Project Manager Oracle

Mani Vadlamani

**** ******** ***** ( Sugar Land, Texas - 77479.

**********@*****.*** ( 281-***-****

EDUCATION

MBA from University of Houston - Dec 2005

Masters Diploma in Software Engineering from Aptech (Affiliate - Pace USA)

Bombay, India, 1994

International Diploma-Computer programming applications - Aptech

(Affiliate NCC-UK) Bombay, India, 1990

CERTIFICATIONS - PMP; Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI member, Beginner of

CFA program - Level I candidate

EXPERIENCE

KForce - Houston, Texas

Jan 2008 - April 2009

Technical Project Manager - BP:

. Responsible for coordinating / managing release/change/incident

management activities and projects supporting Integrated Supply and

trading business.

. Managed numerous projects like Data center migration for Middleware

teams, Documentation standardization, Citrix version upgrades, Citrix

applications consolidation effort, Servers consolidation effort, Citrix

nErgize(app) VM Dev/Uat environment change, UPLAN software

Implementation, Informatica PowerXchange Upgrades, nMarket upgrades for

Market changes, DR for nMarket power as part of business continuity

planning, etc.

. Adhoc technical activities such as UPLAN software testing, MOSS 2007

functionality testing

Environment: Oracle, SQL Server, .Net, Share point,.Unix, Informatica,

Business Objects, Citrix, IIS, Weblogic, etc.

Robert Half Technologies - Houston, Texas

Apr 2007 - Aug 2007

Project Manager/Consultant - SCI:

. Managed multiple projects - both internal and collaborated with

Outsourcing vendor (Infosys)

. Planned, Executed, controlled, and closed projects adhering to SOX, CMMI,

and PMI standards.

. The projects varied from POCs that involved investigation of latest

technology (MOPS, MOSS) for document storage, work flow solutions etc.;

vendor payments tracking for supply chain; testing phase of a pricing

system for Strategic Pricing Group; to major enhancements to existing HR

systems for process improvements.

Environment: SQL Server, .Net, Share point, MS Team System

Volt Technical Services - Houston, Texas

Sep. 2006 - Mar 2007

Director of Applications Development / (Manager / Project Manager) - GEXA

Energy:

. Key IT resource on GEXA's business process outsource project

. Interim Staffing plan, Staff development, SOX monitoring, daily

operations of the group

. Collaborate with various business units

Environment: Oracle 9.2.x, SQL Server, .Net, JAVA, Power Builder, Windows

RCG Information Technology - Houston, Texas

Jul. 2004 - Jan. 2006

Project Manager/Consultant - AIG Corp:

. Managed multiple adhoc projects

Collaborated with business partners, various teams for Data / Financial /

processes analysis

. Participated in various (mutual fund) products maintenance related

strategic activities

Established processes for data delivery to suit recurring business needs in

conducting business

. Designed / developed multiple management reports to eliminate recurring

adhoc requests

. Intense data retrieval from the data ware house for various analytical

and reporting activities.

Environment: Oracle Data warehouse, PL/SQL, Crystal Reports, SQL

Navigator, XML

RELIANT ENERGY - Houston, Texas 2000 - Jun 2004

Project Manager/Technical Manager (Applications Infrastructure)

Managed multiple projects:

. Multiple teams - Change management (lotus notes), Release management

(builds, security), Application DBA and DA, Budgets, cost analysis for

various projects.

. Contributed in various strategic activities related to cost reduction.

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. Technical team for score carding project sponsored by CIO - Cognos

Metrics manager. Designed architecture and implemented in .Net

environment. Designed application; participated and contributed to

metrics definition & requirements gathering; and functional design of

data load processes.

. FERC reporting of California & Pennsylvania markets, Oracle 9i migrations

of all wholesale databases.

. Liaison between applications teams and administrative teams (Database,

Citrix & UNIX). Collaborated with other groups to manage all server side

operations like lockdown of accounts for audit purposes (UNIX &

Database). CITRIX server rebuilds, UNIX/Database upgrades etc.

Development Team Lead

. Led development teams supporting trading power in California and

Pennsylvania markets, Q&A of development environment.

. Devised architecture for Genscape application including design and

implementation of database and gathering requirements.

. Designed and developed Profit & Loss reports in Oracle reports 6.0.

Developed and enhanced various PL/SQL Packages and procedures. Tuned

packages and created tables, indexes etc. Developed several Shell

Scripts. Made several enhancements to JAVA applications. Resolved

numerous performance issues by creating partitions, correcting problems

with indexes and partitions.

. Designed and developed multiple changes to bid structure. Rewrote ISO

calculations in Day Ahead, Hour Ahead and Supplemental Bids.

