~Annexure~
PROJECTS HANDLED
Title: IBM Algo Tech Lead
Client: Standard Bank
Period: Since Feb'14
Role: Technical Lead
Environment: Windows 7, C#.Net, Java, UNIX, Oracle 10G, Windows
Services, Citrix, Crystal Reports, Perl Script, Shell script, VB
Script, Batch Script.
Description: Sentry is key application in Standard Bank's collateral
management and valuations process. The application deals with
processing collateral trades and exposure trades for the bank's
clients. Types of trades include FX Trades, OTC Derivatives,
Swap Trades sourced from different systems like Tarsan, Wall
Street, Endur, Prime Swap, DRD, etc. The application is widely
used by Standard Bank users & clients. The users are located in
South Africa, 18 other countries in Africa, London and
Singapore. Currently managing a team of three and working on the
migration of the existing IBM Algo system from version 4.8 to
version 5. Handling end to end design of system flow,
architecture and technical documentation. Also handling the
development projects within the collateral system.
Project Requirements:
. To prepare the development plan in upgrading the existing Algo system
from version 4.8 to version 5.
. To work on Requirement gathering, Initial Analysis, SDLC frame work
process documentation, Design documentation,
Development plan, UAT and Implementation of development projects.
. To get the business user requirements about the enhancements required.
. To coordinate with IBM on getting the business requirements mapped to the
new system.
. To design new logic for database, application and network connectivity
with internal and external systems.
Responsibilities:
. Assigning the migration tasks and timelines within team members.
. Gather Requirements, Analyze the effort required, provide estimation,
handle UAT and Implement the development tasks assigned by the business
users.
. Coordinate on the weekly meetings with the business users and the IBM to
discuss the migration plan.
. To work with the IBM and other teams regarding the migration progress and
to report the status to senior management.
. Prepare and design the functional plan for migration.
. Liaise with business users, IT teams and IBM in preparing the technical
architecture.
. Support the business users with their technical queries and production
issues.
. Attend weekly meetings with the London and SA Managers along with
Business head to discuss on the status on ongoing developed projects and
gather feedback on the implemented projects.
. Work on Bug fixes on the developed projects post implementation.
Title: DriBSS (Drive Build Simulation System) (Technical Lead)
Client: Western Digital
Period: Jul'13-Feb'14
Role: Technical Lead
Environment: Windows 7, VB.Net 4.0, WCF Services, SQL Server 2008,
LINQ, ASP.NET 4.0
Description: DriBSS is a key application in Western Digital's Hard disk
manufacturing. The application is used by the design engineers
to select the simulation required for building the hard drives.
The application will assist them to select the proper Models,
DCM codes and other relevant hardware's required for
manufacturing the hard disk.
Project Requirements:
. To prepare the development plan in upgrading the existing system from
.Net 2.0 to 4.0.
. To get the user requirements about the enhancements required.
. To design new logic for database connectivity.
Responsibilities:
. Delegating the development tasks and timelines within team members.
. Handling weekly meetings with the business users to discuss the
development progress.
. Monitoring & following up with the developers regarding the development
progress and to report the status to manager.
. Review, guide and test the code in development phase.
. Work with IT, Testing and users in UAT phase.
Title: SENTRY (Algo Collateral-Version 4.6.9.2) (Production Support
Project-L2 Support / Business Analyst)
Client: Credit Suisse
Period: May'10-May'13
Role: Software Technical Consultant
Environment: Windows 7,C#.Net 2.0,MS Web Services, Oracle 10g, Crystal
Reports, Citrix, Control-M
Description: Sentry is key application in CS's collateral management
and valuations process. The application deals with processing
collateral trades and exposure trades for CS clients. Types of
trades include FX Trades, OTC Derivatives, Swap Trades sourced
from different systems like Tarsan, Wall Street, Endur, Prime
Swap, DRD, etc. The application is widely used by global CS
users & clients. The users are located in New York, London,
Poland, Mexico, Singapore, India and Tokyo. Developed
sophisticated web application ERS (External Reconciliation
System) for Portfolio Rec. Team. Successfully designed and
developed operations IT production dashboard application,
providing daily reporting to higher management for all
operations and product control IT jobs increasing status
visibility.
