RACHIT KASHYAP

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Bloomington, IL 61704

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abm2p0@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 248-***-****

Objective

Project management role in a fast-growing organization with opportunities

for career growth

Experience and Skills Summary:

Over 11 yrs of experience working as a Team Lead, .NET Architect/Developer,

Web Architect/Developer and Software Engineer in the Information Technology

field using technologies that include ASP.NET, VB.NET, ASP (2.0/3.0),

Java, C/C++, JDBC, JSP, Servlet, EJB (J2EE), Web Services, JNDI, RMI,

Rational Rose, Visual Basic 5.0, 6.0, C#, IIS, XML, MTS, HTML, DHTML,

VBScript, JavaScript, COM/DCOM, Crystal Reports, MS SQL Server 6.5, 7.0,

2000, COM+, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0,

Microsoft Visual InterDev, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, and MS Site Server.

Possess good interpersonal and communication skills.

Expertise:

. Managing large teams in multiple locations with over $9 million of

project delivery in 2008-2009.

. Simultaneously handling multiple projects with experience spanning

from defining scope, planning through design, development, integration

to validation and release.

. Dealing with stakeholders such as executive committee members,

directors, business partners and intra-organizational business units,

while formulating risk management strategies and handling complex

issues.

. Setting up onsite-offshore team structure, defining processes for

communication and delivery model.

. Planning time-cost estimates, project plans, schedules, integration

testing strategy, acceptance and rollout strategy.

. Assigning work, resource-leveling, team building, assessing training

needs with focus on optimizing resource utilization with increased

accountability and productivity.

. Developing functional test plans, performance and conformance testing,

quality assurance, quality control and test automation.

. Business development and account management.

. Design and architecture of Web based Applications using Microsoft

Technologies by using UML, E-R Diagrams and Class/Sequence Diagrams.

Software Experience:

Operating Systems: Windows (95, 98, NT, 2000, XP), and UNIX

Databases: MS SQL Server 6.5/7/2000, MS Access, and Oracle 8.0

Languages: C, C++, VB (5.0, 6.0), VC++, Java, HTML, DHTML,

XML, and CSS

Web Technologies: ASP, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, VBScript, JavaScript,

ColdFusion, and Perl/CGI,, RSA, Java,

C/C++, JDBC, JSP, Servlet, EJB (J2EE), Web Services, JNDI,

RMI

Tools: MS Visual SourceSafe (6.0), Clear Case, ERWIN, BPWIN, UML,

TOAD, Rapid SQL, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft

Visual Studio (6.0), Microsoft Visual InterDev, FrontPage

98, and Crystal Reports

Servers: Biztalk, IIS

Middleware: COM/DCOM, COM+, ATL, and Corba

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from Nagpur University, India

Project Experience:

1.) Duration: June 2007 to Present

Client: State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, Illinois

Title/Position: Technical Migration Lead Manager - Reporting directly to

Component Manager and Component Director.

Project Insight: Managing the migration of the existing CIMS (Customer

Information Management Suite) application to J2EE. This application is

accessed by State Farm Agents/Staff, State Farm Operation Center and

Corporate Support employees. This application is a complete re-write and

involves integration with legacy systems and external third-party

applications and reporting tools.

Responsibilities include:

. Working with business partners, business analysts and other

stakeholders to define strategy and project scope. Coordinating

various efforts across multiple releases.

. Developing comprehensive planning deliverables including cost-time

estimates, schedule development, integration plan, communication plan,

test strategy plan, risk management plan, project plan, onsite work

delivery plan and rollout plan.

. Proactively managed time, cost, quality control, change management,

stakeholder expectation, issues, risks and cross service dependencies.

. Managing onsite/offshore resources, work assignment and distribution,

resource leveling and developing accountability/transparency in use of

onsite resources.

. Reviewing architecture, design and code deliverables of the current

application.

. Driving implementation of software quality control and test

automation.

. Successful rollout of 2 releases on time and within budget.

Technologies: Java, JDBC, JSP, Servlet, EJB (J2EE), Web Services, HTML,

DHTML, XML, XSL, Java Script, Rational Rose, SQL Server, DB2, VB, ASP,

VBScript, MSMQ etc

2.) Duration: January 2005 to June 2007

Client: State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, Illinois

Title/Position: Production Service Lead - Reporting directly to Unit

Manager and Component Manager.

Project Insight: Managing the existing CIMS (Customer Information

Management Suite) application which is accessed by State Farm Agents/Staff,

State Farm Operation Center and Corporate Support employees. This

application integrates with external third-party applications and reporting

tools. Regular drops are delivered for enhancing this application through

projects and service requests. This application is being converted to J2EE.

