Shanthi Priya Raji email id: ranjita@craftner.

com
Phone no: +1 623.888.6068

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Accomplished, committed, and creative Project Manager with  Expert in Peoplesoft project management on
more than 14 years of success delivering IT projects on-time Lift & Shift from On premise to Cloud, Tools
and within budget through improved productivity, Upgrades, Database Upgrades, Patching, OS
performance, and cost control. Broad experience leading and platform migrations.
innovating in both Fortune 500 and boutique firm  Expert in PeopleSoft Implementations,
environments. Big 4 client-facing
Upgrades, Performance Engineering
/client-management experience. Communicate effectively with
 Successfully completed the integration of Box,
all levels of management. Diligent, forward-thinking, and
adaptable to dynamic company, customer, and project needs. Salesforce, and IAM solutions, resulting in
Successful at motivating teams to meet demanding timelines. specific outcomes such as improved efficiency,
Have worked on a diverse set of projects in roles demanding cost savings, or enhanced security.
flexibility, quality, and versatility while operating in new  Received recognition and accomplishment for
environments. Functional experience includes Project contribution related to project management
Management, Process Management, Delivery Management on Box, Salesforce, and IAM(ObserveID).
and understanding requirements.  Designing architectures for new
implementation/upgrades.
EXPERIENCE  Training the associates on skill-based
Craftner Inc -- Charlotte NC requirements.
Client – PBMares LLP -- Richmond VA  Handled business requirements by providing
Senior Project Manager /Scrum Master leadership to SME to develop solutions
May 2022 – May 2024 involving multiple technologies, applications
&Integrations.
• Outlined work plans, determined resources, wrote
timelines, and generated initial budgets as part of
project scope determination.
• Monitored contracts and service level agreements to
CORE COMPETENCIES
identify potential risks and implement mitigation
actions to protect the development process from Process Improvement
unforeseen delays and costs.
• Maintained tactical control of project budgets and Successfully led the initiative to introduce Scrum to a
timelines to keep teams on task and achieve corporate IT department of over 100. Coached and
schedule targets. mentored other team members in Scrum ceremonies
• Adjusted project plans to account for dynamic and educated product owners in Agile.
targets, staffing changes and operational
specifications. Customer satisfaction on Agile-led
• Supported and executed simultaneous delivery of projects increased by 23% in the first six months,
various sub- projects of main migration project. benchmarked against non-Agile projects.
• Collaborated with business users, technical teams,
database administrators and testing teams during …………………………………………………………………………..
kickoff meetings, joint application designing and
Leadership/Innovation
planning sessions to validate requirements.
• Directed changes to project scope and cost and Took initiative in developing a concept and
implemented appropriate change management presenting a business case for a suite of marketing
processes to keep project on track. management and analytics projects that formed the
• Communicated project plans and progress to key basis of a broad multi-million-dollar project to enable
stakeholders, including project contributors, just-in-time analytics, historical tracking, and
business, operational and technical resources.
 • Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at business process improvement opportunities leading
every project phase. to growth in what was considered a mature business.
• Gathered project requirements through interactions,
meetings, and walkthroughs with potential …………………………………………………………………………..
application users and to develop business
Risk Management
requirements documents (BRD), functional
requirements documents (FRD) and user mockups. Initiated emergency project when a
• Closely collaborated with project members to related, externally managed SAP
identify and quickly address problems. implementation project stalled, saving the firm
• Conduct weekly Client status meetings with Client as approximately $1 million in fees.
well as internal teams. Increase frequency if needed.
• Monitors and ensures quality deliverables. …………………………………………………………………………..
• Leads core team and key field resources to develop
and monitor deployment schedule, strategies, and
tools to support the implementation of programs.
SKILLS
• Communicate updates on major milestones and
 Project Methodology - Waterfall model,
keeps all key stakeholders and Business owners
Agile/adaptive model
informed of progress and issues.
 Business Process Tools - Microsoft tools Word,
• Identify any area which might increase the overall
Excel, Power Point, Visio, MS Project.
cost/effort during project implementation Track and
 Other Tools - Clickup, JIRA, Agile, Scrum
analyze areas of risk to avoid risky activities by
 Project manager supervision
identifying and managing critical paths and risk
 Coordinating team projects
areas.
 Project lifecycle management
• Ensures program milestones are accomplished and
 Conceptualizing development projects
ensures overall committed timelines are met.
 Project records
• Documents all major plan changes in scope,
 Project monitoring
approach, and date delivery.
 Effective project management
• Perform Change management Work in Offshore-
 Project goal assessment
Onshore model and manage work with Offshore
 Project planning and development
team.
 Project optimization
 Managing projects
Sierra Cedar Pvt Ltd -- Alpharetta GA  Project requirements
Client – CNY, NVG, PIT, PLX, ACT, UCOP  Project risk assessment
IT Project Manager -- May 2012 – May 2022  Project scope assessment
 Project scope understanding
 Implementing projects
• Successfully led and managed multiple projects  Leading projects
involving the upgrade of PeopleTools, Oracle  Microsoft Project
database Upgrade, CPU patching, Tools patches for  Oracle
enterprise systems, ensuring minimal downtime and  Database
maximum system availability.  SQL Server
• Managed and led projects for various clients,  Unix
including CNY (City University of New York), ACT
(Alameda Costa Contract), UCOP (University of
California) and PIT (Pittsburgh University)
• Planned and managed full project lifecycles, from
EDUCATION
conception through final completion.
• Facilitated Agile ceremonies such as the Daily Stand- Bachelor of Engineering: Computer Science
up, Iteration Planning, Iteration Review, and JNTU University, 2008
Iteration Retrospective
 • Collaborated with Product Owners to ensure the
continuous use of efficient product backlog
practices.
• Coached team members through conflicts, proper
use of Agile, and impediments
• Established stakeholder registry, performed gap
analysis, and presented business case to sponsoring
partners.
• Guided Scrum Teams to ensure delivery was
compliant with organizational goals.
• Promoted best practices that enabled diverse and
distributed Scrum Team
• Successfully led the initiative to introduce Scrum to a
corporate IT department of over 100. Coached and
mentored other team members in Scrum
ceremonies and educated product owners in Agile.

Mahindra Satyam Computer Services – India

Client – GE Health Care
PeopleSoft admin / PMO -- Dec 2009 - Apr 2012

• Managed stakeholders throughout the project to get

their support and approval.
• Initiated project kick-off, completed scope, Plan&
approvals.
• Conducted business requirements analysis with
external clients using stakeholder interviews and
focus groups to define scope.
• Defined requirements for new and existing system
modifications, prepared status reports,
presentations, and Project demonstrations for senior
managers, partners, and stakeholders
• Performed migration of data and PeopleSoft Objects.
• Installed PeopleSoft applications including
PeopleTools 8.49, PeopleSoft 9.0 HCM, Financials,
and Customer Relationship Management (CRM), 9.1
Tuxedo, 9.2 WebLogic.
• Coordinated Data collection, cleansing, analysing,
processing & migration activities.
• Planned & executed Cutover activities including
preparing and tracking go-live checklist, coordination
with teams, Go live, Communication, support &
transition.