Sameer Aggarwal, PMP

Experience

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  Virtual Engineering Services Pvt Ltd.

  Nov 2001 - Feb 2004

  Software Engineer
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  Newgen Software

  Feb 2004 - Nov 2006

  Senior Executive - Quality
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  Birlasoft

  Nov 2006 - now

  o Responsible for planning, monitoring, and managing project resources to best meet project objectiveso Prepare metrics data (such as baseline, actual values for costs, schedule, work in progress, and work completed) & reports on project progress and other project specific information to stakeholderso Preparation of Project Management Review reports and getting reviews done with the Management team on Monthly basiso Maintenance of Risk Register containing all the unforeseen risks and their mitigation planso Identifying and arranging training for team members helping in bridging their knowledge gap o Resource Forecasting, Fulfillment and Ramp Up & Ramp Down for upcoming projectso Setting up of KRA’s for the team members for Performance Evaluationo Establishes standards, tools and procedures for use on the project, including Issue, Risk, Change and Information Management.o Preparation & discussion of estimates for upcoming projects with customer and getting approvals for the sameo Conducting reviews and audits for ongoing projects in the organization and recommending process improvement areas for themo Excellent in revenue management that includes revenue accrual as per SOW, gross margin (GM) percentage improvement plan, preparation order book (OB) vs forecast sales guidance as per management needs.o Extensive experience in Resource management execution activities like to identifying, interviewing, offering, on-boarding, retention resources in the project. Setup performance tracking, Career Growth Plan (CDP) for each resources.o Facilitated QA deliveries including scheduling & negotiation with clients for service level agreements / terms and balancing work distribution to meet project deliverables & delivery as per quality & time to meet client expectations, requirements and achieve a defect free release with highest level of user experience Show less • Expert-level experience with QA function within agile development environment• Build essential relationships with clients business SMEs and their managers, project leaders, and IT staff• Develop, track, and report project level status and other performance metrics to appropriate business and IT leaders.• Establish and maintain standards (Test Data libraries, Test cases, Test scripts and the Testing process).• Build Test strategies/Test Plans in collaboration with client.• Support and facilitate Test planning and Test management meetings.• Get the Test strategies/Test Plans reviewed and signed off from client.• Report on the Testing activity.• Support and facilitate Defect review/Issue management meetings.• Co-ordination of all Testing activities.• Administer and maintain testing tools and assets (develop processes and training documents for the same).• Conduct user trainings and Support users in daily test tool activities.• Provide mentorship and guidance to individual team members.• Providing with the assistance and guidance to the team members working on multiple applications.• Performing stringent reviews on the projects. Show less

  • Project Manager

    Oct 2016 - now

  • Systems Analyst

    Nov 2006 - Oct 2016