Romy Ranjan Choudhary

About Romy Ranjan Choudhary

IT Delivery leader with a record of building and leading high performing teams across industries with a focus on speed with quality delivery, leveraging open source tools & automation, innovation & continuous improvement• Manager with more than 15 years of experience in Global Project Delivery, Transformation, Client Relationship Management, Consulting & Presales• Over 8 years of experience of Project Management, Resource management, Vendor management • Currently managing multiple high-visibility Projects worth the revenue of $25M• Achieved faster time to market and cost savings by implementing automation, CICD using Microsoft Azure, Reducing Defect Leakage, Test optimization• Experienced in software development & project management thru different phases of project life cycle. Implemented best practices & standards to different stages of projects.• Lead team of engineers working on customer-facing as well as back-end applications like Order Management thru different channels (Ecommerce, POS, Call Center, Mobile Apps), APIs, Supply Chain, Merchandising, Logistics, Pricing & Promotions• Co-ordinated with Business, IT project teams & stakeholders to prioritize, finalize and track project roadmap, requirements, schedule, effort, resources & budget.Defined KPIs & SLAs• Highly experienced in working & implementing best practices for Waterfall & Agile methodologies. Certified Agile Practioner • Implemented Delivery Centre of Excellence (DCoE) with services for Requirement gathering, Design reviews, Build, Functional & Regression testing, Automation, Dashboards & Reporting• Worked on major implementations of SAP Packages (HR, Order-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay)(@Pepsico), Salesforce enhancements (@Office Depot), IBM Sterling implementation (@Lowes), Oracle EBS (Merger program @Office Depot), JDA Demand & Fulfillment for Supply Chain & Merchandising (@Meijer)• Driven Key transformation initiatives on Automation, CICD/DevOps (on Microsoft Azure)• Handled escalations, proactively identified risks and came up with mitigation plans• Extensively involved in evaluating Client As-Is Project management Process and implementing software best practices for better Quality, reduced cycle time & Cost• Provided guidance to teams. Mentored them thru coaching, training and performance reviews• Excellent knowledge of SDLC, QA & E, Hands-on experience on C, Java, Mainframe• Engagement Management certified• AWS (Amazon Web Services) Business Professional accredited through AWS Partner Network (APN)• Managed diverse teams across locations in Onsite and Offshore Model

Experience

1. Manager

   Capgemini

   Nov 2014 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US

   Managing multiple projects worth $25 million revenue. Responsible for managing Qualty Assurance Quality Engineering for entire Merchandising (Pricing, Inventory management, Demand, Forecast, Recalls, Promotions, B2B), Supply Chain (Distribution, Logistics & Manufacturing) business areas along with Automation & DevOps (CICD, TDM, TEM) on Microsoft Azure• Achieved reduction in production defect leakage by implementing Predictive Analytics Model, Exploratory testing, all hands testing • Implemented Enterprise wide Agile processes, Testing Tools & processes, TDD, Automation Framework, Reports and Dashboards to track day-to-day project status• Worked with Business to collect and groom epics and features to enhance customer facing applications like ecommerce site, POS, mobile apps, supply chain & logistics• Shifted focus on In-Sprint Automation along with Regression Automation and more Agile oriented approach• Responsible for the transformation journey from Traditional CoE to Test Engineering & Continuous Integration & continuous testing in Agile & Devops• Set up Testing center of excellence (TCoE) for a big Retail client• Implemented Optimized CICD pipeline on Ms Azure for multiple Applications and achieved faster cycle time. Trained in AWS (Amazon Web Services)• Mentored under-performing teams and improved their performance by adequate trainings, utilizing problem management tools and processes• Set up Offshore Point of Sales (POS) Lab and WMS lab and saved cost by moving roles to Offshore• Handled Managed Service programs in Digital – (Loyalty, Personalization, Ecommerce, Mobile Apps), Merchandising, Supply chain, Logistics, Finance (Oracle EBS Package), Competitive Price Management, Retail – (POS), APIs• Performed Engagement Manager role for a Merger Program

Education

• DAV Public School, India

  Senior Secondary

• Vinoba Bhave University

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2000 — 2004