SHASHANK SHEKHAR
Phone: 201-***-**** Email: ********.*******@*****.***
SUMMARY
I am a Consultant with over 6 years of work experience. I have a passion for solving technical as well as business problems
and have prior experience in complex Business Analysis, Business Process Management, Business Rules Management,
Project Management, Product Management, Business Intelligence and Customer Relationship Management. I have the ability
to communicate technical solutions to business users and have played the role of a techno-functional lead working with multi
shore implementation teams.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Business Process Management: IBM Blueworks Live, IBM BPM, IBM Case Manager, IBM Process Server
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Business Rules Management Systems: ILOG, Business Events, Oracle Policy Automation, Drools
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CRM Tools: Microsoft CRM, Siebel CRM
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BI Tools: Siebel Analytics, Informatica, OBIEE, DAC
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Databases: RDBMS, MS SQL, Oracle, MS Access, MySQL, DB2
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Languages: C, C++, Pascal, Java, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, ASP.NET
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Packages: MS Office, MS Visio, MS SharePoint, SPSS Clementine, SAS
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Other Tools: VMware, Visual Studio, IBM RAD, Eclipse, SoapUI, Dreamweaver, Toad
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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
IBM Certified BPM Analyst - Blueworks Live; Business Process Manager
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IBM Certified BPM Application Developer - Business Process Manager
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IBM Certified Integration Developer - Business Process Manager Advanced
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IBM Certified BPM Developer - BPM Blueprint; WebSphere Lombardi Edition
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IBM Certified Associate BPM Analyst - BPM Blueprint; WebSphere Lombardi Edition
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IBM Certified Associate BPM Developer - BPM Blueprint; WebSphere Lombardi Edition
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IBM Certified Application Developer - WebSphere ILOG JRules
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Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 5 Programmer
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VMware Sales Professional (VSP)
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VMware Technical Sales Professional (VTSP)
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Oracle Policy Automation Enablement
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WORK EXPERIENCE
April 2012 – Aug 2013
Lead Technical Consultant, Perficient
Sept 2010 – April 2012
Consultant, Prolifics, New York NY
May 2009 – May 2010
Software Engineer, International Innovations Inc, Fremont CA
Jan 2008 – May 2009
Graduate Assistant, Alumni Association, UIC
Sept 2007 – Dec 2007
Graduate Technical Assistant, Latino Cultural Center, UIC
PROJECTS
April 2013 – Aug 2013
Senior BPM Consultant, Best Buy, Minneapolis, MD
• Facilitated the meetings with Business Sponsors to define business process and the user stories.
• Analyzed and created an optimized BPM based Product Recall Process.
• The new refined process will enable the product compliance team to run the product-recall process more efficiently
• Implemented Task Assignments and Escalations for the activities in the process.
• Developed advanced coaches and created out of the box reports for the business.
June 2012 – Dec 2012
BPM Analyst/Developer, Monsanto, St. Louis MO
• Analyzed and created an optimized BPM based global solution for a new Demand Forecasting System.
• The new forecasting system Product Demand and Positioning (PDP) allowed flexibility to enable future growth, changes
to business processes, and expansion into other Brands / Business Segments / Global Regions.
Simplified business processes to enable quicker / more educated decisions related to Forecasting & Supply Management
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across all Brands and Business segments.
Designed and developed the solution which can be implemented globally among different business segments across all
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regions globally.
Using IBM BPM 8.0, developed dynamic, highly customized user interface coaches using the DOJO JavaScript library.
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Jun 2011 – Dec 2011
Business Rules Analyst/Developer, CIGNA, Hartford CT
• Analyzed the requirements and architecture of the Clinical Operations Delivery Management (C.O.D.E. Runner) project.
• Worked as part of the Scrum team to create user stories, child stories and tasks to implement in a 3 week cycle.
• Created and implemented the Functional Test cases based on the Acceptance Criteria for each User Story.
• Worked on xsd, xml and drl generation which will be consumed by the Drools rules engine.
• Implemented rules which support collection sources and non collection sources.
• Implemented new keywords and operators out of the box for Drools.
Jan 2011 – May 2011
Business Rules Analyst/ILOG Developer, Insurance Data Processing, Wyncote PA
• Analyzed business requirements for the various Insurance Rating Algorithms and Lines of Business.
• Designed and developed the XML schemas, BOM and virtual functions for the application.
• Designed and developed the framework for Policy Rating Administration and Claims.
• Developed custom rule model extensions for line of business, state, underwriting company etc.
• Implemented interpolation and extrapolation tables along with other mathematical calculations.
• Developed various test cases and performed scenario testing with DVS.
• Created web services for the policy rating system which was integrated with the .NET application
Nov 2010 – Dec 2010
ILOG Developer, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, Newark NJ
• Analyzed the business requirements for business rules.
• Implemented the business rule flow for the Coordination of Benefits (COB).
• Developed the XOM for the business rules for integrating with other applications.
• Developed the BOM for writing the business rules for the application.
• Implemented the business rules for the application using the custom methods and built-in methods.
• Created test cases for scenario testing and integration testing.
Nov 2009 – Mar 2010
OBIEE Developer, Inatech, UK
• Developed advanced OBIEE server and reports training for the UK Audit commission.
• Designed and developed a virtual class room delivery platform.
• Created the sample database for OBIEE, Informatica, BI Publisher and Oracle BI Applications training.
• Training included topics like partitions, fragments, aggregates, multi user development, Oracle Delivers, BI Publisher etc.
Aug 2009 – Oct 2009
Business Process Analyst, Access Mortgage, San Jose CA
• Interacted with the business users to gather requirements and wrote Business Requirements Document (BRD).
• Created the functional specifications document with UI specifications and designed the object model and workflow.
June 2009 – Oct 2009
Lead Developer, Iron Systems Inc, San Jose CA
• Created the business model, reporting requirements, business processes and IT Infrastructure
• Configured and implemented MS CRM system to support sales business pipeline management requirements.
• Customized Microsoft CRM for capturing relavant fields in lead to order sales processes.
• Developed drill down summary reports for detailed transactions.
• Developed Web services to fetch information for their ticketing system.
• Made customizations which included new entities, customized screens, reporting and integration.
• Developed customized detailed reports for lead source tracking and sales process .
Development Intern, Blackwell Consulting Services, Chicago IL Jan 2008 – July 2008
• Performed detailed analysis of the knowledge management system and implemented the portal in MS SharePoint.
Project Intern, E-Commerce Website, Berco Jewelry Company, Chicago IL Jan 2008 – May 2008
• Created a complete web strategy to market the prefinished jewelry and to provide a custom design service.
EDUCATION
May 2009
Master of Science in Management Information Systems, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
July 2006
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Nagpur University, India