Austin Furtado, Project Manager

Austin Furtado

Project Manager

SJ Innovation LLC

Location
India - Thana
Education
Bachelor's degree, BCA
Experience
23 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :23 years, 5 Months

Project Manager at SJ Innovation LLC
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2013 to August 2017

• Understand & analyze client requirements to design product architecture.
• Review and interpret specifications, blueprints and architectural drawings to create project bids
• Create budgets for quotations and develop proposals in response to request-for-proposals (RFP)
• Develop, maintain and foster effective relationships with clients, providing update on projects and resolving any issues/concerns promptly to ensure client satisfaction.
• Maintaining positive stakeholder relationship and make sure projects gets delivered within the deadline.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, R&D, Developers and QA teams in formulating project strategies and delivering customized systems/solutions to meet client’s requirements.
• Prepare competitive quotes of various sizes for entire projects, estimating the cost of phases, resource and Services and applying prices aimed at securing a strong profit margin.
• Acting as a Scrum Master and Product Manager to make sure MVP is delivered in continuous uninterrupted Sprints.
• Managing scrum and ensuring there is a Face to Face conversation with in house and offshore teams on a daily basis.
• Making sure Product Backlog is maintained and Sprints are followed properly.
• Creating FRQ docs by attending calls with client and after understanding requirements.
• Designed & successfully implemented web & mobile applications.

Technical Support Associate at Serco Global Services Pvt. Ltd,
  • India - Mumbai
  • December 2012 to April 2013

• Understanding, troubleshooting & handling technical support calls on Internet, IPTV, Routers, Mails, Web - hosting & Telephone related services.

Sr. Projects Associate at ebazar
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 2004 to February 2012

• Solution design/architecture, project planning, scoping, estimation, tracking & documentation
• Implementation of project plans within pre-set budgets and deadlines and executing it successfully in co-ordination with clients.
• Handling and managing a team of more than 10 people for solution design/development, implementation, maintenance & customer support of our CRM software.
• Actively Involved in Solution Design Phase for the clients’ requirements.
• Resolve support/operational issues in liaison with various stake holders
• Develop, implement & provide all kinds of support for business application software for clients.
• Handle testing phase of the project. Ensure all necessary data and matrix are generated / maintained.

Implementation Executive at Access Matrix Technologies
  • India
  • March 2003 to May 2004

• Implementation of Sales & Distribution Management software at HO and its depots all over India.

Software Developer / Systems In-charge / Corporate Trainer at Concourse Information Technology Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • March 1998 to February 2003

• Designed & developed Payroll Management System, Library management system for few clients based on their requirements.
• Developed software manuals.
• Managing information technology and computer systems with a team.
• Undertook training for corporate clients such as ICICI banks etc.

Sr. Marketing Executive at City Computer Resources
  • India - Mumbai
  • June 1995 to September 1997

• Identifying business opportunities/prospects, researching and analyzing sales options.
• Selling products by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects; recommending solutions.
• Received sales training at Wipro, Bangalore

Marketing Executive at Computer Time, Goa
  • India
  • February 1994 to June 1995

February 1993 - June 1995 Marketing Executive
Computer Time, Goa
(Authorised dealer for Compaq, IBM, Canon)

Marketing Executive at Computer Time, Goa
  • India - Mumbai
  • February 1993 to June 1995

• Selling products by establishing contact and developing relationships with prospects; recommending solutions.
• Received troubleshooting training at Compaq, Bangalore.

Education

Bachelor's degree, BCA
  • at Madurai Kamaraj University
  • December 2012
Higher diploma, Software Engineering
  • at Masters Diploma in Software Engineering
  • September 2006

Aptech (Mumbai)

Diploma, Computer Science
  • at K H Kabur Institute Of Engineering
  • October 1994

Diploma in Computer Science, Karnataka Board

Specialties & Skills

Project Execution
CRM software
Maintenance Services
Customer Interaction Management
Technical Support
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
ASSET MANAGEMENT
APPLICATION SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
APPLICATION SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE
RISK MANAGEMENT
PROJECT CO-ORDINATION

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Kannada
Expert
Marathi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Certificate of Proficiency in Oracle 7.3 / Developer 2000, (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 1998
Valid Until:
April 1999
Masters Diploma in Software Engineering (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2001
Valid Until:
March 2003