Responsibilities include:

. Planning Service deliverables, work estimation, work allocation,

reviewing of Service deliverables, coordinate inter-service

dependencies and status reporting.

. Leading requirement analysis, component and data model designing,

development and testing in case of enhancements and defect fixes.

. Attaining testing and performance requirement goals for product

evaluation both in the test and production environment.

. Coordinating with business analysts, business partners, service area,

developers and testing team for all Service deliverables.

. Proactively managing risk, handling issues, driving cross

Service/Project dependencies, controlling timelines and quality of

deliverables.

. Orchestrating change management and its impact to the project.

. Architecting onsite offsite coordination, communication, resource

leveling and issue management.

. Handling a team of 15 Systems Analyst working in the Service team.

Technologies: JavaScript, XML/XSL, VB, ASP, HTML, VBScript, MSMQ, WebTone

Adapters, DB2 etc

3.) Duration: January 2004 to December 2004

Client: State Farm Insurance, Bloomington, Illinois

Title/Position: Technical Lead Service Analyst

Project Insight: Managing the Client Search and Services application which

was the predecessor of CIMS. The CS&S application was a combination of 12-

14 products which was a part of the Agent/Staff workflow.

Responsibilities include:

. Lead Product owner for 4 CS&S products and was involved in the

Development and Service work of the CS&S Application. I was actively

involved in Service Requests (SR's) with developing code and

maintaining the service requirements.

. Working on the maintenance of the CS&S application. Any Incidents,

Problems or Service Calls related to the application are reported in

the HP Service desk tool and taking the ownership and solving them

were the job responsibilities of the CIMS / CS&S team. HP Service Desk

was used to handle the tickets.

. Part of the issuance team for coding scripts to get the code installed

on the test and prod servers.

. Maintaining the application on weekends on a rotational basis.

. RMS Security Administrator.

. ESM Monitoring and Heartbeat Monitoring contact person for CIMS

Technologies: JavaScript, XML/XSL, VB, ASP, HTML, VBScript, COM/DCOM, MSMQ,

WebTone Adapters, DB2

4.) Duration: July 2003 to January 2004

Client: Center for Educational Performance and Information (State of

Michigan), Lansing, Michigan

Title/Position: .NET Lead Developer / Architect

Project: FID (Financial Information Database System)

Worked on the FID System which supports the submission of School District

Financial data using Account Codes from COA. This system will replace the

EDN (Education Data Network) which is being currently used. The FID system

was divided in various Modules such as Setup, Data Collection, Data

Correction, Data Storage and Reporting.

Responsibilities include:

. Worked on the Admin Setup pages, Cross Reference pages, Role Access

Pages, User School Pages and Comments using VB.NET, ASP.NET,

JavaScript, HTML, SQL Server 2000. Implemented connection to the

database using ADO.NET and retrieved the information on the web pages

using Data Adapters and Data Readers.

. Used MSSQL 2000 Server. Source code maintenance was done by Visual

Source Safe.

Software: JavaScript, XML, VB.NET, ASP.NET, VS.NET, HTML, Visual SourceSafe

(6.0), and SQL Server 2000

5.) Duration: March 2003 to July 2003

Client: State Board of Education (State of Illinois), Springfield,

Illinois

Title/Position: .NET Lead Developer /Architect

Project: IWAS (ISBE Web Application Security)

Working on generating reports for IWAS (ISBE Web Application Security)

using Crystal Reports 9.0 along with ASP.Net, VB.Net and C#. The whole

application is made for supporting the Educational Institutes, schools

(Public and Private) in Illinois. Worked on Child and Adult care

Application, Child Nutrition Program, Driver education, Report card

generation, Electronic Expenditure Report Gifted Education.

Responsibilities include:

. Worked on the pages using VB.NET, ASP.NET, C# and Web Services.

Implemented connection to the database using ADO.NET and retrieved the

information on the web pages using Data Adapters and Data Readers.

. Used MSSQL 2000 Server. Constructed the tables from scratch. Wrote

stored procedures and triggers.

. Source code maintenance was done by Visual Source Safe.

Software: Crystal Reports, ASP, JavaScript, VBScript, XML, VB.NET,

ASP.NET, VS.NET, Web Services, XML, HTML, Visual SourceSafe (6.0), and SQL

Server 2000

6.) Duration: August 2002 to April 2003

Client: Irvine, California

Title/Position: Senior .Net Developer

Project: Awards N' More (E-Commerce Web Application)

Awards N' More is an E-COMMERCE WEB APPLICATION built for a cloth

manufacturing unit based in Texas. This application enables the users to

select their choice of clothes online and also make modifications on the

size, color. It also enables the users to make modifications and changes to

the logo that appears on the clothes. Users can update the quantity and

also make payments online.

