Nelson Kumar Anantha Kumar

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About Nelson Kumar Anantha Kumar

Experienced PMP, PSM II, CPBA, CPDC, CPDS and CSSA Certified Results-driven project-management and PEGA Technical professional with Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.* Having over all 15 years of IT experience with more than 6 years of experience in the United States.* Business strategist; plan and manage the projects aligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements, competitive advantage and bottom-line gains.* Worked as part of PMO to manage projects, developed process improvements, following best practices within the assigned line of business groups.* Mentored Junior Technical and Project Leads and team members with coaching, training and identifying areas for growth and providing feedback on an ongoing basis.* Excellent communicator; leverage technical, business and financial acumen to communicate effectively with client executives and their respective teams.* Drove implementation of best Agile practices, dynamic team collaboration, informative metrics, lean development, continuous improvement and to the successful organizational transition to Agile.* Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.* Experience in engaging the vendors and managing on-site/ offshore model projects and Responsible for resourcing, onboarding and imparting training to 30+ members in offshore.* Managed all the teams spread across different locations maintaining an effective collaboration and supported from onsite.* Acted as a liaison between business and technology departments, work with the teams to review, generate and capture business requirements.* Lead or helped to analyze critical and supportive processes, identify gaps and/or areas for improvement.* Hands on experience in PEGA PRPC V5.5, 6.2, 6.3, 7.2, 8.3, 8.4 and 8.6 in accordance with client’s business, operations and goals.* Worked in Telecom, Finance, Insurance and Banking domains.* Proactively communicate to all upstream and downstream applications on the upcoming changes, prepare Release notification document, obtain the required approvals and manage the implementation of change requests.* Actively involved in the requirement gathering process from the client and work with the leads to convert these requirements into deliverable features and user stories.* Estimate the efforts based on the requirements gathered, Identify PDU's and allocate the resource accordingly.