Project Requirements:
. Handling margin calculation for daily exposure trades
. Generated:
o Interest statements for the user on a monthly basis
o Margin reports and sending them to clients
. Rendering:
o Application and technical support for Sentry Application Users
for CS
o Second and third level support of Collateral Management System
(Sentry) and working on enhancements within Algo Collateral
Application as per business requirements
Responsibilities:
. Liaising with:
o Regional Teams in NY and LN regions and ensuring delivery of highly
reliable, scalable, and uninterrupted support of business critical
applications
o FO / BO Teams and Up & Downstream IT Teams to address system
failures occurring outside collateral management
. Evaluating & fixing technical issues with collateral trade booking, trade
flow and margin calls
. Implementing BAU and Emergency Change Management Processes within
production environment
. Conducting Post Mortem Analysis of business impacting incidents to
business users and Application Development Teams to investigate, identify
& address root causes
. Responding to ad-hoc business queries and requests escalated from first
level support and business users
. Assisting users in handling day-to-day data with the applications and
handling enhancements within Algo Collateral Application as per business
requirements
Title: STRIVE (Client Valuations Management Information System)
(Production Support Project-L2 Support)
Client: Credit Suisse
Period: Nov'10-May'13
Role: Software Technical Consultant
Environment: Windows 7, Java (JDK 1.6), Informatica Power Center 8.5,
Oracle 10g, Web Logic Application Server 10g R3, Documentum 6.5,
Control-M 6.2 and Crystal Reports
Description: Client valuation project contained OTC derivatives and
cash securities pricing and statement generation workflows based
on expected frequencies. Client Valuations Management
Information System (CVMIS) provide Client Valuations Governance,
Operations Managers and Business User Accurate metrics on all
processes within client valuations. The Management Information
is intended to be used by these three levels of management to
enable better governance and control over front to back Client
Valuations Process. The data was required to be represented on
a daily basis & the cumulative data on month-to-date basis.
Various reports for longer timeframes (month-by-month, quarterly
and annual) required for Trend Analysis.
Responsibilities:
. Developed new reports based on business requirements
. Rendered assistance to users in:
o Technical Problems within the application
o Handling day-to-day data with the applications and resolving user's
technical issues within SLAs
Title: MarginTrac (Production Support Project-L2 Support)
Client: Credit Suisse
Period: Nov'10- May'13
Environment: Windows XP, MarginTrac (Vendor Application from Financial
Software Systems), VB.Net, SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Windows Services,
Control-M 6.2, Crystal Reports, MSMQ, Websphere MQ and Microsoft
Silverlight
Description: MarginTrac was a real-time margining and reporting
application for FX Prime Brokerage and was a key element of the
build out for FX Prime Brokerage at Credit Suisse, forming part
of One Bank FX Programme. It provides collateral tracking,
position and P&L tracking, and real-time calculation of margin
requirements. It's middle-tier calculation engine allows real-
time, online pre-trade checks for all transactions against
current value of client's collateral. Trading from Front-Office
trading applications messaged in real-time over WebSphere MQ to
MarginTrac. The positions were updated in real-time and was
available to internal users through MarginTrac GUI.
Responsibilities:
. Developed new reports based on the business requirements and rendered
assistance in application access issues
. Assisted users in resolving technical problems within the application
Title: Treasury Management System (London) (Production Support
Project-L2 Support)
Client: Credit Suisse
Period: Nov'10-May'13
Environment: UNIX, Sybase, C, C++, PowerBuilder (Version 7.0.3) and
Control-M
Description: Treasury was a part of the CFO division and contributed to
its goals by optimizing use of financial resources and acting as
a guardian of bank's financial franchise. The objective of the
cash management areas was to aid efficient funding for each
entity throughout firm's network of businesses. The prime goal
was to ensure that no excess or shortfall of funds was left in
any correspondent Nostro Bank Account. The Cash Managers fund in
excess of 1,000 nostros were split into level 1 concentration
and level 2 / 3 sweeps accounts. The level 1 and 2 accounts were
funded using TMS. The TMS received feeds from various settlement
systems for various nostro accounts. The Cash Managers used this
data to calculate funding requirement for each nostro by
creating projected cash flows based on relevant booked cash
flows from settlement systems. Cash Managers also projected
manual advices from settlement areas (late trades, fails &
amendments). The level 2 accounts were then swept to level 1
accounts, whose balances were calculated & communicated with MM
/ FX trading desks to fund long / short balance per currency per
entity.
