Key Skills Profile Summary

Portfolio/ Project/ Program Management/ Implementation

Key Account Management

Client Relationship Management

Vendor Management

Business Analysis

Process Enhancement

Budgeting & Cost Optimisation

Requirement Gathering & Documentation

Software Development/ SDLC

Application Programming

Quality Assurance / Control

Team Building & Leadership

Cross Functional Team Management

Agile Scrum Methodologies

WEB, WAP, SMS, Android APPs

New Media, Digital Content, Video Streaming, Internet Based Products

Mobile Payment, Telecom Billing

E-Learning, eCommerce, mCommerce, mVAS domains

ITIL Certified, Project Manager and Product delivery specialist with over 11 years of experience in analyzing, designing, development, implementing & delivering IT- Telecom VAS, Digital Content & New Media/Internet Based Products.

Leveraging skills in implementing Project Methodologies like Agile / Scrum Methodology; possesses broad technical knowledge of application design, architecture and application integrations.

Directed technology planning and direction, strategy development, leadership and implementation, business and operational transformation execution, business solution delivery, and business development.

Expertise in concepts of end-to-end project planning and implementation from scope management, to activity sequencing, cost estimation, risk analysis to quality management in line with international guidelines and norms.

Design and deliver solutions that remedy core business issues and position the organization to reach the next level of profitability through technology introduction.

Managed delivery frameworks and new technology implementation projects for streamlining related activities as per quality standards.

Responsible for studies to determine customer requirement, new trends in technology and innovations and competitive benchmarking.

Executional responsibility of chalking out the product development roadmap inclusive of strategy for existing products and innovations leading into new product lines and services.

Excellent communication and relationship management skills with aptitude for collaborating with internal, external & vendor executives, directors, and key stakeholders to identify business needs and to develop winning solutions.

Developed high volume and highly scalable Platforms like Mobile Gaming, eCommerce/ mCommerce & eLearning platforms, Mobile apps stores, Mobile Content Management Systems (MCMS), Mobile Advertising solutions, Campaign Management Systems, Social Media Platforms, Video Solutions, and Mobile Predictive Analytics.

Scholastics & Professional Training

Bachelor of Commerce, University Of Mumbai, March-2003, With First Class. HSC, Maharashtra Board, Mumbai. February-2000, With First Class. SSC, Maharashtra Board, Mumbai. March-1998, With First Class. Advanced Diploma in Computer Programming, GNIIT Mumbai, 2000 – 2003.

Certifications

ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT [Certificate Number: GR750064308VR] IBM Recognized Certification for VB 6.0 Development. [Gandhi Institute of

Information Tech.]

Mr. Vaman Ramesh Rane. Project and Program Manager – Information Technology Versatile, high-energy technocrat with the distinction of executing prestigious Information Technology projects of large magnitude within strict time schedules

vaman.rane@gmail.com / vamanr@gmail.com

+91-9870479997/+91-9930479997 in.linkedin.com/in/vamanrane/

Career Timeline

Sept’05 – Mar’07 Sept’07 – April’12 April’12 – Mar’13 Oct’13 – Jan’16

Work Experience

Oct 2013 – Jan 2016 with Nazara Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (MVAS & Mobile APPs domain) – Mumbai as Project & Program manager –

Middle East & LATAM Regions. April 2012 – March 2013 with Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. (MVAS domain) – Mumbai as Project Lead. Sept 2007 - April 2012 with Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. (MVAS domain) – Mumbai as Team Leader. Sept 2005 - March 2007 with Indian television Dot Com Pvt. Ltd. (Internet & Web APPs domain) – Mumbai as Sr. Software Engineer. June 2004 - June 2005 with NIIT KSB Ltd. (eLearning domain) – Mumbai as Software Developer. April 2003 - Dec 2003 with ICICI Bank Ltd. (Financial Services – Data Mining) – Mumbai as Consultant Trainee.

IT Skills

Project Management tools: JIRA, Asana, Redmine, Ms Project, MS Visio, UML (Use Case, Class Diagram). Methodology: Agile Scrum Methodology and Traditional Waterfall method Internet Technology: HTML, CSS, CSS2, XHTML, XML, WML, XSLT, DTD, RSS, PHP, Ajax, Asp .Net, JQuery. SOLR & MemCache. Telecom Billing: Charging Gateways, CDR, Diameter, ParalyX , CRM & Subscription billing Integration Platforms. Financial Software: Siebel 7.0 & Finacle, e-Finacle & e-Search 2007. Languages: PHP, JavaScript, C, C++, Core JAVA, Visual Basic 6.0 & .Net. Database: Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL server 2005/08/R1 and R2, JDBC, ODBC, Toad. Systems: MS DOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat Linux, Windows [NT,XP & Vista]. Web Services: Apache, Tomcat, IIS 7/8, SOAP, REST. Tools: Visual studio, Crystal Reports, Jmeter, Kennel SMS Gateway. Payment gateways: PayPal, CCAvenue, Google Checkout & Operator Billing. Version Control: VSS, SVN, GitHub. Ongoing Learning: Cloud computing [AWS/Azure],Akamai, CDN, Android application development & management