Customers can track their orders online and can make changes to the orders

they have placed.

Responsibilities include:

. Worked on the pages using VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#, Web Forms, and Web

Services.

. Wrote pages related to OrderHistory, Payment options, Login, Catalog,

Shopping Cart, Products.

. Online payment was carried out using the third party component from

VeriSign. Used a wrapper class for the Verisign Component for it being

a COM component.

. Wrote stored procedures and triggers. Used ADO .NET to connect to

database. Used TOAD for writing the SQL queries.

. Generated Reports for the internal users using Crystal Reports 9.x and

implemented it along with the .NET Framework.

Software: VB.NET, ASP.NET, VS.NET, Web Services, XML, HTML, Visual

SourceSafe 6.0, Oracle SQL*PLUS, Adobe Golive 5.0, and Adobe PhotoShop 6.0

7.) Duration: January 2002 to July 2002

Client: Department of Revenue, State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Title/Position: .Net Developer

Project: WYIFS Conversion to .Net Framework

WYIFS System (Windows DNA based architecture) Conversion to .NET deals with

converting the existing WYIFS system (Mineral and Excise System) into a

.NET application system. This will allow Businesses and Industries to file

Oil, Mineral and Gas Severance tax and Oil and Gas gross products tax

returns by completing WYIFS Web Forms online. It also allows tax filers to

file sales/use tax returns by completing WYIFS Web Forms for multiple

location (Form 11) reports or for single location Form 10 reports. Users

can pay oil and gas taxes via WYIFS, using ACH electronic funds transfers.

Responsibilities include:

. Worked on the Front end GUI using VB.NET, ASP.NET, C#, Web Forms and

ADO.NET and Web Services such as Messaging, ACH Payment, System

Logging, User Account, User Account Admin, History.

. Migrated data on the production servers using MS SQL Server DTS

package.

. Involved also in the documentation, maintenance and teaching the end

users of the WYIFS System

Software: VB.Net, ASP.Net, VS.Net, Web Services, XML, MTS, HTML, Visual

SourceSafe (6.0), SQL Server 2000, and Crystal Reports 8.5

8.) Duration: October 2001 to January 2002

Client: Department of Revenue (Mineral Tax Division), State of Wyoming,

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Title/Position: Web Developer

Project: WYIFS Solid Minerals System

WYIFS Solid Minerals System (Windows DNA based architecture) allows

Businesses and Industries to file oil and gas severance tax and oil and gas

gross products tax returns by completing WYIFS Web Forms online. Users can

pay oil and gas taxes via WYIFS, using ACH electronic funds transfers. All

the standard features of the tax-portal system such as web receipts,

automated email notifications, security, secure remote administration, ACH

electronic payments, and Helpdesk is available to the user. It is

implemented using the 3 tiered architecture using Internet Explorer as the

client tier, COM objects as the middle tier, and MS SQL Server 2000 as the

database tier.

Responsibilities include:

. Responsible for design HTML, ASP pages in this application. MS Visual

InterDev was used in the front-end design and Form validations were

done using JavaScript.

. Wrote the COM objects (Business Objects and Data Objects) using Visual

Basic (6.0). The COM objects were used in the middle-tier. XML files

were used In the ACH transactions.

. Used Rapid SQL for the generation of SQL code Used MSSQL 2000 Server.

Constructed the tables from scratch. Wrote stored procedures and

triggers. Used ADO to connect to database. Source maintenance was done

by Visual Source Safe.

Software: Visual Basic (6.0), ASP, MTS, XML,VB-Script, JavaScript, HTML,

DHTML, Visual InterDev, Visual SourceSafe(6.0), SQL Server 2000, IIS on

Windows 2000, and Crystal Reports 8.5

9.) Duration: May 2001 to October 2001

Client: Department of Revenue (Excise Tax Division), State of Wyoming,

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Title/Position: Web Developer

Project: WYIFS Excise System

WYIFS Excise System (Windows DNA based architecture) allows tax filers to

file sales/use tax returns by completing WYIFS Web Forms for multiple

location (Form 11) reports or for single location (Form 10) reports.

Payments are easy to complete using our handy online 'Easy Check' form.