Title: Sentry (Algo Collateral-Version No. 4.8.4.7) (Production
Support Project-L2 Support / Business Analyst)
Client: Duetsche Bank
Period: Apr'08-Feb'10
Role: Team Lead
Environment: Windows 2000, C#.Net, Oracle 9i, Crystal Reports and
Citrix
Description: Sentry was the key application in DB's Collateral
Management and Valuations Process. The application dealt with
processing of collateral trades and exposure trades for DB
Clients. The application was widely used by global DB users and
their clients. The users are located in New York, London,
Frankfurt (Germany), Singapore and Tokyo. Worked on data
remediation streams for Algo Collateral Product upgrade in
collateral management. Developed framework, process and
methodology for flawless execution of portfolio reconciliation
project by automating delivery of trades to TriOptima and
terminating cumbersome manual upload process. Interacted with
business users to understand their requirements and developing &
executing strategic project for data extraction to speed Algo-
Data Remediation and reducing intense task of manual generation.
Title: E-Payables
Client: KPMG - UK
Period: Mar'07-Mar'08
Role: Sr. Software Engineer
Environment: Windows 2000, C#.Net, ASP.Net, SQL Server 2000 and SER
Tool
Title: Buy IT
Client: KPMG - UK
Period: Mar'07-Mar'08
Role: Sr. Software Engineer
Environment: Windows 2000, ASP and SQL Server 2000
Title: GOQO
Client: ICM - China
Period: Sep'06-Feb'07
Role: Software Engineer
Environment: Windows XP, C#NET, Oracle 9.0, Crystal Reports 8.5 and VSS
6.0
Title: Loan Origination System
Client: Rural Banks
Period: Apr'06-Sep'06
Role: Software Engineer
Environment: Windows XP, C#NET, ASP.Net, SQL Server, Crystal Reports,
8.5, VSS 6.0 and WWF
Title: Voice Masks
Client: BrainO2
Period: Feb'06-Apr'06
Role: Software Engineer
Environment: Windows XP, VB.NET, ASP. Net, SQL Server, Crystal Reports
8.5, VSS 6.0
Title: Electrical Meter System Tracking (EMST)
Client: Southern California Edison (SCE)
Period: Dec'05-Jan'06
Role: Software Engineer
Environment: Windows 2000, C#.NET, COM, XML, Oracle 8i, Crystal Reports
8.5, VSS 6.0
Title: Energy Center Database (ECD)
Client: Southern California Edison (SCE)
Period: Aug'05-Nov'05
Role: Software Engineer
Environment: Windows 2000, ASP.NET, XML, SQL Server, Crystal Reports
8.5, VSS 6.0
Title: RITES Inspection and Call Monitoring System (RICMS)
Client: Rail India Technical and Engineering Services (RITES), New
Delhi
Period: Mar'05-Jul'05
Role: Software Engineer
Environment: Windows XP, ASP.NET using C#, XML, SQL Server, Visual
Source Safe 6.0
Title: Train Schedule Managing System (TSMS)
Client: Southern Railways, Chennai
Period: Oct'04-Feb'05
Role: Software Engineer
Environment: Windows XP, VB.Net, SQL Server, Crystal Reports and Visual
Source Safe 6.0
Title: Telecommunication Billing System
Client: Bell Limited, Mumbai
Period: Jun'04-Sep'04
Role: Software Trainee
Environment: Windows XP, VB, SQL Server, Data Environment Report,
Visual Source Safe 6.0
KARTHICK BABU S
(: abn56j@r.postjobfree.com
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OBJECTIVE
Seeking senior level assignments in the domain of Project Management,
Application Support and Application Development with an organization of
high repute
PROFILE SUMMARY
A result oriented technocrat with 10+ years of experience in Application
Support, Project Management and Software Development. Thorough
understanding of SDLC with proficiency in mapping business requirements,
technical documentation, application design, development, integration,
testing and troubleshooting of Microsoft Technologies. Impressive fast
track career driven by challenges; desire to be successful and possess
comprehensive expertise in leading teams & projects.
