Vikas Kulkarni
Project Manager
Summary
Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Managed budgets and monitored project costs.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Manager
Extentia Information Technology
2024.03 - Current
- Developed comprehensive project plans with clear timelines, milestones, and budget requirements, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results.
- Prepared detailed reports on project status for stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment with objectives.
- Mentored junior team members in project management best practices to enhance their skills and contribute to better overall performance.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams and resolved conflicts, maintaining a positive work environment throughout the project lifecycle.
- Established effective communication among team members for enhanced collaboration and successful project completion.
- Effectively managed scope creep by establishing clear boundaries on requested changes while keeping projects aligned with original objectives and budgets.
- Monitored progress against established goals, adjusting schedules and resources as needed to keep projects on track.
- Managed risk assessments and implemented mitigation strategies to minimize potential issues during project execution.
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Developed strong relationships with stakeholders through regular communication updates, fostering trust and confidence in the team''s ability to deliver results.
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
Product Owner
Zimetrics Technologies
2021.11 - 1 2024
- Collaborated with stakeholders for business goals and vision
- Defined product roadmap and features
- Analyzed product requirements and execution strategies
- Ideating products & solutions in automotive and manufacturing segment
- Designed web interface for FOTA, SOTA and device management for vehicle ECUs, TCUs, Infotainment etc
- Designed vehicle telematics solution for Fleet Management for ICE and EV vehicles (Both Hardware and application)
- Mentored design team in UI/UX design flow and wireframes
- Designed IoT device specs by analyzing similar products in market
- Mentored BA team to understand the business requirements and convert them into epics, user stories and sub tasks
- Managed pool of cross-functional in-house/remote teams and planned product increments.
Associate Manager
JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd
2017.05 - 2021.11
- Defined product roadmap and features
- Analyzed product requirements and execution strategies
- Responsible for end-to-end production operations & Live Ops for mobile
- Conducted daily stand-up meetings with scrum team to track sprint goals
- Worked with design teams in creating wireframes and validated UI/UX mockup screens
- Analyzing user reviews and analytics data and for product road map and feature decisions
- Designed IAP/subscription promotional offers
- Helped ad monetization team in identifying ad networks SDKs and in app placements for banners, interstitial and rewarded ads
- Identified risks, concerns and impediments in production and communicated them to stakeholders
- Conducted sprint review and retrospective meetings to evaluate product increment and team velocity respectively
- Maintained constant communication with cross functional teams, project stakeholders and top management.
Project Coordinator
Codemasters
2014.11 - 2017.05
- Planned project timeline and managed deliverables
- Conducted planning, Review and Retrospective meetings
- Mentored BA team in user stories, story point estimates and task estimation
- Monitored team velocity, burn-down and test strategies
- Handled responsibility of main SPOC between UK team and India team
- Maintained product backlog and prioritized sprint backlog
- Helped developers in product backlog grooming and managing new change requests
- Identified risks, impediments and escalate them to stakeholders.
Project Lead (QC)
Ubisoft
2008.05 - 2014.11
- Handled multiple QC projects as project lead (Team size – 10 to 25)
- Was responsible for planning and execution of the QA projects
- Conducted the functional & regression tests and analyzed the reported defects in JIRA
- Monitored performance and generated reports detailing quality of product and defect rates
- Interacted with different onsite teams around the world to co-ordinate tests regarding the projects
- Communicated with production team members about quality issues
- Evaluated components and final products against quality standards and 1st Party manufacturing compliances
- Involved in training, mentoring, deploying, and counseling of new joiners
- Conducted performance appraisals and feedback meetings.
Team Lead (QC)
Gameloft
2007.02 - 2008.05
- Handled team of 4 to 5 testers on various projects
- Identified and isolated the Bugs for J2ME mobile applications and games
- Reviewed the Bugs with reference to design documents
- Managed defect life cycle in JIRA – Defect review, assigning, updating and closure
- Inspected Functionality, Compliance, Interrupt and Localization testing performed by test team
- Arranged Compatibility testing on wide range of devices
- Performed application installation testing through OTA and locally
- Performed team appraisals and review meetings.
Software Tester
Algorhythms Consultants Pvt. Ltd
2007.01 - 2007.02
- Performed client-side product testing and reported user issues
- Carried out tests to identify and report defects
- Identified and tracked defects in SLIM software and supported developers in resolving them by regression and re-testing.
Jr. Software Tester
Hi-Trix Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
2005.07 - 2006.12
- Carried out functional tests to identify and report defects
- Identified and tracked defects and supported developers in resolving problems by completing additional tests.
Education
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) -
2023.01 - 2025.04
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) - undefined
2021.01 - 2025.04
PGDBA: Business Administration in Operations - undefined
2009.01 - 2012.04
Master of Science: Electronics, Electronics Science - undefined
2003.01 - 2005.04
Skills
Mobile/App product development
Timeline
Project Manager - Extentia Information Technology
2024.03 - Current
Scrum Alliance - USA - Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO),
2023.01 - 2025.04
Product Owner - Zimetrics Technologies
2021.11 - 1 2024
Scrum Alliance - USA - Certified Scrum Master (CSM),
2021.01 - 2025.04
Associate Manager - JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd
2017.05 - 2021.11
Project Coordinator - Codemasters
2014.11 - 2017.05
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - Pune - PGDBA: Business Administration in Operations,
2009.01 - 2012.04
Project Lead (QC) - Ubisoft
2008.05 - 2014.11
Team Lead (QC) - Gameloft
2007.02 - 2008.05
Software Tester - Algorhythms Consultants Pvt. Ltd
2007.01 - 2007.02
Jr. Software Tester - Hi-Trix Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
2005.07 - 2006.12
Pune University - Pune - Master of Science: Electronics, Electronics Science,
2003.01 - 2005.04
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