George Rodrigues | Freelancer Resume

George Rodrigues Panjim, Goa Contact No. :- Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgerodrigues/ Email :- Career Summary Project Manager | Senior Project Manager | Program Manager   Certified Project Management Professional (PMP); Professional Scrum Master (PSM – I). Experience - Project management (10 yrs); Product development (10+ yrs); Managing remote teams & clients (3 yrs); Total experience (20+ yrs). Led cross-functional teams in developing a highly complex credit risk product from grounds-up with high quality thereby reducing support costs by 90%; Headed & steered in overcoming hurdles and reviving the insurance broking management system from a sick product and generated revenue to the tune of ½ million $ in two years. Independently managed the entire analytical system of ICICI Bank. Managed diverse teams & clients based in India, US, UK, Netherlands, South Africa & Middle East such as ICICI Bank, Burgan Bank, Kuwait International Bank, Deutsche Bank (Saudi), Marsh Insurance Brokers, Howden Insurance Brokers, Lonsdale Insurance Brokers, Abercrombie & Kent, Travalco etc. Felicitated with a Star Performer award in the PM category. Possess entrepreneurial experiences; Believe in empowering teams; Focus on enhancing professional & social skills.       Professional Experience Project Management Consultant Since Oct 2018 Providing project management services to technology companies & SMEs on an “as-needed” basis.     Managed a virtual team for a short-term project for an online car services start-up based in Dubai using Scrum methodology. Delivered functional specifications & project costing to create an online platform for an agriculture company. Completed Professional Scrum Master certification; Developed & published my own website. Self Learning on Remote Working, BlockChain Fundamentals, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, DevOps, Earned PDUs for PMP Re-certification; Function Point Analysis; SDLC tools for automation; reading self-development books. Account Manager cum Technical Project Manager May 2015 – Sep 2018 Open Destinations Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Goa Open Destinations is a specialist in travel technology, providing travel reservations systems and e-commerce solutions for tour operators and leisure travel companies worldwide.       Change Request Management for clients based in US, UK, Netherlands & South Africa. Managed multiple products/projects; Led diverse teams; Negotiating & prioritizing requirements. Delivery & Account management; Support issues management; Identifying & mitigating risks. Team management; Resource planning; Coaching & mentoring; Defining & ensuring processes are followed. Communication & collaboration with internal / external stakeholders; Public release planning Felicitated with a Star Performer award in the PM category. Project Management Consultant Jul 2011 – Dec 2014 Finatics Technology Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai Finatics started off its operations by trying to provide an online platform of collaboration between financial advisors & investors. Later, it started providing services for product development, support & implementation.  Headed & steered in overcoming hurdles and reviving the insurance broking management system from a sick product and generated revenue to the tune of ½ million $ in two years. George Rodrigues        Managing a remote team using agile framework; Setting up a remote culture environment. Project management of existing & new product; Managing development & support teams. Responsible for database activities - design, coding complex back-end logic, writing scripts for data migration etc. Collaboration with clients, internal team members & 3rd party service providers; Onsite visits & implementations Working closely with senior management for devising strategy for moving ahead Finatics secured a 50% stake in the Dubai based company. Being a key contributor in a start-up company made me wear multiple hats, forcing me to adopt new skills, take on additional responsibilities thereby offering me incredible entrepreneurial experiences and invaluable life lessons. Software Engineer / Project Leader / Project Manager / Senior Project Manager Sep 2004 – Jun 2011 3i Infotech Limited, Mumbai 3i Infotech is a global IT company offering IP based software solutions, including Banking, Insurance & Asset Management and ERP software solutions.  Project Manager / Senior Project Manager  Led cross-functional teams in developing a highly complex credit risk product from grounds-up with high quality thereby reducing support costs by 90%; implemented in major banks in the middle east.  Successfully Integrated Kastle CRx product with Kastle ULS.  Kastle CRx product was enhanced to provide multi-database support; overcoming hurdles of learning a new technology; managing limitations of both Oracle & SQL Server databases.  Delivered complex Risk Based Pricing Engine for residential mortgages to Deutsche Bank, Saudi Arabia in compliance with time, scope and cost specifications of the project.  Solved multiple problems which otherwise would have resulted in the delay of CRx system go-live.  Team Leader / Software Engineer  Took the initiative of developing complex calculation logic for Kastle CRx (i.e. calculation of cash flows / ratios and scenarios based risk rating) in addition to project related tasks.  Independently coded the back-end logic (interest/rebate computation) in Dealer Financing for ICICI Bank which was very complex in nature and was based on different slab rates for interest, penal interest, reversal of transactions and large number of other parameters.  Solely responsible for managing the entire analytical system of ICICI Bank in terms of system analysis, coding complex back-end logic, testing, deployment & maintenance.  Appreciated by PIVG Head of ICICI Bank for accurately coding the limits logic which was highly complex in nature and drastically reducing performance from 2-3 hours to 5 minutes.  Performance tuning of the entire analytical system of ICICI Bank involving large volumes of data.  Played a major role in database management for various application and modules and was looked upon for training & solving database related problems. Additional Experiences    Worked as a programmer in Steve & Barry’s University Sportswear from Mar 2004 to Aug 2004 and was responsible for writing complex database queries, designing reports & collaborating with management based in Mumbai & New York. Worked as a programmer in Prakash Air Freight handling FEDEX billing software from Oct 2002 to Feb 2004. Worked as a programmer in Jetair Limited from Feb 1998 to Dec 2001 and was responsible for developing & maintaining the F/N processing systems, handling the ticketing systems installed in 150+ Jet Airways counters across India. Projects Completed Project related information available at http://www.georgerodrigues.me/projects/ Education and Certifications University of Mumbai PMI Scrum.org : : : Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) Project Management Professional (PMP) Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) Page 2 of 2