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Customer Service Management

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August 11, 2010

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VIDYA SAGAR, BELLAMKONDA

PHONE : +1-630-***-****

E-mail : *****@*********.**

Summary

> 9 years of IT industry experience in design, development of high

quality business applications using PowerBuilder 5.0 to 10.5 with PFC

services on client-server platforms.

> Proficient in PowerBuilder 9.0 WEB Data Window, Web Targets,

Workspace, Distributed Data Processing and WEB Based Client-Server

Application using EAS server (Jaguar CTS).

> Extensive use of PFC services, Object-Oriented Programming Techniques,

Distributed PowerBuilder Applications, Object-Oriented project

planning and utilizing tools like Rational Rose and TUXEDO.

> Strong skills in Oracle PL/SQL, ORACLE database tuning, debugging

stored procedures.

> Exposure to Microsoft .Net Framework, Java, J2EE, XML, XSLT in

developing client-server and web applications.

> Experience in Migrating PowerBuilder Code, System Integration,

Application Testing, Installation, User Documentation.

> Exposure in developing web-based applications using Web PowerBuilder

with Sybase EA server.

> Strong knowledge in working with Version Control tools like CVS, VSS

> Functional specialization in preparing High Level Design & Low level

design documents and defining process flows while adhering to quality

standards.

> Extensive experience in working with Telecom Billing products, Client-

Server Desktop applications and RDBMS Databases.

> Technical expertise in object-oriented designs, GUI design, databases

development and design, query and stored procedures.

> Component solution approach to development of Distributed and

Client/Server applications.

> Excellent communication & time management skills and a team player.

Technical Skills

GUI : Sybase PowerBuilder 11.0/10.5/9.0/8.0/6.5/5.0, Visual Basic

6.0, Visual Interdev

Application Servers : Sybase EA Server 5.0.1

Operating Systems : Microsoft Windows 98/2000 Professional, UNIX

Languages/Internet : UNIX Shell Scripting, VB Script, DHTML, HTML,

XML, Java, J2EE, ASP, SQL, PL/SQL, Unified

Modeling Language (UML), C++, Pro C, PL/SQL,

PowerScript

Client-Server Architectures : COM+ v1.0, DCOM

Web Servers : Internet Information Services (IIS) 4.0/5.0/6.0

DBMS : Oracle 10g/9i/8i/7i, Oracle Stored Procedures, IBM DB2

Everyplace 8.0, SQL Server 7.0, MS-Access 2000,

MySQL 5.0, Sybase for UNIX, Sybase Adaptive Server

Enterprise (ASE) 11, IBM DB2, TOAD, Oracle SQL

Developer

Reporting Tools : WebFOCUS Developer Studio 10.1.6, Microsoft Data

Reports, Pocket HTML Print

Project Management Tools : Microsoft Visio 2003, CVS, Visual

source Safe, Merant Version Manager (PVCS), Xtra-C

(built on CA Harvest source control system),

Clarify eFrontOffice, winCVS. Action Base,

Microsoft Sharepoint Portal

Testing Tools : Mercury Quality Center, Mercury TestDirector 8.0,

Mercury TestDirector 7.6 SP4

Remote Desktop Clients : Citrix 9.0, Citrix Metaframe Presentation

Server, Remote Desktop Client, Real VNC

SDLC Methodologies : Water Fall Model, Joint Application Design

(JAD), Rapid Prototyping

Projects Profile

IMFACT Jun 2010 - Till Date

Programmer Analyst

Client : Group Health Insurance (GHI) of New York

Location : New York City, NY

Group Health Insurance (GHI) of New York provides group health,

disability and causality insurances to business in the State of New

York. IMFACT application is the main customer service application

built on PowerBuilder platform with direct communication to Oracle

backend.

As a Team member, I am responsible for:

V Converting PowerBuilder application code from version 7.0 to 10.5.

V Design, Develop and Implement Commissions Auto Renewal procedure

that will run periodically.

V Develop oracle stored procedures using PL/SQL that are executed

periodically using UNIX CRON jobs.

V Develop oracle triggers using PL/SQL to maintain data consistency.

V Debug PowerBuilder application issues using PB debugger.

V Develop PowerBuilder code to resolve production application

issues.

V Prepare SQLs to extract and synchronize databases.

V Maintain data consistency using complex DML SQL statements.

