Rajesh Sharma

Experience

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  Global Information Technology

  Sept 1997 - Sept 1998

  Sr progrmmer Analyst

  Consultant to Independence Blue Cross, PA, USA – Designed DB2 Database, wrote COBOL programs to load the commercial Medicare data from VSAM files to large DB2 database and performed various transactions on the database. Created JCL to run the batch jobs

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  CIBER, Inc.

  Sept 1998 - Jan 2001

  Sr. Programmer Analyst

  Consultant to The Hartford Financial Services, CT – Designed screens layout, developed technical specification and application, developed test cases for a mainframe to Oracle reconciliation project.

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  Ann Taylor

  Apr 2001 - Jan 2007

  Accountable for overall delivery of projects pertaining to corporate finance applications including Oracle ERP applications, Sales Audit application, Data Warehouse (MicroStrategy, Cognos, ETL) and Loss Prevention applications. Managed full project life cycle including define project charter, create project schedule, ensure communication and manage expectations of the stakeholders, monitor progress, identify and mitigate project risks. Responsible for managing vendor and inter-departmental relationships. Developed production support metrics reporting and analysis for application health evaluation followed by corrective actions. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  • Systems Analyst

    Apr 2001 - Jan 2003
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  Insurity

  Jul 2007 - Jan 2013

  Program Manager

  Responsible for managing Strategic Project Portfolio of Commercial lines and Personal Lines insurance software solutions including new products development. Manages and controls the Projects pertaining to .Net, AS400, Oracle based applications supporting solutions include systems for policy administration, claims management, billing, management reporting, and business intelligence. Supports the overall strategy of the organization and prepares information and recommendations that helps executives to understand and correct variances in projects progress to maximize the value of the portfolio. Responsible for capacity planning and demand management in close partnership with outsourcing vendor. Responsible for identifying, implementing and adhering project best practices and methodologies. Show less

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  Travelers

  Jan 2013 - now

  Accountable for planning & execution of Epics/Programs with annual expenditure budget of more than $8 million, include systems for policy administration, billing, management reporting, and business intelligence. Manages and controls the scope, cost, schedule, quality and effort agreement of the Value Stream. Supports the overall strategy of the organization and prepares information and recommendations that helps executives to understand and correct variances in projects progress to maximize the value of the portfolio. Oversees the activities of up to 80 personnel and responsible for capacity planning and demand management in close partnership with outsourcing vendor. Lead Program-level agile ceremonies, assess Value Stream Delivery effectiveness and drive continuous improvement through Inspect and Adapt. Responsible for identifying, implementing and adhering to IT best practices and methodologies. Responsible for HR and career development management of direct reports. Show less

  • Circle Lead - Personal Insurance

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Release Train Engineer ( RTE )

    Jan 2018 - Oct 2020

  • Project Director

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2018