THOMAS JOSE

** ********* **., ***** **. *, Williamsville, NY 14221. Ph: 937-***-****

E-mail: abpj8c@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

University of Connecticut, School of Business, Storrs, CT

Master of Business Administration Candidate, GPA 3.64 Exp. Graduation: May, 2013

Intending concentration: Operations & Information Management (OPIM)

Business Analyst, Application of Core Teaching (ACT) project, Client: Hartford Healthcare Corporation 2011 2012

- Research, analyse and propose recommendations to client on marketing strategies and plans

Kerala University, SCT College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India

Bachelor of Technology, GPA 3.50, Specialization: Electronics & Communication 2003 - 2007

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCSL), Chennai, India 2007 2011

Client engagements:

Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC

- Test Lead, Customer Systems Testing Team (2009 - 2011)

Led cross-functional team of information technology engineers in projects that formed the core of customer centric applications of

Bank of America.

Worked collaboratively with a team of international managers of Bank of America on software project development plans and issues.

Orchestrated cost optimization drive, implementing various programming tools that reduced project costs in the range of 25,000 dollars.

Analysed all phases of software development life cycle that span across a range of technology platforms in the capacity of a Test Lead.

Verified and tested the reliability of several critical Customer Information Systems (CIS) projects, ensuring the quality of deliverables.

- Team member, Customer Information Systems Development Team (2008 2009)

Selected to be part of a highly skilled 14 member software team that migrated five million Countrywide Financial customer data records

into mainstream client systems.

Involved in translation of customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, formulation of specific solutions for

programming and testing that culminate in the client acceptance of the results.

Proposed various ideas for revenue stream expansion and cost-cutting as part of TCSL s idea generation program for Bank of America.

Led knowledge sharing sessions and initiated debates in the team to enhance knowledge and communication abilities within the team.

Prepared comprehensive testing procedures and documentations for internal use and spearheaded month-end billing tasks for the team.

SCT College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India 2007

- Lecturer, Electronics Department (2007)

Facilitated student learning and assisted in student projects in the Electronics department.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Special Recognition Award from Bank of America management team for contribution to legacy system migration project.

Recipient, Technopreneur Award - Placed first in an inter-college Technical Entrepreneur Business idea and planning competition.

Received campus job offers from the top two Information Technology (IT) companies in India (TCSL & Infosys Ltd.) after completion

of undergraduate degree.

Undergraduate main project on MRI Brain segmentation was selected as the best project in electronics department.

SKILL SET

Programming - Mainframes (AS/400), COBOL, JCL, Matlab, Microsoft Office applications

Database - DB2 (Certified by IBM), Microsoft Access, Oracle

Quality Assurance - HP (Mercury) Quality Center

LANGUAGES

English, Malayalam (Native), Hindi, Tamil

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Soccer Nominated as Soccer team Captain from Electronics undergraduate batch

Cycling Regular and avid cyclist

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