  • Managed the IT Operations and Governance for across countries in Asia, Middle East
  • Strategizing and Leading the “Digital Transformation Strategy and Road-map” for Siemens entities in India with IT Business Partners of Smart Infrastructure. Have been successful to stabilize the Infrastructure and Application across all entities in 15 calendar months.
  • Heading the overall program to conceptualize the New Normal Framework and driving the execution & Adoption of "Future of Work" for all Siemens India Business with a team of 165 + associates.
  • Achieved 87% e-Business Target set by HQ- Germany Management within 9 Months for DF division in Siemens Ltd. Using Agile Project Management Practices
  • Rolled-out successfully SON –Self Organizing Network, Product on PAN India level within 16 Months record time and as per scope for Reliance JIO and Airhop Communication, as Project Manager and consultant.
  • Managed and Lead project Wi Fi Broadband delivery and pan India and managed services operations for Wireless broadband business @ Idea cellular that includes developing the Go-To market IT strategy, Solution and Operationalization of a full-fledged Telecom BSS stack i.e. CRM, Billing, Activation, Order Management, Self-care, Provisioning, Revenue Assurance , Partner Management and MIS.
  • Successfully migrated 504 Application to Frontier Communication from Verizon Landline Business Landscape within defined 20 Months ,this includes ( Bug fixing , small development, release notes & documents preparation )

Domain

IT/ Software, Telecom, E-Commerce, Manufacturing , Banking & Finance Application

Functional Expertise & Technology

 Online Market /Portal, E-Business ( B2B
and B2C )

 Manufacturing - Digitalization
 SON –Self Organizing Network Hetnet
 Wireless , LTE Network , Small Cell
 Document Management
 Telecom Billing Product and Application –
CRM, Broadband WIFI Billing Project
 LTE / Small Cell Technology

Timeline

PMP - Project Management Professional

11-2022

Sr Project Manager

Siemens Technology Ltd
07.2017 - Current

Certified Scrum Master

01-2017

Program Manager

InnoEye Technology
12.2015 - 06.2017

ITIL V2 Foundation Certification

01-2014

IT Project Manager

Idea Cellular Ltd
12.2012 - 12.2015

Prince 2 Certification

01-2011

Project Manager

Verizon Data Service India Pvt Ltd.
03.2010 - 12.2012

Sr. Lead Business Analyst

Sterlite Tech
08.2007 - 01.2010

MBA - System

SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY
05.2005 - 06.2007

Software Developer & Analyst

Mechlin Software Technology
12.2004 - 07.2007

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology

University of Rajasthan
06.2001 - 05.2005
Umesh SharmaSr Project Manager