Professional Experience

Oct 2013 – Jan 2016

Middle East Telecom Clients

Organization: Nazara Technologies Pvt. Ltd. -[http://nazara.com/] Designation: Project Manager- Middle East & LATAM Regions [Oct 2013 – Jan 2016] MVAS domain – Mumbai Duration: 2 Years 3 Months The company has a vast presence in mobile entertainment industry in India, Middle East & Africa as Nazara Technologies and is a leader in Mobile Gamming, mobile marketing, content management and WAP & Game APPs creation. Roles & Responsibilities:

Having experience of planning and successfully executing at least 4 major

projects on five major telecom operators across Middle East & LATAM Region

besides multiple medium and smaller ones.

Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple

related projects/products directed toward strategic business and other

organizational objectives.

Indian television Dot

Com Pvt. Ltd. as Sr.

Application Developer

Shemaroo

Entertainment Ltd. as

Project Header

Hungama Digital Media

Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

as Team Leader

Nazara Technologies Pvt.

Ltd. as Project Manager-

Middle East & LATAM

LATAM Telecom Clients

Service Delivery Platform

Cloud & CDN Tech Partner

Device Manufacturers/OEM

Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with

stakeholders at multiple levels, including those external to the organization.

Define and initiate product/projects, and assign Team Leader to execute same

within manage cost, schedule, and performance of component product/projects,

while working to ensure the ultimate success and acceptance of the program.

Maintain continuous alignment of program/product scope with strategic business

objectives, and make recommendations to modify the program/product to

enhance effectiveness toward the business result or strategic intent.

Ensuring timely delivery of products which adhere to product scope and

definition and are of top notch quality by providing all necessary inputs,

documents and clearing/pointing out project blockers in timely fashion.

Coach, mentor and lead personnel within a technical team environment.

Present periodic Dashboard reports on the current program, future opportunities

and client issues.

Telecom Clients Handled :- Middle East Region:- United Arab Emirates:- Etisalat, Du; Kuwait:- Ooredoo, VIVA, Zain; Qatar:- Ooredoo; Saudi Arabia:- STC, Mobily, VIVA, Zain; Bahrain:- Batelco, VIVA, Zain; Oman;- Omantel; Jordan:- Orange, Zain; Egypt :- Etisalat, Vodafone; Turkey:- Turkcell; Iraq;- Asiacell, Zain and other small telco’s. LATAM Region: - Digicel Telecom Group. Service Providers: - Tech Mahindra, Mahindra Comviva, Huawei, IMImobile, MT2morrow, TIMWE, Integral, DCB, SLA, NewCom, Iraqcom, TA Telecom, Phoneytunes, UCSvas etc. Device Manufacturers Clients Handled:- Sony, Micromax, CELKON, INTEX, Karbonn Mobile etc. Projects:- Applications/Portals/Android Applications: Mobile Content Management System, Ad-Wrapper, Nazara Games, Games Club, Games Store, WWE The Club, Image Store, Mobile TV etc.

April 2012 – March 2013

Sept 2007 – April 2012

INDIA Telecom Clients

Organization: Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. -[http://shemaroo.com/] Designation: Project Leader [April 2012 – March 2013] MVAS domain – Mumbai Duration: 1 Year Company has a presence in content industry in India as Shemaroo and also a leader in content management and distribution. Roles & Responsibilities:

Having experience of planning and successfully executing at least 4 major projects

on four major INDIA Region telecom operators besides multiple medium and

smaller ones.

Responsible and accountable for the coordinated management of multiple

related projects/products directed toward strategic business and other

organizational objectives.

Telecom Client Handled [INDIA Region]:- Airtel, BSNL, MTNL, Tata GSM & CDMA, Idea, Reliance, Vodafone. Service Providers: - IBM, One97, OnMobile, IMI Mobile, Real Network etc. Vendor Management: - Think Walnut Projects:- Applications/Portals/Android Applications: Mobile Content Management System, Video Store, Video Mall etc.

Service Delivery Platform

Device Manufacturers/OEM

Datacenter Services

Content/Music Label Clients

Organization: Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.-[http://hungama.org/] Designation: Team Leader [Sept 2007 – April 2012] MVAS domain – Mumbai Duration: 4 Years 9 Months The company has a vast presence in the mobile entertainment industry in India as Hungama Mobile and is a leader in mobile marketing, media convergence and content management and wap site creation. Roles & Responsibilities:

Having experience of planning and successfully executing at least 21 major

projects besides multiple medium and smaller ones for INDIA Region Telco’s.

Having experience of developing/handling projects across a variety of platforms

inclusive Wap, Web, Sms, mobile apps and mobile ads end to end.

Initiation of new projects with clients across the globe with respect to WAP site

designing and operator billing integration.

Lead a team for wap/web sites creation and servicing that included production

timetable, and project/product coordination between multiple stake holders.

