Ramachandran Nambiar

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Objective: Looking for a Technical Development Manager position in an IT Development firm

Professional Summary

Over 20 years of experience in Information Technology with developing to architecting software applications

in various platforms. Highly motivated and detail - oriented team player with strong analytical,

organizational, communication and presentation skills. Possess the ability to adapt to new technologies and

situations with ease.

13 years of experience in Insurance industry

Solution architect with extensive and diverse experience in the design and development of Web

applications.

8+ years of experience in J2EE Technology with good understanding of various frameworks.

Well-versed in various Databases such as Oracle, SQL Server and DB2.

4+ Years of exposure to SAP (FS-CD).

8 Years of Software development in Client/Server Environment using PowerBuilder

Technical Skills

Sound knowledge of architectural principles

Profound knowledge of software development life cycle

Ability to develop system architectural solutions to best meet business needs

Excellent understanding of Sprint Framework, Hibernate and Struts Framework

Excellent understanding in UML methodologies and Object oriented programming practices

Extensive knowledge in SOA architecture, Web Services and Restful Services

Good understanding on the JMS implementation using ActiveMQ

Experience applying the architectural practices using Zachman Framework

Proficient in Java Server Programming

Front end technology knowledge using Java script, Ajax, JQuery, JSP, JSF

Integration experience with Salesforce.com and IBM Websphere Cast Iron

Proficient in various Databases - MS SQL Server and DB2

Good understanding of source control system Rational Rose Clear case,

In-depth hands on with Visio, Power Point and MS Office

Good functional knowledge in SAP (FS-CD)

Well-versed in waterfall and agile development practices

Experience using SharePoint

Project Highlights

Led the team in converting the legacy system into SAP platform with a very stable Middleware

developed using J2EE at Farmers Insurance.

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Led the team in architecting the online application ‘Electronic Bill Presentment Payment’ System at

Farmers Insurance

Supported the integration effort of Salesforce.com with SAP billing system at Farmers Insurance

Played major role in Integrating Salesforce.com with Insurance application in Allianz Insurance

Led the development team in designing/developing client server and web applications in Allianz

Insurance

Involved in the design/development of client/server application ‘Alliant’ at Real Software Systems

Worked closely with Farmers Mobile App team to integrate farmers.com

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Professional Experience

Farmers Insurance Simi Valley/Woodland Hills, CA Feb 2008 - Present

Online Billing Solution Architect

Taken a leading role in the project life cycle in developing a new billing platform converting the legacy

system into SAP based back end application with a Java front end and middleware layers. This project has

helped Farmers in several millions by bringing better customer experience as a result of building a very stable

application platform. Following are the components and my deliverables:

SAP Farmers Billing system:

This is the billing system that provides Business partner, Contract account, Insurance object which in turn

helps to provide many interactive and batch oriented processes that helps farmers to bill a customer and

performs different activities starting from new business to cancellation or renewal of policies. Starting from

setting up a new business to providing statements, renewals, cancellations and more functionality, this back

end system is the backbone of the Farmers Billing platform.

Involved in implementing the Zachman Architectural Framework in farmers

Provided architectural diagrams, landscape diagrams and road map diagrams

Involved in working with SOA team to integrate SAP function modules for Web services

Setup functional/clarification team discussion between on-shore and off-shore teams

Involved in setting up brain storming session, conducting team meeting

Provided suggestion regarding the server expansion

Receivable Re-processor/Data Correction/Batch Programs:

Involved in presenting logical diagrams

Involved in setting up brain storming session, conducting team meeting

Involved in performance tuning and applying Object oriented methodologies

Streamlined the application to handle high volume of requests.

Played major role in selecting the Spring Framework as the application framework

Provided feedback in developing/reviewing Project Schedule

Worked closely with business team to translate the business terms into technical terms

Used Visio for Framework/context/conceptual diagrams extensively

Used Spring–JSF framework in combination with Web services in the J2EE platform.

