Software Engineer Manager

ASHOK KUMAR GANESAN

(available for contract position only; contact kompelly@ 248 816 1515x 106)

PROFILE SUMMARY

. Over 9+ years of hands on experience in Design, Development, Testing,

Maintenance and Support of business applications for various industry

verticals.

. Broad experience with System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

methodologies and Technical System Design documentations. Experience

with systems release management and production support. Excellent

record of achieving bottom-line results while formulating and

implementing advanced Technology and Business Solutions.

. Experienced to effectively collaborate with multi-functional business

users and team members in the design, development and deployment of

systems that manage and support business information and processes of

large and complex projects.

. Expert knowledge and experience on C, Unix, Shell Scripting, PERL

Scripting, awk, sed, and SQL.

. Extensive experience in HP-UX 11i, AIX 5.3, RH Linux.

. Strong experience working on Mysql, Informix, Oracle9i.

. Used Modeling & Diagramming tools such as Visio.

. Experience in training, mentoring, managing teams (both onsite and

offshore)

. Documented Business rules, Functional and Technical Designs, Test

Cases, and User Guides.

. Can do automation of test cases with Perl, Shell Scripting and Mercury

WinRunner (Coding).

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Databases: Oracle 9i, MySql, Informix

Languages: C, C++, Shell Scripting, Perl Scripting, Sed, Awk,

SQL, Pro C, PL/SQL

Version Control Tools: Rational Clear Case, CVS, POWER, Visio

Operation Systems: UNIX (HP-UX 11i, AIX 5.3, SUNOS), RH Linux,

Windows XP

Other Tools: Toad, QueryMan, Mercury WinRunner, MS-Word, MS

EXCEL,

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

. Master's in Computer Applications, Regional Engineering College,

Trichy, India

. Brain Bench Certified in Programming Concepts, Data Modeling Concepts,

Software Testing, SCM, Business Communication and Customer

Requirements Analysis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WAL-MART, Bentonville, AR 05/09 - Till

Date

Technical Lead

Project: Global Sourcing and Procurement

Wal-Mart Stores has a system called Global Sourcing System (GSS), which

helps the Suppliers to create their business quotes thru it for various

products. From quotes to the creation of Purchase Order are taken care by

this system. Also the Wal-Mart associates can pull out various reports from

the GSS system regarding the Suppliers, Quotes, Purchase Orders, etc.,

Responsibilities

. Actively managed a team of 7, involved in requirements sign off,

implementation plans, Data quality check during implementation and

Peer Reviews.

. Enhancements and Production Support.

. Developing scripts to pull out various adhoc reports.

Environment: AIX 5.3, Informix, ESQL, C, Perl, Shell Scripting, POWER

WAL-MART, Bentonville, AR 07/08 - 04/09

Sr. Software engineer/Lead

Project: Global Tax Systems

Wal-Mart Stores has a Tax System which is used to calculate the Taxes of

the consumer goods that are sold in the Stores, based on the Tax Laws of

every country.

Responsibilities

. Actively managed a team of 5, involved in requirements sign off,

implementation plans, Data quality check during implementation and

Peer Reviews.

. Involved in gathering the business requirements and analyzing the

design and the solution.

. Involved in designed and developed a Concentrator Bridge which will

collect the data from the various tables from the US databases and put

across in the database in Brazil.

. Actively involved in handling priority production support issues by

efficiently interacting with clients and documenting the solutions.

. Developed Unit Test Cases

Environment: AIX 5.3, Informix, Perl

INGENIX, Salt Lake City, UT 01/07 - 06/08

Sr. Software engineer

Project: Transaction Manager and Connection Packages

Transaction Manager is an application, which takes care of the EDI

transactions between the Health Service Providers (Hospitals and Doctors)

and Insurance Companies. Connection Packages are the packages which can be

installed in the Transaction Manager. Every Connection package was

developed for every Insurance Company, so that those companies can have

their own Communication protocols (FTP, SFTP, Xmodem, etc

authentication, etc.,

Responsibilities

. Involved in all the phases of the Enhancements.

. Managed a team of 12.

. Designed and Developed the connection packages.

. Trained the Customer Support Team.

Environment: MySql, RH Linux, Perl, Apache Web Server. PHP, CVS

SIEBEL SYSTEMS, India 09/04 - 09/07

Sr. Software engineer (Quality Assurance)

Project: Siebel Installation Automation and Testing

Siebel is a well known CRM product which is used across many business

industries. And I was involved in the modules which were responsible for

installation and deployment of the product. And also involved in developing

tools (e.g. Installers and configuration tools) for the QA division of his

organization.

Responsibilities

. Automated Installation and configuration of Siebel applications in

various platforms and in various modes.

. Created and executed Black Box test cases.

Environment: Oracle 9i, UNIX, DB2, MS-SQL, Windows 2000, Perl, Unix Shell

Scripting, WinRunner, CVS

HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP), India 03/03 - 09/04

Software engineer

Project: Utility Data Center

The HP Utility Data Center creates and runs virtual IT environments as a

highly automated service. Simplified delivery of that service optimizes

asset utilization and reduces staffing loads. a 'wire once' solution Once

wired, your infrastructure can be reconfigured flexibly and dynamically

with minimum effort to respond quickly to windows of market opportunity.

Total cost of ownership is reduced dramatically through process automation,

standardization, simplification, and improved resource utilization. And

overall QoS improvements are realized through rapid, automated resource

provisioning. Drag-and-drop reconfiguration The HP Utility Data Center

design's radical simplicity allows you to wire your infrastructure just

once. Any reallocation of resources can now be done with drag-and-drop

simplicity. As a result, this new programmable data center approach lets

you manage more IT resources with less IT staff. The HP Utility Data Center

with Utility Controller Software reduces costs and improves IT flexibility

through: virtualized network resources, permitting drag-and-drop "rewiring"

of servers and related assets to create entire virtual IT environments

virtualized storage resources, for secure, effective storage partitioning

advanced data center management software, allowing resources to be

automatically reassigned in response to changing business and IT

requirements

Responsibilities

. Involved in Development, Testing and Maintenance

. Been a Quality Champion for the team and streamlined the Process like

Peer Reviews, RCAs etc.,

Environment: Oracle 9i, HP-UX 11i, PL/SQL, Pro C. Solaris, Clearcase

HEWLETT-PACKARD (HP), India 07/01 - 03/03

Programmer

Project: System Administration Manager (SAM)

The HPUX SAM (System Admin Manager) helps the System Admin of HP-UX servers

to do their day to day activities like Add/Remove/Modify the users,

maintaining devices and file system, setting rules, Process management,

Resource management, Software management, kernel configuration, routine

tasks, etc., The system admin doesn't need to remember the sequence of

command that they need to execute for their activities. Moreover this

device avoids the human errors that the system admin might make in their

activities. This product is shipped along with the HP-UX Operation system.

Responsibilities

. Defect fixing and Enhancement of the modules Users and Groups, Process

Management, Routine Tasks, Software Management, Device Management.

Environment: Unix (HP-UX 11o, HP-UX 11i), C, ObAM, HP Jazz

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