Environment: PowerBuilder 10.5/7.0, Oracle 10g, SQL Navigator,

Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3

Tools for Environment Management and Protection Organizations (TEMPO)

Feb 2009 - Mar 2010

Programmer Analyst

Client : Consultants for Government and Industry (CGI)

Location : Fairfax, VA

TEMPO allows State Environment Departments to integrate data

management functions across several environmental programs - including

air quality, water quality, solid waste management and hazardous waste

management. This software product is built by CGI based on 2-tier

architecture with PowerBuilder Front-end and Oracle database as back-

end. PowerBuilder modules directly communicate with database

functions/procedures/views/tables. TEMPO Remote Inspection Program

(TRIP) is essentially a offline version of TEMPO and shares same

PowerBuilder code base.

As a Team member, I am responsible for:

V Participating in JAD sessions along with functional team to

provide immediate feedback on technical feasibility based on

customer requirements.

V Understand Functional Specifications and provide feedback on

Technical feasibility.

V Prepare Detailed Technical Specifications for PowerBuilder based

on functional specifications.

V Design Data model using Sybase PowerDesigner.

V Deploy database changes using DB scripts in Development, System

Testing and UAT environments.

V Develop PowerBuilder plug-in User Objects.

V Design and Develop PowerBuilder external, grid and Free-form

datawindows.

V Write PowerScript code to implement business logic outlined in

Detailed Technical Specifications.

V Integrate PowerBuilder modules with JAVA processors.

V Perform Unit Testing on PowerBuilder code.

V Gather functional requirements from various MDE programs for

assigned WebFOCUS reports.

V Prepare functional specification document for WebFOCUS reports.

V Develop HTML form for user to be able to specify report

parameters.

V Develop Oracle Views/Stored Procedures/Functions to aggregate data

required by WebFOCUS reports from TEMPO OLTP database.

V Develop WebFOCUS FEX procedure to generate reports in various

formats like HTML, PDF & Excel.

V Deploy WebFOCUS reports on WebFOCUS Managed Reporting server.

V Support testing teams during System Testing and User Acceptance

Testing phases.

Environment: PowerBuilder 10.5.1, Microsoft Windows XP SP3

Professional, Oracle 10g, Microsoft Visual Source Safe 2005, Sybase

PowerDesigner, Microsoft Sharepoint Portal, WebFOCUS Developer Studio

10.1.6, Oracle SQL Developer

Common View Mar 2008 - Oct 2008

Programmer Analyst

Client : Lincoln Financial Group

Location : Concord, NH

Lincoln Financial Group (LFG) has different Admin systems to maintain

life insurance policies issued to customers. This project involves

converting policies maintained on Legacy CLOCS system to new Lifecomm

system. Also implement the functionality that exists for Legacy

Concord Vantage system to new Fusion Vantage policies. Common View

(CV) uses screen scraping mechanism to get information from Admin

mainframe system where the policy information is stored. CV is

designed based on customizable layer model having Infra layer at the

bottom and several levels of customization layers making the

maintenance change requests easy.

As a Team member, I am responsible for:

V Understanding the legacy Concord Vantage system to create

technical specifications for new Fusion Vantage system.

V Prepare mock screen layouts for Business Approval

V Preparing design documents based on High level specifications.

V Use Visual and Non-Visual user objects to implement business

logic.

V Create infra global functions for date conversion and formatting

currency values.

V Use datawindows and datastores to store data scraped from

mainframe for implementing complex processing logic in Front-End.

V Fine tune existing SQLs that connect to Sybase ASE in PowerBuilder

code to improve application start-up performance and also reduce

policy retrieval time.

V Develop PL/SQL stored procedures in Sybase ASE database to migrate

Name search functionality from Mainframe OASA application.

V Alter IBM DB2 tables to include new table columns for Work logging

statistics.

V Deploy and push new releases to QA and UAT teams.

V Design and Execute Unit Test cases.

V Assist QA team in configuring test environments.

Environment: PowerBuilder 10.1.5, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional,

Sybase ASE 11, winCVS, Passport WEB to HOST, IBM DB2, DBVisualizer,

Real VNC

Claims Management System Nov 2007 - Feb 2008

Programmer Analyst

Client : Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance

Location : Lexington, KY

Kentucky Employers' Mutual Insurance (KEMI) is a workers' compensation

medical insurance service provider in Kentucky State. Claims

Management System (CMS) is a Client-Server application developed and

maintained by KEMI for their customer care personnel to handle Medical

Claims. Employees of insured employer will call KEMI customer care to

report medical claims. Customer information is stored in Oracle

database and is retrieved/stored using stored procedures. CMS handles

end-to-end process for Medical claims. Policies are issued using

Policy Handling System (PHS). CMS uses the customer data of PHS to

create/modify/delete medical claims.

