Neeraj Kumar

Experience

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Jul 2006 - Feb 2007

  Assistant System Engineer

  Worked as Assistant Software Engineer. Understood & managed Base Station Subsystem Management (BSSM) functionality

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  Oracle Corporation

  Feb 2007 - Apr 2008

  Applications Engineer

  Developer in Oracle Contracts Suite of Applications 11i and R12ResponsibilityInvolved in Requirement analysis, preparing the Functional Design Documentand Technical Design Documents.Coding in Java and PL/SQL (Oracle 10g) to implement the desired functionality.Prepared Unit Test Plan and Integration Test Plan.

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  Huawei

  Apr 2008 - Apr 2009

  Senior Software Engineer (R&D center)

  Server Unit : SIP protocol design and development Role: involved in design and development of Voice Over internet protocols. IDE Tool: Eclipse Europa and Visual Studio2005 Development Methodologies: agile methodologies Languages : Java, C and data-structures, Shell Scripts, JUnit (Agile and TDD)

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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Jun 2011 - now

  Senior Project Manager, Party Life Cycle Tool (PLT), Enterprise Data Analytics and EAP PlatformWorked as Senior Project Manager for Development of Party Life Cycle Tool (PLT) under Enterprise Data Analytics and EAP Platform. Managed a team of Business Solution Architects, Team Leads, Functional Domain Experts from different domains to get the requirements documented and design finalized and signed off. Managed development team consisting of Data Engineers to create pipelines from different source systems into the Enterprise Analytics Platform before creating Qlik Dashboard on top of the aggregated data for the final consumption. Show less Senior Project Manager, Data Analytics - EMDM/EMDMH/CPP/EAPWorked as Senior Project Manager on multiple projects under Data Analytics Portfolio. Worked on Master Data Management (MDM), EMDMH, CPP and Enterprise Analytics Platform (EAP). Set up Agile Project Delivery under Data Analytics - EMDM/EMDMH/CPP/EAP projects using Jira as Agile tool and ensured 100% Agile Methodologies are followed. • Management of project budget, schedule, scope and quality and technical design work• Ensuring resource and budget availability for the execution of the project.• Conducting Status Meetings for identifying risks and corresponding mitigation plans• Coordinating with all project stakeholders and driving for success by ensuring support.• Managing daily meetings with project team and steercos and gate review meetings. Show less Project Manager, Southern Linc Inbound Outbound Roaming Project, HPE CMS-WW Delivery Team Southern Linc requires the implementation of an Inbound and Outbound Roaming solution for the collection and processing of LTE and TAP records, generation of TAP records for reconciliation on a daily basis, generation of CSV invoice settlement reports for Roaming traffic on a monthly basis and generation of Data Analytics reports on TAP file data (Inbound and Outbound) through MS Power BI tool. The scope of data preparation for inbound and outbound reports includes understanding reports data requirements for Inbound and outbound reports & the data available from IUM in MySQL DB facts and dimensions, implementing aggregate layer sourced from above IUM tables depending upon requirement of individual report and creating SQL execution scripts for aggregate layer which will run through CRON. The solution will provide a Web GUI designed for Southern Linc operators who need to monitor and manage the deployment on a daily basis. These reports will have basic graph reports to show statistics. Currently working as a Project Manager to oversee the project, manage GP team resources, and be the local team’s primary contact with GP team regarding• Management of project budget, schedule, scope and quality and technical design work• Ensuring resource and budget availability for the execution of the project.• Conducting Status Meetings for identifying risks and corresponding mitigation plans• Coordinating with all project stakeholders and driving for success by ensuring support.• Managing daily meetings with project team and steercos and gate review meetings. Show less Project Manager, Vodafone Idea Hadoop & Data Preparation Project, HPE CMS-WW Delivery TeamIn this project, the existing FM reports, for which the data processing was done by Acanthis and stored in Oracle DB were not being rendered on SAP BO due to large volume of data. There was a need of FM Report data loader which can process and summarize the alarm data and store in the Hadoop Eco - System. As part of Vodafone Idea Integration project, we created Hadoop based data model and data load which will be used by SAP BO reporting tool to render some of the selected set of existing FM reports. The project involved setting up Hadoop at DC and DR using Cloudera and Data preparation for 30 SAP BO reports (20 Complex + 10 medium). Data required for FM reports, are processed and loaded in Hadoop eco-system. As a result of this transformation, the SAP BO is able to render the reports and customer is able to view the reports which they were not able to view when the data was processed and stored by Acanthis in Oracle DB. Worked as a Project Manager to oversee the project, manage GP team resources, and be the local team’s primary contact with GP team regarding-• Management of project budget, schedule, scope and quality and technical design work• Took Ownership of the design, development, implementation and change management.• Communicated proactively providing the dashboard to the management & project team• Developed and maintained key project management deliverables (i.e., project charter, project plan, risk register, road map, issue logs etc.) Show less Project Manager, Telefónica Colombia SPS Vertica Upgrade Project, HPE CMS-WW Delivery Team Jun 2018 – Nov 2019Worked as Project Manager for multiple projects under HPE Global Analytics team. Currently managing client project to upgrade SPS and Vertica to Vertica 9.x to support distributed R analytical functions so that all the analytical models use the horsepower of all the nodes in Vertica to give better results. The Project involves upgradation of the Vertica from version 7.2 to Vertica 9.0.1 and Upgradation of SPS to SPS 3.4.1 & modification to existing code base to work with the new environment along with Production Rollout supported with Accompaniment Go Live. As part of my roles and responsibilities:• Ma Management of project budget, schedule, scope and quality and technical design work• Prepared project plan and presented project schedule. Got approval from client on final plan.