Experience Summary:
o Highly Skilled IT professional with over Eleven years of hands-on
experience in System Analysis and design, Development, Implementation
and Maintenance.
o Experienced in Project management activities such as People
Management, Project planning, Requirement analysis, Resource
management, Onsite-offshore co-ordination, Estimation etc.
o Track record of increasing responsibility in systems analysis and full
lifecycle project management.
o Good leadership abilities; able to coordinate and direct all phases of
project - based efforts while managing, motivating, and leading`
project teams.
o Strong business analysis back ground with knowledge in business areas
such as Banking, Financial services, Insurance, Manufacturing.
Educational Qualification and Certifications:
. Master of Engineering (M.E) in Construction Engineering and Management
from Anna University, Chennai, India in 1998.
. Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Civil Engineering from Gandhi Institute
of Technology and Management, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, India in
1995.
. Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI Institute, USA.
. ITIL (Information Technology infrastructure Library) V3 Foundation for
service Management Certification.
. AMFI Certification - Mutual Funds (Basic) Certification by Association of
Mutual funds in India.
Employment History
Technical Consultant/Project Manager, Fidelity Investments, India
01/2010 - Present
Project Leader, MFT (Fidelity Investments), India
05/2007-12/2009
Senior Analyst Programmer, Fidelity Investments, India 05/2004 -
05/2007
Systems Analyst, Birla Soft India Limited, India
02/2004 - 04/2004
IT Analyst, Tata Consultancy Services, India 02/1998 - 02/ 2004
Site Engineer, Lingamaneni Real Estates (P) Limited 05/1995 -
06/1996
Technical Skills:
Platforms: UNIX, Windows 95/98/NT/2000, OS/400
Databases: DB2/400, Oracle 8, DB2 UDB 8.2/9.5
Languages: RPG Free, RPG/400, COBOL/400, CL/400, ILE RPG, CLLE, SQL RPGLE,
C, UNIX Shell Programming, Visual Basic 6.0, PL/SQL,
Basic/400, RPG/38, SQLRPG.
Tools: SQL/400, QUERY/400, DEVELOPER 2000, AFP Utility, Aldon change
management system, TL Ashford bar code labelling software,
Right Fax software, Elixir Software, Invoice Viewer
Software, Hawk Eye, EZVIEW, X-Analysis, Swift Alliance
Access.
ERP Packages: MAPICS, MACPAC
Professional Experience:
> Maintenance and development of GFAS (Global Fund Administration
system), B2B SWIFT Messaging Application,Mutual Fund Technologies (A
Fidelity Investments Company) (05/04 - Present)
GFAS is used by world's largest mutual fund companies and provides
functionality that is used by both back office and front office
departments.
Technical Consultant
Key Contributions:
. Project Management
. Preparation of System requirements and design specifications.
. Technical Analysis, Software development, testing and support for new
application requirements.
. Maintenance and support of existing GFAS application through small
enhancements, analysis and resolution of issues, etc.
. Swift Messaging
> Maintenance and development of Autrans ware house management system,
Mitsui Corporation, Europe.
Project Leader
Key Contributions:
. Managing all aspects of project management such as Project planning,
Estimation, risk management, weekly/monthly status reporting,
mentoring etc.
. Maintenance and support for ware house application through additional
enhancements, new developments etc.
. Software development, quality reviews, UAT support, System integration
and implementation support.
> Support for Mapics ERP Application, New Age International, Cummins
Engines, UK (11/03 - 02/04)
Major manufacturing organization that is one of the largest producers of
A/C generators which are internationally renowned.
Project Leader
Key Contributions:
. Managing all aspects of offshore -onsite co-ordination including
Project planning, Estimation, team management, work allocation,
weekly/monthly status reporting etc.
. Maintenance and support for Mapics application through enhancements,
new developments etc.
. Conducted system analysis, application design and preparation of
technical specifications.
. Coding, Acceptance testing, System integration and Implementation
support.
> Maintenance of MacPac ERP Application, Cooper Bussmann Inc., St.
Louis, USA (05/03 - 11/03)
Major manufacturing organization that is one of the largest producers of
circuit protection devices for electrical, electronic and automotive
systems.
Project Leader /Account manager
Key Contributions:
. Managed all aspects of onsite-offshore co-ordination including Project
planning, weekly/monthly status reporting, work allocation to
offshore.
. Maintained and involved in production support of MacPac Financial
Application, MRP application, Gentran EDI application, Warehouse
Management System, MacPac Invoicing system, Bar Code Labelling
. Requirement analysis, system design and preparation of technical
specifications.
. Implemented new system for E-mailing invoices and Credit memos from
AS/400.
. Acceptance testing support, implementation and production support.
. Developing new business opportunities at the client site.
> Enhancement of Toyota Financial System Application, Toyota Financial
Services, Los Angeles, USA (02/03 - 04/03)
Large financial company that provides automotive financial services and
insurance products to Toyota and Lexus dealers and customers in United
States.