As a Team member, I am responsible for:

V Preparing Reverse Engineering Technical Specifications.

V Analyze technical feasibility of maintenance requests submitted by

Customer Service.

V Estimate effort in man hours for CMS maintenance requests.

V Prepare Technical Change Specifications for maintenance change

requests.

V Implement code changes using PowerBuilder and Oracle stored

procedures.

V Design, develop and test oracle stored procedures using oracle

functions.

V Modify oracle triggers to handle data in new table columns.

V Design and execute Unit test cases.

V Co-ordinate with release management team on building and deploying

CMS releases to QA and UAT teams.

V Support QA and UAT teams in debugging and fixing issues.

Environment: PowerBuilder 11.0, Microsoft Windows XP Professional,

PVCS, Oracle 9i, TOAD

Common View Jun 2007 - Oct 2007

Programmer Analyst

Client : Lincoln Financial Group

Location : Concord, NH

With the acquisition of Jefferson Pilot Financial, Lincoln Financials

became the largest financial company offering diversifying financial

services. Lincoln Financial Group offer financial, retirement and

estate planning services and a variety of financial and investment

products in five distinctive business areas - insurance and annuities,

individual and group retirement plans, group benefits, mutual funds

and investment management.

As a Team member, I am responsible for:

V Understanding the legacy system to create business requirements.

V Preparing design documents based on High level specifications.

V Use Visual and Non-Visual user objects to implement business

logic.

V Use datawindows to show customer information in Grid, Freeform

presentation styles.

V Fine tune code related to retrieving data from database to improve

SQL performance.

V Identify strategic code locations for memory garbage collection.

V Generate daily reports using datawindows.

V Designing UI window layouts for enhanced end-user experience.

V Prepare reverse engineering documents for PowerBuilder

Applications.

V Coordinating with mainframe team in designing a generic interface

to send information updated by end-user to mainframe server across

different sites.

V Assist QA team in configuring test environments.

Environment: PowerBuilder 10.1.5, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional,

winCVS, Passport WEB to HOST, IBM DB2, DBVisualizer, Real VNC

Ensemble - Customer Service Management Jul 2005 - May 2007

Programming Sr. Subject Matter Expert

Client : Sprint Nextel

Location : Kansas City, MO

Nextel has merged with Sprint, another Wireless service provider in

United States. Amdocs was chosen as the Technology solution provider

for combined company and Sprint Nextel decided to continue with the

existing information systems until a certain period of time before

phasing out.

As a Focal Point, I am responsible for:

V Migrating code from PowerBuilder 9.0 to PowerBuilder 10.5.

V Used PFC services as base foundation class library for retrieving

INI settings when migrating Application to PowerBuilder 10.5.

V Enhancing Inter-sheet communication mechanism to support object

transfers between different sheets based on a key.

V Developing code using Visual and Non-Visual user objects.

V Extensive use of PFC services of data window caching, multi-table

update and linkage.

V Optimizing data windows for better performance with Oracle 10g

stored procedures.

V Extensive use of WIN32 APIs to interact with operating system.

V Debugging C++ code on UNIX box.

V Developing C++ code to create / modify Process layers.

V Developing Pro C code to create / modify static and dynamic data

layers.

V Developing PL/SQL code to generate database reports for analyzing

complex issues.

V Design and implement database schemas, procedures, triggers,

indices and sequences.

V Preparing High level design document (Impact Assessment (IA))

document from Customer requirements (Change Request (CR)) form.

V Involved in IA walk-through to understand business requirements

and identifying design gaps.

V Preparing Technical design (Program Specifications) Document from

IA.

V Coordinating with other teams to resolve integration issues during

design stage.

V Preparing External Interface Agreement (EAI) document for

communicating with third-party applications.

V Sanity code check for compliance with quality standards (Code

Review).

V Final code approval before pushing the code into build (Code

Inspection).

V Designing and execution of unit & sub system test calendar.

V On-call support during system test calendar execution.

Environment: PowerBuilder 9.0/10.5, Xtra-C, Mercury Quality Center,

Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, TUXEDO, Oracle 10g, C++, HP UNIX,

Citrix Metraframe Presentation Server, Action Base

Ensemble - Customer Service Management Jul 2004 - Jun 2005

Programming Subject Matter Expert

Client : Cingular Wireless

Location : Dallas, TX

Cingular Wireless is a wireless company in the United States. Cingular

has deployed Amdocs Billing System - Telegence to manage their

business effectively. With recent merge of Cingular Wireless with AT&T

Wireless, Telegence has under-went lot of changes for supporting AT&T

Wireless business processes.

