Aakanksha Tewari, PMP®, CSM
Engineering Manager, Project Management at Apple
Manager, Engineering Project Management,Apple Pay
Decisive, action-oriented and result focused professional. Resourceful problem-solver with software application oriented analytics and solid business aptitude to understand business needs and translate them into appropriate technical solutions for execution.

Project Management and Business Skills
•	Expert in leading enterprise software solution Programs and Projects
•	Excellent hands on knowledge and experience in planning, scoping, scheduling, budgeting, and delivery skills
•	Strong experience in end to end Project Lifecycle Management using different methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall
•	Well experienced with Business Analysis practices and techniques
•	Strong documentation and reporting skills
•	Solid team empowerment, motivation, and leadership skills
•	Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, and problem solving skills

Domain Expertise
•	Retail – Point of Sales
•	Online Research and Marketing Solutions
•	Insurance – Export and Trade Insurance
•	E-governance - Public Sector Functions

Technical Expertise
•	Experience in managing applications built with Client – Server Architecture using Java, PL\SQL, Adobe Flex, Objective C (iOS applications)
•	Implementation and Integration of Project Portfolio Management Tool such as HP EPM, Mercury Quality Centre, SharePoint
•	Knowledge and Implementation of Best practices from PMI, ITIL, COBIT
•	Knowledge of Quality Assurance Process and Quality Control based on ISO standards
•	Hands on experience in using Project management tools such as MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Omniplan, Omnigraffle
Apple
https://www.linkedin.com/company/apple
Engineering Manager, Project Management
IT Security and Infra Project Manager at Apple
Cupertino, CA
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Apple
https://www.linkedin.com/company/apple
Infrastructure Project Manager
Cupertino, California, United States
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Recognia Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/recognia-inc
Project Manager
Recognia is the industry leader in providing actionable investment research products for self-directed investors and traders. Recognia's compelling independent research uses automated interpretation of technical, fundamental and value based analytics to help validate investment decisions, manage risk and find trade ideas.

As part of the Product Management team, I was responsible for ensuring successful progress, monitoring and control of the product from conception to Product Launch and implementation. Worked in complete harmony with the Research & Development team through out the Product development lifecycle using agile methodology. I was responsible for Product Budgeting & cost evaluation, scope control and schedule tracking.
Ottawa, Canada Area
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Cisco Systems
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cisco
Consultant Release Manager
Managing Quarterly Releases comprising of large volume complex projects for Cisco IT as part of the Enterprise Release Management Organization. These Releases are business critical and impact Global Cisco operations.
Milpitas
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Apple
https://www.linkedin.com/company/apple
Consultant Project Manager
Managed and delivered multiple Functional Releases and Projects for the Application. Some of these Projects\Releases had high Business visibility and highly compressed timelines. Managed and co-ordinated efforts between team members distributed across multiple geographic locations.
Cupertino, CA
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Tata Consultancy Services
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Project Manager
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Nielsen Online
https://www.linkedin.com/company/nielsen-online
Consultant Project Manager, PMO
Managed medium to large sized projects comprising of members distributed across multiple geographic locations. Also	co-ordinated with the Product leadership group and other stakeholders for Business requests submission, prioritization, scope finalization.
Sunnyvale, CA
Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited
Consultant Project Manager
The project involves setting up an IT System at the organization level for ECGC. As part of the engagement the major task involved were defining the IT strategy and governance processes for the organization, setting up the IT architecture, and the IT infrastructure.
Mumbai, India
Wipro Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/company/wipro
Consultant in IT Strategy
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Planning Commission, Govt. of India
Project Lead, Strategy Consultant
Unique Identification (UID) Project is a Planning Commission’s, initiative steered with the purpose of creating a Central database of resident information and assign a Unique Identification number. The UID project aims to provide an common means of identification of all the residents by all government agencies, thereby enhancing the efficiency, transparency, reliability and effectiveness of the delivery of public services.
New Delhi, India
Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, Govt. of India
Business Analyst
Providing IT Consultancy to PFRDA, to build their Central Record Keeping Authority (CRA).
New Delhi, India
ABM Knowledgeware Ltd.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/abm-knowledgeware-ltd
System Analyst & Implementation Co-ordinator
The projects here involved end-to-end automation of various Municipal Corporations and Govt organizations and its integration with the citizen interaction cell, which would act as a Front-end for providing Citizen Services.
Mumbai Area, India
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Computer Engineering
Bachelors of Computer Engineering
Mahatma Gandhi Education Society Pillais Institute of Information Technology
Computer Engineering
B.E
University of Mumbai
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Computer Engineering
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J.N.P.V
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PMI
No
Project Management Professional  (PMP)®
The Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Scrum Master
421445
Scrum Alliance
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Ari Nepon
Focusing on Democracy after 15 years at Apple | Ex SRE, Infrastructure, Security and Compliance engineering leadership
Mechanicsburg, PA
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Mayur Mulani
Manager, Site Reliability Engineering at Apple
San Jose, CA
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Scott Thies
Apple Pay Site Reliability Engineer
Cupertino, CA
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Sunil Nair
Engineering Manager at Apple
Cupertino, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yatish-patel-66772417
Yatish Patel
Senior Engineering Manager - Apple Pay at Apple
Saratoga, CA
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Matthew Dooley
IT Engineering and Program Management
San Francisco Bay Area
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Derek Pecka
Reliability, Security, & Engineering Leadership
San Francisco Bay Area
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Lisa Guevarra
Executive Business Partner and skilled Office Manager
San Francisco Bay Area
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Joshua Olvera, MBA, MSIT
Infrastructure Engineering Program Manager at Apple
Detroit Metropolitan Area
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Rupamay Saha (Hiring CVML Engineers)
AI/ML, Computer Vision, Deep Learning
Cupertino, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-haggerty-0942b54
David Haggerty
VP, Product Engineering & Data Science at Airbnb
San Francisco, CA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/isa-dee
Isa Darussalam
Program Management at Apple
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhagawanth
Bhagawanth Punreddy
Program/Project Management
Irving, TX
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Dean Barker
Senior Payments Engineering Manager at Apple
San Francisco Bay Area
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Naresh Varadarajan
Global Expansion (SRE), Apple Pay Engineering at Apple
San Jose, CA
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Aaron Keck
Apple Pay, Integration and Expansion
San Francisco Bay Area
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Thirumal Rao Raghunath
Engineering Manager
Cupertino, CA
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Baris Cetinok
Vice President of Product Management at Robinhood (Hiring great PMs!) ex-Apple, ex-Amazon, ex-American Express, ex-Microsoft
Los Altos, CA
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Stacey Abrams
Senior Software Engineer - Wallet & Apple Pay
Portland, Oregon Metropolitan Area
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        Aakanksha has contributed well to her assignment. She is an excellent team player and built a string sense of togetherness within the team, which kept the team going even during tough times. I appreciate her for her organization, communication and management skills. She is a great person to know. Sunil Jagdale
      
          



            
              
        
              
  

    
        Aakanksha is a skilled project manager with a solid understanding of PMO practices.  She was very effective in managing PMO processes as well as software development projects.  Aakanksha  is a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend her for a project management role in any IT organization.
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