Ranjan Pruthee
Madison, WI 53716
ab9m8x@r.postjobfree.com
Profile Over 17 years of professional experience in software product
development using J2EE technologies, system design &
architecture, project management, team leadership, project
planning, and project consulting. A highly motivated, competent
professional with solid technical and problem solving skills,
strong work ethic, strong interpersonal skills, excellent
presentation and communication skills.
Areas of Expertise
. System Analysis, design, architecture, development, research
and IT implementation for web and batch applications using
J2EE technologies
. Team and project leadership in both in-house and outsourced
projects
. Agile planning & estimation, project Planning, scheduling,
management, and resource management, and project estimation
Technical Expertise
. Languages: Java, C++, Visual C++, Visual Basic, SQL,
JavaScript
. Technologies: EJB, Web Services, XML, Java Messaging service
(JMS), SOAP, REST, AJAX, Ant, CSS
. Methodologies: OOAD, UML Modeling, Agile estimation &
planning, Scrum
. Open source frameworks: Hibernate, Spring, Spring Batch,
Struts, Apache Commons, Apache POI, PMD, Cobertura,
Freemarker
. Databases: IBM DB2, SQL Server 6, Sybase
. Application Servers: Websphere 6.1, JBoss 5.1
. Tools: Rational Developer Studio 7 (RAD), Microsoft Visual
Studio, MS Project, Subversion (SVN), JMeter, Jenkins/
Hudson, Eclipse
. Others: EDI X12 format
Education
2008 Master of Business Administration, GPA: 3.6/4.0 with focus on
business strategy, corporate finance, and marketing.
School of Business, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Wisconsin
2002 Master of Science in Software Systems
Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, India
1996 Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics
University of Pune, India
Professional Experience
June 2009 - June 2013
WEA Trust Insurance is a nonprofit organization that for more than 40 years
has provided group insurance plans to Wisconsin public school employees and
their families. Headquartered in Madison, the Trust offers health, dental,
life, long-term disability, short-term disability, and long-term care
insurance plans to its members.
Tech Lead/ Lead Developer/Operational Java Lead/ System Analyst
Madison, Wisconsin
. Worked as a Lead Developer performing system analysis,
designing system architectures, undertaking product
development, and testing using open source Java frameworks
for a major EDI project.
. Worked as a Tech Lead on projects doing technology
evaluation, project & resource planning, estimation,
scheduling, work assignment, cross-team management, resource
management, team leadership, and mentoring.
. Worked as an Operational Java Lead to ensure smooth
functioning of applications, ensure proper resource
allocations for projects, and to be the point-of-contact
person for Java-related issues and new project planning
activities.
. Worked as a Senior Developer on many projects using Java 1.6,
Spring, Hibernate, JDBC, Spring Batch, and Apache POI.
. Created technology roadmaps and development processes for the
Java team like the Agile build process, the source code
management process, the code review process, the UML modeling
process, and the design review process.
. Worked with other domains to rollout new processes.
2005 - 2009 Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
(www.mygreatlakes.com) is one of the nation's leading guarantors
and servicers of student loans, Great Lakes serves more than
2,700 schools, 1,400 lenders, services student loans for more
than two million borrowers, holds guarantees on more than $35
billion in loans under the Federal Family Education Loan
Program.
Senior Analyst
Madison, Wisconsin
. Worked as a Senior Developer on web applications and regular
Java applications using Java 1.4, Hibernate, Spring, SOAP,
Web Services, JSP, and AJAX. Responsible for architecting and
designing new modules.
. Worked closely with the CTO to research and recommend new
technologies. The new technologies recommended by my team
reduced the cost for future projects.
. Worked as a Team Lead on several projects where
responsibilities included developing project plans, creating
system architectures, designing & developing new systems,
writing system process documents, and creating the testing &
deployment strategy.
. Worked on porting applications to Websphere 6.1 where
responsibilities included system analysis, coding, testing,
deployment, and implementation.
2001 - 2005 Stratagem, Inc. is a software consulting company providing
services to clients mainly in Wisconsin with operations in four
cities.
Senior Software Consultant
Madison, Wisconsin
Onsite consultant for a client in the insurance industry.
Provided hands-on design and implementation help in all phases
of software development life cycle namely analysis, design,
development, testing and deployment on existing and new IT
systems. Led and developed new products for the client. As one
of the team members, designed a web application that automated
the entire claims processing for insurance agents, thereby
reducing total cost in printing, reporting, and tracking claims.
2000 - 2001 TeamSoft, Inc. is a software consulting company, providing
services in the form of software product development, design,
analysis, testing, and training to clients mainly in Wisconsin.
Consultant
Madison, Wisconsin
As an on-site consultant for a major medical insurance company,
led, developed, and designed a new system that initiated medical
claims for US Army representatives.
1997 - 2000 Aithent, Inc is a global software service company providing
services to its clients in Canada, USA, India, and Singapore in
the form of project outsourcing, product development, process
mentoring, R & D, and quality control/quality assurance.
Project Leader/ Senior Developer
New York, NY and New Delhi, India
. Worked as a Senior Developer on key product modules using
Visual C++
. As a Project Leader responsible for managing resources and
project timelines, mentoring resources, creating the
development plan with milestones, and ensuring quality
standards.
. In the New Delhi office, led development teams for new
software products that generated fresh revenue streams for
the company. Worked closely with the CEO to manage
development tasks and packaging of the new products.
1996 - 1997 Professional Enterprises is a software development company that
provides software services to companies in the manufacturing
sector.
Product Developer
New Delhi, India
. As part of the software development team, my responsibilities
included developing software products, researching new
technologies, and testing the final software deliverable.
Worked closely with the clients to identify new software
system requirements.
Awards
2004 Client Service Award, Stratagem Inc.
1997 Best Sense of responsibility, Aithent Inc
Additional
. Professional film critic at http://disc-reviews.blogspot.com
. Former captain of a minor league cricket team, Mad Pack that
is one of the six teams in the Madison Cricket Club. Inspired
tournament victory in 2006 and 2009.