Environment: Oracle 8.1.x/9.2.x, SUN Solaris, SQL*LOADER, SQL Navigator,

DBArtisan, Erwin, Visio, JAVA2, EJBs, Weblogic 4.5.1/6.0, XML, Visual

Source Safe, PVCS, Cognos, Impromptu, Cognos Metrics Manager, Microsoft

Transaction Server(MTS), .Net, Power builder, VB, MS Project.

SQL TECHNOLOGIES INC. - Houston, Texas 1999 - 2000

Senior Consultant - COASTAL Corporation:

Multiple projects:

. Exception reporting for Oracle Energy Application that captured various

data anomalies and correct bad data.

. Oracle Energy's administration.

. Conversion of Contract system from Legacy to Oracle Energy Land system.

. 1099 Tax Forms filing project.

Environment: Oracle Forms 4.5, Oracle reports 6.0, UNIX, Oracle 7.3,

Oracle Energy, TOAD, SQL*LOADER

Senior Consultant - TEXAS EASTERN PIPELINE PRODUCTS COMPANY (TEPPCO) -

Houston, Texas

Multiple development projects:

. Reporting on Teppco Inventory Management System (TIMS) application.

. Application development for Transport4 project - a web based

application for accessing information for different carriers, and data

validation efforts for Nominations application.

. Data Interchange of sales information (EDI) in Pro*C; enhanced

application for 4010 standards; rectified issues for existing 2000

filing.

. New development project for IRS - EDI Implementation to file tax

returns to IRS electronically adhering to all stipulated IRS rules.

Environment: Oracle Forms 5.0, Oracle reports 3.0, VAX/VMS, Oracle 7.2.3.4,

Pro*C, PL/SQL

ANDERSEN CONSULTING - Houston, Texas Jul - Dec 1998

Analyst - TOSCO Corporation:

. Responsible for Tosco's Retail Pricing System. The application monitored

retail gas stations pricing. Supported users in daily business

activities.

. Devised business processes for application maintenance.

Environment: Oracle 7.3, Unix - Shell Scripts, Visual Basic 3.0, and Oracle

Objects, PL/SQL

ALTRA ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Houston, Texas Mar - Jul 1998

Senior Development Engineer

Various development projects of customizing Altra's Gas Management System

to meet customer's requirements. Contributed in preparing bids for

projects from the customers.

Environment: Visual Basic 5.0, Sheridan Controls 3.0, SQL*Server 6.5,

Oracle 7.3, Sybase 11.1

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SOFTPRO CONSULTANTS INC. - Houston, Texas 1996 - 1997

Consultant - Compaq Computer Corporation:

Responsible for Auto accreditation module of the University (a

Windows/Oracle database) application, conversion projects of applications

involving Business Objects reports, E-Roster (An Electronic roster which

enables the Instructors to keep track of students and classes taken on

different sites) application.

Environment: Oracle 7.3, PL/SQL 2.3, Visual Basic 5.0, PowerBuilder 5.0,

Access 97, Business Objects 4.0/4.1

Managed multiple projects in Bombay, India 1991 - 1996

GOOD EARTH ORGANIC LIMITED - Bombay, India

1994 - 1996

Systems Analyst: Environment: Oracle 7.x, Oracle Forms 4.x, Oracle Reports

2.5, Pro*C, C, C++, Foxpro 2.5, Quattro Pro, SQL COBOL.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS - Bombay, India 1991 - 1994

Analyst/Systems Administrator: Environment: COBOL, WDOS

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Certified ScrumMaster training, Agile workshop, Project management

refresher from Rita Mulcahy; SAP BW; Weblogic 6.0 Server Administration

from BEA Systems; Power Builder 8.0 from Sybase; JAVA2; Project Management

in Information Technology from American Management Association (AMA);

Cognos Metrics Manager tool administration from Cognos; Participated in

.Net forums held in house. Conducted code / methodology reviews.

Technical Expertise

OS / Servers: UNIX, SUN Solaris, Open VMS, Windows

XP/NT/2000/98/95/3.11, MS DOS 5.x/7.x, Weblogic

4.5/6.0/8.0, Microsoft Transaction Server, Webdb

Databases/Tools: Oracle9i, Oracle8i, Oracle Reports 2.5/3.0, Oracle Forms

Designer 4.5/5.0, Access, Dbase IV

Languages: .Net, JAVA2, Power builder 5.0/8.0, Visual Basic 5/6, C, C++,

Pro*C, COBOL, Foxpro 2.6, SQL_COBOL, Clipper

Miscellaneous: MS Project, Erwin, Visio, CASE Tools, Lotus Notes 5,

Cognos (Reports- Impromptu) & CMM (Cognos Metrics Manager),

XML, HTML, Crystal reports, Business Objects 3.0/4.1,

Sheridan Controls 3.0, Jdeveloper, SQL Navigator, Toad,

DBArtisan

Resident Status: Citizen of USA

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