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MCP,OCA,ITIL Certified professional with 10. years of experience in IT

Location:
South Africa
Posted:
November 28, 2014

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~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

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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

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