• Developed and maintained key project management deliverables (i.e., project charter, project scope, requirement documents, project plans, issue logs, resource plan, risk mitigation plans.)• Used OpenProject as tool to plan and manage project. Motivated team to take this tool forward.• Used MantisBT as a single tool to report and track Issues in project leading to better management.• Managed discussions, follow ups with Product team to get product issues resolved as the earliest.• Revised the plan to incorporate changes subject to delay from client side and resource issues.• Successfully managed to involve lead architects to provide guidance to team when required.• Successfully managed to help team resolve the issues on time and provide assistance. Show less Project Manager, Telefónica MicroStrategy Dashboards Delivery, HPE CMS-WW Delivery Team Mar 2018 –May 2018Successfully managed and delivered the 15 TBDA and RTD dashboard development project for Telefónica Colombia. As part of my roles and responsibilities:• Managed a highly motivated team of 6 developers to deliver the 15 dashboards in 2 months.• Developed and maintained key project management deliverables (i.e., project charter, project scope, requirement documents, project resource plans, issue logs, project, risk mitigation plans.)• Gathered requirements, created WBS and baselined the Project plan involving all stakeholders.• Achieved all the milestones planned as part of the project on time with pre-defined quality.• Used share point as team collaboration tool to effectively engage team and ensure productivity.• Used daily standup meetings. Tracked all issues using Issue tracker and maintained risks register.• Prepared MOP documents and migration checklist for requesting MW before production roll out.• Successfully rolled out the migration to the production environment within the committed date. Show less Project Manager, Rogers Canada Project Delivery, Hewlett Packard Enterprise GD India COE team Apr 2017 –Feb 2018Worked as Project Manager for Multiple delivery projects under Rogers, Canada. Successfully managed and delivered multiple Rogers projects and CRs on time with quality• Managed a team of 26 resources spread across client site/ onsite/offshore.• Developed and maintained key project management deliverables (i.e., project charter, project scope, requirement documents, project resource plans, issue logs, project documentation, workflows, risk mitigation plans, and transition plans)• Managed project activities across the entire project life cycle and provided timely status updates.• Managed, prioritized and delivered multiple initiatives in partnership with cross-functional teams • Worked with stakeholders to create the project's scope definition, work effort estimate, and functional and technical requirements document. Managed day-to-day work plans and resources.• Performed critical path analysis and created project schedules and resource plans• Participate in technology planning and strategy activities to ensure business objectives are met. Show less Project Manager, Shaw Canada Project Delivery, Hewlett Packard Enterprise GD India COE team Jun 2016 – Mar 2017Worked as Project Manager for Multiple delivery projects under Shaw, Canada. Successfully managed and delivered multiple Shaw projects and CRs on time with quality• Managing a team of 22 resources spread across client site/ onsite/offshore.• Created and managed an overall project plan (including budget, structure, schedule, and staffing requirements) for multiple initiatives within the account.• Monitored and reported progress/changes against the plan.• Drove implementation by motivating and directing the project team, a team which included resources from cross functional departments, third-party vendors, and the client.• Acted as primary interface with the client regarding deliverables, changes, and sign-off on status and requirements.• Identified and communicated opportunities for new business.• Managed and controlled activities in multi-functional areas. Show less Assistant Project Manager, Bell Canada Project Delivery, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Apr 2013 – May 2016Worked as Assistant Project Manager for Multiple delivery projects under Bell, Canada. Successfully managed and delivered multiple Bell projects and CRs on time with quality• Managed a team of 14 resources spread across client site/ onsite/offshore.• Established costs, schedule and resource plans for the successful delivery to the project’s scope.• Monitored schedules, resources, and took action where these deviate from agreed tolerances.• Prepared and maintained realistic project schedules and tracked all activities against the schedules, providing regular and accurate status reports to, relevant stakeholders, as needed.• Managed the change control procedure, and assessed the impact to scope, risks, costs, schedule and/or resource needs. Gained authorization for revisions to the project(s) from project sponsors.• Ensured that projects are formally closed, and lessons learned are captured and communicated.• Managed risk and ensured tactical problems are identified at the earliest and resolved to closure. Show less Worked as a Presales Consultant, Apps GD CMS India, worldwide Operations and worked on below deals• Vodafone Hudson Multi country engagement• Phoenix ( SingTel/ Optus ) Multi country Engagement• Idea Cellular Engagement• Tata Communications Limited (TCL), India… to mention a few. Executed below activities with the help of SMEs from domain: Managed end-to-end pre-sales process for above opportunities including initial client communication, on- site presentations, RFI/RFP responses, multi-day client workshops. Achieved lead generation, prospecting with heat map and built a healthy pipeline Show less

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    Mar 2022 - Mar 2023

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    Apr 2020 - Feb 2021

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    Nov 2019 - Mar 2020

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    Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

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    Jun 2018 - Nov 2019

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    Mar 2018 - May 2018

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    Apr 2017 - Feb 2018

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    Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

  • Assistant Project Manager

    Apr 2013 - May 2016

  • Presales Consultant (Telecommunication)

    Jun 2011 - Mar 2013