Ajay Raykar

Experience

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  Directi

  Jun 2011 - Nov 2011

  Web Solutions Specialist
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  TechRepublic

  Aug 2013 - Nov 2014

  Assistant Manager

  Accountable for Project deliverables (e.g. scope, schedule and quality) and managing the project teamReporting to the senior project manager about the status of the project, discussing the problems facing in completionDraft and maintain business requirements and align them with functional and technical requirementsFacilitate monthly meetings with clients to document requirements and explore potential solutionsEngage client to gather software requirements/business rules, and ensure alignment with the development teamTranslate stakeholder requirements into over different tangible deliverables such as functional specifications, user cases, user stories, workflow/process diagrams, data flow/data model diagrams Show less

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  InsITe - The ERP for IT

  Feb 2015 - now

  - Develop product strategy and roadmap by analyzing and prioritizing enhancements - Generate new product ideas, and enhancements to the existing product by collating requests from customers and aligning with the product roadmap - Drive functional and UI specifications, business cases - Determine the product design & development effort and negotiate the launch timeframes with business/development teams - Oversee complete co-ordination for 'specifications', 'development', 'testing', and 'implementation' phases - Deploy best of breed methodologies, processes, and tools - Liaise and align with all relevant stakeholders to drive timely, seamless, and successful releases - Define, track, monitor, and improve key product metrics Show less

  • Scrum Master

    Jul 2019 - now

  • Buisness Analyst

    Feb 2015 - Jun 2019
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  Systems Plus Solutions

  Feb 2015 - now

  Senior Consultant

  Coordinate IT staffing, including hiring, supervision, scheduling, professional development and disciplineMaintaining a budget forecast sheet for all the projects, that shows the actual hours spent plus the forecast against the budgetWorked with business and technology subject matter experts to define scope, developed project plan and other documentation needed for approvalsFollowed up with project resources to track all project tasks against plan. Ensured all project activities and deliverable are completed on timeProvided project teams with expertise, direction, motivation, and encouragementLed by example to embrace teamwork while promoting a culture of openness and flexibilityRemained flexible and adaptable to change in roles and responsibilities as requiredMonitored the performance of project team members, providing and documenting performance feedbackEvaluated current or future customer needs and priorities through communicating directly with customers Show less

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  Perpetua Advisors

  Jun 2022 - now

  OCIO Operations

  - Manage and execute Office of the CIO services for customers across domains - Drive key IT Business Management disciplines for maximum business output and efficiency - Oversee outsourced vendor selection, relationship management, and project management - Monitor vendor performance for SLAs and resource management using insITe and associated services - Manage client and vendor relationships effectively by identifying 'gaps', 'issues' and suggesting the corrective course of action - Deploy key business processes for project delivery, compliant with PMO and ISO standards Show less