Xavier Pushparaj PMP

Technical Program Manager at Walmart

Rogers, Arkansas, United States

About

• An experienced IT professional, with 15+ years of multifaceted experience, spanning across IT program management, product management, business analysis, quality engineering, IT operations and data analytics. • Successfully led digital transformation, SaaS implementation, data integration and fraud analytics programs working closely with senior leaders. • Skilled in requirement elicitation, creation of project management and requirements documentation, coordinating (onshore and offshore) development and testing, release planning and implementation. • Rich techno-functional knowledge in the area of Health plan Enrollment & Billing, Financial support applications, EDI X12, Health benefit mandates, Health benefits inventory and Rating of specialty products, Unemployment Compensation and Pandemic Assistance. • Product Management: Product Backlog Management (Create, Prioritize and Manage Features to add business value), Prototyping, System Demos and Scrum Ceremonies • Program Management: Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Project Metrics and Status Reporting, Quality Assurance, Release management and Process Automation • Programming/ Integration Technologies: Java, C#, XML, JSON, SOAP and REST web services • Data Technologies: SSIS, SQL Server, Oracle • Technology Tools: XML Spy, Postman, SoapUI, SQL developer • Project Management Tools: ServiceNow, MS Office Suite, MS Project, Plan View, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, RDNG, Requisite Pro and Team Foundation Server (TFS) • Cloud Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Healthcare Platform: Trizetto Facets Certifications: • Project Management Professional (PMP) from PMI • Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) from Scrum.Org • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01) • Fellow, Academy for Healthcare Management (FAHM) from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)

Experience

  • Staff Technical Program Manager at Walmart
    Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Senior Consultant at Deloitte Consulting
    Jan 2019 - Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    Functional Lead contributing in the areas of Program Management, Data Analytics and Reporting for various public sector projects.

  • Consultant at Cognizant
    Jun 2006 - Jan 2019 · 12 yrs 8 mos

    Various roles such as Consultant, Business Analyst, Tech Lead and Developer for various programs/software teams, supporting one of the largest US health insurance customer.