Pranay Poola
469-714-2672
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[email protected]
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Accomplished Project Manager with a proven track record at leading cross-functional teams to enhance software
architecture and cybersecurity practices. Expertise in cloud computing and the software development life cycle,
demonstrated by driving significant improvements in payment platform stability and process automation. Skilled in
mentoring engineers and managing technology risk, showcasing leadership and technical acumen.
SKILLS
Software Architecture
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Cybersecurity
Cloud Best Practices
Computing
Software Development Life
Cycle
Jira
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Confluence
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AWS
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DevOps
Oracle
Monday.com
Budget
SACWIS/CCWIS
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Human and
Business
Planning Health Services
Strategies
&Execution & Implementation
Planning
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EXPERIENCE
PROJECT MANAGER, Remote
Starbucks, December 2021-Present
Managing, Coaching individual contributor engineers for building quality software product with modern technology
Ensuring Payment platform architecture stability with each release, utilized payment platforms as Stripe, PayPal,
Adyen
Handled release management process using the tools Jira, Azure DevOps Portal
Experience working with UI/UX/Visual design teams for product interface development through web/mobile
application development and understanding of data structures
Leading projects following Agile and Waterfall methodologies
Working with Jira, Confluence for managing the release activities, creating reports, dashboards
Identifying and recommending for driving resolution of technology roadblocks including code, build and deployment
while also managing overall software development cycle and security standards
Conducting Scrum and Peer reviews to evaluate quality and solution alignment to technical direction, and guide
design, as needed
Leading effort to collaborate with Product, technical teams for shaping product and architectural design
Interpret, develop, and ensure security, stability, and scalability within functions of technology with low to moderate
complexity, as well as identify, manage and mitigate technology and enterprise risk
Managing capacity planning, ensuring quality outcome, assessing individual contributor performances,
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implementing activities to enhance overall effectiveness
PROJECT MANAGER, Boston
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, April 2016-December 2021
Managed cross-functional teams of 10 in multiple locations, ranging from Developers, Managers, Directors and
collaborated with business development, data analysis, operations
Directed teams on handling Embedded system project as part of implementing POS devices
Conducting code reviews, monitoring code pushes, mentoring engineers on processes, design techniques
Drive product development life cycle, from ideation through implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic
business goals
Experience in implementing child welfare information systems in the Massachusetts area, especially in the area of
SQCWIS/CCWIS
Developing technical road maps and leading engineers according to the business requirements
Handled Project planning and implementation using tools like SharePoint, ADO Portal, Jira.
Interact directly with third party vendors and technology service providers
Hire, mentor and guide talent development of direct reports to build the skills required to effectively design and
deliver innovative solutions for the supported product areas/products
Manage allocation of people and financial resources for technology engineering including career development and
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performance management for engineers and managers on the team.
LEAD DEVELOPER, Boston
State of MA, May 2014-March 2016
Directed cross-functional teams, including developers and testers, to deliver high-quality applications and
enhancements
Conducted code reviews and implemented best practices for development, testing, and deployment processes
Made regular visits to the Research & Development facility for face-to-face discussion on requirements and design
details
Conducting deployments on weekly basis for migrating the enhancements and bugs in to Production from lower
environments
Conducting code reviews and make sure to implement the bug free code
Coordinating with business stakeholders and technical teams to align both the parties
Coordinating with infrastructure teams on regular maintenance activities, scaling the infrastructure accordingly
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Coordinating with database team for upgrading database versions, refreshing the database instances.
SENIOR .NET DEVELOPER, Las Vegas
GCA, May 2013-April 2014
Developed and maintained web applications for the casino industry, focusing on user authentication and
transaction security
Utilized technologies including JavaScript, JQuery, and AJAX for client-side development and interface
enhancements
Managed team of developers and testers
Maintaining code in the repositories such as TFS, Tortoise SVN
Worked closely with the Client stakeholders for the ongoing enhancements and upgrading the traditional
applications to modern era technologies
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Conducting meeting with both on-site and off-site teams to align on the desired meeting timelines.
SENIOR .NET DEVELOPER, Burlington
Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Co-Operation, June 2012-April 2013
Extensively used XML for creating the Web Services
Worked with VB.NET programming language for the Application development
Worked with UTML_DBMS package for calling the Web services
Worked on Grid Views to Edit/Display/Modify the cases information
Worked extensively with the Third-Party controls called Infragistics Controls
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Worked with windows communication foundation services.
.NET DEVELOPER, London
ASDA, September 2008 -December 2011
Developed Application Logic using C#
Written Stored Procedures triggers using SQL in SQL SERVER 2008
Worked Intensely on the User Interface
Used Xpath, XMLNode to access files and XML Data Document to synchronize with Data Sets
Extensively used Grid Views sorting and paging
Designing UI, Business Logic Layers using ASP.Net, HTML, CSS
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Developed stock inventory management applications, including business logic and user interface components.
SOFTWARE TRAINEE, Hyderabad
Peers Technologies, May 2007-July 2008
Involved in the development and implementation of healthcare management systems, with responsibilities
spanning design, development, and testing
Working with Oracle9i/10g, SQL-Server2005, 2008 Databases
User management, maintaining users of different roles and workflow
Created the test cases and performed unit testing using these modules
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Designed and Developed Web forms for the patient demographic system.
EDUCATION
COMPLETED COURSEWORK TOWARDS MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT, KY
Sullivan University
COMPLETED COURSEWORK TOWARDS MASTER'S IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
NETWORK SECURITY, LONDON
Middlesex University
COMPLETED COURSEWORK TOWARDS BACHELOR'S IN ELECTRICAL AND
ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
India
CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management Professional, 2021-2027 President's cup award for excellence in
Management Studies, 2013
