Vishal Babbar

945-278-9692
imvbabbar@gmail.com
linkedin.com/in/vishal-babbar-a2507698
Dallas ,Tx
Professional Summary
 I am a seasoned professional with 10 plus years’ experience as a program manager, I lead and execute innovative and user-
friendly solutions that leverage the power and potential of blockchain, AI/ML, Web3, and NFTs.
 I work with a team of talented developers, designers, and testers to deliver high-quality products that meet the client's
requirements and expectations across various industries, such as real estate, gaming, aviation, health and fitness, banks, and
media
 We have completed multiple projects, such as creating an NFT marketplace for a gaming company, developing a blockchain-
based loyalty program for an airline, and integrating Web3 features into a fitness app.
 10+ years of IT PMO experience, Managed several SharePoint deployment efforts
 Experience using MS Project, MS Office, and MS Visio
 Experience coordinating teamwork flow in a fast - paced, deadline-driven environment
 Experience partnering with other project stakeholders to resolve issues and to mitigate project impacts
 Experience delivering on projects of various size and duration
 Experience collaborating with others in IT management roles to deliver shared results
 Strong problem-solving experience involving leading teams in identifying, researching, and coordinating the resources
necessary to effectively troubleshoot/diagnose complex project issues; prior success extracting/translating findings into
alternatives/solutions; and identifying risks/impacts and schedule adjustments to facilitate management decision-making
 Knowledge of the software development life cycle methodologies (Iterative, Waterfall and Agile)
 Understanding of corporate/public regulations, Process improvement, Excellent negotiation skills Data analysis skills
 Strong stakeholder relationship & vendor management skills
 Strong organization/project planning, time management, and change management skills across multiple functional groups
and departments, and strong delegation skills involving prioritizing and reprioritizing projects and managing projects of
various size and complexity
 Strong professionalism and strong interpersonal skills
 A results-oriented outlook with the ability to prioritize and deliver key initiatives on schedule and on budget.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Proficient in: MS Office Suite, Java/Oracle based application deployments and enhancements OSS/ BSS Deployments,
IT Security, Enterprise Project Management tools (MS Project, PRISM, Clarity) TCP/IP, SAP
Amazon Web Services (AWS) * AZURE * Jira * Agile * Waterfall * Scrum * Project Delivery * RTE * Team Management *
Team Leadership * SLACK * Click Up
Basecamp * GitHub * GitLab * Google Cloud * Visual Studio * Xamarin * Dot Net * Supply Chain * SQL * Trello * Shopify *
Redmine * Firebase
Background Knowledge of: Voice Over IP, LightSpeed and U - verse. Use Case Modeling software, Info mapping, Orbit,
SharePoint, Rally, JIRA.
SDLC Methodologies: Waterfall and AGILE/SCRUM. Quality Assurance Testing, User Acceptance Testing, and Process Modeling.
Technical Solutions Architecture, Networking (TCP/IP, SSL, HTTP, etc.) and Enterprise Platform Deployments, Cloud Computing and
API’s.

Education:
Bachelor of Technology (CSE) Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engineering & Technology, Punjab Technical University, Punjab. -
2014

CERTIFICATIONS
 Project Management Professional (PMP)
 Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
 Certified SAFe® 6 Agilist (SA)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

OPTUM, MN (REMOTE) 08/2022 - PRESENT

SR. PROGRAM MANAGER (AGILE)
Responsibilities:
 Partner with business lead to drive out new project/program high - level scope, timing and cost to build investment case.
 Develop and track project roadmap, release plan, resource allocation, risk and issues management plan
 Facilitate all agile events (iteration planning, daily Standups, backlog grooming, and retrospective meeting).
 Facilitate Rally Scrum of Kunban (CA technologies) and JIRA with other Scrum Masters and Leadership. Maintain
teams' performance and velocity metrics. Provide daily communications, iteration notes, iteration review reports,
retrospectives, and regular snapshots of team velocity and budget burn rate.
 Ensure the project team is practicing the agile principles. Complete product demonstrations, retrospectives, and
resolve action items. Assist Product Owner with Backlog grooming.
 Manage the day-to-day tactical requests from internal teams and key stakeholders to support confidential
variety of programs.
 Vast knowledge on several Agile methodologies; Scrum Kunban and SAFe
 Ensures appropriate project documentation and deliveries are clearly defined and delivered
 Manage all vendor engagements, deployments, material reviews and approval processes.
 Analyze schedule progress and accurately forecast new timelines when necessary.
 Evaluate and mitigate project risks throughout the project lifecycle to ensure successful deliveries.
 Manage and maintain client relationships, serving as point of contact for all client issues and responding to client requests.
 Used agile methodology for SDLC and utilize scrum meetings for creative and productive work(Jira and Rally technology)
 Meet and manage both Capital and Operating expenses based on project financial health
 Provide continuous coaching to the Project team for improvement using various inspecting & adapting techniques.