As a Team member, my responsibilities include:

V Separating business logic from Client-Server environment to EA

Server component that can be used with Web DW for making Web

Enabled Distributed system.

V Developing and deploying EA Server component, Web DW server

component.

V Developing Visual and Non-Visual user objects.

V Developing Data-windows.

V Designing custom controls like buttons, checkboxes, list-boxes,

radio buttons for using across the project.

V Designing window objects.

V Developing a customized framework using PFC services.

V Preparing Technical Design Document (TDD) from high level design

document.

V Coordinating with other teams to resolve integration issues during

design stage.

V Preparing External Interface Agreement (EAI) for communicating

with third-party applications.

V Identifying database changes using Technical document.

V Developing PB code using TDDs.

V Executing unit test calendar.

Environment: PowerBuilder 8.0, Sybase EA server 5.0.1, Xtra-C, Mercury

TestDirector 7.6 SP4, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, TUXEDO,

Oracle 8i, Citrix 9.0

Ensemble - Customer Service Management Apr 2002 - Jun 2004

Programming Subject Matter Expert

Client : Nextel

Location : Champaign, IL

Nextel delivers unparalleled services like Digital Cellular, Walkie-

Talkie and Wireless Data Services. Nextel has deployed Ensemble, a

product of Amdocs, for Customer Service Management (CSM). Ensemble is

collection of different applications which includes CSM, Inventory

Management, Switch Control, Application Tables, Reference Tables and

Message Management etc. Using Ensemble wireless service providers can

manage all types of inventories including Serial and Non-Serial items.

As a Team member, my responsibilities include:

V Converting Page Definition Language (PDL) files into PDF documents

using standard class user objects.

V Developing PDF printing module using PFC global functions to

access file system.

V Developing Visual and Non-Visual user objects.

V Developing Data-windows.

V Designing window objects.

V Porting data from heterogeneous data sources onto data windows.

V Extensive use of powerscript techniques to develop customized

framework.

V Designing technical documents from high level design document.

V Handling high & critical production defects.

V On-call support in On-Going Support (OGS) team.

V Estimation and Analysis of changes required in Ensemble for

implementing Sprint business processes in Nextel.

Environment: PowerBuilder 6.5, Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional,

TUXEDO, Oracle 7i, Xtra-C, Clarify eFront Office Mercury TestDirector,

Citrix 9.0

Telegence - Customer Service Management Jul 2001 - Mar 2002

Programming Subject Matter Expert

Client : SBC Long Distance

Location : St. Louis, MO

SBC has deployed Telegence-LD, a Telco product of Amdocs, for Customer

Service Management (CSM). Customer Service Representative (CSR) uses

CSM to perform various activities on Billing Account Numbers (BAN)

which include Creating Tentative BANs, Creating products, Activating

products, Adding additional features to a existing product, Migrating

Products between BANs, Setting up a Corporate Hierarchy to deal with

Corporate Customers, Handling Payments and Adjustments. Telengence-LD

has integrated Online Security Administrator (OSA) to define security

levels for CSRs. Telengence-LD also deals with SBC Internet Services

(SBCIS) and SBC IP products.

As a Team member, my responsibilities include:

V Developing generic functionality for custom visual user controls

like ListView, TreeView etc. using PFC standard visual user

objects in Customer Hierarchy and Discount Engine modules.

V Developing PowerBuilder code based on DDS.

V Developing Generic Visual and Non-Visual user objects.

V Developing Data-windows for Infra.

V Designing custom controls like buttons, checkboxes, list-boxes,

radio buttons for using across the project.

V Designing window objects for generic functionalities like Search,

Filter and Sort

V Extensive use of DDE mechanisms and PFC services to interface

between CSM and Central login application.

V Preparing Detail Design Specification (DDS) based on High Level

Design (HLD) and Technical Requirements documents.

V System Error Reporting Format (SERF) investigation, code fixing

and delivering to appropriate team.

V Handling High & Critical production defects.

V On-call for System Test support.

V Developing Processes automation applications to increase

productivity.

Environment: PowerBuilder 5.0, Microsoft Windows 98, TUXEDO, Oracle,

Merant Version Manager, Mercury TestDirector, Remote Desktop Client

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) degree.



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