Ramkrishnan Sankaran
Contact Telephone: 408-***-****
Email: ********@*******.***
SUMMARY
An excellent Microsoft MCAD certified software engineer with very good
exposure and understanding of technology, having more than ten years of
experience in the fields of system study, analysis, design and development
of Client Server, Internet and RDBMS applications. Proficient in Visual
Basic.NET, Visual Basic v3.0-6.0, ASP, Crystal Reports, Reporting Services,
SSIS, MS SQL Server, Sybase and Oracle. Possesses excellent leadership and
communication skills and is a motivated team player.
STATUS US Citizen
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
O/S: Windows 95, Windows NT4.0, Novell NetWare, WindowsXP
GUI: Visual Basic.NET, Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, Visual Basic Automation
Databases: SQL Server v6.5/7.0/2000/2005,SSIS, Oracle 7, MS Access, Sybase
6.03
Reporting Tools: Reporting Services, Crystal Reports
7.0/8.0/8.5/9.0/10.0/11.0, Excel Reporting.
Data Access Tools: ADO.NET, ADO 2.5, and RDO 2.0
Web Technology: ASP, HTML
Has acquired training on 21 CFR11 and ICH E6 guidelines.
EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
Symantec
Position: Reporting/Business Analyst (Consultant)
Oct 2009 to Present
> Working as an Analyst on the Customer Hub data integration (CDI)
solution that enables organizations to centralize information and
create a single view of customer information that can be leveraged
across all departments and systems.
> Communicating with the development team in India and providing them
with technical documentation about the reports to be created for the
project.
> Analyzing the data on the reports and provide feedback to the
developers about the logic to be programmed in the reports.
> Writing SQL queries to validate the data which shows up on the report.
> Interacting with other department leads to get the system in place for
our project to complete on time.
> Interacting with the business users and appraise them about the
reports and document their feedback.
> Create test cases and UAT documents for the business users to enable
the testing of the system.
Environment: Business Object XI, Toad for Oracle 10.0
LifeMasters Self Supported
Position: Reporting Lead
June 2007 to August 2009
> Produced enterprise wide client quarterly reporting using SQL Server
Reporting Services and creating a Data Mart from the Data Warehouse to
stage the data for these reports.
> Created the Monthly Clinical Key Performance Index using clinical
Indicator data both claims and self reported data of measures for the
current reporting period with a run off for the last 12 months and
analyzed the performance of these measures against the target and the
baseline values.
> Created self service business intelligence tools for the user
community with detailed parameters to reduce the request for new
reports to be produced.
> Created SSIS packages to automate reports. The package included
creating the report and then posting it to the FTP site and sending an
email with the completion of the report.
> Gathered requirements to create Client Reporting Portal which
contained on demand reports with 2D, 3D graphs for better clarity and
presentation. Created technical documents, system design documents,
user guides for the reports and manuals and imparted training to the
user community.
> Used MDX queries and cubes for reporting purposes and also used cubes
for creating reports using Reporting Services.
Environment: MS SQLServer 2005, Reporting Services, SSIS, Sharepoint,
Microsoft Excel Reporting, Visual Basic.NET, Win CVS, MS Team Foundation,
ProClarity
Synarc Inc
Position: Software Engineer
February 2003 to June 2007
> Involved in the design and development of data entry systems for
various clinical studies for different therapeutical areas like
Neurology, Oncology, Arthritis from prestigious clients like Pfizer,
MedImmune, Genovate etc.
> Created data entry forms using Teleform which were sent to the sites.
These forms were entered in to the database using OCR.
> Developed custom reports using Crystal Reports 10.0 and also created
reports and published it in Microsoft Excel. The reports were
developed in the Report Designer Component. The reports were generated
by building a SQL query and the result was populated through ADO
recordsets, which were passed to Crystal reports.
> Created technical documents, system design documents, user guides for
the reports and manuals and imparted training to the user community.
> Created Test scenarios to help the QA team come up with test cases to
validate the data entry system.
Has acquired training on 21 CFR11 and ICH E6 guidelines.
Environment: Microsoft Access, VB Automation, Sybase Adaptive Server
Enterprise 11.0, Crystal Reports 9.0, Active Server Pages, IIS 4.0, Cardiff
Teleform, WinCVS.
Sitar Santa Clara County, CA
Position: Consultant
Sept 2002 to Jan 2003
> Working with the Santa Clara County in implementing custom reports in
pre-packaged software called Change Point.
> Involved in design and development of the reports and implementing the
reports in pre-packaged software called Change Point. The reports were
designed using the Active Data Definitions and ADO recordsets were
passed to the reports at runtime. Active Server Pages were used to
create the user interface and also to display the report over the web.
Sub reports were used in the designing the reports and individual
recordsets were passed to the main report and all the sub reports at
run time.
Environment: Active Server Pages, IIS 4.0, Crystal Reports 8.5/ 9.0,
Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Visual Basic 6.0,Windows NT 4.0, Visual Source
Safe.
CMOS SOFT INC
Jan 1998 to April 2002
Worked as a Consultant of CMOS SOFT at the client.
Success Maker Internet
NCS Learn, Sunnyvale, CA
Oct 99 to April 2002 (Consultant)
> The reporting is done for teachers to know how well their students are
doing at their subjects and also parent reports helps the parents to
track their child's progress.
> Involved in the designing the complete framework for the reporting
needs of the client. Lead a team of 3 engineers to design develop and
implement the Reports for Success Maker Internet on the web.
> The reports are designed using Crystal Reports 8.5, Active data
definitions, Active Server Pages and IIS4.0. Sybase Adaptive Server
Anywhere 6.03 as the back end.
> There were more than 125 reports designed and developed.
Environment: Active Server Pages, IIS 4.0, Sybase 6.03, Crystal Reports
8.0, Windows NT 4.0, Visual Source Safe.
EDUCATION:
MCAD certification from Microsoft.
BS in Information and Technology from University of Phoenix 2005
BS in Commerce; Bombay University; India - 1991