Project Manager Insurance

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EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

. Over 4 years and 4 months (52 months) of professional experience with

expertise in Business and Functional Analysis, Design and Development

of Applications in AS/400 and Mainframes, Integration Testing and

Implementation.

. Strong Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) fundamentals and QA

methodology.

. Extensive knowledge of Insurance, ERP and Web based applications.

. Expertise in analyzing Business Requirements/Rules and converting the

Business Requirements to technical design documents.

. Efficient in delivering tasks, team player with good communication and

interpersonal skills.

. Extensive experience as programmer/analyst designing, coding,

debugging, implementing and supporting RPG/400, CL/400, and COBOL/400

programs for end-users in Insurance and retail sectors.

. Expertise in writing Test Plans and Test cases using products such as

Remedy and Quality Center.

. Strong analytical and problem solving skills with ability to work on

multiple projects with competing priorities.

. Ability to work closely with higher management, architects and team

members to determine realistic schedules, plans and to ensure success

of the project and a satisfied client.

. Self starter, proactive, innovative and ability to learn and adapt to

new technologies in short span of time.

. Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

. Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communications)

CERTIFICATIONS

. INS 21 General Insurance (Property & Liability Insurance Principles).

. Warehouse and Inventory Management.

. Basics of Supply Chain Management.

TRAINING

. Entry Level Training (ELT) Program at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

. AS/400 Concepts& Programming at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

. Six Sigma Yellow Belt at Cognizant Technology Solutions.

. Mainframe programming at TATA Consultancy Services.

. Insurance Basics at TATA Consultancy Services.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database Systems DB2, DB2/400

Programming Languages RPG/400, RPGLE, CL/400, AS/SET, COBOL/400,COBOL,

JCL, CICS, JAVA and SQL

Operating Systems AS/400, OS/390 Windows NT/2000/XP

Other EDI, ROBOT, Seagull JWALK, Operation Navigator,

Remedy System, Quality Center, File-manager, SPUFI,

QMF, Intertest, Endevor, VSAM, VB Demo,

Proctester, TSO/ISPF

ERP BPCS Version 4.05

PROFESSIONAL EXPERINCE

ICI Paints

Sept '04 - Oct '06

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

Role: Programmer Analyst

Project: Business Planning Control System (BPCS) Development & Support

ICI Paints is a leading international player in paint business market. ICI

paints uses BPCS V4.05 as its main Transaction system including Finance,

Manufacturing and Supply Chain . This project involves development and

supporting the BPCS system .

. Analysis of the specifications provided by the clients and converting

the specification to technical documents.

. Primary Developer for all AS/400 applications within BPCS Development.

. Involved in the enhancement, development and testing of the new

requirements.

. Translated development/maintenance requirements into

specifications/Design Documents.

. Involved in a large scale performance improvement project which

included analysis of existing code and modifying it to enhance the

performance of the application and reduce costs.

. Collection and usage of performance metrics from the monthly status

reports.

. Development of RPG/400, RPGLE and COBOL/400 programs based on

requirements.

. Created Test cases and executed them as part of Unit testing.

. Provided QA and UAT support for all modules of the application.

. Involved in interacting with the end-user to resolve issues within the

stipulated SLA.

. Reporting project status to the client Project Manager.

. Tracking and monitoring the project as per the plan.

. Getting external and internal reviews done as per plan.

Environment: AS/400- RPG/400, RPGLE, CL/400, COBOL/400, AS/SET, ROBOT, EDI,

DB2/400, BPCS Version 4.05, Operation Navigator

American Insurance Group - Jersey City, NJ

Oct '06 - May'08

Tata Consultancy services

Role: Programmer Analyst (Lead Developer)

Project: Accident & Health Insurance System Maintenance

eToolKit, with LOB as Professional Liability, a part of Toolkit, is a

division of AIG Claim Services, Inc. (AIGCS), which will enable below

facilities to the user.

- Allows to create relation ship with Insurer

- Claims creation/updation/search

- Reserve allocation/modification

- Payment release

- Financial summary

eCSO Accident and Health Insurance system deals with Claim Creation and

Settlement Process for Accident and Health line of business.

. As lead developer planned, directed, and managed designated projects

with a team size of 8 to meet the project objectives and customer's

satisfaction.

. Involved in preparing, reviewing and analyzing functional requirement

specifications, system requirements and technical specifications

. Involved in developing COBOL programs based on the business

requirements, integration and unit testing.

. Delegated responsibilities and designed time schedules for junior

developers.

. Played key role in QA and UAT support as well.

. Maintained and supported the existing COBOL mainframe application

comprising of over 500 online and batch modules.

. Provided monthly project status reports to higher management during

each operational phase.

. Prepared weekly project status reports for client management.

. Proposed various change requests to make the existing system sturdier

and saved the department worth thousands of dollars.

. Review of the work product before actual deployment and delivery thus

ensuring quality Work product.

. Obtaining signoffs on the deliverables.

. Created Checklists for processes and repetitive production support

tasks to facilitate faster resolution of tickets.

. Mentor new resources to be capable of handling day to day support and

enhancement activities and prepare specific action plans to achieve

it.

Environment: Mainframe - COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL, JAVA, CICS, Expeditor,

Abendaid & Batch, File-Aid, Endevor, Microsoft Office, Remedy

Affliated Computer Services - Lexington KY

Apr '09 - Nov'09

Patni Computer services

Role: Senior Software Engineer (Lead Developer)

Project: PACE ( Public Sector Accounting System)

PACE is a solution to help municipal governments and not for profit

organizations with their Fund Accounting, Payroll, Utilities billing,

Fixed Assets,Accounts Receiveables and other financial requirements.This

Application suite caters most of the financial functions for county and

city offices. Accounting systems (PACE ) suite of products include -

Budget Accounting

Payroll Personnel

Utility Customer Accounting

Business License and fees

Cash Reciepts

Stores Inventory

Accounts Receivables

Fixed Assets

Records Indexing

Cash Reciepts

. Involved in obtaining Knowledge transition from the clients and

preparing Understanding Documents with business logic and technical

specifications.

. Involved in developing RPG/400, COBOL/400 and CL/400 programs based on

the business requirements, integration and unit testing.

. Prepared test cases and executed the same.

. Played key role in QA and UAT support as well.

. Involved in preparing, reviewing and analyzing functional requirement

specifications, system requirements and technical specifications and

implementing the same.

. Managed and coordinated simultaneous development of multiple projects

and ensured that objectives were accomplished in accordance with

outlined priorities for each project.

. Analyzed results of operations to discover more efficient ways to

utilize resources, prepared staffing plans.

. Maintained and supported and developed enahncements to the existing

application.

. Involved in Defection prevention and analysis.

. Provided monthly project status reports to higher management during

each operational phase.

. Prepared weekly project metrics and status reports for client

management.

. Ensure quality work through periodic reviews of the work product.

Environment: AS/400 - RPG/400, COBOL/400, CL/400, DB2/400, GUI with SEAGULL

JWALK

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