The payment process allows the taxpayer to specify the amount and effective

date of the payment, so the return can be completed any time during the

month with the payment 'warehoused' until the due date. History of past

electronic filings are available online, and amended returns for previously

electronic filings are also supported.

Responsibilities include:

. Coded ASP pages along with the COM objects (Business and Data)

using Visual Basic 6.0. The COM objects were used in the middle-

tier.

Software: Visual Basic, ASP, MTS, VBScript, XML, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML,

Visual InterDev, Visual SourceSafe 6.0, SQL Server 2000, IIS on Windows

2000, and Crystal Reports 8.5

10.) Duration: October 2001 to December 2001

Client: Department of Revenue, State of WYOMING, CHEYENNE, WYOMING

Title/Position: Web Developer

Project: WYIFS E-Payment System

WYIFS E-Payment System (Windows DNA based architecture) allows the taxpayer

to specify the amount and effective date of the payment, so the return can

be completed any time during the month with the payment 'warehoused' until

the due date. The E-Payment is similar to a check in appearance and also in

the working.

Responsibilities include:

. Coded ASP pages along with the COM objects (Business and Data)

using Visual Basic 6.0. The COM objects were used in the middle-

tier.

Software: Visual Basic, ASP, XML, MTS, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML,

Visual InterDev, Visual SourceSafe (6.0), SQL Server 2000, IIS on Windows

2000, and Crystal Reports 8.5

11.) Duration: February 2001 to May 2001

Client: SEVANT Inc. USA

Title/Position: Web Developer

Project: http://www.joberia.com

The site is designed on 3-tier web architecture (Windows DNA based

architecture). The jobsite as, the name suggests, allows both the

candidates and the companies to search each other. The application enables

users to maintain/create multiple resumes (Using resume builder) cover

letters, job boards and well as, search Agents to search for potential

employers. The employers can search for candidates by inserting the

keywords and vice versa the candidates can also search for employers. The

candidate can also create job agents and can also have email alerts.

Software: VC++ 6.0, ATL, ADO, ASP, MTS, Visual InterDev, Visual SourceSafe

6.0, VBScript, JavaScript, HTML, SQL Server 7.0, Paintshop Pro 7.0, and IIS

on Windows 2000

12.) Duration: December 2000 to February 2001

Client: ASG Inc. Sunnyvale, CA

Title/Position: Web Developer

Project: ATEC Management Information System

Window-based software implemented in Visual Basic 6.0 with SQL Server(7.0)

at the Backend. Besides Education, Software involves current curriculum,

daily reports, monthly reports, course schedule, timetable for instructors,

marksheets, revenue calculation, financial reports. Crystal Reports were

used to show the detailed outcome of the results. This software is

implemented at all the 20 franchises of ATEC Computer Education all over

India.

Software: Visual Basic 6.0, SQL Server 7.0, Crystal Reports, Visual

InterDev, Visual SourceSafe 6.0, and Crystal Reports, and Windows NT/98

13.) Duration: October 2000 to December 2001

Client: ASG Inc. Sunnyvale, CA

Title/Position: Web Developer

Project: http://www.atecusa.com

This site is the company's official site and is used to publish its

services which includes IT consulting, Education, Franchise Information,

news, Universities Affiliations and allow online job search facility for

the candidates and allow the companies to post jobs and find the suitable

candidate. Site has being hosted with NetCorps San Jose CA-US. The

Franchise section tells us about the various franchises of the ATEC

Computer Education.

Software: ASP, VB-Script, JavaScript, HTML, DHTML, Visual InterDev, Visual

SourceSafe 6.0, SQL Server 7.0, Paintshop Pro 7.0, and IIS on Windows NT

14.) Duration: April 2000 to June 2000

Client: eGain Communications Corp, CA

Title/Position: Software Engineer

Project: Web Store

The Application enables the user to create a Web-based Store. This utility

enables customers to access easily and safely the store and shop from a

list/display of products. The owner can make changes to the store at any

point of time to enhance its appearance, to add more stock. The application

guides the owner through various stages of building a web store, providing

them with numerous formatting options. Server-side scripting is done in VB

Script (for ASP and ADO) and client-side scripting is done in JavaScript.

Software: HTML, DHTML, ASP, ISAPI, SQL-Server, IIS, Win NT, E-Commerce,

Cyber Cash, Visual InterDev, and Visual SourceSafe 6.0

15.) Duration: December 1999 to March 2000

Client: Milkfed Punjab, India

Title/Position: Software Engineer

16.) Duration: May 1999 to November 1999

Client: ATEC Software Pvt. Ltd. (Chandigarh, India)

Title/Position: Software Engineer

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