MOBILE PROGRAMMING LLC, MOHALI INDIA 07/2016-08/2022

PROJECT MANAGER (AGILE) AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPER (DOT NET/ XAMARIN)
Responsibilities:
 Administered the process of identifying project milestones and deliverables with departmental heads. Administered change
management protocols via Remedy ensuring change process are followed through at 100%
 Ensured project documentation in multiple repositories is updated regularly. Coordinated project team deliverables through
SharePoint, Jira and MS Project Server. Ensured data consistency and alignment to project lifecycle
 Showcased project dashboard using functions like V-lookup, Pivot Table and Graphs from source data using MS Excel.
Conducted requirement gathering from business stakeholders, prioritization and fulfillment
 Managed project communication to multiple business stakeholders in confidential matrix environment. Used MS
PowerPoint to present weekly project status report showing project progress, graphs, risk status and budget variances
 Oversaw all process of status reporting to the leadership, the reviews and required approvals. Coordinated logistics for all
outages and change-over dates required by the project
 Facilitated agile ceremonies towards achieving Project goals and deliverables.
 Managed project team size of 35 individuals, 6 vendors and confidential budget size of $2,500,000.

ECLERX, CHANDIGARH INDIA 10/2015-06/2016

PROGRAM MANAGER
Responsibilities:
 Reviewed Client contract and Ensured project charter, business case were developed and signed off by appropriate
stakeholders.
 Facilitated the white board session, requirement definition and gathering towards properly defining the project scope.
 Effectively negotiated project resources with competing priorities with IT and PMO resource managers.
 Developed Confidential communication plan/strategy in partnership with the business, IT sponsors and ensured project
communication to all stakeholders throughout the project life cycle.
 Developed and maintained project plans using MS Project Server, status reports, risk and issue logs, budget/ongoing
project forecast of resources and materials and other project related artifacts.
 Managed, assessed, and negotiated project change orders. Ensured that assigned projects are conducted in
compliance within standard project management practices.
 Managed successfully confidential project team of 12 SME’s, 3 vendors with confidential project budget of $1,500,000 over 6
months project lifecycle.
 Tracked time accruals and managed project financials with weekly end-value-management data using MS Excel.
 Efficiently identified and resolved project issues. Maintained project documentation and project SharePoint page regularly.
 Escalated issues that required executive, management or business attention. Tracked all PO’s and invoices. Managed vendor
performance and drive deliverables to meet agreed upon target dates and levels of quality.
 Ensured business engagement throughout the project, project decision making, managed scope/budget changes, business
requirements elicitation and prioritization, acceptance testing, .

SUYOG GLASS INDUSTRIES, PUNE INDIA 06/2014-06/2015

PROJECT MANAGER/ SCRUM MASTER
Responsibilities:
 Performed initial project charter development/signed off in compliance to PMO guidelines.
 Ensured all project committee meetings and action items were followed up on and closed out for kick off.
 Delivered the high-level requirements and documented the consolidated requirements in the business requirements
documents (BRDs).
 Managed the scope definition and all project information gathering.
 Developed project plan using MS Project 2013 with inputs from Subject Matter Experts.
 Worked with the finance, vendors, SMEs to formulate the working project budget using MS Excel.
 Provided required leadership and oversaw the day-to-day execution of projects deliverables.
 Managed the project communication to all stakeholders according to the project plan developed.
 Managed all the risk identified during the project planning phase with appropriate risk response strategies.
 Maintained a detailed weekly status report to the business leadership through Clarity.
 Managed the project budget and forecast (capital and operational expenses, monthly accruals) using MS Excel.
 Monitored and ensured timely resolution of project risks and issues, managed resources and resolved all team conflicts.
 Ensured project is closed properly with lesson learnt session and also making sure all closure requirements
according to the PMO standards are adhered
 Worked with Pharmacy Benefit Team (Express script) for update PharmNet (CERNER) upgrade

BHARTI AIRTEL, MUMBAI INDIA 01/2014-06/2014

PROJECT MANAGER AND NETWORK ENGINEER
Responsibilities:
 Ensured all required projects approvals were received for Project kick off.
 Negotiated for resources across the matrix organization and delivery time with necessary line managers.
 Managed stakeholder identification and classification and developed Confidential tailored Project communication plan.
 Developed Project plan with Microsoft Projects 2010 with inputs from Project team.
 Identified, managed and provided mitigation strategies to project risks.
 Managed the overall Project schedule to ensure work is assigned and completed on time.
 Managed Project Budget by tracking time accruals, expenses & capital expenditures.
 Created Periodic Project Status Reports along with full project documentation, and facilitating Project Change Requests for
the steering committee
 Proactively managed all stakeholders by providing period project updates and information
 Ensured that the project solution is of acceptable quality
 Proactively managed scope to ensure that only what was agreed was delivered
 Managed all deliverables, conflicts and project setbacks