Strong problem-solving, technical skills coupled with confident decision-
making skills for enabling effective solutions leading to high customer
satisfaction. Deftness in working with Customers, Project Managers and
Technical Teams for securing & executing concurrent projects. An effective
communicator with exceptional relationship management skills with the
ability to relate to people at any level of business and management and
excellent team building abilities.
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Feb'14: Standard Bank, South Africa (Cahead Info Technologies) as
IBM Algo Tech Lead
Jul'13-Feb'14 : Western Digital, Malaysia(GMA Tech Consulting) as
Technical Lead
May'10-Jun'13: Credit Suisse, Singapore (Origem Solutions Pte Ltd.) as
Software Technical Consultant
Mar'08-Mar'10: HCL Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Team Lead
(Deutsche Bank)
Mar'07-Mar'08: IBM India Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Senior Software
Engineer (KPMG)
Key Result Areas:
. Carrying out activities like prioritizing tasks, development, mentoring,
preparing test cases, tracking schedule and defects
. Rendering 2nd and 3rd level technical support to current and new business
applications & resolving technical and business related discrepancies to
be researched & work on the development fixes on the issues, if required
. Implementing project as per scheduled deadlines and extending post-
implementation and maintenance support, when required
. Designing, developing and implementing the workflow program,
presentation and handling various phases of interface development based
on technical specifications
. Directing software development activities for business process mapping of
the client and identifying appropriate development methodology
. Handling client / user / partner interaction for requirement gathering,
risk assessment, finalization of technical specifications and discussions
for effort / cost / time estimation
. Developing, implementing and providing support to business application
software for clients and transforming functional requirement into
technical solutions
Accomplishments:
At Credit Suisse, Singapore
. Guided a team of 4 people
. Received Star Award for the team in 2012
. Developed & supported Windows and Web Based Applications using Microsoft
Technologies
. Pivotal in preparing documentation with well-planned timelines and
execution plans for the project. (Credit Suisse)
. Holds the distinction of adhering to the process and ensuring that the
tasks are in line with the requirement specifications. (HCL)
. Involved the team in group activities and arranged team outings to
motivate the team members. (Credit Suisse and HCL)
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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Feb'06-Mar'07: Saastha Infotech Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore as Software
Engineer
Jun'04-Jan'06: Bellnet Software Solutions, Bangalore as Software
Engineer
EDUCATION
2004 BE (Electrical Engineering) from Pandian Saraswathi Yadav Engineering
College, Madurai Kamaraj University
CERTIFICATIONS
. Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP-C#.Net)
. Oracle Certified Associate (OCA)
. ITIL Certified Professional (Version 3)-ID: C.868488
TECHNICAL FORTE
. VS.Net, C#.Net, ASP.Net, VB.Net,WCF,LINQ,TFS
. Middleware COM, XML
. Operating Systems: WINDOWS 9X, 2000, NT, XP, Windows 7 and UNIX
. RDBMS: Oracle 9.0, 10g, 11g, SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 & Sybase
. Rapid SQL, Toad, PL / SQL Developer and SQL+
. Web Servers: IIS 5.x
. IBM Algo Collateral(Versions 4.6 & 4.8)
. Markup Languages: HTML
. Client Script, JavaScript and VB Script
. Style Sheets CSS
. MS Office and Control M
. Managed Objects 4.7
. Java (JDK 1.6), Informatica Power Center 8.5, Weblogic, Sungard
Clearvision App. and Documentum
. Remedy Tool, ITSM Tool, Citrix and Microsoft Silverlight
. WSS (Windows SharePoint Services)
VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENT
. Proactively participated in Walk the World Marathon
. Worked for Child Cancer Foundation in Credit Suisse
. Participated in the Junior Achievement Program in educating the school
kids.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 10th Jun'1981
Languages Known: English, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi
Passport Details: No:-J4473732; US B1 Visa
Visa: Expiry Date: 20/ 09/2019
Linkedin URL : http://www.linkedin.com/pub/karthick-
babu/18/ab4/407
CERTIFICATIONS
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