Project Management
Resume:
RAMYA RAMADURAI
HIGHLAND PARK NJ 08904
EDUCATION:
Rutgers University, NJ
M.S., Operational Oceanography, Oct 2008 (CGPA 3.43); GRE: 790Q, 680V
Honors and Awards: Vetlesen Fellowship, Rutgers University, 2006-2008
Pune University, India
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics, June 2006 (CGPA 62%)
SKILLS:
. Proficient in MS Office Suite, IBM Lotus Notes, MS Outlook, IBM Lotus
Sametime Connect, HP Service Center, MS Visio, MS Project
. Basic understanding of Oracle databases, SQL, MicroStrategy, Apache
Tomcat, WebSphere, Microsoft IIS, JSP, Microsoft Visual Basic, HTML,
Assembly Level Programming, MATLAB, P-SPICE, XML, Batch and Shell
Scripting, SQL, Eclipse, Macromedia DreamWeaver, ColdFusion Studio
EXPERIENCE:
Bayer Business and Technology Services, Pittsburgh, PA
Oct 2008 - Present
Business Analyst (InQuira Intelligent Search)
InQuira Intelligent Search is an enterprise software application that
features integrated semantic search and knowledge management capabilities.
It was developed and customized in Bayer and renamed to KATE - (Knowledge
Around The Earth) to provide assistance to the Service Desk.
. Part of a team responsible for analyzing and preparing business
requirements and functional requirements, and documented them in the
definition and design documents to facilitate Requirements Definition,
Functional Definition, and Design phases of the project
. Solid understanding of the Software development Life Cycle (SDLC) and
implementing and providing support for all phases of software development
life cycle for domains like content and knowledge management, CRM systems
. Create UML diagrams, activity diagrams, workflows, use case diagrams
. Experience in build vs. buy analysis, consultation and technical
recommendations influencing business decisions as a Subject Matter Expert
for the supported application as well as track licensing issues and
payment of vendor support fees
. Experience in project planning and documentation for project inception
and discovery phases for setting up and documenting business and technical
requirements, project plan and scope assessment, project proposals and
requirements for new customers and schedule new project timelines based on
project forecast and team effort required to plan resource utilization for
multiple projects simultaneously in SharePoint
. Co-ordination between various groups and teams involved in project
development such as end-users, business users, technical support,
architecture, vendor support, product development and management to
perform JAD sessions and ensure that project deliverables and work
performed are according to plan and that project objectives have been met
. Devise an open communication strategy to invite feedback from end-users
and tool admins in order to establish nice-to- and must-haves and
presented results to business users and senior management
. Perform gap analysis to identify potential features that may be
unavailable and ones that are feasible as future enhancements
. Experience in tool and product demos and presentations for sales and
marketing purposes for various business units
. Co-ordinate the implementation of change management, periodic
enhancements and new releases as per business requirements
. Direct System Testing and User Acceptance Testing. Proficient in
developing Test Strategies, Test Cases and generating Test Scripts
. Perform knowledge transfer and provide documentation for other technical
team members as well as prepare training materials and documentation and
conduct training sessions and meetings for end users
. Rollout the implemented system for various business units and govern the
accurate and complete transition and creation of all managed content so
that the legacy system may be decommissioned
. Understand and comply with various organizational processes such as
configuration management process, knowledge management process, change
management process, incident management process, problem management
process and so on
. Coordinate weekly reporting to the senior management and business users
. Supported and maintained web based and client/server applications in
Adobe ColdFusion, Java Server Pages, HTML, Apache Tomcat and Microsoft
IIS, wrote SQL queries to generate usage reports
. Automated the weekly maintenance process through multiple batch scripts
and scheduled tasks
PUBLICATIONS:
Ramya Ramadurai (October 2008) MS Thesis, Rutgers University Libraries:
Water Mass Classification Using Band Ratios
Schofield, O., Chant, R., Cahill, B., Castelao, R., Gong, D., Kahl, A.,
Kohut, J., Montes-Hugo, M., Ramadurai, R., Ramey, P., Xu, Y., Glenn, S. M.
2008. The decadal view of the Mid-Atlantic Bight from the COOLroom: Is our
coastal system changing? Oceanography 21(4): 108-117
ACTIVITIES / INTERESTS:
Rutgers Indian Graduate Students Association (RIGSA) Cultural Secretary,
2007-2008
Asha for Education (Non-profit organization) Volunteer, 2007-2008
Reading, swimming, singing (no formal training undergone), watching movies,
cooking
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