Performing feasibility study for new products and defining project scope and

limitations.

Creating Project Plan and Resource allocation plan.

Creating use case documents and facilitating quality control/UAT of products.

Taking part and adding value to every aspect of the project/product development

from planning modules, designing architecture, implementing critical modules to

quality assurance.

Developing flow diagrams and all necessary documents needed to clearly define

project modules.

Implemented new production methodologies that resulted in optimizing

employee's time to finish the tasks, thus enhancing employee efficiency.

Defining code modules and database structures and also overseeing

development.

Facilitating UAT of the projects/portals by maintaining bugzilla and ensuring quick

bug resolution by coordinating with necessary teams.

Having experience of handling multiple teams simultaneously.

Telecom Client Handled [INDIA Region]: - Airtel, Aircel, BSNL, MTNL, Tata Gsm & CDMA, Idea, MTS, Reliance, Vodafone, Uninor. Service Providers: - Buongiorno, Mahindra Comviva, Huawei , IMI Mobile, IBM, Wipro, One97, OnMobile, Real Network, Phoneytunes Etc. Media Clients Handled:- Network18, Mobile2Win, FTV, Red FM. Online Media Clients Handled:- India games, India times, Indian Xpress, Rediff, Yahoo Etc. Music Media Clients Handled:- T-Series, Sony Music, Universal Music, Yash Raj Film Etc. Device Manufacturers Clients Handled:- NOKIA Mobi, Samsung, HTC etc.

Sept 2005 – Mar 2007 Portal Development http://indiantelevision.com

http://animationxpress.com

http://tellychakkar.com

Organization: Indian television Dot Com Pvt. Ltd. – [http://indiantelevision.com/] Designation: Sr. Web & Application Developer [Sept 2005 – Mar 2007] Internet & Web domain – Mumbai Duration: 1 Year 6 Months Indian Television Dot Com: India's cable, satellite, terrestrial, broadcasting, TV, advertising, marketing and media portal. The company has presence in the television Media Company specializing in development of Web portals and the web application development solutions. Roles & Responsibilities:

The job profile included designing, development, support and maintenance of

http://radioandmusic.com

Micro Sites/ e-Flyer Clients

web portals developed for clients.

Acting as Requirement Analyst.

Meeting prospective clients and suggesting custom solutions.

Creating System Requirement Specification.

Coordinating development with the design and development team.

Developing core modules.

Facilitating UAT of the portals by maintaining bugzilla and ensuring quick bug

resolution by co-coordinating with necessary teams.

Creating and enhancing Content Management Systems.

Have delivered an in-house CMS and 5 major portals.

Development and maintence of in-house mass email marketing tool.

Handling ad management scripts and banner rotating activities.

Handling promotions, advertisement, eFlyers & contests activities for clients.

Media Clients Handled: - Leading Television Media client like Sony, Sahara, Star, Animax, Cartoon network, Disney, Nick, Hungama and Zee Networks etc. Projects:- Applications/Portals: Web Content Management System, Indiantelecision.com, tellychakkar.com, animationxpress.com & radioandmusic.com etc.

June 2004 – June 2005

Organization: NIIT KSB Ltd. – [http://www.niit-tech.com/] Designation: Developer [June 2004 – June 2005] eLearning domain – Mumbai Duration: 1 Year The Company has presence in Learning & eLearning business. Company is involved in the development of CBT & WBT based eLearning module with various domestic & international clients. Roles & Responsibilities:

The job profile included designing, development, support and maintenance of

CBT & WBT based module developed for clients, based on their needs and

requirements.

Coordinating development with the design and development team & developing

core modules.

Clients Handled: - Cognitive Arts, Sears PRS, Sears, ITW Signode & PLS, Quick Compliance.

April 2003 – Dec 2003

Organization: ICICI Bank Ltd. – [http://www.3i-infotech.com/] Designation: Consultant Trainee [April 2003 – Dec 2003] Financial Services – Data domain – Mumbai Roles & Responsibilities: Worked With ICICI Bank Ltd., Andheri (w) as a Consultant Trainee working on various Financial Services System like Siebel Financial Services 7.0., Core Finacle System, Web Finacle System & Group Leader for SIX-SIGMA Project.

Database maintenance, Backups & restore. & Data mining For Branch Projects.

Responsible for status reporting & coordinating with the project management

team for timely completion of activities.

Trainer for web Project ERV Management System & Transaction Management

System Using Finacle and Web Finacle.

Personal Details

Address: ‘15’, Sopan, Sai Darshan CHS. N. S. Phadke Marg, Andheri East. Mumbai – 400 069. India. Nationality: INDIAN PAN No: AIZPR7516B Passport No: J7004271 Date of Birth: 18th July, 1982 Languages Known: English, Hindi & Marathi Skype Id (Mandatory): vaman.rane

I assure you that, through my sincerity and hard work, I will be an asset to your valued organization and I hereby declare that the information provided above is true to the best of my knowledge. Yours Truly Mr. Vaman Rane