Used Hibernate with Spring framework to access/update data from DB2 database

Extensive use of Web Services between consumers within farmer’s network and outside the firewall.

Electronic Invoice/Bill Presentment and Payment system (EBPP):

Using this system, customers can view their account balances, statement history, payment history, schedule

payments and perform one time payment or automatic payments. The customer can also view the statement

bill.

Led the team in the development effort

Played major role in putting forth the Framework (Struts)

Involved in coordinating the work between Java Team and SAP development team

Worked with Web Services team to integrate data channel between SAP system and front end system

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Coordinated efforts between SAP development team and BASIS team

Integration of Farmers billing system with Salesforce.com

In this project, Salesforce.com is integrated with SAP billing system to replace some of the front end web

components. This change is as part of digital strategy to replace most of the web components with

Salesforce.com in a step by step process.

Participated in Use case study discussion

Participated in the knowledge transfer from Electronic Bill Presentment and payment system to

Salesforce.com during the integration process

Allianz Global Risks US Burbank, CA Sept 2002 - Jan 2008

Development Lead/Senior Software Engineer

Integration of Salesforce.com with Underwriting System using IBM Cast IRON

Salesforce.com is the front end interface being used in Allianz Global Risks to make initial submission of

policy applications by the underwriters. After the submission, the data will be synched to the client server

based application called Aplus almost real time. Hence the data transfer takes place between the web

application and the database in Sybase using IBM Cast IRON. Following are the tasks handled:

Orchestrate integration process between Salesforce.com and the Client Server application

Setup the orchestration with a sequence of processes within IBM Cast IRON server

Trouble shoot, monitor and maintain the IBM CAST IRON box

Make sure that Real time Data Synchronization happens uninterrupted.

Aplus (Allianz Property Liability Underwriting System):

This is a Client/Server based underwriting processing system covering the Property and Casualty business.

This application is very robust entry system enabling the processing and booking of policies. It has an

extensive form processing and very user friendly reporting system. Following are the deliverables.

Interacted with business users to help defining the requirements

Taken an active role in developing the corporate IT application strategy, standards, and guidelines.

Written stored procedures in Sybase database

Worked on the server side programming

Extensive use of the web application development using IBM Websphere

Designed and developed several non-visual and visual objects in PowerBuilder

Extensive usage of object oriented programming

Real Software Systems Woodland Hills, CA 1997 - 2002

Software Engineer

Alliant System:

REAL Software Systems delivers solutions to manage intellectual property rights licensing and royalties

accounting. Alliant platform is proven across industries to handle the uniqueness and volumes of complex

contracts. Industry leaders including Allergan, BBC Worldwide, Dell, Electronic Arts, Hasbro, MGM Studios,

and PBS use Alliant to ensure agility, compliance and efficiency in their licensing process. Following are the

deliverables.

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Developed front end interface in Powerbuilder using the objects such as window, datawindow,

datastore and OLE object. All the object oriented methods are extensively used. Tree Views/List

Views/Multiple tabs and lot more presentation methods are used.

Maintained the Contract module in Royalty Application with front end and back end changes.

Maintained system monitor batch job with front end and back end changes.

Maintained the schedule payment Tree view screen with 8 levels of tree nodes.

Written procedures for the scheduled job that runs 24 hours.

Developed the reporting module.

Elcamino Resources Limited/Real Software Systems

Woodland Hills, CA 1994 - 1997

Programmer/Analyst

Royalties System:

REAL Software Systems delivers solutions to manage intellectual property rights licensing and royalties

accounting. All these applications were developed in AS400 platform using COBOL. Responsibilities

include:

Develop design documentation

Programming and Testing

Code review with peers

Attending to Defect fixes, new enhancements

Attending to production issues

Educational Qualifications:

Graduation/Post Graduation Year Institution/University

B.Sc in Physics 1984-1987 Payyanur College (Calicut University), Kerala, India

M.C.A (Master of computer 1987-1990 Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India

applications)

Certification

• PSM (Profession Scrum Master) Certification

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