Team Member/Programmer Analyst
Key Contributions:
. Requirement analysis, system design and preparation of technical
specifications
. Acceptance testing support, implementation and production support.
. Maintained and supported Cash disbursement system (Auto finance
system)
. Enhanced Automated Vehicle processing system to interface with third
party system.
. Enhanced Auction system to interface with new third party system.
. Developed and enhanced AS/400 and Host applications.
. Production Support
> Enhancement of existing Insurance Application, GE Capital Finance,
Ireland (011/02 - 02/03)
Financial Institution providing diversified financial services to consumers
and businesses with emphasis on loans, credit cards and insurance.
Project Leader
Key Contributions:
. Managed all aspects of onsite-offshore co-ordination such as project
planning, estimation, team management, weekly/monthly reporting etc.
. Preparation of technical design specifications based on system
requirements.
. Enhancements to existing insurance application in complex and critical
areas.
. System development, Acceptance testing, System integration and
Implementation support.
> Re-engineering of Existing Insurance Application, AXA Insurance, Hong
Kong (07/02 - 011/02)
Insurance Major providing diversified services to consumers and business
with emphasis on life insurance, non-life insurance and reinsurance.
Team Member/Programmer Analyst (Reporting directly to Project Manager)
Key Contributions:
. Prepared the restructuring strategy for reinsurance application and
data migration methodology.
. Involved in preparation of Design, technical specifications for data
migration application programs.
. Involved in Coding, System testing and Data migration activities
. Prepared business process documents and technical specifications for
reinsurance application.
> Bradford and Bingley Paperless direct debt system, GE Insurance
Holdings, Ireland (05/02 - 08/02)
Insurance Major providing diversified services to consumers and business
with emphasis on non-life insurance and credit card protection.
Team Leader / Programmer Analyst
Key Contributions:
. Involved in requirement analysis, functional and technical Design and
preparation of specifications
. Involved in project management activities such as project planning,
estimation, team management weekly/monthly reporting etc.
. Served as subject matter expert to offshore team during system
development, system testing etc.
. Coding, Acceptance testing, System integration and Implementation
support.
> Maintenance of CIG, FIG and Global Plus Applications, GE Insurance
Holdings, Ireland (05/01 - 04/02)
Insurance Major providing diversified services to consumers and business
with emphasis on non-life insurance and credit card protection.
Module Leader / Programmer Analyst
Key Contributions:
. Managed knowledge transfer of applications from Third Party Company
and developed business process documentation.
. Served as subject matter expert to offshore team.
. Managed all aspects of onsite-offshore co-ordination and was involved
in project management, team management, estimation, project planning.
. Conducted system analysis and executed enhancement requests.
. Coding, Acceptance testing, System integration and Implementation
support.
> Development of new interfaces in ICBS banking solution, FISERV,
Europe (01/02 - 04/02)
Leading banking solutions provider with ICBS as one of its well-known
banking products.
Team Leader / Programmer Analyst
Key Contributions:
. Involved in system analysis, functional and technical design.
. Developed new interfaces based on user requirements.
. Coding, Acceptance testing, system integration and implementation
support.
> System Migration of AS/400 and legacy systems to Oracle, Aon risk
services, Chicago, USA (11/99 - 12/01)
Insurance brokerage major providing diversified services to consumers and
businesses.
Team member / Programmer Analyst
Key Contributions:
. Oversaw Office assessment, data preparation and clean up, data
extraction, mapping, and loading and migration activities.
. Served as Migration expert on onsite team.
. Acceptance testing, System integration and Implementation support.
. Involved in preparation of migration tool, Data verification etc.
> Automation of MAPICS Manufacturing Application, GE Industrial
Systems, Connecticut, USA (07/99 - 10/99)
Leading Manufacturer of electrical distribution and control equipment to
consumers and businesses.
Module Leader / Project Contributor
Key Contributions:
. Involved in Impact and performance analysis.
. Oversaw system analysis, functional and technical design and
preparation of test specifications.
> Y2K remediation of AS/400 Applications, GE Industrial Systems,
Connecticut, USA (01/99 - 06/99)
Leading Manufacturer of electrical distribution and control equipment to
consumers and businesses.
Module Leader / Programmer Analyst
Key Contributions:
. Involved in work allocation and monitoring, team management, weekly
reporting, quality reviews etc.
. Oversaw development of conversion strategy, Date impact analysis and
conversion of impacted programs.
. Coding, Acceptance testing, system integration and implementation
support.
> Y2K remediation of AS/400 Applications, Kraft Foods and Beverages,
Chicago, USA (05/98 - 12/98)
Leading Manufacturer of food products with operations across 100 countries.
Team Member
Key Contributions:
. Oversaw development of conversion strategy, Date impact analysis and
conversion of impacted programs.
. Acceptance testing, system integration and implementation support.